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 are there any vegans in the group?
Sarah- yeah I'm a vegan thanks for asking
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"Johnny opens group "bbq" Dave- can't wait for the bbq this weekend Johnny- yeah should be great are there any vegans in the group?
Sarah- yeah I'm a vegan thanks for asking
(Sarah has been removed from the group) "Seriously though, i have a lot of respect for vegans/vegetarians. I've been eating a lot healthier over the last year and feel so much better. Have gone through vegetarian weeks, but can't keep it going long term  | |||
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I’m going do vegan diet for a bit see how it works out | |||
"Johnny opens group "bbq" Dave- can't wait for the bbq this weekend Johnny- yeah should be great are there any vegans in the group?
Sarah- yeah I'm a vegan thanks for asking
(Sarah has been removed from the group) "Is it about me? 
Yes, Im vegan (formerly vegetarian and time to time was eating a seafood) and done it for healthy reasons when was diagnosed with cancer first time.
Some people say its a regime diet, some people say we vegans lost our minds.
Being a vegan doesnt mean your sacrifice a lot. There are lots of variations of raw and prepared meals.
My daily ratio raw vs processed (steamed, roast veggies or soup) is 80/20
Feel free to ask 
Have a good day, Fabbers!  | |||
"Watch the game changers on Netflix I’m going do vegan diet for a bit see how it works out "This is what encouraged E to take the leap | |||
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"Johnny opens group "bbq" Dave- can't wait for the bbq this weekend Johnny- yeah should be great are there any vegans in the group?
Sarah- yeah I'm a vegan thanks for asking
(Sarah has been removed from the group)
Is it about me?
Yes, Im vegan (formerly vegetarian and time to time was eating a seafood) and done it for healthy reasons when was diagnosed with cancer first time.
Some people say its a regime diet, some people say we vegans lost our minds.
Being a vegan doesnt mean your sacrifice a lot. There are lots of variations of raw and prepared meals.
My daily ratio raw vs processed (steamed, roast veggies or soup) is 80/20
Feel free to ask
Have a good day, Fabbers! "The Banana is ok?? Oh and sorry to hear about the C word. | |||
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"I'm a vegan/ vegetarian for the past 24 years , I'm just really interested in what % of ppl here are going that direction." In States lots of people, same in Europe. In Asia their diet is definitely healthier than here: fresh and raw food, lots of turmeric, ginger and other spices in their diet. All of them make their immune system stronger than we have. | |||
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"And what did you eat for the week ?" I start my day from a lukwarm water with 1 tbsp of apple cider vinegar. Then green smoothie on 1st breakfast. 2nd breakfast is overnight porridge with berries and seeds, lunch time: it depends - veggie stew, veggie burger, soup, casserole, lasagna, pancakes (zucinni or potato or beetroot) with a mushroom sauce/ tomato sauce, zucinni as a pasta with pesto, salads, etc; dinner: sometimes its a smoothie, or salad | |||
"Kaizer is a carnivore "My former boss in the UK was like you now is vegan
Never say never, Kaizer | |||
"And what did you eat for the week ?" Tonnes of different vegetables, stewed, steamed, raw, rice, buckwheat, grains, nuts, dried fruit, beans and oils (coconut, sesame and olive). I could have a huge salad for lunch at 1.30, was absolutely starving again by 2.45. | |||
"Kaizer is a carnivore
My former boss in the UK was like you now is vegan
Never say never, Kaizer "N E V E R Shhhhhmokeeeeeey | |||
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"Tescos do beyond burgers and are are good substitute.. if your craving meat!" Now one thing I can't simply get at all. With thousands of variations of all different vegetarian foods that one can make. Why do vegetarians and vegans still feel the need to make vegetables look/feel/taste like meat? | |||
"Tescos do beyond burgers and are are good substitute.. if your craving meat! Now one thing I can't simply get at all. With thousands of variations of all different vegetarian foods that one can make. Why do vegetarians and vegans still feel the need to make vegetables look/feel/taste like meat? " Missus, have you ever tried that bs from tthe shops? 
I have tried! And vegans/ vegetarian homemade food is really tastey and yummy!
Im a seafood eater. Love all the variations but you wouldnt see me eating that shite from the supermarkets!
