u/ResidentHorror1272

Hi. I'm not vegan but my partner and I generally eat very less meat because of the diet we were raised on. I consume soymilk and tons of tofu so I'm not relying on meat for protein, mostly, but my partner is a ridiculous egg lover and we sometimes rely on eggs for a quick dish. Because of how much we both hate rotting meat, we've discussed half jokingly becoming vegan, but it happens so often that I'm thinking maybe we can.

I have two problems, first is that sometimes I get a sudden craving for animal fat that is really hard to explain, and it goes away as long as I have something fatty--whether bacon or salmon. I cook all sorts of vegetables with peanut oil but it seems like that just doesn't cut it? I wonder if people experience the same thing and what could be done to my regular diet to reduce this craving.

The second problem I have is with products like beer or gummies that have covert animal products in them. I have a feeling that as a non-vegan I must be overlooking a lot more things like this. I also realized that butter is in a LOT of things and some of them don't even taste buttery. Besides the obvious ones like cakes, what are some other products that use animal-based ingredients that I need to look out for when considering becoming vegan.

Thanks. Sorry for the long post, I just have a long-standing curiosity for the nature of my diet.

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