Guest guest Posted August 16, 2001 Report Share Posted August 16, 2001 In a message dated 15/08/2001 16:57:21 GMT Daylight Time, emmamcr@... writes: > As for health, i don't think veggies are necessarily any healthier...most of > my friends live on quorn and mc Cartney stuff and gallons of cheese! > :-) > > Emma Whats unhealthy about quorn? Its protein, lower in fat (no saturated fat) than meat, and theres no stringy bits like in chicken! Veges have to eat more cheese as some fat is needed in the diet, plus its rich in calcium, and is a source of protein. I am going on again, so I will shut up, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 16, 2001 Report Share Posted August 16, 2001 > >I was a veggie for about 10 years, but the bacon and salami cravings got too >>much in the end...I still don't like cooking and touching raw meat though. > >I did veggie between 17 and 21 but bacon sarnies were my undoing too. > >-- >Sue Tofu fried with soy sauce (pre-substitutes) Spits like crazy in the pan but taste/texture superb. Particularly good on wholemeal bread. Had streaky bacon (English) muffins for breakfast this morning, no pig involved (apart from me). (Lots of additives though) However MacCartney rashers have to be one of the most appalling things I have ever tried to eat. -- jennifer@... Vaudin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 16, 2001 Report Share Posted August 16, 2001 Can you point me in the direction of the evidence for veggies being healthier, ? I've had a quick trawl on the net but couldn't see anything conclusive (apart from an article which seemed to imply that AIDS could be prevented by vegetarianism). Our household is currently a mixture of veggies, pescatarians and carnivores! Lesley ------------------- From: " > > I think the research evidence is that vegetarians are, statistically, > healthier - however, there hasn't been time for enough of those of us > who live on the aforementioned items to pop our clogs of anything (I > am enrolled as a subject in a Europe wide study, provided a fair bit > of data so far, but hoping not to provide that last bit for a while!) > -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 16, 2001 Report Share Posted August 16, 2001 > no pig involved (apart from me). LOL!! Lynda SAHM to (8), (6), Fraser (3), Callum (15/5/00) Newsletter editor, Mid-Northumberland Branch Area Rep, Region 7 www.familygarland.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2001 Report Share Posted August 18, 2001 In a message dated 16/08/2001 18:34:15 GMT Daylight Time, jennifer@... writes: > No they don't otherwise how would vegans survive? :-) > > (Not that I'm not a chronic cheese scoffer myself - I have vegan > sympathies but you would never ever guess from what I eat!) > -- > with lots of soya milk! Never ,met a vegan yet with any weight on them, my mate is under weight, has grey skin, and eats nothing but lentils and weird veg I cant even pronounce. For a lacto vege, cheese is a recommended source of both protein and calcium, and as for vegans.... lifes too short! sarah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2001 Report Share Posted August 18, 2001 In a message dated 16/08/2001 18:34:15 GMT Daylight Time, jennifer@... writes: > No they don't otherwise how would vegans survive? :-) > > (Not that I'm not a chronic cheese scoffer myself - I have vegan > sympathies but you would never ever guess from what I eat!) > -- > with lots of soya milk! Never ,met a vegan yet with any weight on them, my mate is under weight, has grey skin, and eats nothing but lentils and weird veg I cant even pronounce. For a lacto vege, cheese is a recommended source of both protein and calcium, and as for vegans.... lifes too short! sarah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2001 Report Share Posted August 18, 2001 In a message dated 16/08/2001 18:34:15 GMT Daylight Time, jennifer@... writes: > No they don't otherwise how would vegans survive? :-) > > (Not that I'm not a chronic cheese scoffer myself - I have vegan > sympathies but you would never ever guess from what I eat!) > -- > with lots of soya milk! Never ,met a vegan yet with any weight on them, my mate is under weight, has grey skin, and eats nothing but lentils and weird veg I cant even pronounce. For a lacto vege, cheese is a recommended source of both protein and calcium, and as for vegans.... lifes too short! sarah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2001 Report Share Posted August 18, 2001 >In a message dated 16/08/2001 18:34:15 GMT Daylight Time, jennifer@... >writes: > > >> No they don't otherwise how would vegans survive? :-) >> >> (Not that I'm not a chronic cheese scoffer myself - I have vegan >> sympathies but you would never ever guess from what I eat!) >> -- >> > >with lots of soya milk! Never ,met a vegan yet with any weight on them, my >mate is under weight, has grey skin, and eats nothing but lentils and weird >veg I cant even pronounce. Apparently it is perfectly possible to be an overweight vegan as several such on the VSUK list bemoan (these are folk who really like their food and definitely don't eat nothing but lentils and weird vegetables - but at least one of the people I am thinking of doesn't use soya milk either) And also possible to eat a really appalling diet - I've done a wee bit of snuffling around for Lesley, trying to make sense of it ATM and make sure I don't just go for the results I like :-) I remember a GP telling me about a teenager who had come in complaining of feeling tired and asking if it was because she'd become a vegan. He told her that the change was too recent to affect stores of the various relevant nutrients but then inquired about what she was actually eating - pre vegan - milk and biscuits, as a vegan, just the biscuits. Definitely *not* healthier that diet! -- jennifer@... Vaudin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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