Regarding your question: some of them cheat themselves Truth is that real food not the junk you can buy in the shops dont look and taste like a meat. If you know what I mean. Its all about marketing. Its trendy to eat healthy,so lets give people a hope that a burger they eat looks like the real one made from any kind of meat
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"Tescos do beyond burgers and are are good substitute.. if your craving meat! Now one thing I can't simply get at all. With thousands of variations of all different vegetarian foods that one can make. Why do vegetarians and vegans still feel the need to make vegetables look/feel/taste like meat? Missus, have you ever tried that bs from tthe shops?
I have tried! And vegans/ vegetarian homemade food is really tastey and yummy!
Im a seafood eater. Love all the variations but you wouldnt see me eating that shite from the supermarkets!
Regarding your question: some of them cheat themselves Truth is that real food not the junk you can buy in the shops dont look and taste like a meat. If you know what I mean. Its all about marketing. Its trendy to eat healthy,so lets give people a hope that a burger they eat looks like the real one made from any kind of meat
"You can say that in general about processed food ie oven ready made vegetarian pizza is as bad as the non vegetarian one. | |||
"Tescos do beyond burgers and are are good substitute.. if your craving meat! Now one thing I can't simply get at all. With thousands of variations of all different vegetarian foods that one can make. Why do vegetarians and vegans still feel the need to make vegetables look/feel/taste like meat? Missus, have you ever tried that bs from tthe shops?
I have tried! And vegans/ vegetarian homemade food is really tastey and yummy!
Im a seafood eater. Love all the variations but you wouldnt see me eating that shite from the supermarkets!
Regarding your question: some of them cheat themselves Truth is that real food not the junk you can buy in the shops dont look and taste like a meat. If you know what I mean. Its all about marketing. Its trendy to eat healthy,so lets give people a hope that a burger they eat looks like the real one made from any kind of meat
You can say that in general about processed food ie oven ready made vegetarian pizza is as bad as the non vegetarian one. "I dont eat this shite anyway We all have a choice my dear and if you like processed food, its not my business but I wouldnt eat it even if someone will pay me money to do so | |||
"Tescos do beyond burgers and are are good substitute.. if your craving meat! Now one thing I can't simply get at all. With thousands of variations of all different vegetarian foods that one can make. Why do vegetarians and vegans still feel the need to make vegetables look/feel/taste like meat? Missus, have you ever tried that bs from tthe shops?
I have tried! And vegans/ vegetarian homemade food is really tastey and yummy!
Im a seafood eater. Love all the variations but you wouldnt see me eating that shite from the supermarkets!
Regarding your question: some of them cheat themselves Truth is that real food not the junk you can buy in the shops dont look and taste like a meat. If you know what I mean. Its all about marketing. Its trendy to eat healthy,so lets give people a hope that a burger they eat looks like the real one made from any kind of meat
You can say that in general about processed food ie oven ready made vegetarian pizza is as bad as the non vegetarian one.
I dont eat this shite anyway We all have a choice my dear and if you like processed food, its not my business but I wouldnt eat it even if someone will pay me money to do so "Fully agree with you, no processed rubbish in my kitchen. All I'm saying being vegetarian but eating loads of processed vegetarian doesn't make your diet healthy. | |||
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"Tescos do beyond burgers and are are good substitute.. if your craving meat! Now one thing I can't simply get at all. With thousands of variations of all different vegetarian foods that one can make. Why do vegetarians and vegans still feel the need to make vegetables look/feel/taste like meat? " I’m a chef for a vegan company. It’s all good food. Healthy & a great range, | |||
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"Tescos do beyond burgers and are are good substitute.. if your craving meat! Now one thing I can't simply get at all. With thousands of variations of all different vegetarian foods that one can make. Why do vegetarians and vegans still feel the need to make vegetables look/feel/taste like meat? I’m a chef for a vegan company. It’s all good food. Healthy & a great range, " You didn't get the point in my question so I'll try to break it down for you. Here's an example: When I stopped eating bread, I just stopped eating it. I didn't look for a healthy bread substitute that has a bread shape, taste or texture. I just completely took it off the menu and started eating something else. So my point is why do vegetarians and vegans feel the need to make vegetables look and taste like meet? Why do vegetarians and vegans feel the need to make food look like burgers and sausages and meatballs and nuggets? I'm not arguing the health question here as it's none of my business what people eat. Just simple curiousity of why.. | |||
