Posted on 09/20/2018 6:53:00 AM PDT by SMGFan
“I can guarantee my health metrics are better than yours across the board.”
But not your reading comprehension skills.
“Vegan diets in men...”
From untenured’s post:
“Well, we have dueling anecdotes, I went vegetarian (not vegan) …”
I think we found the Internet Tough Guy!
And with that one statement you underscore the obvious difference between the two.
‘Nuff said.
The object of your attention is vegetarian, not vegan as the OP article derides.
Some people can tolerate vegetarianism, some cannot. I believe that it has to do with the person getting the adequate nutrients which are not permitted under veganism and some people lean too heavily to veganism as vegetarians.
Too many variables. Hence I recommend neither as healthful practices. However, due to the variables, there are always exceptions, said example included.
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We had a vegan in forum for a bit.
It didn’t end well for them.
But I don't reflectively think vegan = bad. It's not for me. Low Carb + intermittent fasting isn't right for others but it is for me. Likewise paleo is great for others. The best plan is one that works for you and that you can stick with as a lifestyle and not just some diet for a month or two.
Just my uneducated take.
We are omnivores for a reason.
I had a college roommate who was a vegetarian from the time he was about 5. He said it started when he saw his dad preparing raw meat and was grossed out.
In college, he was pale, frail, low energy, and generally sickly—all of which he attributed to genetics but also believed he was healthier than all of us meat eaters.
We ate dinner together several times a week and when I cooked, I started preparing meals with small amounts of meat for him (with his permission). I started with tuna in pasta salad, then shredded chicken, then chicken chunks, and finally some red meat.
After about a month, he started helping me prepare the raw meat and said it didn’t gross him out like he thought it would. His energy levels really jumped and his skin color went from ashy gray to light pink. He started running and has been an avid long-distance runner ever since.
I’m not saying you have to eat a ton of meat but some meat makes it easier for your body to get all the nutrients it needs.
Anecdotes are us. I cut out carbs, ate more green vegetables, meat, and animal fat and lost 40 pounds and lowered my cholesterol drastically.
Super click bait for ads.
They're just fine when fried.
A vegan diet can be healthy, but care has to be taken to make sure it’s sufficient. I’m not vegan or even vegetarian, but I think I could be fairly easily. I’ve drastically cut my meat and dairy consumption over the past few years, enough that I can see what a purely plant-based diet would look like for me. The meat and dairy have (for the most part) been replaced with legumes. I’ll occasionally go entirely meatless and dairy-less for a month or two with no apparent negative effects. I’m an avid cyclist and chuckle a little when I see people on here touting 30-35 mile weeks. Great that they’re active, but that’s a short single day ride for me. Plant-based eating doesn’t seem to diminish my cycling capability. There are enough world class vegan athletes to convince me that if it’s done right, a vegan diet isn’t a nutritional problem. I doubt I’ll ever go that route completely because it’s more convenient not to go that route.
I told a vegan friend that I was a second hand vegan, cows eat grass I eat cows
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