In response to the post that Monica from Nutrition Data wrote to my question about the ADA’s stance on veganism, a German anti-anti-vegan blogger named Ava wrote an interesting but paranoid rant, implying that Monica possibly wrote the question herself as an excuse to further her extreme anti-vegan agenda.

However, Ava isn’t married to that particular conspiracy theory. She’s open to all possibilities, like that I was lying about my own experience, that I was anorexic, or that I was never really vegan. Well, all possibilities except that someone could do poorly on a vegan diet after trying their best.

She takes particular umbrage to the term “brain fog,” which she says is nothing but a made-up phenomenon that anti-vegan trolls use on vegan forums. That I used the term in my letter, then, naturally tripped her troll-detector. Not that she would believe me (or even necessarily believe that I exist), but I don’t think I ever heard the term “brain fog” before I experienced it myself. It feels exactly like your brain is in a fog, which might be why it’s a popular way to express the sensation.

I’ll be curious to see if Ava ever feels it herself, and if so, what the German phrase for it will be.