I'm going vegan the slow way, and what I'm trying to do right now is eat vegan food three days a week (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday) and lacto-ovo foods the other four days. I informed my family of this yesterday. They don't understand at all, but I haven't gotten any ridicule. Except... this morning my mom insisted that her homemade bread was vegan. I said, "Mom, I love your bread, but it's technically not vegan. It has honey in it." Then my mom made this "pshaw" sound that told me, "That's so ridiculous; how can my daughter buy into that?"<br><br><br><br>
Fact of the matter is, I HAVEN'T entirely "bought into" the idea that honey's not something I should want to eat. My parents are planning to get several beehives and put them somewhere on our 5 1/2 acres so that my mom can reduce the cane sugar she eats in favor of what she thinks is healthier honey. My grandparents and aunt and uncle already have 4-5 hives apiece, and they have repeatedly told me that no harm comes to the bees, and the bees make more honey than they can possibly use. (They told me that when I was simply asking for more info on honeymaking before I even considered veg*nism.)<br><br><br><br>
I looked at the link Kreeli provided on honey vs. sugar digestion, and I plan to email that link to my mom. I don't think she'll be convinced, though. Do any of you have links to more recognizable sources, ones that my mom might consider to be authoritative? YumHummus's link didn't work for me; the net filter my college has blocked the site.