Vegetarianism - reasons and benefits (1047 views, 23 replies)

@Dr.Evil Do you not class eating fish as part of your diet? Reason i ask is, every vegetarian i have met says it's okay to eat fish, me confused and can you blame me. <br> <br> If i had to go on a diet of one of the named above it would be milk. nutrition* lots of.

@Dr.Evil You can try Adkins and just eat meat...lol I do agree that you need diary in your diet.

@Dr.Evil The government has launched the five-a-day campaign to persuade people to eat at least five portions of fruit and vegetables every day. Fruit and vegetables are packed with vitamins, minerals and fibre, as well as being low in calories, so are vital to a healthy diet. <br> stick to 5 a day

@Dr.Evil Hi Dr. Evil, <br> <br> Awesome! I have been vegetarian for years. <br> <br> It is not really a diet, it is more like a livit. That was a joke live-it not die-it. Anyways, sorry, I make myself laugh sometimes! <br> <br> So if you eat fish that is pescaterianism, in Spanish, pesca, from the Latin piscis. <br> <br> Vegans do not consume dairy or eggs, hardcore ones don't consume honey or wear leather etc. <br> <br> Vegetarians can eat eggs and dairy. <br> <br> You can live without cheese, milk, eggs & fish, you just crave those things. Cravings can be overcome by just ignoring them. Some scientists think it is okay to give in to your cravings. Do whatever you want, you don't even have to call yourself anything, you can just say you are a person who chooses a plant based diet instead of calling yourself vegetarian or vegan or pescaterian. ... It doesn't really matter and you don't have to fit into a box. <br> <br> I personally chose to become vegetarian when I was 18. I did this for health reasons not animal rights ones, but now I am all for animal rights. I was just ignorant of the mass abuses and destruction from CAFOs and industrial agriculture. <br> <br> When I turned 20, I became vegan because I didn't like cheese and then a raw foodist when I learned about it from my physicist friend whom I worked with in Humboldt County, CA. I am super grateful to her because she opened up my world to the deliciousness of raw foods and all of the amazing recipes there are out there! <br> <br> So I didn't eat cheese because I didn't like it for years and then one day while visiting my parents, my dad was like, try some cheese, it is good, you will like it. I tried it and damn, I liked it. It was parmesan. <br> <br> So, to answer your question, PureVodka, I only like parmesan and fresh cheeses like mozzarella and queso fresco, although I try to avoid cheese as much as possible. Dairy causes a rapid degeneration of cells. I have the papers that back that info up, I just need to find them in my files on my other computron. <br> <br> Personally I prefer a majority of raw food because it is so much easier and quicker to make food, but I do cook once in a while. I make everything I eat from scratch. I grew up going to restaurants every night when I was a teenager since my parents worked in downtown and there were massive restaurants to choose from. So now I am super picky if I ever go out to eat at a restaurant. I tend to avoid them because I like to know what I am eating. I guess some would say I am super neurotic now. <br> <br> I am a scientist, although not a food scientist nor a nutritionist. My best friend is a nutritionist and when I met her she was a computer scientist. She was a meat lover and she eventually became interested in the types of foods I ate. After that, she went on a different path to study nutrition, got her degree, learned a lot and is now a strict vegan. She is currently doing research and working on a PhD. Now she schools me on food and all that. <br> <br> Okay, have to go make my dinner now! Good luck Dr. Evil! <br> <br> Oh and super thanks for the youtubes video! I will have to watch that movie you put up as well. <br> <br> Oh and one more thing, I highly recommend you check out Dr. Michael Greger. He wrote a book I have yet to read called 'How Not To Die: Plant-Based Nutrition Facts and Fun.' He is best known for his site nutritionfacts.org and has thousands of videos on nutrition and health. Totally check it out! Each video tells a story using research journals articles and Dr. Greger's commentary. He is super funny too! I get a lot of my info from him now as well as my best friend. <br> <br> Okay, now I am off to make dinner! Good luck!
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@matesaca People in china don't eat dairy as I know.

@Dr.Evil 16 gram fat in one glass, are they talking about green top are raw?

@captainhowdey Listen to your heart and think. Can you kill a cow to make a stake? How can you explain your children that your cat/dog is a friend but you are eating a chicken for a dinner? <br> <br> There are a lot of strange things in the world. We eat meat because we like the taste, that's it. <br> <br> Making a religion of what we eat? Hell no!

@Dr.Evil Rad. Thanks for this video too, Dr. Evil. Did you check out the site I recommened in my reply up above, nutritionfacts.org? Dr. Michael Gregor is fun to listen to. Very funny. <br> <br> One bad thing about him that I just read is that he was on Dr. Oz and Oprah. Gah, they are not my favourite people, I don't like them at all. Although a lot of people tend to enjoy them and I admit they have done some very good things. I just have issues with things they have said. <br> <br> I hope you check it out and enjoy that site and yeah like everything, "take it with a grain of salt" as the saying goes. <br> <br> Plus, I think it is admirable that you care about what you are eating and how that affects your body. A lot of people do not seem to care, although it seems like more care now than a decade ago, or maybe it is more awareness, who knows I am not a sociologist!