boomer79sooner asked:


It’s for diet reasons but I still would wear leather? I don’t think it’s a vegetarian because I want to cut out Meat, Dairy, and Eggs.

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Musik Chick asked:


I found this article at http://www.newsweek.com/id/161559/page/1
I’ve added my thoughts and opinions into the article so when you see UPPERCASE words in (parenthesis), thats me talking.
Post your comments about the article

For the last 15 years, Dawn Jackson Blatner has been what’s now called a “flexitarian” or “almost vegetarian.” (CAN YOU SAY OXYMORON?) She eats lots of fruits, vegetables, nuts, barbecued tempeh and veggie burgers with guacamole. But she sometimes indulges in a pork chop or her grandma’s pot roast.

It might seem like being a vegetarian of convenience isn’t particularly inspiring, but a growing number of experts and even some famous foodies are fans. They say that cutting back on meat, rather than abstaining completely, may be a practical compromise that benefits our bodies and our environment.

“It gives you the health benefits of a vegetarian diet without having to follow the strict rules,” (WHY IS IT CONCIDERED STRICKED? YOU CAN EAT JUST BOUT EVERYTHING YOU WANT. EVER HEARD OF MEATLESS MEATS PPL!?!?!) says Blatner, a registered dietitian and author of “The Flexitarian Diet: The Mostly Vegetarian Way to Lose Weight, Be Healthier, Prevent Disease, and Add Years to Your Life” (McGraw-Hill, October 2008). “We know that people live longer and live healthier when they eat vegetarian, but it’s just too darn hard to do it 100 percent of the time.”

Even gourmet food writers, used to nightly courses of filets and pates, are advocating the eat-less-meat movement. In January, Mark Bittman, author of “How to Cook Everything” (Wiley, 1998), is coming out with new book called “Food Matters,” (Simon & Schuster) about how our diet affects global warming and “globesity” (global obesity). Bittman has been very critical of what he calls America’s “meat guzzling” tendencies. “I am an advocate of what I like to think of as a much saner diet—a largely plant-based diet,” he says. A meat-based diet is, he says, “not even close to sustainable.” Last year, Bittman published “How to Cook Everything Vegetarian,” (Wiley, 2007), though he is not a vegetarian himself.

Bittman notes that Americans eat about 200 pounds of meat, poultry and fish a year—twice as much as the global average (YUCK!). He argues that not only is a heavily vegetable diet healthier for us physically, but that it’s also true that the industrial production and processing of grain-fed livestock consumes a huge amount energy and has a negative impact on the environment (NEGATIVE IMPACT!!!).

It’s unclear how many people are official “flexitarian” converts, but nutritionists believe there are a growing number of people who are simply eating fewer meat entrees whether it’s for health, or economic reasons or because there are more good meatless dishes on offer. Think how many Americans regularly eat peanut-butter and jelly sandwiches, pasta, bean burritos and cheese pizzas as their main courses, says Blatner. “I do feel like that is a shocking thing, when you think about how much vegetarian food we eat without even trying.” (THIS IS THE SAME GUY WHO SAID VEGETARIANISM WAS STRICT?!?!)
And while only 2 to 3 percent of Americans are traditional vegetarians, who shun anything that ever had a face, according to the Vegetarian Resource Group, vegetarian foods have become increasingly popular among non-vegetarians. “If you look around at every regular, mainstream grocery store, you have soy milk right next to regular milk, you have veggie burgers in the frozen section, and tubs of tofu sitting there in the produce section,” says Blatner. She suggests that many of those who buy these products may be flextitarians and not even realize it. Even dedicated vegetarians say they are somewhat flexible. A 2003 study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that two out of three vegetarians say they can’t stick to a pure veggie diet all the time (DO YOU THINK THIS IS TRUE?).

Some vegetarian advocates hope that a movement that begins with eating less meat might lead to more people embracing a no-meat, no-fish and no-fowl lifestyle. Vegetarian Resource Group co-director Charles Stahler, calls it a “step in the right direction.” It should also inspire even more restaurants to create veggie options, and more people to realize that it’s “easy to be a vegetarian,” he says. In fact, it already has become a bit easier for gourmet food lovers to find good meatless entrees. Last year a National Restaurant Association survey found that more than 50 percent of chefs rate vegetarian entries among their top 10 trendiest menu items (I THOUGHT THIS WAS INTERESTING).

Still, not everyone agrees that it’s a great idea to be mostly vegetarian instead of going whole hog—so to speak. “Given the environmental, cruelty and health impact of a meat-based diet, going vegan is best, going vegetarian is good, and being a flexitarian is like smoking two packs of cigarettes instead of ten, beating one pig down the slaughter ramp instead of two, and pouring a p
If you don’t care about the article, then I don’t bout your response. Grow up and get a life other than leaving comments that waste ppls time! Report you for being an a$$!
haha i know its a ridiculous term, but that was the name of the article, i had nothing to do with it
i see where your going with it, but once again, NOT MY ARTICLE, i did not write it, i found it on msn.com, I just posted it to see what ppl thought, so stop thinking its mine, k?

