A vegan diet seemed difficult and potentially expensive, but MoranWriter wanted to try it out for herself as part of a quest to eat more sustainably.
The first week was a steep learning curve. Or maybe it was a learning cliff? Because I fell into some kind of newbie vegan hell.
My kids didn’t see it that way. They are in middle school and blessedly unconcerned with planetary crises, so the climate benefits of a vegan diet were not a big selling point. When I sprung the idea on them, Finn stormed out of the room and Hugh sat on the couch looking glum. “But I like meat,” he said in a quivery voice. “I like eating animal products.”The kid does really does like meat — he wrote an ode to Shake Shack for his school poetry unit.Shopping was fun, anyway.
With the kids off my back, I found some equilibrium. I introduced protein shakes and the headaches went away. But I didn’t feel great about chugging super-processed protein powder, or about vegan food in general. A lot of it was high-calorie, expensive and ultra-processed, with dubious nutritional value. One day I found myself looking longingly at a can of tuna in the cupboard. Twenty-seven grams of protein, in such a small container! So cheap and easy!This was not my first weird food rodeo.
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