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I Ate Vegans for 60 Days
Here is how they changed me
Several months ago, a friend recommended eating Vegans as a sixty-day challenge. I accepted the challenge and it has changed how I’ll eat for the rest of my life.
I’ve practiced a sapien-based diet for the past four years. People often incorrectly refer to it as cannibalism. While I understand why the term remains common, it is outdated. We describe our lifestyle as sapien-based, or sapitarian. Both are correct. We’re attempting to move beyond the misconceptions and negative connotations of the past.
Sapitarianism is not an easy practice to maintain, but once you accept the inconveniences, it is life-affirming. I’m not an annoying sapitarian who constantly proselytizes and tries to convert everyone at the party. I don’t judge others on their dietary philosophies.
A sapien-based diet comes with its own baggage, mostly public ridicule. I’ve heard all the jokes, “How do you know there’s a sapitarian in the room? Because one of your friends is in the oven.”
However, we’re not as difficult or as fussy as you may have heard. We enjoy restaurants and farmer’s markets just like everyone else. We really like farmers.