"Tescos do beyond burgers and are are good substitute.. if your craving meat! Now one thing I can't simply get at all. With thousands of variations of all different vegetarian foods that one can make. Why do vegetarians and vegans still feel the need to make vegetables look/feel/taste like meat? I’m a chef for a vegan company. It’s all good food. Healthy & a great range, You didn't get the point in my question so I'll try to break it down for you. Here's an example: When I stopped eating bread, I just stopped eating it. I didn't look for a healthy bread substitute that has a bread shape, taste or texture. I just completely took it off the menu and started eating something else. So my point is why do vegetarians and vegans feel the need to make vegetables look and taste like meet? Why do vegetarians and vegans feel the need to make food look like burgers and sausages and meatballs and nuggets? I'm not arguing the health question here as it's none of my business what people eat. Just simple curiousity of why.. " As a species we were all vegetarian unless we found some animals to eat, we don’t have claws or sharp teeth so we’re crappy hunters unless it’s a Black Friday! So isn’t it the case that meat eaters make food look like vegetarian foods? Lol (I do eat meat,) | |||
"Tescos do beyond burgers and are are good substitute.. if your craving meat! Now one thing I can't simply get at all. With thousands of variations of all different vegetarian foods that one can make. Why do vegetarians and vegans still feel the need to make vegetables look/feel/taste like meat? I’m a chef for a vegan company. It’s all good food. Healthy & a great range, You didn't get the point in my question so I'll try to break it down for you. Here's an example: When I stopped eating bread, I just stopped eating it. I didn't look for a healthy bread substitute that has a bread shape, taste or texture. I just completely took it off the menu and started eating something else. So my point is why do vegetarians and vegans feel the need to make vegetables look and taste like meet? Why do vegetarians and vegans feel the need to make food look like burgers and sausages and meatballs and nuggets? I'm not arguing the health question here as it's none of my business what people eat. Just simple curiousity of why.. As a species we were all vegetarian unless we found some animals to eat, we don’t have claws or sharp teeth so we’re crappy hunters unless it’s a Black Friday! So isn’t it the case that meat eaters make food look like vegetarian foods? Lol (I do eat meat,) " Every single herbivore occasionally eats meat. Also no, meat eaters don't make food look vegetarian as you don't need to process the life out of meat to make it look like meat because well... it's meat. | |||
"Tescos do beyond burgers and are are good substitute.. if your craving meat! Now one thing I can't simply get at all. With thousands of variations of all different vegetarian foods that one can make. Why do vegetarians and vegans still feel the need to make vegetables look/feel/taste like meat? I’m a chef for a vegan company. It’s all good food. Healthy & a great range, You didn't get the point in my question so I'll try to break it down for you. Here's an example: When I stopped eating bread, I just stopped eating it. I didn't look for a healthy bread substitute that has a bread shape, taste or texture. I just completely took it off the menu and started eating something else. So my point is why do vegetarians and vegans feel the need to make vegetables look and taste like meet? Why do vegetarians and vegans feel the need to make food look like burgers and sausages and meatballs and nuggets? I'm not arguing the health question here as it's none of my business what people eat. Just simple curiousity of why.. As a species we were all vegetarian unless we found some animals to eat, we don’t have claws or sharp teeth so we’re crappy hunters unless it’s a Black Friday! So isn’t it the case that meat eaters make food look like vegetarian foods? Lol (I do eat meat,) " wrong we are omnivores if we where herbivores we'd be able to eat grass and leaves. to say we are bad hunters is a bit silly as we hunted many species to extinction | |||
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"Tescos do beyond burgers and are are good substitute.. if your craving meat! Now one thing I can't simply get at all. With thousands of variations of all different vegetarian foods that one can make. Why do vegetarians and vegans still feel the need to make vegetables look/feel/taste like meat? I’m a chef for a vegan company. It’s all good food. Healthy & a great range, You didn't get the point in my question so I'll try to break it down for you. Here's an example: When I stopped eating bread, I just stopped eating it. I didn't look for a healthy bread substitute that has a bread shape, taste or texture. I just completely took it off the menu and started eating something else. So my point is why do vegetarians and vegans feel the need to make vegetables look and taste like meet? Why do vegetarians and vegans feel the need to make food look like burgers and sausages and meatballs and nuggets? I'm not arguing the health question here as it's none of my business what people eat. Just simple curiousity of why.. " Its just a shape my dear! Vegans and vegetarians can use different (originally in any Asian language) but its easier to call that food sausages, burgers, etc 
Again... Marketing my dear! | |||
