Confederation and meat consumption

[Diana]

I do now eat small amounts of animal products because I was relying too much on foods with vegetable oil (not healthy).

What vegetable oils are you referring to that are not healthy?

Just the vegetable oil that is found in typical vegan "junk/convenience food". Honestly, I find the plant-based wholefoods oil-free (McDougall style) diet hard to stick to, mainly due to the mass of food you need to eat, as well all the preparation required.

I'm not aware of any typical vegan junk food. And a vegan diet isn't oil-free. Plant-based oils are more bioavailable (avocado, coconut oil, olive oil, nuts, etc.). There are unhealthy oils in most processed foods including hydrogenated oils, and they are not exclusive to vegetarian items. 

Junk/convenience food is unhealthy whether it is plant- or animal-based.

I have been vegan for some time. I find I eat less food than the typical omnivore, because the food I eat is nutrition-dense and lower on the food chain. I do eat a lot of raw food though, which is even more nutrition-packed. A handful of raw spinach is quite different than a handful of spinach cooked.

Addictions must be considered, and the bionome. The human body is host to a multitude of microorganisms calling the shots. It's estimated that microorganisms outnumber cells in a body by 10 - 1. The bionome changes in accordance to what we feed it (us). This sheds new light on addictions.

As far as prep time, I'm not sure there is much difference between omnivorous eating and vegan, if the omnivorous diet is whole foods. There is always prep time. If someone is living off of processed foods, then of course prep time would not be an issue, but health would.