OT: Every time I am almost ready to go vegan LOL!

BillyBob@388

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Posted 8/10/2016 8:15 AM (GMT -5)

I guess the subject remains debatable!
/www.thesun.co.uk/news/1584689/parents-who-force-vegan-diets-on-their-kids-may-face-four-years-in-jail-in-italy-because-it-could-leave-them-brain-damaged/

Somebody said...
.....................The country has been rocked in recent months by a series of child hospitalisations caused by vegan diets.

Last month, a 14-month-old baby was taken to hospital with the expected weight of a three-month-old.

It emerged he had been subjected to a vegan diet, leaving him dangerously malnourished and with low calcium levels.

According to Repubblica, Savino said: “For years now, and particularly in the last decade, the belief has been spreading that a vegetarian diet, even in its most rigid form as a vegan diet, provides substantial contributions to health.

“The problem arises when children are to be involved.”...............

Not sure what science, if any, these folks are basing this on, but obviously there are some different opinions out there.

alephnull

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Posted 8/10/2016 9:25 AM (GMT -5)

My understanding is that a purely vegan diet lacks B12. Also, plant proteins are incomplete proteins and you must combine different types for a complete protein. IE Grains and legumes produce a complete protein

Then you have to make sure you are eating enough of those proteins. Plant food fills you up fast but is lower in proteins. So you have to eat lots of the protein containing food.

Simple solution is not to be vegan, but a lacto-ovo vegetarian. Simply add milk and eggs to your diet.

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Posted 8/10/2016 5:07 PM (GMT -5)

time.com/4344556/mount-everest-death-climbing-vegan/

RobertC

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Posted 8/10/2016 6:15 PM (GMT -5)

I am mostly on a vegan diet and my bloodwork is good. Weight and cholesterol and inflammation are down.
The part about B-12 is true. I have read that the part about incomplete proteins is passe.
A lot of people in India are doing well on it.
I will avoid climbing Mt Everest.

Post Edited (RobertC) : 8/10/2016 5:18:54 PM (GMT-6)

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Posted 8/10/2016 7:43 PM (GMT -5)

or just quit telling everyone you're vegan would have also worked haha

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