Tags
A tag is a keyword or label that categorizes your question with other, similar questions.
In addition to being vegetarian (do not eat meat, poultry, or fish), vegans do not consume or use any animal products (such as eggs, milk, leather, honey, etc.)
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For questions that relate to health benefits of certain foods/diets and how veg*n food can affect your health in general.
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For questions about nutrition as it relates to veg*nism, such as how to get a specific nutrient in a vegan way.
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Exploring the edges of what is considered vegan. Process contamination, obscure ingredients, and products of unknown composition.
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Use a more specific tag for questions about food substitutes, buying or preparing foods, health and nutrition, and suitability of foods for specific diet patterns.
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Identifying sources, optimal and adequate intakes, and possible risk factors for deficiency or excess. Use a more specific tag like [b12] or [iron] if the tag already exists.
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Questions with this tag should be specific to vegetarian and/or vegan food preparation
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About plant-based substitutes for dairy products (such as milk, butter, cheese, cream and yogurt). Alternatives to these products are often made from soya, almonds, cashews, coconut, rice, oats, hemp seeds, or other nuts and grains. Dairy substitutes may have vitamins and minerals added.This tag applies when you need to replace a dairy-based food or ingredient or want information about a dairy substitute product.
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Communicating about (or promoting) vegetarian and vegan lifestyles with non-veg*ns. For questions about getting along with the non-veg*ns in your life, you may want to use [living-with-omnivores]
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This tag is for questions about the most appropriate vegan and vegetarian alternatives in recipes and processes.
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For questions about philosophical or moral reasoning relating to veg*n practices. Try to avoid asking questions that invite primarily opinion-based answers
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The process and effects of breeding, raising, using, and slaughtering animals.
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Any eating pattern that excludes animal-derived ingredients such as meat. Use a more specific tag if the diet is known to have additional restrictions (eg. eggs, dairy, fruit, raw).
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Sources of protein, human protein requirements, and obtaining protein within specific diet patterns.
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Both crop raising and animal agriculture as a business, rather than for subsistence
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Use when you are asking for a recipe to make vegan or vegetarian items. Please be specific - try to avoid very broad questions (eg what can I make for lunch?) or completely opinion based questions (eg what's your favourite vegan recipe?)
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B12 is an essential vitamin that has no reliable known plant sources, and must therefore be obtained from fortified food products and/or supplements in a vegan diet
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Obtaining nutrients from non-food sources such as pills, powders, or injections.
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A type of vegetarianism that excludes meat and fish but allows consumption of eggs (ovo) and dairy products (lacto)
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Impacts of human activities on the natural world including use of scarce resources (water, land) and release of waste products (greenhouse gases, air pollution).
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Refers to the quality of life and wellbeing of animals, particularly of animals kept by humans. This tag should be used for questions about the conditions and treatment of animals raised or kept for use in the production of food and other products for human use, including the legal or regulatory protections extended to such animals. As always, please make sure your question is specific and answerable rather than inviting discussion.
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Use this tag when you are asking for scientific studies as sources for answers to your question. All answers to these questions *must* have scientific studies as sources. If you are asking about experiments done on animals (an ethical issue for veg*ns), please use the tag [animal-experimentation].
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Nutrition fact labels, allergen warnings, certification programs, and legislation about labelling.
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vegetarian and vegan products that are designed to mimic the taste, texture and appearance of meat.
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Exploring the edges of what is considered vegetarian. Process contamination, obscure ingredients, and products of unknown composition.
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for questions about the production or use animal-derived milk and products made from such milk
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Choosing vegan/vegetarian foods from restaurant menus and investigating food preparation processes in restaurants.
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changing from one diet to another, for example, from omnivore to vegetarian, from vegetarian to vegan, and so on. You are very welcome to ask for advice on transitioning diets here, but please make your question specific and answerable rather than inviting discussion.
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For questions about getting along with omnivores, for example, sharing living or work space or any relationship, despite differing opinions. For questions about encouraging others to try or take up veg*nism, use [outreach].
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Soy or soya is a legume eaten as immature edamame or mature whole soybeans, or prepared for consumption in many other forms such as tofu, tempeh, soy milk, and TVP. It is also used in the production of condiments such as tamari/soy sauce, miso, black bean sauce (made from fermented black soybeans), and liquid aminos. Unlike most other legumes, it contains all the essential amino acids.
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