What are you?

[Nexutix]

Did anyone notice this thing? NO DUDE DOES NOT EAT MEAT! (→ Every dude eats meat)

[astra]

Rib-eye stake rare is my favourite.

[AGB]

Meat eating dude here.

I like most vegetarian meals, I have to say, but I'll never be a vegetarian. Ever. I'll stir fry a rat before turning vegetarian.

[Mortis]

Originally Posted by AGB

Meat eating dude here.

I like most vegetarian meals, I have to say, but I'll never be a vegetarian. Ever. I'll stir fry a rat before turning vegetarian.

Rat's not that bad, if you're hungry enough!

I remember reading that Vegans don't get enough of some vitamins and need to take special supplements, is that true?

[AGB]

Originally Posted by Mortis

Rat's not that bad, if you're hungry enough!

I remember reading that Vegans don't get enough of some vitamins and need to take special supplements, is that true?

They have to be obsessed with food and calories. They usually eat a whole lot of beans and soy. But yeah, the only two vegans I know do supplement with vitamin pills and other stuff.

Even if could stand living without meat (and not loose weight), I'd never become a vegan. You have to be obsessive, and most vegans I have met are fanatical about it, so much so that they think their choices should dictate the choices of the rest of us.

/Rant.

[natasha_fawn]

Originally Posted by AGB

They have to be obsessed with food and calories. They usually eat a whole lot of beans and soy. But yeah, the only two vegans I know do supplement with vitamin pills and other stuff.

Even if could stand living without meat (and not loose weight), I'd never become a vegan. You have to be obsessive, and most vegans I have met are fanatical about it, so much so that they think their choices should dictate the choices of the rest of us.

/Rant.

That's funny, most vegans I've met respect other people enough to not preach where it's not wanted. Just like any other group, it's the loud fanatical ones who're heard most, to the detriment of anyone within shouting distance.

But yes, to have a healthy vegan diet you do have to pay very close attention to what you eat. The main concerns are a few of the essential amino acids and some vitamins (B12 comes to mind) and minerals. I certainly couldn't manage to maintain a vegan diet.m A healthy vegetarian diet is no more difficult than a healthy omnivorous diet.

[astra]

I don't know any vegans

[AGB]

Originally Posted by astra

I don't know any vegans

Concider yourself lucky.

[Mortis]

Originally Posted by AGB

Concider yourself lucky.

I have known a few vegans and I have to agree, they reminded me of reformed smokers, they were the ones telling me that eating meat was wrong. None of them could have lifted a 20 pound bag of soya beans without help though.

When my daughter was very young, maybe 5, she went with me to a friends place, my friend was an avid hunter but his wife was a vegan (?) anyway, his wife asked my daughter if she ate meat and told her that it was bad and that she shouldn't eat meat. My daughter told her, "If God didn't want us to eat meat, they wouldn't taste so good!" with that she stormed out of the room to wait for me by the door. My friends wife was speechless and my friend had to work hard to suppress his laughter.

My friend still teases my daughter about it, she works for his company and he calls her "Carnivore Syd".

[AGB]

Ha ha, excellent anecdote!

[Mortis]

Originally Posted by AGB

Ha ha, excellent anecdote!

Wish I knew where she came up it though, she used to spend to much time with me, my ex-wife claims :P

[Freeshadow]

indeed well said by the lil one
I ask myself how said vegan went along with her hubby hunting for the food

[Enkidu of Abydos]

Where's the poll choice for aliens who eat crunchy barbacued humans ? That's anti-alien discrimination, speciesism even !

[Angst]

Originally Posted by Mortis

...I remember reading that Vegans don't get enough of some vitamins and need to take special supplements, is that true?

Amino acids. The body cannot make 9 of the 20 amino acids we need to survive. Meat is the only food that contains all 9 nine. For vegans, they need to combine different foods to obtain necessary quantities of all the amino acids. i.e. beans AND rice.

more here

Funny, I had never even heard of vegan before moving to Los Angeles.

[natasha_fawn]

Originally Posted by Angst

Amino acids. The body cannot make 9 of the 20 amino acids we need to survive. Meat is the only food that contains all 9 nine. For vegans, they need to combine different foods to obtain necessary quantities of all the amino acids. i.e. beans AND rice.

more here

Funny, I had never even heard of vegan before moving to Los Angeles.

That's a nice article, thanks. Meat is not the only protein source with all nine essential amino acids, though. Eggs and dairy are "complete proteins" as well. There are some vegan foods that contain all nine essential amino acids in sufficient quantities, such as soy and quinoa. Most vegans, unless they have other dietary restrictions, do not have to supplement with amino acids. Just to be clear, since it's a popular myth, one does not have to combine each of the essential amino acids at every meal to be healthy.

Supplementing vitamins and minerals is more likely to be necessary, though. B12 is much less abundant in non-animal foods, so often needs to be supplemented. (There's some evidence that a large percentage of meat-eaters are low in B12 as well.) Vitamin D is another one that is uncommon in vegan diets and some people don't actually get enough sun to make up for it. Iron is also commonly supplemented in vegan diets because the form found in plant foods is harder to absorb.