As if There Weren't Enough Reasons to go Vegan

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  • Posts: 1,728 Member

    No, that would be disrespectful. That's like me asking you if you'd eat a dead human.

    Ahh, right. I always forget to worry about the dead animal's feelings.
  • Posts: 209 Member

    There are no good reasons to become one of them.

    There is nothing better than fresh flesh. While I do love home grown pig and beef. There are few things better than nature grown steaks that I hunt and harvest.

    With any luck there will even be some wolf backstraps on the grill this fall.

    Man, just thinking about fall coming is getting me anxious to go look in the freezer to see what I have left from 2011.

    Why are you posting on a thread about veganism then?
  • Posts: 1,728 Member
    Oooh someone posted a vegan thread, let's all jump on the "let's hate the veg lifestyle" bandwagon. Hey, if you have no intention of not giving up meat then don't give up meat but why do people ALWAYS have to bag on vegan/vegetarian lifestyles. If it's not for you, then move on to the next discussion. If I see threads about what meats to eat or asking for chicken recipes, I skip them b/c it doesn't relate. Why do people feel so compelled to bag on other people's choices esp if they are making the choice for health reasons whether you agree or not.

    As a vegetarian, I don't care what you eat and I' not going to try to sway you to the plant based diet either. Make your own choices. Let me tell you though, you're very unlikely to get a vegetarian to change back to consuming meat again. I will never eat meat again b/c I find it repulsive and I find the industrial farming practices to be horrific and inhumane. You're not going to convince me to eat an animal's body. How about you see the word "vegan or vegetarian" and you say "oh that doesn't relate to me" and skip all the "vegetarians are stupid, man was made to eat meat" chest pounding speeches.

    You haven't bothered to read the posts. No one said that vegans are stupid. In fact, it has been stated over and over again that if it works for you and you like it, you should do it. What has been happening is that the vegans are judging the meat eaters, saying it isn't healthy, it isn't respectful, etc.

    To each his own.
  • Posts: 28 Member
    Although I admire a vegan diet, my trainer advised me that going vegan seriously diminishes the human body's ability to maintain muscle mass the way it does when it feasts on animal protein. I was trying out the vegan diet for a little while but was getting frustrated because I wasn't getting the results I wanted. He told me it was because I wasn't eating animal protein.
  • Posts: 309 Member

    Why are you posting on a thread about veganism then?
    how would you know you are wrong if we don't point it out? :)

    See the post above for a good example.
  • Posts: 19 Member
    Going vegan is one of my best decisions ever, since I started to run and lift weights regularly.

    ^Yep, me too!
  • Posts: 2,673 Member
    Do mice normally eat meat? I'm not a mouse. Another poor study.
  • Posts: 134 Member
    Although I admire a vegan diet, my trainer advised me that going vegan seriously diminishes the human body's ability to maintain muscle mass the way it does when it feasts on animal protein. I was trying out the vegan diet for a little while but was getting frustrated because I wasn't getting the results I wanted. He told me it was because I wasn't eating animal protein.

    There are tons of high endurance athletes who thrive on a plant based diet. There is a good book called Thrive that talks about just that.

    Thrive: The Vegan Nutrition Guide to Optimal Performance in Sports and Life
    Brendan Brazier
  • Posts: 1,719 Member
    ...but did those mice lift heavy?
  • Posts: 1,719 Member

    There are tons of high endurance athletes who thrive on a plant based diet. There is a good book called Thrive that talks about just that.

    Thrive: The Vegan Nutrition Guide to Optimal Performance in Sports and Life
    Brendan Brazier

    Exactly. You said endurance athletes where a lower body weight is usually favorable, like a distance runner.
  • Posts: 309 Member
    I have never had a soy steak provide a mouth watering experience like I have a fresh Elk Backstrap.
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    lol im gluten free AND vegan! I'm big into health!
  • Posts: 209 Member
    Do mice normally eat meat? I'm not a mouse. Another poor study.

    Do you use medicine? It was once tested on a mouse.
  • Posts: 209 Member
    I have never had a soy steak provide a mouth watering experience like I have a fresh Elk Backstrap.

    Karma is a b*tch. So is Lyme disease...
  • Posts: 1,592 Member
    That's why you should eat at McDonald's. It's not really "grilled", it's more like a skillet. Healthier.
  • Posts: 1,592 Member

    Do you use medicine? It was once tested on a mouse.

    Do you wear clothes with cotton? African American slaves used to pick it. What's your point?
  • lol im gluten free AND vegan! I'm big into health!

    and people who are not those things are not?
  • Posts: 1,573 Member

    You haven't bothered to read the posts. No one said that vegans are stupid. In fact, it has been stated over and over again that if it works for you and you like it, you should do it. What has been happening is that the vegans are judging the meat eaters, saying it isn't healthy, it isn't respectful, etc.

    To each his own.

    ^this
  • Posts: 228 Member
    We are not herbivores at all. We are Omnivores.
    We have teeth that are made for eating "grass" (as it were, I know we don't actually eat it anymore) and also the teeth that are made for chewing meat. I'm not saying therefore we HAVE to eat meat or only vegetation but we are not herbivores.

    gorilla.jpg

    Your argument is invalid- I rest my case.
  • Posts: 248 Member

    Do you wear clothes with cotton? African American slaves used to pick it. What's your point?

    i just wear Africans. i'm no hypocrite.
  • Posts: 1,998 Member
    I have never had a soy steak provide a mouth watering experience like I have a fresh Elk Backstrap.
    Eww, soy. Try a fresh ripe peach, or a fresh ripe mango. LUDICROUSLY mouthwatering and delicious when properly ripened!!!
  • Posts: 209 Member
    Do mice normally eat meat? I'm not a mouse. Another poor study.


    Do you use medicine? It was once tested on a mouse.


    Do you wear clothes with cotton? African American slaves used to pick it. What's your point?


    - My point is that tests on mice are valid in regards to human functioning. I.E."I am not a mouse."
  • Posts: 309 Member
    Eww, soy. Try a fresh ripe peach, or a fresh ripe mango. LUDICROUSLY mouthwatering and delicious when properly ripened!!!

    Will do.
  • Posts: 116 Member
    nice findings :)
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    There are tons of high endurance athletes who thrive on a plant based diet. There is a good book called Thrive that talks about just that.

    Thrive: The Vegan Nutrition Guide to Optimal Performance in Sports and Life
    Brendan Brazier

    https://www.google.com/search?q=vegan+bodybuilders&sugexp=chrome,mod=13&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=F0w9UMfOG4a80QGOrYGwCA&biw=1366&bih=600&sei=GUw9UM2UGee20AGhlIDIBA

    http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2010/04/25/vegan-bodybuilding-and-fitness-with-robert-cheeke/

    http://www.livestrong.com/article/178935-how-to-gain-muscle-while-being-a-vegan/

    http://www.veganbodybuilding.com/?page=article_information_3
  • this is the funniest thread i've read in a long time lol
  • Posts: 209 Member

    bump

    - Who said the scientists conducting the test were vegan? Logic fail on your part.
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  • I want some steak
    This :) /\
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