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re: Anyone here vegan or vegetarian or tried a vegan or vegetarian diet?

Posted on 9/15/14 at 2:50 pm to
Posted by chhese007
NOLA
Member since Oct 2006
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Posted on 9/15/14 at 2:50 pm to
I'm a vegetarian, have been since 7th grade, mostly for personal/religious reasons. Feels pretty good. Couldn't see myself ever going back.
Posted by Swoopin
Member since Jun 2011
22038 posts
Posted on 9/15/14 at 2:52 pm to
I will never be a vegetarian or vegan by label. I have no opposition to eating meat.

But I have found that if you go for a period of time trying to stick to veggies or small amounts of white meats, I feel a lot more energetic and better in general. Happened upon this just experimenting with cooking.

So I don't view the concept as harshly as I used to.
Posted by mouton
Savannah,Ga
Member since Aug 2006
28276 posts
Posted on 9/15/14 at 3:18 pm to
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I feel a lot more energetic and better in general


Same here.
Posted by Mr. Wayne
Member since Feb 2008
10060 posts
Posted on 9/15/14 at 3:19 pm to






Posted by mouton
Savannah,Ga
Member since Aug 2006
28276 posts
Posted on 9/15/14 at 3:22 pm to
You may feel a bit different when you have a heart attack at 40.
Posted by dnm3305
Member since Feb 2009
13951 posts
Posted on 9/15/14 at 3:24 pm to
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You may feel a bit different when you have a heart attack at 40.


From eating meat? Why is that?
Posted by dante
Kingwood, TX
Member since Mar 2006
10669 posts
Posted on 9/15/14 at 3:27 pm to
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religious reasons
Curious....what religion does not allow anyone to eat meat?
Posted by Mr. Wayne
Member since Feb 2008
10060 posts
Posted on 9/15/14 at 3:29 pm to
Seriously I just take everything in moderation. I tried to go vegetarian for a diet but felt worse than I ever have in my life. Zero energy and weak all day. I eat red meat some meals, white meat other meals, seafood, and vegetable and fruits. Sometimes I eat them all on the same plate. I move around to offset the all on the same plate meal. I also move around on a regular basis. If others want to eat salad every day that is their own buisness. But not tofu. Anyone who eats tofu should be made fun of and made an outcast.
Posted by Topwater Trout
Red Stick
Member since Oct 2010
67790 posts
Posted on 9/15/14 at 3:29 pm to
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I think most people would benefit from cutting some of the meat out of their diet and replacing it with fruit and vegetables.


animals are tasty though
Posted by mouton
Savannah,Ga
Member since Aug 2006
28276 posts
Posted on 9/15/14 at 3:30 pm to
I think most of the links between eating meat and heart disease are processed red meat. That said I think we would all be a little healthier if we at a little less meat and way more fruits and vegetables.
Posted by dnm3305
Member since Feb 2009
13951 posts
Posted on 9/15/14 at 3:32 pm to
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I think most of the links between eating meat and heart disease are processed red meat. That said I think we would all be a little healthier if we at a little less meat and way more fruits and vegetables.


I can agree with eating more fruits and vegetables as I need to do so myself, but there is no evidence (unbiased anyway) that proves that eating red meat is bad for you. Almost all of the links made are based off of the lipid hypothesis which is still a hypothesis and has never been proven. On the contrary it has been disproven over and over again.
This post was edited on 9/15/14 at 3:33 pm
Posted by mouton
Savannah,Ga
Member since Aug 2006
28276 posts
Posted on 9/15/14 at 3:32 pm to
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I tried to go vegetarian for a diet but felt worse than I ever have in my life. Zero energy and weak all day


What were you eating? I honestly have had the opposite experience but I make sure I get plenty of protein.
Posted by AUCE05
Member since Dec 2009
43009 posts
Posted on 9/15/14 at 3:33 pm to
Yes. I used to hunt and kill my own protien when I was younger, and the smell of fat grosses me out. I also cut into the stomach's a few times. And with chicken, I would catch my great grand mothers chickens, and she taught me how to pluck the feathers and cook those. I will sometimes smell, or see a dead chicken and it puts me in a veggie mood for months. I do eat protien btw, but would rather it be sea food or fresh water fish.
Posted by dnm3305
Member since Feb 2009
13951 posts
Posted on 9/15/14 at 3:33 pm to
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What were you eating? I honestly have had the opposite experience but I make sure I get plenty of protein.


If you arent eating meat, how are you getting plenty of protein?
Posted by FalseProphet
Mecca
Member since Dec 2011
11708 posts
Posted on 9/15/14 at 3:35 pm to
I was a vegetarian for about 9 months in college. I worked at P.F. Chang's at the time, so I mostly ate the veggie options from there, which made life easy. And, the cooks didn't have a problem coming up with weird veggie dishes for me to try, so that helped as well.

As soon as I quit there and realized I couldn't have Szcheuan Asparagus for free anymore, I went back to meat.
Posted by Hulkklogan
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Oct 2010
43462 posts
Posted on 9/15/14 at 3:36 pm to
Vegetarian and Vegan are really the only 2 dietary styles that I have not tried in the last few years. I've been considering giving each of them a fair try just because I haven't yet, but I've tried just about everything else. However, I have a really tough time thinking about not eating meat. I'm very anti-soy as well so I wouldn't be eating tofu.

My sister has been a vegetarian her whole life. Thankfully, she's not preachy and is very respectful about people eating whatever they want. When I visit her I usually get to try some vegetarian food. It's really not bad.
Posted by Hulkklogan
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Oct 2010
43462 posts
Posted on 9/15/14 at 3:37 pm to
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If you arent eating meat, how are you getting plenty of protein?


Supplementation, seafood
Posted by mouton
Savannah,Ga
Member since Aug 2006
28276 posts
Posted on 9/15/14 at 3:39 pm to
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If you arent eating meat, how are you getting plenty of protein?


I eat some meat substitutes like seitan along with eggs, cheese, beans, protein shakes etc
Posted by The Third Leg
Idiot Out Wandering Around
Member since May 2014
10158 posts
Posted on 9/15/14 at 3:40 pm to
I'm from Iowa -- I will consume dead animals until I die.
Posted by Mr. Wayne
Member since Feb 2008
10060 posts
Posted on 9/15/14 at 3:43 pm to
Fruits and vegetables but did not supplement with protein.
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