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Whats a Vegan?
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Vegans do not eat meat of any kind and also do not eat eggs, dairy products, or processed foods containing these or other animal-derived ingredients such as gelatin. Many vegans also refrain from eating foods that are made using animal products that may not contain animal products in the finished process, such as sugar and some wines. Although there is some debate as to whether certain foods, such as honey, fit into a vegan diet, if you are cooking for other vegans, it is best to err on the side of caution and avoid using these foods.
Vegan: Avoids all animal products. In food products this includes all meats including fish, any type of sealife, dairy, eggs, insect extracts/blood etc (cochineal and carmine food dyes), shellac and also products from bees (beeswax, propolis etc). Some vegans will eat honey as there are cases where honey can be retrieved without any suffering to bees, but most don't as many of us are vegan because we do not believe any creature is alive for humanity's 'use'.
In clothes, we wont wear any type of animal skin or fur, wool, silk. We also avoid lanolin (derived from wool).
We are also extremely conscious of how our money is spent. Most vegans wont put money into any companies linked to vivisection (cosmetic and scientific) such as Proctor and Gamble or Glaxo, not just because of animal abuses but also because their links to human rights abuses, especially in the third world.
(copied from a previous answer of mine)
I'm a vegan and I dont eat animals, (including fish and chicken), dairy, eggs, honey. I dont wear leather, fur, wool or anything in between. I dont buy cosmetics tested on animals or with ingredients that come from animals. I dont buy/eat food with animal ingredients like rennet, gelatine, etc,,, I avoid supporting suffering of animals.
Considering that I'm a vegan in a non-vegan world, it's impossible to be 100% innocent. But veganism is about reducing animal suffering as much as possible. I'm human and I do what is in my power with alternatives available to me. It's a choice I made, so I dont see it as a strict lifestyle. More of a necessity if this world is to go on.
a vegan is someone who wont eat anything that comes from an animal (no honey, milk, eggs, etc)