It’s one thing to decide to become a vegetarian. You realize that this lifestyle requires a more focused attention to what nutrients one gets. So one would just think it’s fine to start taking vitamins. It’s basically what everyone says.
But if you’re vegan or a very, very focused vegetarian and don’t want to eat the product of your “friends” or cute animals, you might want to know that not all vitamins are vegan or pure vegetarian safe!
The gelatin in some multivitamins comes from cooked bones and organs of animals. (Or what they might neutrally refer to as as beef and pork by-products. That’s kind of like when red food dye is noted, but they don’t tell you when specific red food colorings come from crushed bugs.)
It’s bad enough when some friends or family don’t fully understand your decision to be vegetarian, but if you’re not careful, you’ll find yourself tricked by regular, every-day products that don’t always stand out as non-vegetarian.
Heck, I’ve even seen things marked like it’s a vegetarian soup and to find out there’s beef broth base or something like that. Or the Vegetable Spring Role that uses chicken stock.
So the lesson learned here is to not trust the large print of the labels and to take the time to read the ingredients.
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This is a DVD review of the Vegan documentary, Vegucated.
I was presented with the opportunity to review the documentary DVD called Vegucated. Vegucated is a film where three New Yorkers voluntarily attempt to take the journey of being a vegan for a mere six weeks.
Why did I tackle this DVD review? My wife became a vegetarian in 1999 after attending an animal husbandry field trip to a dairy farm for a Vet Tech class. From that day on, she never ate meat again. Because of her lifestyle, I might be about 50% vegetarian as I eat a lot of salads and soy-based products during the week.
Because of this aspect, when I was presented with the opportunity to review this DVD, I thought I would have an interesting perspective on the subject matter in this documentary. And it’s moments like this, that I appreciate the opportunity to talk about something more than fictional entertainment, but rather, something real and educational. Something that can lead to a healthier and greener lifestyle! If you want. It’s your call!
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Vegucated is written, directed and hosted/narrated by Marisa Miller Wolfson, as we watch three meat and cheese lovers voluntarily attempt to be vegans for six weeks.
In the process of reviewing my screener, I came away learning a lot about what it means to be vegan. My generic impression prior to watching Vegucated was sort of correct, but I didn’t realize the additional steps they took to not eat animal related products. What I learned was that the practice of being a vegan is not only about what you eat (or don’t eat) but also what you buy for clothes, shoes, products you eat, etc.. Being a vegan is about a lifestyle of non-violence towards animals! And surprisingly, a lifestyle that helps humanity live greener and decrease people’s impact on the environment.
Yea, there’s more to this vegan practice than meets the eye!
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