Being Vegan

by Stepaniak, Joanne

• ISBN13: 9780737303230
• ISBN10: 0737303239
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-22
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

InBeing Vegan, renowned activist and award-winning on-line columnist Joanne Stepaniak presents the definitive Q&A primer on an often misunderstood life choice. Fielding questions from friends and foes, she describes how compassion, kindness, and mercy to animals can be integrated into everyday life. It covers living the vegan philosophy and ethic, discovering hidden animal products and ingredients, and more.

Author Biography

Joanne Stepaniak, M.S.Ed., is a writer, an educator, a cooking instructor, and the author of several cookbooks, including The Saucy Vegetarian and Vegan Vittles.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xiii
Prologue	xv
Acknowledgments	xvii
Vegan Philosophy: Putting Down Roots	1	(50)
Definitions and Delineations	4	(8)
Different kinds of vegans	4	(1)
Veganism in relation to animals rights and theology	5	(2)
Calling oneself vegan while still using animal products	7	(1)
When vegan doesn't quite apply	8	(1)
When diet is vegan but lifestyle is not	9	(2)
The significance of charitable acts	11	(1)
Theology and Spirituality	12	(2)
Creationism, evolution, and veganism	12	(1)
Veganism and Christianity	12	(1)
Biblical mandates and vegan principles	13	(1)
Personal Well-Being and Diet	14	(4)
Caring for ourselves	15	(1)
To take or not to take prescription drugs	16	(1)
Health versus ethics	16	(2)
Eating disorders and veganism	18	(1)
Reproduction and Human Health	18	(6)
Veganism and reproduction	18	(3)
Veganism and abortion	21	(1)
Organ transplants and blood transfusion	21	(1)
Human physiology and diet	22	(2)
Dairy and Eggs	24	(4)
Sheeding light on organic cow's milk	24	(1)
The facts of free-range eggs	25	(2)
A cow and chicken in the backyard	27	(1)
Insects and Sea Life	28	(4)
Veganism and insects	28	(1)
Why vegans don't use honey	29	(1)
Why vegans don't eat mollusks	30	(1)
Why vegans don't eat fish	31	(1)
Leather and Animal Fibers	32	(4)
The ethics of leather	32	(2)
Why silk is not vegan	34	(1)
Why vegans don't wear wool	35	(1)
Companion and Captive Animals	36	(6)
Adopting companion animals	37	(1)
Feeding carnivorous companion animals	38	(2)
A view on seeing-eye dogs	40	(1)
Feeding carnivores in captivity	41	(1)
Theory, Polemics, and Politics	42	(4)
Plants and pain	42	(2)
``What if'' questions	44	(1)
The good nutrition backlash	45	(1)
Global Concerns	46	(5)
The international meat trade	46	(1)
The drawbacks of data	47	(2)
Feeding the world	49	(2)
Relationships: Sowing Seeds of Compassion	51	(60)
Caring for Ourselves	54	(6)
Loving oneself	54	(2)
Feeling deprived	56	(2)
Ego and enlightenment	58	(1)
Hedging discouragement	59	(1)
Mixed Relationships	60	(9)
Vegan husband, vegetarian wife	60	(2)
Mixed marriage, with children	62	(2)
She's vegan, he's not	64	(2)
Converting values	66	(2)
Bringing meals into synch	68	(1)
Raising Vegan Children	69	(7)
Establishing moral guidelines for children	70	(2)
Setting parameters for children	72	(1)
Talking to teachers	72	(2)
Sacrificing principles for popularity	74	(2)
Dealing with Parents	76	(10)
Getting Mom to understand	76	(1)
Proving Dad wrong	77	(2)
Dealing with parental put-downs	79	(1)
New vegetarian in a family funk	80	(2)
The same person, only better	82	(2)
Parents resisting changing their diet	84	(2)
Family Values	86	(8)
Family honesty	86	(2)
People versus animals	88	(1)
Avoiding cooking meat for family	89	(2)
Wanting a vegan wedding	91	(2)
Party preferences	93	(1)
Vegan Etiquette	94	(7)
Unwelcome gifts	94	(1)
Visiting an old friend	95	(2)
Informing a dinner host	97	(1)
Wedding guest manners	98	(1)
Veganism in the workplace	99	(2)
Vegan caregiver, omnivore children	101	(1)
