Vegetarian/Vegan Thread

[CoachET]

I don't know if there are any other veggies or vegans on here, but thought it might be cool to have a thread to share recipes, tips, places to eat etc.

I had my day made recently when I found out Kelloggs Coco Pops are vegan-friendly!

[fiddy]

hey coach

whats the reason for avoiding meat/animal products? Do you have some sort of health problem or are you simply trying to live healthier?

[ripper84]

See the doc.Earthless and Food inc. and u gonna see how healthy its the meat!

[delilah]

I was pescatarian/vegetarian for 5 years. I got back into meat a few years ago. Now I try to watch what I eat as far as meat goes, I only buy free range eggs now, and try to when I can afford it buy free range chicken. Though I still eat a lot of veggies in my diet. I tend to cook quite a bit of asian influenced foods at home, and try to make my own sauces. I find when I get busy with school/work I eat crap and I feel like crap, but when I cook at home I feel better after only a couple days of eating well again. I love raw foods, fruits and vegetables. I usually start my day off with an avacado and a banana.

[kingpete]

I was pescatarian/vegetarian for 5 years. I got back into meat a few years ago. Now I try to watch what I eat as far as meat goes, I only buy free range eggs now, and try to when I can afford it buy free range chicken. Though I still eat a lot of veggies in my diet. I tend to cook quite a bit of asian influenced foods at home, and try to make my own sauces. I find when I get busy with school/work I eat crap and I feel like crap, but when I cook at home I feel better after only a couple days of eating well again. I love raw foods, fruits and vegetables. I usually start my day off with an avacado and a banana.

Fruit and vegetables are very healty, but we humans need meat too.

[MysteriaL]

Whats the different between Vegetarian och vegan? I know that vegan is more strict but i dont really know in what way.

[marlin]

Hi there,
Me wanna say that I am also a vegetarian and have much better one healthy figure and physique...

[Ordo]

Excellent protein source for vegans (and non vegans really) is quinoa. It is a small, round grain that is a complete protein (has all the amino acids). It's protein density by weight is about half that of most meats (12% as opposed to meats being 24% give or take).

It can be substituted into just about any recipe that has rice, but some tweaking is usually necessary. I've been experimenting replacing other grains in various recipes with quinoa and it works for the most part.

[TAO]

Bravo, delilah, on the free-range eggs. But are you s-u-r-e they really are eggs from chickens that range and eat predominantly insects/grubs/worms/herbs/grasses and shoots? Reason I ask is that in the US (and I dunno if you are from there) the gov't is in bed with the egg producers and have concocted and foisted a total deception on the American public. The definition of "free range" is bogus. It simple means chickens that have "access to" the outdoors--not chickens that actually range! Best to buy true free-range eggs from a local person with a small operation and who raises them to provide optimum nutritional benefits. Eggs from chickens that are fed grain and are penned in cramped dark quarters are vastly inferior.

Good, too, that you buy free-range chicken meat. Be aware though, that muscle meats are not nutrient dense. Organ meats, marrow (chicken bones are too small to extract marrow) and home-made bone broths are tops nutritionally. See my previous posts for educational resources if you like.

It is a myth that generations past ate exclusively plant-based diets and that there is a long history of such. They did no such thing. The consumption of diets that are strictly plant based is a product of the latter half of the 20th Century and has no traditional basis. I bought into this fairy tale hook, line and sinker for many years. For those interested, I can suggest the brilliant work of Sally Fallon and her colleague, Mary Enig. They are the brainchildren behind the Weston A. Price website which I heartily recommend to those seeking to gain a refined and workable understanding of proven dietary principles to apply in their lives.

I would suggest that anyone who strictly avoids eating dead animals consume raw, fresh, whole milk (and butter and cream) from pastured cows and cultured with kefir. And eat fresh non-fertile eggs. Plants really do not supply the full complement of nutritive elements humans need for optimum health. Genetics can sometimes overcome diets lacking in nutrition but why risk it?

May this serve someone's understanding.

~TAO

[bandit187]

hey coach whats the reason for avoiding meat/animal products? Do you have some sort of health problem or are you simply trying to live healthier?

there are a plethora of reasons which would invoke the thought of reducing animal product consumption. personally i think the most compelling ones have to do with the reducing unneccessary suffering and the toll on the environment that animal production causes. i could go into great detail about this but i have no desire to proselytize. feel free to pm me on this subject.

See the doc.Earthless and Food inc. and u gonna see how healthy its the meat!

@ ripper84 i think you made a small typo. i am pretty sure the film you were referring to is titled EARTHLINGS



@ TAO if you are gonna make some of the claims you did you really should cite your sources. stating something does not make it true; even if you are basing your opinions on something you read. out of curiousity are you a trained medical dietitian?