ATTN: VEGANS/VEGITARIAN RUNNERS

I truly think that a large percentage of vegetarians are vegetarians because they are picky eaters. I rarely hear vegetarians talk about enjoying food, taking pleasure in making meals or any of the things that I like best about eating.

I truly think that the healthiest diet is one where you eat real food based on seasonal ingredients. It is ridiculous to breakdown food into its micronutrients when your body certainly does not process food as a micronutrient. Food is much more complex than the sum of its parts.

I would suggest that people stop being so restrictive of their diet and enjoy their meals. I know that this is what works best for me.

Tex,

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It only contains 2% of your daily Iron as opposed to 20-25% that you claim

I would love to eat beef and chicken more often. My main objects in that the ruminants evolved to forage on grasses. In most feedlots they eat grain and god knows what. I know about this because I have worked on an organic farm and saw the proper way in which animals should be fed. Unfortunately, "Organic" doesn't mean grass fed, it simply means pesticide free grain. I eat ovo-vegetarian because it is so hard to make sure you are getting clean, natural meat.

You could not be more wrong-dude i love all food; before i became a vegetarian in college I would eat it allKFC, steaks, taco bell... chicken wings were probably my favoritethank god i ran because i would have been a blimpmy being vegetarian and I think this is true for most other vegetarian has nothing to do with being a picky eater

xcskier wrote:

I truly think that a large percentage of vegetarians are vegetarians because they are picky eaters. I rarely hear vegetarians talk about enjoying food, taking pleasure in making meals or any of the things that I like best about eating.

I truly think that the healthiest diet is one where you eat real food based on seasonal ingredients. It is ridiculous to breakdown food into its micronutrients when your body certainly does not process food as a micronutrient. Food is much more complex than the sum of its parts.

I would suggest that people stop being so restrictive of their diet and enjoy their meals. I know that this is what works best for me.

Maybe you enjoy your food, but as a vegitarian you are a picky eater. I hate going out to eat with vegitarians. It's usually not just about the meat either. There's got a be a list 50 foods long about food restrictions. Fun.

More of a turn-off than tattoos!

yes, better we all eat pork rinds and everything else taht comes in front of our face and blimp up like the rest of america and cause health care costs to go up even furtherwhy does what someone else eating at the same table affect you in the least?and you are still wrong, i have no other food restrictions except i don't eat meat so your generalizations are just plain wrong

bad batz maru wrote:

Maybe you enjoy your food, but as a vegitarian you are a picky eater. I hate going out to eat with vegitarians. It's usually not just about the meat either. There's got a be a list 50 foods long about food restrictions. Fun.

More of a turn-off than tattoos!

I find that most people who mock vegetarian/vegan diets just don't understand them (or have never tried them). I've been a lacto-ovo veggie for 6 years now, and have loved every day of it. I always wanted to go veg in college, but was concerned about my dietary needs. I got e Coli from some bad beef, and whammo, my mind was made up. Since then, I've seen a nutritionist once every six months, and have never had any deficiencies in my diet.

To the poster commenting about veggies being picky--we really only give up one thing (most cases, some more), and that is meat. Vegetables, fruits, beans, legumes, nuts, cheese, rice, potatoes, grains, herbs and spices are used each and every week in my kitchen. We eat healthy, tasty meals all the time. When we go to dinner, the biggest struggle is simply finding options, particularly at chain restaurants. Granted, it's gotten a lot better over the past several years, but compared to most offerings, veggies have no more than 1-2 selections to choose from (and vegans usually are lucky to find one listed option).

I was in Ann Arbor a couple of weekends ago visiting a friend, and she took my wife and I to an all-vegetarian restaurant. What an amazing feeling--to look at the menu and know I could eat anything on it! I was overwhelmed for the first time at a restaurant in years! I also found a similar place in downtown Bloomington, what a great experience!

It's not as bad as the naysayers will make it seem. The old adage 'don't knock it til you try it' really applies. Every time I've cooked a vegetarian meal for guests, they have loved it (or just consistently been too nice to say otherwise...for 6 years I hardly believe it's the latter). You give up so little, for so much gain.

I do not have time to read all the responses. I am not a vegetarian, but I eat very little meat. I take floradix which is a liquid iron. It works.