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Thank you. I've been eating a lot of tofu lately. About a year ago I noticed the grocery stores around me started carrying "super firm cubed tofu" from Nasoya. That's my favorite kind, and I eat so much of it, sometimes 3 or 4 packs per day.
But I'm allergic to nuts. Is there really no protein power that's grown in a vat and doesn't come from animals? And what about wheat germ? |
Hey everyone. The last time I posted at veggieboards was in 2013 when I was 30, now I'm 32 which is kind of depressing.
In 2013 I had an epiphany. That is that my whole life I had eaten meat justifying it by saying "this is natural", then I started thinking about it and realized that just because something is "natural" doesn't make it "good", after all, the bubonic plague and tsunamis are natural. I tried to go full vegetarian at that time but I kind of wimped out on it and just stopped eating pigs and cows. I've only eaten chicken, turkey, and fish for the past two years pretty much with a few exceptions, like a few times I've gone to Walmart Neighborhood Market and they have free pizza samples at the deli with pepperoni. Sometimes I'm able to resist these but a few times I ate them, that's the only time I've eaten pork in the past two years though. I am becoming more serious about it now. Here's what happened. I work as a land surveyor and we were surveying a farm one day. There was an outdoor chicken coop where chickens were running around. One chicken was sitting on top of a pig as the pig walked around. As I walked by all the chickens followed me. That evening when I got home I looked up pet chickens on youtube, and saw how nice they were. I don't want to eat them anymore. I bought some expensive whey protein powder. Is it true that I can get all my protein needs from this and I can safely stop eating meat completely without any neurological effects? I play chess and it's very important to me, I need my brain to be in good shape for my chess. |
The earth has enough resources for everyones need but not their greed.
Buddy, as a lifelong vegetarian & a vegan 99% of the time I'd like to say converting to a meat-free diet is not only natural its super easy. Our bodies do not care for meat, I've NEVER tasted it, nor even look at it.
As far as proteins are concerned its one of the natural fears of an omnivore.. what if I don't get proteins, what if my body falls apart on a vegan diet - none of this is gonna happen. Protein is not required in large quantities at all, you can comfortably get the daily amount of proteins in chickpeas, green peas, nuts and nut butter. To start with you could take processed vegan protein powder to allay your fears then gradually move on to a more natural diet-based supplementation. Please start it right away, as each day you are vegan you are not only taking a stand for all the blessed creations of earth, you are also reverting to the most natural way of life possible. |
I bought some expensive whey protein powder. Is it true that I can get all my protein needs from this and I can safely stop eating meat completely without any neurological effects? I play chess and it's very important to me, I need my brain to be in good shape for my chess. |
Thanks so much everyone for all the encouragement and info about protein options. I think I'm really going to be able to do this.
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Throw in some coconut oil and a few spices and you have delicious dals and soups. Mix beans with vinegar, salt, olive oil and a bit of sugar and you have bean salads. Toss lentils or black beans with Mexican spices.
These are high protein plant foods and once you start you will never get bored. |
Not to put a dampener on your message because I think it's lovely, but as someone who wasn't a lifelong vegetarian....I can tell you the switch to vegetarian wasn't easy, much less super easy.
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The earth has enough resources for everyones need but not their greed.
Well yes I can understand that it will never be easy in places like Australia, Europe & USA, mostly because vegetarian or vegan food supplies are intentionally short-supplied. There just isn't enough of it. .
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Nice to meet you Mogwai and good luck in your journey!
I'll add my bit of advice, as a a forty-five year vegetarian. Get into beans! By a crock pot and a pressure cooker, and try kidney, pinto, fava, black, chili, mung, navy, lima, and garbanzo. Then the lentils, red and brown, and the Indian varieties split mung, toor, masoor, and urad. And don't forget split peas, yellow and green, and fresh peas. Throw in some coconut oil and a few spices and you have delicious dals and soups. Mix beans with vinegar, salt, olive oil and a bit of sugar and you have bean salads. Toss lentils or black beans with Mexican spices. These are high protein plant foods and once you start you will never get bored. |
Well yes I can understand that it will never be easy in places like Australia, Europe & USA, mostly because vegetarian or vegan food supplies are intentionally short-supplied. There just isn't enough of it. You have so many snacks & even drinks/sodas are made of substances like gelatine, esther gum, fish oils etc. This is sad because they are not yet understanding that to some people usage of animals products is immoral. Secondly the restaurants also do not co-operate much when it comes to giving vegetarian or vegan meals, you simply cant order one with the same confidence as an omnivore. These are all a problem of demand & supply, I think the situation is better now with more awareness & knowledge thanks to the internet. It has to change in these countries & I'm sure with more people like us it will.
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Yes maybe it was easier because I grew up on such a diet, but I've learnt much more from here than ever imagined. I learnt which products might have animal content and where to avoid them & also understood how truly evil the milk industry is. A veggie diet is quite easy to balance out as long as one has the proper raw-materials in the kitchen, a mix of vegetables for vitamins & fibre, pulses for proteins, grains for fibre, fruits for antioxidants etc. I also understand that an omnivores body will take a few weeks or even months to get adjusted to the vegan diet but after that it will seem like the most natural way possible. All these problems can be avoided completely when the trend catches on & people are raised veggie by default. The industries might adapt accordingly and make it easier. |
Beans are the Protein Heroes of the vegetable world, yep yep. Coconut oil is delicious, but it's almost 100% saturated fat. Use it carefully: http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/fats-and-oils/508/2
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