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Thanks For Dropping...
...by, nala. I'll check it out!
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posted by
DamonLeigh
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September 28, 2004
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Thanks For The Good Information!
Unfortunately I also know some fat vegetarians. They somehow feel entitled to eat more fried food (incl. fried vegetables) and sweetened food for the sacrifice they make not to eat meat.
In the normal traditional Chinese diet we always eat a lot of vegetables. Meat is often added as a flavor. The meat I eat per month (normally mixed in vegetables) is about what some people here eat for one single meal. I don't feel deprived at all and don't eat anything with added sugar, neither in solid food nor drinks, to compensate my "loss".
In general, I prefer vegetables to meat, prefer fresh fruits to anything sweetened. This diet keeps me very healthy and happy.
I run a blog named "Weigh Less and Feel Better" under "Health & Fitness". - Nala
posted by
nala
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September 18, 2004
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Meat may not be vital to a healthy diet...
but you can also live off of just meat and fat and be very healthy. Ancient Eskimos in fact had to in order to stay alive b/c of the cold and also b/c thats all they had.
posted by
nevertheless
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September 16, 2004
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Absolutely...
...not! I barely eat any at all. Must be a rumour started in the mid-90s by the US Bean Growers Federation ;-)
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posted by
DamonLeigh
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August 16, 2004
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Do all vegetarians eat a lot of beans? I can't eat very many beans.
posted by
TARZANA
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August 16, 2004
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Long Island Iced Tea?
That's my favourite cocktail! Never thought of it as part of my diet!
Good to hear you're in rude health, but here's a question. Eyeballs? I used to use 'nothing with a face'. But then someone mentioned shellfish. Ah. So now I say 'nothing with a blood supply'.
Just a thought.
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posted by
DamonLeigh
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October 3, 2003
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Vegetarians
I too am a veggie eating fool. I don't eat things with eyeballs. I love pasta, and cheese also. I think there is a link somewhere on red meat and colon cancer. I know too many people that have died from stomach and rectal cancer that were big red meat eaters. I am healthier than anyone in my house and I've lost a lot of weight from my eating habits. I'll stick to the good stuff. Don't forget the Long Island Iced Tea on the side.
posted by
sassyass_64
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October 2, 2003
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Not a Problem!
a non-veggy vegetarian, huh? Must be a bit tricky at times. I saw a great card the other day - 'Chocolate makes my clothes shrink'
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posted by
DamonLeigh
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October 1, 2003
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Nice Blog!
Keep this blog coming, please! I too am a vegetarian...just was out riding my motorcycle one day and passed one too many cattle farms...thought I would try to give up meat for a while...that was more than four years ago! Now, I haven't benefited much physically...as I dont much care for veggies...and eat a lot of pasta, cheese, and chocolate instead...but I do feel much better emotionally...thanks again!
posted by
Bill_Brown_Jr
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September 30, 2003
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Fair Comment!
Having just returned from the US, you guys have way more problems getting good, simple, wholesome food that is not treated, added to, preserved, processed, packaged, or otherwise scrfewed around with than we do here. Yet.
I guess with specific dietry requirements, that gets even harder. I don't envy you.
Thanks for the interest.
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posted by
DamonLeigh
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September 18, 2003
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"Since the atheletes mentioned are vegetarian and not vegan, I expect the broad answer to your question is Yes"
That's what I figured, too. Which makes your opening sentence slightly misleading :)
As an active person who doesn't eat a lot of meat, simply because I don't like the taste of it, I find the vegetarian diet to be very healthy as long as I keep it supplemented with low-fat dairy products. I do need a meaty protein fix about once a week, though. (My biggest weakness is carbs, though, for celiac reasons.)
On the side: I know a couple of overweight vegans and vegetarians. From looking for foods for my celiac diet I've seen where fat and sugar is added to many foods to make up for lost taste. Many vegan foods happen to be celiac foods for some reason.
posted by
Girl_in_Bleue
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September 18, 2003
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hmmm
then maybe I'll consider veterianism when my *ss is a reasonable size... or perhaps not!
posted by
homegirl
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September 18, 2003
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Hi Girl!
Again, not sure. I'd guess they vary, individual to individual.
To be clear, a vegetarian eats nothing with a blood supply.
A vegan also eats nothing with a blood supply, nor the products of anything with a blood supply.
Since the atheletes mentioned are vegetarian and not vegan, I expect the broad answer to your question is Yes.
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posted by
DamonLeigh
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September 18, 2003
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Hmmm...
...don't know the answer to that one for sure. And I've never really thought of vegetarianism as a weight loss strategy as such, though I must admit, I know no fat ones! I guess there's nothing much to make you fat in a good veggy diet.
As for the atheletes, my guess is they were never massively unfit - getting to those levels is a lifetimes work, an obsession in fact. But the main point is, they all did what they did without meat, which the meat industry is forever saying is VITAL to a healthy, balanced diet.
Which is clearly bullshit.
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posted by
DamonLeigh
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September 18, 2003
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Do they eat eggs and dairy?
posted by
Girl_in_Bleue
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September 18, 2003
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YES!
were they always lean, or where they once overweight and loss all of the weight by being vegetarian before they made thier accomplishments?
posted by
homegirl
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September 18, 2003
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