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vegan btw
I went vegan 2 years ago, and my husband is not, and that's hard, especially for a pair of foodies that used to share everything and eat out a lot.
Make your dreams come true! There are dozens of us Vegan couples! Dozens! The pool is small but someome tipping their toes in is ready to drag you under and not let go O_O
Is it cheaper to be vegan than being omnivorous?
It found that in high-income countries:
• Vegan diets were the most affordable and reduced food costs by up to one third.
• Vegetarian diets were a close second.
• Flexitarian diets with low amounts of meat and dairy reduced costs by 14%.
• By contrast, pescatarian diets increased costs by up to 2%.
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2021-11-11-sustainable-eating-cheaper-and-healthier-oxford-study
Compared to meat eaters, results show that “true” vegetarians do indeed report lower food expenditures
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0921800915301488?via%3Dihub ---(looking at the US)
Based on primary data (n = 1040) collected through an online survey, representative of the Portuguese population, through logistic regressions, it was possible to conclude that plant-based consumers, particularly vegan, are associated with lower food expenditures compared to omnivorous consumers. In fact, plant-based consumers are shown to spend less than all other consumers assessed
https://agrifoodecon.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40100-022-00224-9
Good cheese is expensive, I can say that much
Good anything is expensive. NGL I hate how overpriced everything is
True, but did you ever have some proper Beaufort? Comté? Abondance? Reblochon? Morbier? Cantal?
I know this is weird but it's funny seeing so many french cheese/town names on an english forum
You ever had Gruyère? Stuff is the bomb
Hell yeah it is
Depends on your region. Meat is never affordable from the supermarket and in-city but in areas with an active local fishing industry for an example, fish can be one of the most cost efficient sources of nutrients if you purchase them directly. Saved my life when I was going through poverty.
One should note that vegetarians exist and those tend to be (generally) more affordable due to having a bigger variety in choice while also cutting out the expensive meats. Also generally more accessible than a vegan lifestyle, is not suiting every person's metabolism. I'm now a vegetarian purely because meat is unaffordable to me currently (I moved away so no more cheap fish)
Need to find myself a vegan to eat my meat 👈😉👈
Jokes aside, I do try to eat less meat and I think having a partner you can share that with makes that a lot easier.
And not their stupidity ? Ok ! 😌
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there’s still time for you to delete this
All of the idiots I’ve ever met were meat eaters.
i think this is technically true for me, but only because I don't know any other vegans
So Vegetarians are smarter than Vegans? Got it