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AIBU?

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to ask if being vegan...

22 replies

cjt110 · 29/07/2016 15:13

...makes your farts stink?

Have this week decided to cut out meat and dairy from my diet after seeing and hearing how much better my aunt is feeling for doing the same. I don't eat eggs anyway so I guess that would mean I'm trying the vegan lifestyle?

Anyway, I have had soya milk, quorn products and lots of veg and legumes etc.

My farts stink. Is this normal?! < sick face

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glitterwhip · 29/07/2016 15:19

This made me laugh actually but yea it can do ..I had a friend who was vegetarian not vegan but she ate a lot of meat substitutes and she said it made her farts stink but I guess any change in diet, especially to one where you're eating a lot of fibrous food is bound to change your..bowel habits? Lol I'm sure you'll get a lot more knowledgable replies than mine lol

Birdsgottafly · 29/07/2016 15:23

When I was Vegetarian and ate Quorn, they did.

It always takes a while for your digestive system to get used to a new way of eating.

I've been seriously ill and had to go from being Vegan to Vegetarian and I hate the way I smell when I go to the toilet.

The one thing that I noticed when I first went Vegan was how my sense of smell increased towards some things.

mathsmum314 · 29/07/2016 15:27

Your body will adjust, its just the change in diet.

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cjt110 · 29/07/2016 15:38

Thank god or not that I haven't got something wrong with me! My husband has said how I stink and all I can say, is thank god I'm in my office on my own....

So far I have really enjoyed it. I am doing it as said above for the health and weight loss benefits but also my son is dairy free due to a cows milk protein allergy and also eats very little meat. As such I found I was always giving him toast, or beans or boring simple stuff. This way, I have found myself looking for tasty df, mf meals for myself and my husband and my son can have them too.

Last night's df and mf lasagne was SO much tastier Birdsgottafly wonder if affects your taste buds too?

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PaperdollCartoon · 03/08/2016 19:05

My farts have stayed the same smell as far as I can tell... But could well be all the extra beans/lentils etc

jmh740 · 03/08/2016 22:33

Obviously I never farther because I'm a real lady but I have noticed my pee smells when I eat quorn bacon

OwlinaTree · 03/08/2016 22:37

My friend's family calls the quorn roast 'trump roast' so I think you could be onto something!

catmadmum · 04/08/2016 09:54

A lot of quorn isn't vegan as contain eggs so just make sure you check that!

PaperdollCartoon · 05/08/2016 07:53

Yep, 99% of Quorn isn't vegan (unfortunately) so do watch out for that. Fry's range is amazing and vegan though, highly recommend.

ChanelNo314 · 05/08/2016 08:02

NO! I'm not vegan but I am a vegetarian who sometimes has a 'run' of being vegan and no, it doesn't.

Wouldn't have been consuming much quorn though. Don't like it much. i used to make a thai curry and throw in a few chunks of quorn so I could tell my kids it was a chicken curry and then fish those bits aside for them.

AllOfTheWinePlease · 05/08/2016 10:50

Good for you, stick with it! 😊
Give it a couple weeks and you'll be back to normal, haha! Then that's when the feeling very healthy/energetic starts!

bombayflambe · 05/08/2016 10:52

If you don't usually eat eggs then be aware that Quorn contains albumin as a binder. That may be to root of the issue.

Hastalapasta · 05/08/2016 10:53

I don't eat meat substitutes but do notice a wiff if I have enjoyed too many lentils...

SpuriouserAndSpuriouser · 05/08/2016 10:57

I think it's the sudden increase in fibre in your diet when you go from being a meat eater to veggie. It happened to me too, but after a week or so my guts appeared to get used to the new diet and everything settles down

Wannabe2015 · 05/08/2016 10:57

It depends what vegan food you eat. If you're eating loads of beans and meat substitutes then yes. Your farts will stink.

Eat lots of pasta, potatoes,fruit and veg and they won't.

But it takes a few weeks for your digestion to adjust either way so it should be a temporary problem.

Going vegan is a brilliant thing to do. I did it at the start of the year and haven't looked back. Good luck!

LaContessaDiPlump · 05/08/2016 11:01

I don't fart much but have been vegan for a while!! Lentils amplify it, as do brassicas. Never eaten quorn so can't comment.

By the way: Lotus biscuit spread is vegan. You're welcome

AudreyBradshaw · 05/08/2016 11:02

I made a quorn spaghetti bolognese once...once and never again. I could have felled an elephant with the aroma from my arse. My dh is not soft but at one point he actually gagged/wretched and his eyes were watering, at that point i went to sleep in the spare room with the window open and a fan on. It was like the sun had been beaming down on a thousand rotting corpses that evening.

logosthecat · 05/08/2016 11:02

I think that any change of diet can throw you off for a bit!

AllOfTheWinePlease · 05/08/2016 11:28

OMG the lotus biscuit spread drools

RedLarvaYellowLarva · 05/08/2016 11:33

I smell better now than I did when I ate meat/dairy.
Too much sugar makes us smell worse.

My babies are raised vegan, and MIL said their nappies are the least offensive of any baby she's known. She had four herself, and there are another six GC, so I think that's proof! Veganism for the win!

VestalVirgin · 05/08/2016 12:07

Must be the quorn. The only meat-replacement thing I eat is wheat protein, and I don't have that problem. (Just more farts after eating beans, but not stinkier ones)

My babies are raised vegan, and MIL said their nappies are the least offensive of any baby she's known. She had four herself, and there are another six GC, so I think that's proof!

Vegan doesn't mean you didn't breastfeed ... does it?

I've heard baby nappies only start to stink when formula or solid food is added, so I'd think that during the breastfeeding time, you'd have a similar no-stink episode.

LaContessaDiPlump · 05/08/2016 13:23

Vegans will happily breastfeed, but often give you the look if you ask whether this puts the vegan status of their baby in doubt (i.e. consuming animal products)........ I think Redlarva means she breastfed and that her babies (who were also vegan) had nicer nappies as a result of no milk/egg/meat derivatives passing down the line from either their food or their milk.

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