[OilPatch197]

and how others look at vegetarians. I totally despise how the Vegetarian community tries to 'fake' the Omnivore's lifestyle!<br><br>
Soy and other additives that simply mimic the read deal, pisses me off! Vegetarians don't eat a burger, so WHY do some of us TRY so hard to mimic a burger using gawd awful stuff like Soy?<img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/huh.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=":huh:"><br><br>
I'm just happy with salads, and no I'm not going to try tofu.<img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/shocked.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=""><br><br>
I also don't like supporting giant corporations, soy is a highly profitable for some of the the world's largest multinational agribusinesses. Cargill, Archer Daniels Midland and Solae (a joint venture of DuPont and Bunge). In the past decade, the market for soy has exploded, and soy is now being incorporated into a variety of processed foods, and included in various nutritional supplements.<br><br>
There is abundant evidence that some of the isoflavones found in soy, demonstrate toxicity in estrogen sensitive tissues and in the thyroid. This can be expected to generate thyroid abnormalities, including goiter and autoimmune thyroiditis. There exists a significant body of data that demonstrates goitrogenic and even carcinogenic effects of soy products on us.<br><br>
A Vegetarian diet should be simple, and a simple diet is healthier for us rather than some highly processed 'thing' we call food.<br><br>
/rant<img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/sad.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="">

 

[candlejackle]

Put away the tofu, everyone. We're finally free. We'll never have to eat trash like <a href="http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=8769.0" target="_blank">this</a> or <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jwr2ZfdO5IA/TK5pQpQCsOI/AAAAAAAACqA/oBmt87YVASo/s1600/IMG_8589.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> ever again. What a relief.

 

[mlp]

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>candlejackle</strong> <a href="/forum/post/2872130"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style=""></a><br><br>
Put away the tofu, everyone. We're finally free. We'll never have to eat trash like <a href="http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=8769.0" target="_blank">this</a> or <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jwr2ZfdO5IA/TK5pQpQCsOI/AAAAAAAACqA/oBmt87YVASo/s1600/IMG_8589.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> ever again. What a relief.</div>
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It <i>is</i> a relief, isn't it?! And here I've been deceiving myself all these years that non-salad food items were delicious, when all along I have really hated everything but salad.<br><br>
You know what else is a relief? Now I can simply buy into the omnivores' assumption that the only thing that veg*ns eat is salad. Those omnis were right all along!

 

[Stacey]

I don't care for the fake meat products like boca burgers, but I do like tofu. But I think you can avoid those things and eat A LOT more then salad! I swap veggies in for meat a lot, for example burgers for me are a delicious portobella mushroom grilled up (in the special reserve veggies only space my husband has on our grill).

 

[Hazelnut]

Oh no!<br>
I'm eating tofu now! <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/shocked.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=""><br><br>
I made the spinach artichoke dip from a recipe I got right here on Veggieboards!<br><br>
I divided it into covered bowls, and have toasted French bread in baggies, so that I can eat this for lunch tomorrow at work.<br><br>
But now I'm so embarrassed!<br>
All of the omni's I work with will think I'm trying to pretend to eat like they do!<br>
I just wanted to fit in!<br><img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/bigcry.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="">

 

[mlp]

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All of the omni's I work with will think I'm trying to pretend to eat like they do!<br>
I just wanted to fit in!<br><img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/bigcry.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=""></div>
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[Josh James xVx]

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>OilPatch197</strong> <a href="/forum/post/2872125"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style=""></a><br><br><br>
There is abundant evidence that some of the isoflavones found in soy, demonstrate toxicity in estrogen sensitive tissues and in the thyroid. This can be expected to generate thyroid abnormalities, including goiter and autoimmune thyroiditis. There exists a significant body of data that demonstrates goitrogenic and even carcinogenic effects of soy products on us.</div>
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<br><a href="http://jacknorrisrd.com/?p=1778" target="_blank">Not really.</a> The actual science <a href="http://www.theveganrd.com/2011/02/healthy-vegan-diets-can-include-meat-analogues.html" target="_blank">doesn't tend to support these claims</a> at all.<br><br>
Also, if we want <a href="http://www.veganoutreach.org/advocacy/path.html" target="_blank">more people to become vegetarian</a> or vegan, it's probably better that there are products available that mimic the foods they already enjoy to <a href="http://whyveganoutreach.blogspot.com/2010/08/why-dont-you-promote-my-diet.html" target="_blank">ease their transition process.</a> Not everyone thrives on salads and raw nuts, especially not at first. Promoting too strict or bland a diet might end up hurting animals in the long run by turning people away from meat-free eating.

 

[roneet]

I like tofu and I do eat it quite often. But now my colleagues think that all I eat is tofu as a vegetarian. I do try to show them all the other foods I eat...

 

[zirpkatze]

i never eat meat imitation burgers. i eat veggie patties, there's many different ways to make them and they're very practical. it's quite annoying when people assume i try to immitate non-veg*n diets.

 

[Beetlejuice]

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[danakscully64]

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Oh, and here I thought a vegetarian diet meant not eating dead animals. Thank you for correcting me.</div>
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Seriously.

 

[candlejackle]

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Oh, and here I thought a vegetarian diet meant not eating dead animals. Thank you for correcting me.</div>
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It's all right dear, now be quiet and eat your salad.

 

[Werewolf Girl]

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>RabbitLuvr</strong> <a href="/forum/post/2872157"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style=""></a><br><br>
Oh, and here I thought a vegetarian diet meant not eating dead animals. Thank you for correcting me.</div>
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Eating healthy and avoiding processed foods is all well and good, but it doesn't make you a more "real" vegetarian than anyone else who doesn't eat dead animals.

 

[sequoia]

<img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="">Thanks for letting me know what my diet should and shouldn't include.

 

[KrisMTL]

wow, the OP... was this a joke post?

 

[sequoia]

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wow, the OP... was this a joke post?</div>
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We can only hope.

 

[katt]

<span>There's this burger restaurant that serves the most delicious tofu burger here. Served with a side of sweet potato fries, or even tofu fries. So delicious. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/drool.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=":drool:"><br><br>
Tofu is great and even my omni boyfriend eats it in place of meat. So uh, you can have open minded omnis eat tofu, or they can eat meat.<br><br>
edit: pirate kitties aren't natural, either, but I still dress my cat in princess hats.<br><img alt="" src="http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g291/zomfgkatt/IMAG0448.jpg" style="border:0px solid;"><br></span>

 

[SomebodyElse]

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wow, the OP... was this a joke post?</div>
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Oh no it's serious. Delightfully serious. Oilpatch doesn't post often, but when he does it's always memorable. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/smiley.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="">

 

[Blobbenstein]

it's the omnivores anyway, they try to make their burgers look like veggie burgers.

 

[candlejackle]

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it's the omnivores anyway, they try to make their burgers look like veggie burgers.</div>
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Bastards.