Vegan, YouTuber Yovana Mendoza surprised eating fish, explains health problem

A famous YouTuber known for his vegan lifestyle is now under fire after the video of his fish eating online. Now, Yovana explains to her fans why she started eating meat again.

YouTuber criticized

Yovana Mendoza is a popular YouTuber with a combined total of 3 million social media subscribers, mainly through its vegan lifestyle brand, Rawvana. However, she has taken a lot of heat recently after a video of another vlogger taking her eating fish, which is not allowed in veganism.

Health problems

In a 33-minute video, Mendoza explains why she had started eating meat again and why she had kept it for a long time. Mendoza explains that she had had health problems while she was following a raw vegan diet. Her thyroid levels were low, she did not ovulate anymore and she was almost anemic. Eventually, he was diagnosed with bacterial overgrowth in the small intestine (SIBO).

For this reason, his doctors advised him to consume meat and eggs and his overall health improved rapidly.

backlash

Despite Mendoza's explanation, fans were still annoyed by the fact that she had "cheated" them as she continued to talk about the lifestyle even though she had already started making meat. Some even accused her of animal cruelty, while others claimed that she had exploited the vegan movement to promote herself.

In response, Mendoza explains that it was because she was not ready to talk about it and that her diet was still in the testing phase at that time. In addition, she states that despite the transition, she is still a supporter of the herbal diet and that she does not say that it was because of her diet that she had problems with her. health.

For the moment, Mendoza is taking some "private time" but says that she will share her trip when she is ready.

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