wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> I'm new to this forum and I'm having a hard time maintaining the vegan
> diet. I have cravings for meat! What do you do to overcome these
> cravings?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mary

Why are you following a vegan diet? Are you suffering from cognitive
dissonance?

I would think that if you were doing it for your own 'reasons' then you
would not crave meat.

Perhaps look at these:

http://www.viva.org.uk/video/index.htm

http://www.viva.org.uk/video/nimn.html

Go to the http://www.ajcn.org/ web site and type in "milk cancer" and
read some of the papers...