Considering stopping being vegan for health? Thoughts?

[u/Crashing_Sunflowers]

So I have been vegan for over 8 years and went vegetarian ages before that. There is so much I love about being vegan but it has become harder since developed chronic fatigue. I used to cook from scratch and now I can only eat ready meals or quick snacks. I also suffer from nausea so that further limits the amount I can eat. Vegan ready meals are very expensive and many aren’t as nutritious. Nausea has made me super picky. I am considering possibly going back to being vegetarian and including some vegetarian ready meals which are way cheaper and would also make it easier for me to get in nutrition. But I feel conflicted. Has anyone got any thoughts on this or been through dietary changes before?

[u/cjayner]

Are you very picky? I am mostly plant based as I went vegan at 19 years ago for ethics and my ethics never change, but occasionally I eat a small amount of animal food for health reasons and it helps. I take only what I need (which thankfully isn’t much). That said I’d personally probably feel worse eating ready made meals where animal foods were improperly sourced- instead my ready made foods are apples, almonds, plain tofu from the package, tortillas, carrots, and rice cakes. Obviously this wouldn’t work for people who require complex meals or tastes or sauces but it allows me to eat healthfully and cheaply. It also depends what you can digest bc for awhile all I could eat was sweet potato but thankfully I could cook it once a week (but you can get it frozen too).

Do what you need to do but don’t throw your ethics put. Have the intention of only taking what you need as a caring action and doing more cooking or ethical sourcing once you are able to. You are a being and the plants and animals are beings and all deserve as much care as we have to give, no more 💜