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"Tescos do beyond burgers and are are good substitute.. if your craving meat! Now one thing I can't simply get at all. With thousands of variations of all different vegetarian foods that one can make. Why do vegetarians and vegans still feel the need to make vegetables look/feel/taste like meat? I’m a chef for a vegan company. It’s all good food. Healthy & a great range, You didn't get the point in my question so I'll try to break it down for you. Here's an example: When I stopped eating bread, I just stopped eating it. I didn't look for a healthy bread substitute that has a bread shape, taste or texture. I just completely took it off the menu and started eating something else. So my point is why do vegetarians and vegans feel the need to make vegetables look and taste like meet? Why do vegetarians and vegans feel the need to make food look like burgers and sausages and meatballs and nuggets? I'm not arguing the health question here as it's none of my business what people eat. Just simple curiousity of why.. " So the way I see it is that the fake meat is for meat eaters that want to switch to a more ethical diet, if you ask most vegans/ vegetarians why they switch it's because of ethical reasons. | |||
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"I eat mostly vegan/vegetarian for ethical reasons, loads of brown rice/pasta and veg, I do add in Quorn or Linda Mccartney stuff for protein! That's possibly why vegans/vegetarians eat stuff that's made to look like meat; they're usually a good protein hit. I sometimes eat cheese and have milk in my tea, and will eat meat on occasion though, I'm not militant. And I buy meat for my cats, I'd never force veganism on them! " That diet definitely works well for you. Need a photo of the cats to see if a meat diet is good for a pussy too  | |||
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"I don't want to discredit a vegan diet and I've no problem with the idea as such. But just a little note, a vegan diet is an extreme diet as it excludes a lot of foods and so cuts out a lot of nutrition. This doesn't come without dangers (vitamin B12 deficiency, anemia, hormone disruptions - just to mention a few) and it isn't suitable for everyone respectively not everyone would benefit or thrieve on it. It all depends on your overall health and stage in life. It is important to be well informed and organised when venturing into veganism." Oh most definitely. Vitamin supplements are definitely advised! | |||
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"Is one of the rules of being a vegan that you have to tell EVERYONE that you meet that you are a vegan ?? " Why not?! Is saved an embarrassment for a host if you dont feed well your guests
I've met many vegetarians and just one vegan lady -Smokey. Im glad she told me on the beginning about her food preferences. People these days have lots of allergies or have preferences to avoid meat.
I love seafood, raw food (veggies, nuts, fruits) eggs, and probably for a long time period wouldn't switch to eat just plant food.
Eating healthy doesnt mean eating processed food | |||
"Have a listen to the Joe Rogan podcast interview with Chris Kresser. He challenges some of the assertions in The Game changer. I’m not against the vegan diet and do like to eat healthy. Processed food is bad m’kay, but “healthy” depends on the person. And vegan/vegetarian isn’t necessarily better for the planet! There’s always another side to the story! Happy Saturday "I watched that podcast. He pretty much destroyed every argument they put out in that show. was very interesting. | |||
"I don't want to discredit a vegan diet and I've no problem with the idea as such. But just a little note, a vegan diet is an extreme diet as it excludes a lot of foods and so cuts out a lot of nutrition. This doesn't come without dangers (vitamin B12 deficiency, anemia, hormone disruptions - just to mention a few) and it isn't suitable for everyone respectively not everyone would benefit or thrieve on it. It all depends on your overall health and stage in life. It is important to be well informed and organised when venturing into veganism. Oh most definitely. Vitamin supplements are definitely advised! " I rarely us vitamins and supplements, and I'm a pretty a active person. I don't subscribe to vegan need vitamins and supplement! A healthy balanced diet is key ! Diet in this respect is your food choices, not for weight loss... | |||
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"I don't want to discredit a vegan diet and I've no problem with the idea as such. But just a little note, a vegan diet is an extreme diet as it excludes a lot of foods and so cuts out a lot of nutrition. This doesn't come without dangers (vitamin B12 deficiency, anemia, hormone disruptions - just to mention a few) and it isn't suitable for everyone respectively not everyone would benefit or thrieve on it. It all depends on your overall health and stage in life. It is important to be well informed and organised when venturing into veganism. Oh most definitely. Vitamin supplements are definitely advised! I rarely us vitamins and supplements, and I'm a pretty a active person. I don't subscribe to vegan need vitamins and supplement! A healthy balanced diet is key ! Diet in this respect is your food choices, not for weight loss..." I'd argue that a diet that needs to be bolstered up with vitamin supplements isn't a balanced diet. yes it is possible to cover your bodily nutrient requirements by plant food only, but it needs discipline and knowledge, ie omega3 is a particularly tricky one. As for the healtier, it has to be seen in the longterm. | |||
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