Re: hey mike parker

[Guest guest]

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(RE: Vegan Diet)

> > >

> > > > However, I think that a knowledgeable vegan can avoid all

these

> > > > risks, and potentially have a much healthier diet than non-

> vegans.

> > >

> (edited the other things out)

> > > * Gelatin

> > >

> > > Good luck challenging a few hundred millennia of evolution.

> > > You'll need it...

> > >

>

> Um, I'm sure you know this, but if you consume gelatin, most likely

> you're not a vegan. Gelatin, as it's sold in markets, is almost

> entirely the product of the skin of pigs and cows. If you're

talking

> about vegan support for your hair, skin and nails, drink your

> fortified soy milk and use sun protection. take some dry vitamin-E

in

> a cellulose pill if you're paranoid.

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hi deetheart,

i'm thinking there might've been a confusion here. in my post i

quoted two lines from somebody else's post (that's what the " > "

symbols mean) promoting veganism, and then listed a few salient and

important health-promoting substances for which animal foods must be

consumed, including gelatin. i'm not a vegan--i avidly and joyfully

eat meat, eggs, and dairy every day! (all obtained directly from

local, organic, pasture-fed sources i might add, except my sea meats,

since i don't live near the ocean.) i am a vegetarian, though,

specifically a lacto-ovo-pesco-pollo-insecto-carno-vegetarian,

although i may eat other things from time to time too. in fact, about

half of my food comes from plants, and the rest of it comes from

fellow animals who eat plants. as far as gelatin, i'm keenly aware

of its origins, since i get all of mine from stock i make myself from

scratch, simmering pasture-fed cow or deer bones for 30-40 hours. i

regularly observe the transition from animal carcass to luscious

liquid that congeals in the fridge to an extremely thick gelatinous

bedrock of gourmet food. more than benefits to hair, skin, and

nails, i'm mainly attracted to benefits to the internal skeletal

system, but i guess these other benefits are nice too. i'm hoping

the recommendation to consume toxic junk-food like fortified soy milk

was some kind of awkward, sly joke. of course, i cannot forget my

first few months *attempting* to eat nutritious foods, when i enjoyed

a good bit of soy milk and other unfermented and/or heavily processed

soy foods, but i had the good fortune of being disabused of these

pernicious habits before any noticeable damage was incurred. also,

my vit E is generally wet, because it comes from food, and most food

has water in it. cellulose pills are not part of my diet. do they

taste good? or are they simply an alternative to eating nutrient-

dense food? also, i get plenty of cellulose from eating vegetables.

best,

mike parker

[Guest guest]

> Um, I'm sure you know this, but if you consume gelatin, most likely

> you're not a vegan. Gelatin, as it's sold in markets, is almost

> entirely the product of the skin of pigs and cows.

deetheart,

you raised a point i didn't think to address in my previous email,

the value of pig skin. i've heard a lot of good things about eating

pig skin, but i haven't tried it yet. does anybody have any good

recipes? i think the main issue is optimal cooking methods. i was

just talking to a pig farmer about this a few weeks ago and i think

he had been turned on to this idea by Sally Fallon. maybe there was

an article in her " Wise Traditions " journal recently? i haven't read

it yet, but i should check that out.

i'm really enjoying your emails--is " deetheart " your name--i really

like it, because it reminds me of deer heart, which i've been eating

lately--or should i be using something else?

mike parker