SHANE DAWSON GOES VEGAN FOR A DAY + RESULTS & TIPS

I've always been a massive fan of Shane Dawson so when the video "Vegan For a Day" popped up in my subscription box, I was intrigued!

Shane explains in the video that his viewers (and Freelee) have wanted him to go vegan for a long time so he thought he would give it a try.

And before you say anything, I know he jokes about a lot of things. I have watched him for a long time so make sure you take the things he says with a grain of salt.

When I first pressed play on the video I was a little worried as I thought Shane may bash veganism through his jokes, but he seemed really excited to try it out.

Firstly, he decided to watch some slaughter house videos. His reaction impressed me as he looked genuinely distraught and seemed as if he wanted to cry. I don't think Shane was fully aware of how brutal slaughter houses really are.

"This makes me want to try and go vegan even more" Woo, go Shane!

For breakfast, Shane decided to have a brown rice cake with almond butter, this is a good start. However, this is not enough calories to fill Shane up until lunchtime and he will most likely snack on bad foods. As Shane mentioned in the beginning of the video that he wants to lose weight, I am sure this may end up being an issue for him if he doesn't eat more fulfilling breakfasts.

Here are just a few examples:

• Peanut Butter Granola
• Breakfast Sandwich
• Tofu Scramble
• French Toast
• Tofu Breakfast Tacos

For lunch, Shane wanted to try the Impossible burger. This is a 100% plant based burger that bleeds. Shane and his boyfriend, Ryland, played the advertisement for the burger on their TV and claimed that the burger looked gross. This was weird considering that they eat actual animals, that's pretty disgusting to me!

Once he had the burger, Shane was surprised that it looked like an actual burger and seemed keen to take a bite. He was shocked by how real tasting it was and his boyfriend agreed. I think he takes back the comments about the burger looking disgusting now! ;-)

One thing that interested me in this clip was that Shane made the connection that he has pets but is perfectly okay with eating other animals. He and his boyfriend both came to the conclusion that it was because the animals that they eat aren't as smart as their pets but that could not be further from the truth. Shane, exaggerating a little, said that a pig is 500,000 times smarter than Uno (his dog.) That's true, Shane, according to PETA, pigs can outperform a 3-year-old human child on cognition tests and are actually smarter than any domestic animal, and animal experts consider them more trainable than cats and dogs.

In the evening, Shane goes to Kalel's (a vegan YouTuber) house to try some proper homemade vegan food. To start off with, Kalel offers him cheese and meat on crackers and to his surprise, he enjoyed the taste. He even went as far to say that they taste like Lunchables! Awesome!

While looking through Kalel's fridge, Shane notices that she has vegan yoghurts and decides to try some. At first, he is grossed out by how they look, but once he tries them he states that they're really good.

Here are some examples of delicious vegan yoghurts:

• Alpro Vanilla Yoghurt
• Cashewgurt
• The Coconut Collaborative
• Koko 
• Tesco Free From Strawberry Fromage Frais

Kalel decides to make Shane and Ryland Mac & Cheese on pizza for dinner. While decorating the pizza, Shane says it looks "Legit as f*ck" and that "It's going to look so bomb".

As soon as the pizza is out of the oven, Shane asks Kalel if she has any vegan ranch (his favourite sauce). It's great that Kalel had some available as it is important to show Shane that you can in fact still enjoy your favourite foods without the cruelty.

Shane proceeds to take a bite out of the pizza and looks stunned by the taste, and eats everything on his plate (Shane never lies about food). His boyfriend even mentioned that he would eat it all day every day and get fat. I guess eating vegan pizza every day of your life is better than eating non-vegan pizza every day, right?

For dessert, Kalel presents fudge brownies with Ben and Jerry's Dairy Free Fudge Brownie ice cream. Again, Shane looks shocked and mentioned that it tastes better than non-vegan ice cream. I love the fact Shane expressed this to his 10M subscribers. Also, you're less likely to have a tummy ache after eating vegan ice cream.

Here are some examples of delicious vegan ice creams:

• Ben & Jerry's Non-Dairy
• Alpro Hazelnut Chocolate Ice Cream 
• Swedish Glace Vanilla Non-Dairy
• Booja-Booja
• Almond Dream

Now my favourite part of the video: Shane's summarization! He says that he really enjoyed being vegan for the day and would love to slowly incorporate more vegan food into his life and will possibly be a vegan this time next month. I'm so proud of Shane for making a video like this as it's important to spread awareness to his subscribers, even if he doesn't stick to veganism himself.

What YouTuber would you like to see go vegan?

Please leave a comment if you have any suggestions for future blog posts I am also happy to answer any questions about veganism you may have.

💓 Phoebe xoxo