# Do vegans swallow?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-vegans-swallow/55179>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 20, 2001, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-vegans-swallow/55179 "2001-02-20T04:42:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![gorkamorka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/87869e/32.png) [@gorkamorka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gorkamorka)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2001, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-vegans-swallow/55179/21 "2001-02-21T17:00:15Z")

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Just what the Hell is colustrum

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**Author:** ![gorkamorka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/87869e/32.png) [@gorkamorka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gorkamorka)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2001, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-vegans-swallow/55179/22 "2001-02-21T17:00:33Z")

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Just what the Hell is colustrum?

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**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2001, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-vegans-swallow/55179/23 "2001-02-21T17:46:25Z")

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_Originally posted by choosybeggar_

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> **Chicken eggs are technically not the meat of a mammal either and vegans eschew these.**

FYI…  
Vegans who choose their diet for ethical/animal rights reasons don’t eat eggs because of the cruel/inhumane methods (space per chicken, debeaking, etc.) used to raise chickens in factory farming situations (see [FactoryFarming.com](http://www.factoryfarming.com/eggs.htm)).

Also: [Colostrum](http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=colostrum)?

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**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2001, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-vegans-swallow/55179/24 "2001-02-21T17:50:50Z")

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Well, colostrum is sort of like “pre-milk.” Think of it as nature’s vaccination.

From Websters:

[quote}  
: milk secreted for a few days after parturition and characterized by high protein and antibody content

- co·los·tral /-tr&l/ adjective ion.  
[/quote]

[sub]“partuition” means “giving birth” [/sub]

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**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2001, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-vegans-swallow/55179/25 "2001-02-21T19:08:44Z")

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Okay, so we’ve established that it’s okay for a vegan to swallow… human semen.

What about, say, elephant semen? If it were um, non-violently coaxed from the donor?

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**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2001, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-vegans-swallow/55179/26 "2001-02-21T19:38:15Z")

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Thus endeth the thread.

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