My little sister is going vegan...

[0nthemend]

But she hasn't really done her research. I've never been vegan, but I want to be supportive. If she wants to be vegan, I think that's great, but I want her to do it in a way that's healthy

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[socraticomatic]

Why is my comment screened when others are not?

I would think it was because my comment contains links, but so does autumndandelion's.

[0nthemend]

I have NO clue! But I've gotten several comments in my inbox which have not been posted =/

[autumndandelion]

That's weird. I was wondering why there were comments before mine this morning when they weren't there last night.

[0nthemend]

I have no idea why your was posted, while others weren't! Are you a long-time member?

[coldagain]

The Vegan Society (dot com) and PETA (com or org, I forget which) both have free booklets and pamphlets for starting out vegans/vegetarians, as well as other books and informational material about being healthy and being vegan/vegetarian. (I mention the vegetarian part mostly because it might be good for your sister to feel she has something to fall back on for days when she doesn't manage to be 100% vegan while she's transitioning; a stress and pressure free transition period where she feels she can do better rather than feel like she's failing would probably make her happier. :D )

OT about the screened comments: you should probably contact the mods to let them know they might want to check the comm settings re: whitelisted sites in comments and suggest they turn automatic comment screening off altogether to make it easier for folks to answer posts like this one. In the meantime you can manually unscreen all the comments on your post, there should be a mass comment action thingy on the post somewhere...

[coldagain]

I just saw this advertised; I can't tell you if it's genuinely as useful as it claims to be as I haven't subscribed for a copy, but it made me remember your post and the site looks like it might have other useful info:

A nutrition guide: "How Vegans Get Calcium, Iron, Protein, A, B12 & D.

[the_moogie]

I second coldagain's remarks. It can be overwhelming at first trying to figure out ingredients. Even when you have a list, you may not know what everything is. I've had my share of nasty surprises (Oh, that word means ligaments, eh? Bummer.). Some kind of Vegan intro guide is always a welcome gift. Some people move into vegan with a list of exceptions that function like training wheels while they transition ex: vegan except they're not looking too closely at the ingredients on that packaged whatever. Or vegan except for candy. I'm not the vegan police. Gradual change is better than no change. I think it's the direction that counts

[notxdeadxyet]

I'm a big fan of John Robbins's books. They're called "Diet for a New America" and "The Food Revolution". You can probably find them for fairly cheap if you look for used copies on Amazon.
Both have TONS of useful information on going and staying a vegan.

[lovelife]

I agree about this book. My mom & I both carry a copy whenever going shopping.