Magnús here. There was an interesting conflict that quickly revealed itself when I turned vegan. At the same time as a whole new world of ideas and options started opening up for me, which is very exciting and fun, it became apparent that it is quite difficult to have a pleasant and constructive conversation about…
Food For Thought
Marta’s Journey to a Vegan Diet
I grew up in a family in Hungary where we followed a rather traditional Hungarian diet. My grandparents and their generation followed their tradition, which meant little meat during weekdays, and roast on Sundays. They were children during World War II and know the value of food. There is no food waste in my grandparents…
Vitamin B12
One important worry when stopping eating animals is: How will we get enough Vitamin B12? And that is an important question indeed, because our brain and nervous system can’t live without it and it’s true, we can’t find them in plants! But before you’d run back to your beef burger with pig bacon and cow’s…
Iron
Not long ago a colleague of mine told me that she was vegetarian, almost vegan for a few years but later when she wanted children she decided to start to eat meat again. I find these stories really interesting, there are a number of reasons to go vegan but why does someone go back? Her…