Friends and Strangers	101	(10)
Unfriendly fire	101	(1)
Responding to lifestyle questions	102	(1)
Meeting other vegans	103	(2)
Holiday heartache	105	(2)
Getting harassed	107	(2)
Singing to stones	109	(2)
Ethical Practice: Coming to Our Senses	111	(40)
Advancing the Journey	113	(2)
A code of vegan ethics	113	(1)
Becoming vegan	114	(1)
Vegan Limitations and Personal Choice	115	(5)
Parting with nonvegan heirlooms	115	(2)
Gelatin-based film and going to the movies	117	(1)
Looking for vegan art supplies	118	(1)
Finding professional-quality ice skates	119	(1)
Vegan Approaches to Hunger Relief	120	(4)
Vegan hunger relief organizations	120	(1)
Serving vegan food at a community kitchen	121	(2)
Grassroots action to alleviate hunger	123	(1)
Veganism on Campus	124	(2)
Raising awareness of veganism on campus	124	(1)
Getting vegan options into the college dining hall	125	(1)
Employment and Investing	126	(4)
When fast-food work and conscience collide	126	(1)
Deli department job dilemma	127	(1)
Ethical investing	128	(2)
Animal Concerns and Activism	130	(5)
Working to alleviate animal cruelty	130	(2)
The domestic horse trade	132	(1)
Raising and riding horses	133	(1)
Confining animals companions	134	(1)
Uninvited Intruders	135	(3)
Averting ants	135	(1)
A brush with bees	136	(1)
Mouse in the house	137	(1)
Clothing, Shoes, and Outerwear	138	(6)
Nonvegan fabrics and materials	138	(1)
What to do with nonvegan clothing	138	(1)
When imitation leather looks ``real''	139	(1)
Warmth without wool	140	(1)
Producing cotton clothing	141	(1)
Pros and cons of petroleum-based vegan alternatives	142	(1)
Silk-screened T-shirts	143	(1)
Personal Care and Health-Related Products	144	(4)
What ``tested on animals'' means	144	(1)
Finding vegan personal care products	144	(1)
Alternatives to gelatin capsules	145	(1)
Cruelty-free birth control	146	(2)
Everyday Commodities	148	(3)
Nonvegan ingredients in everyday essentials	148	(1)
Vegan candles	149	(1)
Animal products in plastics	149	(2)
Vegan Practice and Food: Feeding the Heart	151	(50)
Clarifying and Transitioning	154	(5)
Vegan versus vegetarian	154	(1)
Vegetarian to vegan	155	(1)
Vegan versus macrobiotic	156	(1)
A typical vegan meal	157	(1)
Moving past meat	158	(1)
Fiction, Fact, and the Unexpected	159	(5)
Vegan eating and weight loss	159	(1)
Too much like the ``real'' things	160	(1)
Dyes in processed foods	161	(1)
Animal products in alcoholic beverages	162	(1)
``Hidden'' animal ingredients	163	(1)
Reading Labels	164	(3)
Natural and artificial flavors	164	(1)
Kosher symbols and vegan foods	165	(1)
Finding vegan bread	166	(1)
Casein in cheese substitutes	167	(1)
Puzzling Foods	167	(5)
Different kinds of yeasts	167	(2)
How vinegar is made	169	(1)
Bacterial cultures in food	170	(1)
Rhizopus culture and tempeh	170	(1)
Vegan chocolate	171	(1)
Kosher gelatin	171	(1)
Going Shopping	172	(4)
How to shop in a natural food store	172	(2)
Organic versus conventionally grown produce	174	(1)
The coffee controversy	175	(1)
Planning Nutritious Meals	176	(11)
Portable lunches for kids	176	(2)
Convenient lunches for busy high school student	178	(1)
Vegan variety for meat-eating family	179	(2)
Discriminating eater with a tight schedule	181	(1)
Nutritious meals at college	182	(1)
Healthful transition for vegan teen	183	(1)
Picky eater in a cold climate	184	(2)
Road trip impasse	186	(1)
Working with Staples	187	(4)
Steaming tofu	187	(1)
Using TVP	188	(1)
Perfectly cooked brown rice	189	(1)
The peels of fruits and vegetables	189	(1)
Nondairy milks	190	(1)
The Vegan Sweet Tooth	191	(5)
The Sweet and sour of sugar	191	(2)
Brown and powdered sugar	193	(1)
Molasses	194	(1)
Honey alternatives	194	(2)
Baking Challenges	196	(5)
Different kinds of wheat flours	196	(2)
Baking without eggs	198	(3)
Epilogue	201	(2)
Recommended Resources	203	(2)
Index	205