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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/a-vivacious-voice-for-veganism-dont-do-it-to-diet/">A Vivacious Voice for Veganism: Don’t Do It To Diet</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted May 13, 2008 at 12:00 PM by Katie Drummond</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Long before Skinny Bitch gracelessly proclaimed the weight loss benefits of a vegan lifestyle, women and men have been adopting vegetarianism for so-called “health reasons.” Translation: they wanted to lose weight. While you can’t deny the overwhelming research that promotes veganism as a means to achieving a healthy body weight, among other benefits, I have a big problem with the lifestyle being mistaken for a diet. First and foremost, veganism is an entire way of living – one that includes abstaining from consuming or using animal products and byproducts (this goes beyond simply avoiding full-fat cheese and includes skipping leather shoes and honey-infused shampoos). Furthermore, it is a lifestyle adopted for reasons that are more compelling than taut tummies and trim thighs. Any positive impact on personal health that…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/a-vivacious-voice-for-veganism-dont-do-it-to-diet/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/a-vivacious-voice-for-veganism-dont-do-it-to-diet/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/a-vivacious-voice-for-veganism-dont-do-it-to-diet/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/a-vivacious-voice-for-veganism-dont-do-it-to-diet/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-motivation/">her-motivation</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-nutrition/">her-nutrition</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/healthy-eating/">healthy-eating</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-story/">her-story</a><br /><br /> </P>