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Excessive calories are excessive calories regardless of where they come fromIs it possible to be a fat vegetarian?
Excessive calories are excessive calories regardless of where they come fromIs it possible to be a fat vegetarian?
Maybe we have to do our own biology studies into the matter to satisfy his requirements...
How would this be possible? Your 'counter-argument' is based on someone elses information. Pretty much everything we collectively 'know' as a society is based on someone elses information.
So then is it not possible that someone elses information that has been passed down from generation to generation regarding the eating of meat could possibly be incorrect and in fact it is unhealthy for us?
If we need meat how come going back about 2 years ago there was a program on BBC1 where this guy has been studying vegetarian diets for 20 years and at the end of the study he found no evidence to say vegetarians are unhealthy against meat eaters
Spot the irony and win a prize!
What i am saying is we all rely on someone elses information and its down to you what you want to believe or what you dont, personally i dont believe we need meat to live healthy diets but thats just me. I have drawn this conclusion from people i know that have been vegan for over 30 years of their life and still live healthy and active lifestyles and their doctors have confirmed this by regular checkups
The guy on BBC1 did a 20 year study on vegetarian diets and like i said he found no evidence to say a vegetarian vs a meat eater is unhealthy.
Whos to say its right or wrong i dont know, so believe what you will.........
Ron Jeremy springs to mindIs it possible to be a fat vegetarian?
I've never understood some people who class themselves as vegetarian and then go on to order fish at a restaurant.
I mean if you are 'ethically' not eating terrestrial meat then don't you realise that fish suffer far more than anything else in harvesting?
To be honest, I've never understood the vegetarians who blame the unethical treatment of animals as their motivation for ditching meat.
If you were to stop eating, using or buying any product that didn't involve some kind of unethical treatment of human beings, you would very quickly limit your lifestyle considerably.
Virtually no branded clothing that doesn't rely on far eastern exploitation
Pretty much any vegetable or fresh food product from a supermarket - where farmers are wrung dry by the buyers to ensure they make virtually no profit.
Lets not even get started on anything that requires oil
I said please backup what you have said without relying on someone elses information as in please give me proof that we need meat?
If we need meat how come going back about 2 years ago there was a program on BBC1 where this guy has been studying vegetarian diets for 20 years and at the end of the study he found no evidence to say vegetarians are unhealthy against meat eaters
Is it possible to be a fat vegetarian?
Proper dark chocolate not stuff like Bournville is dairy free and packed with calories so are nuts/seeds, chips, hummus and of course alcohol (yes I know some beers etc are not Vegan).Yep last time i checked chocolate didnt have meat in But obviously for vegans would be near impossible to be fat.
Here they come. Wondered how long it would take
Here they come. Wondered how long it would take
Your intitled to your opinions mate and for that you get respect This type of question is very passionate from all sides which has to be taken into account so let's hope we don't get into a slagging match of who is wrong and right in this mater The OP is mearly seeking advice and guidance on becoming vegetarian/vegan so that's all that can really be given i feel. We'll all see hopefully what he decides ?Quite a few of my friends have turned 'veggie' over the years, some sticking with it and some missing burgers way too much.
I would say that everyone I know put thier choice down to ethical reasons and most of the people in my circle of friends were young women with 'tolerent' partners. (A sneaky Big Mac here and there)
Quite a few found it to be an expensive way of life as organic produce also crept into the equation, if you wanted any degree of choice.
Of those that have stuck with it, it still amuses me that they wear leather shoes and belts all the time and don't always crave hessian footwear etc.
Personally I don't like to see of be aware of any animals suffering so I choose to perhaps ignore that side of food production just as I perhaps choose to ignore the pleas of the millions of starving people around the world that do not have a chioce in what they eat.
Folk in poorer parts of the world do not have the luxury of choice and they are vgetarians through cicumstance only. They will eat anything they can get.
Ron Jeremy springs to mind