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Vegan YouTuber Apologizes After She's Caught Eating Fish: 'I Made a Mistake'
RACHEL DESANTIS
Posted on March 20, 2019 3:10PM
A vegan influencer who built a fanbase of more than 2 million by touting the health benefits of veganism has apologized after she was spotted eating animal products.
Yovana Mendoza Ayres, who goes by the name Rawvana on her social media channels, apologized last week in a YouTube video that said her decision to incorporate eggs and fish into her diet was an “emergency measure” spurred on by various health problems.
In the 33-minute video, Rawvana said she initially did not feel up to the task of sharing the news with her followers after six years of eating a raw vegan diet.
In the apology video, Rawvana explained her history with veganism, and how she adopted a raw vegan diet years ago after discovering how great it made her feel. She also added that she benefited from various other cleanses and diets too, like a water fast in which she only drank water for 25 days.
Eventually, Rawvana stopped getting her period for two years because of her diet, and blood tests revealed her hormones were pre-menopausal.
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After adding more fat and salt to her food intake, her period came back – but by 2017, she said, she was “basically anemic” with low thyroid levels.
Eventually, she developed SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth), and at her doctors’ suggestions, decided to “experiment” with adding animal products to her diet in order to “put [her] health first.”
Added another, “It’s really hard to believe someone that has claimed to be vegan for a long time and then only comes out as non vegan anymore because they were caught eating fish in a video. You cashed in on something you knew was growing and profitable. Very deceitful.”
“You are simply a fraud,” wrote another commenter.
As of Wednesday afternoon, her video, titled, “THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING,” had 3,500 “likes” on YouTube, and more than 10,000 “dislikes
https://people.com/food/vegan-youtuber-rawvana-apologizes-caught-eating-fish/amp/
Vegan YouTuber Apologizes After She's Caught Eating Fish: 'I Made a Mistake'
RACHEL DESANTIS
Posted on March 20, 2019 3:10PM
A vegan influencer who built a fanbase of more than 2 million by touting the health benefits of veganism has apologized after she was spotted eating animal products.
Yovana Mendoza Ayres, who goes by the name Rawvana on her social media channels, apologized last week in a YouTube video that said her decision to incorporate eggs and fish into her diet was an “emergency measure” spurred on by various health problems.
In the 33-minute video, Rawvana said she initially did not feel up to the task of sharing the news with her followers after six years of eating a raw vegan diet.
In the apology video, Rawvana explained her history with veganism, and how she adopted a raw vegan diet years ago after discovering how great it made her feel. She also added that she benefited from various other cleanses and diets too, like a water fast in which she only drank water for 25 days.
Eventually, Rawvana stopped getting her period for two years because of her diet, and blood tests revealed her hormones were pre-menopausal.
RELATED: Gordon Ramsay Tells Piers Morgan ‘Go F— Yourself’ Over Criticism of His Restaurant’s Vegan Food
After adding more fat and salt to her food intake, her period came back – but by 2017, she said, she was “basically anemic” with low thyroid levels.
Eventually, she developed SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth), and at her doctors’ suggestions, decided to “experiment” with adding animal products to her diet in order to “put [her] health first.”
Added another, “It’s really hard to believe someone that has claimed to be vegan for a long time and then only comes out as non vegan anymore because they were caught eating fish in a video. You cashed in on something you knew was growing and profitable. Very deceitful.”
“You are simply a fraud,” wrote another commenter.
As of Wednesday afternoon, her video, titled, “THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING,” had 3,500 “likes” on YouTube, and more than 10,000 “dislikes
https://people.com/food/vegan-youtuber-rawvana-apologizes-caught-eating-fish/amp/
