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Trying Vegetarianism for a week or so

#61
Thanks for the suggestions.
My daily fluid intake has always been high. I always have a bottle of water or sun tea with me and I am very active.
I included some fish in my diet yesterday and feel much better today.
I had a late lunch yesterday. I made a nice salad made with garden picked cucumbers, peas, green beans and rite off the vine tomatoes (they are so good this year) I added a sliced egg and cheese along with a can of white albacore tuna.
For supper I grilled some fresh lake trout (about 10 oz) sliced fresh tomato and some baby cucumbers and baby carrots. for desert I made some fresh peaches covered in light cream.
I have about 15 pounds of lake trout and 5 nice walleyes in my freezer that I would hate to throw out. I think I will start incorporating more of it in my diet. I seem to have a lot more energy today.
 
#63
MatticusMania said:
The human body is designed use as we please. Its just as suited to withstand a vegetarian diet.
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The human body isn't designed at all... and while it can withstand a vegetarian diet (or a meatatarian diet, or a fruititarian diet, etc.) and be healthy - it isn't optimal. We're intended to be omnivorous.

That being said - the average vegetarian diet is probably significantly closer to optimal than the average USA'ian non-vegetarian diet.
 
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RS said:
To the OP- give it at least 3-4 weeks. I think that is the minimum about of time you need to see any real difference from change of diet. If you eat right, you'll probably lose weight and feel better.
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I'm not really looking to lose weight (I'm 5'7 and 126 lbs, weight loss is anything BUT my goal) more just eat healthier and expand my versatility in the kitchen, as well as my palate. But I appreciate the advice :)

Peace,
Greg
 
#69
If you know how to cook, being a vegetarian takes little to no effort.
It is very easy to cook almost anything without meat, keeping it varied, tasty and entertaining.

Now, if I had to cook for a vegan I think I'd quickly turn crazy. Not being able to use eggs or dairy removes all the fun from cooking and it makes it a hell to balance meals.
 
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aborgman said:
The human body isn't designed at all... and while it can withstand a vegetarian diet (or a meatatarian diet, or a fruititarian diet, etc.) and be healthy - it isn't optimal. We're intended to be omnivorous.
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BS. And who/what intended us to be omnivorous? Nevermind, no more debates on this for me on TB OT. However, if you are going down the the path of teeth, digestive tract anatomy, etc. - those are easy arguments to refute. Look it up if you care. If not, whatever.
 
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aborgman said:
Gelatin and isinglass are both animal products which are commonly used to clarify beers... mostly craft/microbrews. Most mass produced beers are pasteurized and filtered.
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Im aware, its just that I take exception when it comes to beer.

Jazz Ad said:
If you know how to cook, being a vegetarian takes little to no effort.
It is very easy to cook almost anything without meat, keeping it varied, tasty and entertaining.

Now, if I had to cook for a vegan I think I'd quickly turn crazy. Not being able to use eggs or dairy removes all the fun from cooking and it makes it a hell to balance meals.
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I agree with this post.
 
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RS said:
BS. And who/what intended us to be omnivorous?
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No one.

Evolution isn't designed, it has no goals, and it has no direction.

Random mutations that provided a reproductive advantage led to us being omnivorous.

RS said:
However, if you are going down the the path of teeth, digestive tract anatomy, etc. - those are easy arguments to refute. Look it up if you care. If not, whatever.
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I've done plenty of reading on the diets of homo sapiens precursors, so I've already looked it up.

Pre-human primates started the meat eating, and human and non-human primates continue it to this day. We've evolved as omnivores.

We're evolved to eat EVERYTHING.
 
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aborgman said:
No one.

Evolution isn't designed, it has no goals, and it has no direction.

Random mutations that provided a reproductive advantage led to us being omnivorous.



I've done plenty of reading on the diets of homo sapiens precursors, so I've already looked it up.

Pre-human primates started the meat eating, and human and non-human primates continue it to this day. We've evolved as omnivores.

We're evolved to eat EVERYTHING.
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I'll have to disagree with this. If we're supposed to eat something, as animals, we should not be required to change it, I.E. cooking it.
 
#75
Being omnivorous doesn't allow us to eat everything. There are many things we can't digest.
Cellulose is one of them. As a consequence we can't survive on eating wood or grass, like termites or cows.
If our diet changes for a long enough time, our physionomy will adapt.
MatticusMania said:
I agree with this post.
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Are you a veggie or a vegan?
I'm a meat eater but I don't eat much of it.
I'm a sucker for a big juicy steak but not a steak everyday.
 
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aborgman said:
No one.

Evolution isn't designed, it has no goals, and it has no direction.

Random mutations that provided a reproductive advantage led to us being omnivorous.



I've done plenty of reading on the diets of homo sapiens precursors, so I've already looked it up.

Pre-human primates started the meat eating, and human and non-human primates continue it to this day. We've evolved as omnivores.

We're evolved to eat EVERYTHING.
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The sum total of fossil evidence supporting hominid evolution would fill approximately one coffin. Guessing the diet of a proposed "pre-human" for which they have rib, arm, and leg fragments is academically naive. Proposing a timeline for diet changes is even more fanciful.

All of us have a free choice to believe what we wish (despite what the politicians want). Still, the science does not support this claim.
 
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boynamedsuse said:
The sum total of fossil evidence supporting hominid evolution would fill approximately one coffin.
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You need to refresh your sources.
There are over 2,500 classified hominid debris. Some of them are very partial as you said (although you'd be very surprised by all that can be learnt from half a jaw) but even creationist sites (the serious ones) present more significant fossils than what you claim.
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/specimen.html
All of us have a free choice to believe what we wish (despite what the politicians want). Still, the science does not support this claim.
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You seem to have faith (what you believe) and science (what you understand) confused, for some curious reason. They are not mutually exclusive in any way.

What your post is doing in a thread about vegetarianism, I have no idea.
 

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