Vegan smart car owners.....

[seadave]

Yep - went vegan about 11 years ago when at the ripe old age of 49 was diagnosed with heart blockage. No surgery due to a very conservative doctor, and in the meantime found it could be reversed through diet. 2 years later - no blockage, so I continue the vegan route. Definitely NOT a cow hugger/ greenie, and if invited I'll show up and slurp a big steak with the best of them. One of the best gurus of that type of lifestyle - Dr. John McDougall. Check out:

McDougall Program & Dr. McDougall's Health and Medical Center

All the best from Houston,

dave

[BigWarpGuy]

Can a vegan eat EggBeaters since they contain egg whites? It is still part of the egg.


I am an ominvore. There is not much I won't eat. It could explain why I weigh over 300 pounds.

[jwight]

What a great town! Love all the big name shows, all the lights on the Strip and even some of the less expensive buffets.









Sorry, my bad - it's not Vegas smart car owners...

[Godfather]

Save a cow, eat a panda..........

[pmolink]

Funny -

Not very many vegans have fessed-up on this thread. Could it be that they are ashamed to be associated with the great black and white one?

[sunnyokanagan]

I was a vegetarian for almost four years - I still won't eat red meat - but my doctor told me I wasn't getting enough protein in my diet and "ordered" me back on animal protein. :-/

[Big Panda]

Originally Posted by sunnyokanagan

I was a vegetarian for almost four years - I still won't eat red meat - but my doctor told me I wasn't getting enough protein in my diet and "ordered" me back on animal protein. :-/

Just like calcium, you can get protein from many sources besides 'animal'. Like someone else said, I'm not an an obsessive when it comes to meat, only want to lose some weight.

I'm really have no plans on going "Vegan", more like semi-Vegan. I'll just carefully watch the cholesterol and fat on what I DO eat. But for the most part, I don't plan on eating much red, white or other meat in the future.

btw, I really appreciate all the comments (even the funny ones!). I just wanted to get some ideas what other people that have gone through this have done, how well they've done and if they're still sticking with it.

OH, about 'EggBeaters'.....that particular 'type' DOES have real egg whites in it but there are those that don't. That's what I've been eating......just like scrambled eggs to me.

CORRECTION: the 'EggBeaters' we have DOES have egg whites in it. I was wrong...my bad. But I still like them and I'll still eat them. Sorry.

[Suze]

What is the offense in real egg whites? Fat free, cholesterol free.



I dunno, a life time of eating habit is hard to change. I love meat. Red meat, nearly raw steaks, beefy stew, juicy burgers - chicken, fried, sauteed, gumboed! Lamb! - ooooh, the redder the better! And pork...! which brings us to the smoked meats; bacon, ham and sausages of all kinds! Salty, fatty meats! Fish! fresh, salt-water and the shellfish! OH... mmmmmmmm.

I was dating this doctor who wanted to get me on a joint-healthy diet (bless him). But - no red meat, no glucose, no refined sugar, no dairy, no alcohol, no caffeine. Um..... those are my 6 food groups!



yeah, vegan would be very hard for me.


I applaud you, Panda. And wish you luck!

[Old smart]

There is a good reason that the third teeth out from centerline, both sides, upper and lower, are such as they are. That was determined long before there were any PETA, "greenie" or other issues. We have been successful homonids as omnivores.

I am a meat-eater, but the porportions are about 1/3rd seafood (un-countable varieties), 1/3rd poultry (again many varieties - chicken, turkey, duck, squab, quail, etc.), and 1/3rd four-legged meat (beef at best half of that third).

All that said, moderation works. Per Petronius - "Practice moderation in all things, including moderation".

N.B. As I suppose, I began as a mamillian milk slurper, lest I wouldn't have survived to this point.

[NCC1701]

Originally Posted by sunnyokanagan

I was a vegetarian for almost four years - I still won't eat red meat - but my doctor told me I wasn't getting enough protein in my diet and "ordered" me back on animal protein. :-/

Maintaining a balanced vegetarian diet required research and putting that education to use in home cooking. A vegan diet is even more of a challenge.

All living things, plants and animals, are built of proteins. Proteins are built of amino acids. Proteins from different organisms have different ratios of amino acids. Before consumed protein can be utilized it is broken down into amino acids and recombined as needed by the consumer. If food consumed is lacking in one or more amino acids necessary to produce the proteins required by the consumer, they are called limiting amino acids. By combining proteins from 2 or more sources the consumer can achieve a good 'protein complementarity match'. One example of this is consuming cheese with peanuts. This may be overly simplified, but I think it explains it pretty well.