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Stranger Things actor Sadie Sink has urged people to consider going vegan as she stars in a new campaign with Stella McCartney.

In a series of promotional images for Stella McCartneys winter collection, Sink is seen wearing pieces constructed from organic cotton and forest-friendly viscose. Handbags made using mushroom mycelium leather also feature heavily in the campaign.
The collection does also include regenerative (albeit non-vegan) wool.

Twenty-year-old Sink has been vegan for six years, following encouragement from former co-star and fellow Texas native Woody Harrelson.

I switched to a plant-based diet when I was 14 years old, she told GLAMOUR. I had a lot of great vegan influences in my life, and was really inspired to try it out myself.

Everyone should consider it. It can be pretty intimidating at first, but just take it day by day. Every little choice counts!

Sink had previously considered herself incapable of turning vegan, owing to her family being big meat-eaters. But she has since become a vocal voice in the plant-based community.

fake food

I've done it for like 3 months at a time but meat is just too yummy and such an easy source of protein so my wife and I just decided to minimize our meat and seafood intake by like 50%.

I personally could never give up cheese, but everything else I could pretty easily get along without.

One definitely does not need to eat Beyond Meat or Impossible meat.

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Supplements and/or fake food
Youre going to be deficient of iron, zinc and calcium, vitamin B12, omega 3s, etc. Youre also not going to have enough protein to lift, which I do

Vegan cheese is kind of having a moment.

Have been significantly reducing meat consumption, partly a choice partly for budget reasons, and I actually am happy with it. Been making use of beans, bulgur, and tofu instead and they're all really good.

....You're aware you can easily get iron, zinc, calcium, and omega's from plant foods, right?

B12 would really be the only one that vegans would need to take if they are eating a whole food plant-based diet.

"fake food"

Lmao

You only end up nutritionally in a deficit if you don't know how to use the good non-animal based protein sources to your advantage.

You cant eat naturally as a vegan, you need tons of supplements and/or fake food.

Whats your deadlift?

Vegan cheese is kind of having a moment.

I heard Chao cheese is a really good brand. I need to try it.

I dont do like veggie burgers or crumbles or whatnot to replace real meatif Im eating meatless I dont want to replace the meat with something thats pretending to be meat, I want to eat something thats good on its own, you know?

but dairy would be tough.

Don't know, don't lift. No desire to.

That said if you are actively attempting to build muscle through some specific diet and exercise regimen you are inherently eating something that is not natural.

I feel like every couple years one of my vegan friends will put me on to the newest attempt at vegan cheese substitutes, and they all are terrible to me.

I guess Im just not a huge fan of substitutes in the first place. I dont do like veggie burgers or crumbles or whatnot to replace real meatif Im eating meatless I dont want to replace the meat with something thats pretending to be meat, I want to eat something thats good on its own, you know?

However it would stretch my budget very thin, and I would be miserable.

Some of y'all seem super defensive about eating meat. Kinda hilarious.

I just enjoy meat and dairy.

huh? rice and beans are cheap as fuck. the most expensive part of my grocery trips used to be meat. and if you avoid those "fake meats", eating vegan is incredibly inexpensive.

i have considered it and decided against it

to everyone who says "i couldn't / can't go vegan". yes, you absolutely can. you just have to try. learn to cook your own food and it's not difficult, it just takes getting used to. don't start by thinking "i am going to be vegan forever". start by being vegan for just one day. then try two in a row. then do three or four, then a week. your tastes adapt.

feel free to AMA about being vegan

if you want to know why i went vegan, it's because of this. i beg anyone who has compassion for animals to watch this video and learn what food actually costs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQRAfJyEsko

but posts like these are fucking childish nonsense

I'm not having an argument.
I'm stating my reasons.
And if rice and beans are all someone eats, that's fucking miserable and I want no part of it.

you're no fun.

you're no fun.

While I am understanding of the ethical vegan arguments, they don't matter all until migrant workers that are abused and degraded on a great number of farms across the country are no longer treated as disposable tools.

The human rights issues that are part of the industrial farming system are a much larger concern.

dairy is the hardest thing to avoid when i dine out. so many things are cooked in butter. i can't even get rice at Indian places.

to everyone who says "i couldn't / can't go vegan". yes, you absolutely can. you just have to try. learn to cook your own food and it's not difficult, it just takes getting used to. don't start by thinking "i am going to be vegan forever". start by being vegan for just one day. then try two in a row. then do three or four, then a week. your tastes adapt.

feel free to AMA about being vegan