Metabolism and Your Weight

jacky asked:


I am trying to come up with the ultimate HEALTHY HIGH FAT,high carb,nutrient dense raw food smoothie. Raw food smoothies are so nutritious but lack considerably in healthy fats and calories.The best that I can come up with is adding coconut oil and cashews. Can anyone give me a raw recipe that is between 600 to 1000 calories?

Exercise and Weight Loss

Cave Canem asked:


I’ve got a question for you vegans/vegetarians who don’t eat meat because it’s inhumane. I’m a vet student with a masters degree in biology. I won’t work with feedlot medicine because it violates my personal ethics. But what is wrong with eating humanely and sustainably raised food animals?

I buy almost all my meat and all my eggs, milk, and honey from local farmers (usually at the farmers market) from pasture raised cattle, bison, pork, chicken, goat, and lamb. We even got a 25 lbs pasture raised turkey for Thanskgiving this year (boy, was it good!). My dogs are also all on a raw diet and much of their diet is derived from these sources. The stuff I can’t buy at the farmers market, I try to buy at the university meat lab so it is still local and the animals are well cared for.

Biologically, we are omnivores. If we raise animals on a biologically appropriate diet in sustainable and humane conditions without danger from predators, what is ethically wrong with this?
As far as the health problems associated with eating meat and dairy, as someone with a masters degree focusing on environmental endocrine disruptors, I suspect that many health problems concerned with eating meat and dairy are not intrinsically associated with the meat itself, but the many, many additives given plus completely inappropriate diets. For instance, beef loses just about all its omega 3 fatty acids when fed an inappropriate diet of grains (especially corn), but studies in the Journal of Animal Science show that grass fed beef is actually quite heart healthy. Their levels of CLA and vitamin E in the meat go up and their fat goes down as well when grass fed (see www.eatwild.com for more). Cattle are ruminant grass eaters, not grain eaters and just like humans, they are much more unhealthy when fed an inappropriate diet. You want to discuss health problems? Let’s discuss the dangers in soy…
Excellent ideas, please keep them coming. A few responses:

Our pets are bred to die as well. We keep them around for our personal preferences and kill them for convenience. We kill rodents like mice and rats for our convenience & to prevent transmission of disease, yet they are sentient creatures. Rats are very intelligent and resourceful animals (omnivores like us) after all. So their deaths just go to waste.

For dairy cattle, the dairy I get my milk from uses Holstein/Jersey crosses and lets the calves run with the moms. They are grass fed on organic pastures and milked once per day. As far as methane gas, there were once millions of bison on the American plains. What’s the difference now with cows and methane? INAPPROPRIATE GRAIN DIETS. Grass fed cattle produce a lot less gas. As far as pasture, I would rather have the very rich biodiversity of a properly rotationally grazed pasture than a Wal-mart!

I’d challenge everyone to read Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma.

How to Lose Weight

Hollywood™ asked:


Personally I have no desire to be a fruitarian.

To live on fruit alone- is this a sustainable diet?

What are your thoughts?
Great answer, Mrs Reznor. My thoughts exactly.
Love the new avatar!
Fluffycat- Thanks for the info. Sorry for being confused! I didn’t realise they ate nuts too! I seemed to think that all they ate was fruit! It doesn’t seem healthy to be a fruitarian for a long time, but it sounds like a good short-term detox diet.
Dart- I wasn’t meaning to be rude. =(
Dart- I wasn’t meaning to be rude. =(

Need to lose weight?

Chrissy asked:


I’m about 15 pounds overweight and I would like to slim down as quickly as possible. I recently became vegan and would love to find some good recipes that contain mostly vegetables but limit even the good fats because i’m trying to restrict my caloric intake. It would be nice to cook some new foods, I am also exercising again and trying to limit my snacking and overeating. I would love to find a diet blog from someone who is dieting AND vegan. I’m trying to limit nuts and grains and eat mostly fruits, veggies, and protein until my weight goes down.

Exercise and Weight Loss

Audri asked:


Can sombody please give me a meal plan that’s healthy (conatins all of the nutrients needed by the body), Vegan (no milk, eggs, meat or meat by-products), and sustainable on a food stamp budget. (for 2 people $270/ month, $62.30/ day, or $8.85/ day – or less)

P.S. – Preferably w/ enough variety not to drive you crazy, but not neccesary

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Just me asked:


I’m trying to go semi-vegetarian, still eating diary. Would the Slim Fast drinks and Special K be alright?

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Bright and Blonde asked:


I need a list of foods that promote weightloss. I would also like to know some foods to stay away from that will make me gain. Thank!

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danielle w asked:


I include fish eggs and diary and stay away from meat and poultry…I want to make sure Im getting enough nutrients for my body with all the sports I do….

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