How to Go VeganⅠ，如何成为素食者（一）

Goingvegan has never been easier. Here's how to do it. 素食从来都不容易。这是怎么做的

Moving towards a vegan diet is easy, especially if you bear afew things in mind when starting out. So let’s start by looking at your overallapproach. The most obvious way to become vegan is to focus on eliminatinganimal products from your diet. Surprisingly, however, this method oftransitioning is needlessly difficult, and the people who choose this route areprobably least likely to stayvegan over the long-term. 转向纯素饮食是容易的，特别是开始的时候。让我们看看一些如何开始的方法。成为素食者最主要的是消除你的饮食中动物产品。令人惊讶的是，不管怎样，这方法对那些可能不能长期坚持素食的人来说不难。

There is a much better way. Instead of trying to cut animal products out of your diet,crowd them out. Put theemphasis on constantly seeking out delicious new vegan foods. Every time youfind a new vegan food that you adore, it’ll push the animal-based foods you arestill eating further to the fringes. The more vegan foods you try, the morefoods you’ll like, and the easier it will become to choose vegan most of thetime.有一个更好的方式。不是试图切断动物饮食产品，而是跳出动物产品的重围。把重点放在不断地寻找新的美味素食上。每当你找到一个新的素食食物，如果你喜欢，它会吸引你进一步寻找素食的愿望。当你尝试更多的素食食物，你会越来越喜欢，而且它将会变得更容易被选择。

Cultivate the habit of trying new foods at everyopportunity. The payoff is huge. If you set a goal of sampling at least fivenew vegan foods each week, you’ll doubtless discover a steady stream of newfoods you love. And these items will begin crowding out the animal productsthat are currently in your diet. Before long, anytime you get hungry the firstfood that comes to mind will be vegan.培养每一次尝试新食物机会的习惯。回报是可观的。如果你设定一个目标，每周至少尝试五个新的素食食品，你会发现你将爱上素食。而且会越来越排挤动物食品。不久以后，当你饿了，想到的第一个食品将就是素食。

Once you recognize that that going vegan is really justlearning a new skill—and a fairly simple one at that—much of your trepidationsurrounding a change of diet will disappear. Plus, you certainly don’t need togo vegan all at once. Some people do it overnight, while others ease into itover months or even years. The important thing isn’t how fast you go, butrather that you do it in a way that feels easy and comfortable. The goal, afterall, is not just to go veganbut to stay vegan long-term.And your ability to stick with your diet will be impeded if you’re not happy,healthy, and delighted by the foods you eat every day. 一旦你认识到，素食真的只是学习一项新技术一样简单，你只吃素食的恐惧将会逐渐消失。另外，你当然不用担心选择素食的时间。有些人只一个晚上，有些人几个月甚至几年。重要的不是你如何转变，而在于你做的方式，要感觉到轻松和舒适。所有的目标，是为成为严格的素食主义者。如果你每天吃素使你不开心，不健康，不快乐，那么素食会动摇你坚持吃素的能力与决心。

Some people get intimidated by the thought of becomingabsolutely, positively vegan—with no room for slips or exceptions. If making a100 percent commitment sounds too much for you right now, no problem. One ofAmerica’s most influential food writers, Mark Bittman, has long followed whathe calls a “Vegan Before 6,” approach. That is, he follows a totally vegan dietuntil dinnertime, and then eats whatever he likes for the rest of the evening.A strategy like this can easily get you past the halfway point towards becomingvegan, and even if you never become completely vegan you’ll doubtless eat farfewer animal products than most people. If the Vegan Before 6 approach soundsappealing, you can get a hold of Bittman’s book on the topic. 有些人会被绝对的思想吓倒，积极的素食主义者没有滑倒或例外。如果做一个百分之百的承诺，似乎对你现在没问题。美国一位最具影响力的美食作家马克·比特曼，有一个他所谓的成为“素食者前六部曲”的方法。那是，他从早到晚的全素饮食，然后晚上休息。这种策略可以很容易地让你成为素食主义者，即使你最终没有成为素食者，可能你也将笔大多数人少吃动物产品。如果“素食者前六部曲”听起来很诱人，你可以搜素比特曼的书。

Or perhaps the idea of going 100 percent vegan sounds easyenough, but a commitment to stick with it for the rest of your life seemsdaunting. No worries—why not take the pressure off by giving a vegan diet a three-week test-drive? One great benefit tomaking a temporary commitment is that research shows it takes about 21 days toform a lasting habit. So after your three-week vegan experiment, you’ll be in amuch better position to evaluate how well a plant-based lifestyle works foryou. 好像百分之百素食听起来很容易，但一个承诺，要想坚持下去，你的余生是艰巨的。别担心，为什么不来一场三周的纯素饮食测试呢？一个伟大的利益，一个临时的承诺是，研究表明，形成一个长久的习惯大约需要21天。所以你三周素食的实验后，你会在一个更好的位置来评估一个素食的生活方式对你是否可行。

And never forget: it just keeps getting easier. The more veganfoods you try the easier it will be to stick with it. So if going vegan seemshard right now, know that it’ll seem easier in a few weeks and much easier in a few months. Nearlyevery long-term vegan you’ll meet will tell you that the transition turned outto be far easier than they ever expected. 永远不要忘记：只是不断使之更容易。你尝试越多素食，坚持吃素就会更容易。所以如果马上吃素很难，用几周或几个月时间了解他们，可能更容易。几乎每一个长期的素食主义者，会告诉你过渡期远比你想象的更容易。