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I also suspected it would be other people bringing it up rather than me, and yes. The amount of shit I get is unbelievable. People bring it up every single day at work. Say I'm weird and should eat proper food blah blah. It's bizarre.
"Ooo are they vegan? Lololol"
"well I'm eating them so I hope so! Hahaha lololol"
So I try to eat more veg to compensate.
I was tested for fructose intolerance, which came back negative..
But my bowels determine that test was inaccurate.
It is possible to be vegan without eating much in the way of vegetables- you could live on a diet of bread/rice/chips and Oreo's and still be vegan.
We are going for 'minimally processed' but sometimes it is tricky- Mrs Oct was at a steakhouse for a work event the other day- there was literally nothing else she could have, so she had a steak.
Tonight we had vegan kimchi fried rice with Bok Choy and tofu.
It was delicious.
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Chips are "Plant-based" no matter how you cook them
Donald Trump needs kicking out of a helicopter
I'm personally responsible for all global warming
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
1. Don't label yourself and don't sweat it. If you are out and fancy a steak then have one.
2. Learn to cook if you can't already.
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
My big problem is sugar. Have managed to cut down, no more sugar in tea or coffee, but still a bit of a chocolate addict
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Plant-Based-Nutrition-2E-Idiots-Guides/dp/1465470204
This is worth reading too: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Presto-Pounds-Disappear-Other-Magical/dp/1501139525
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Been Veggie for at least 26 years now... Veg society is a good place for recipes if you need some inspiration.
https://www.vegsoc.org/
And I knew a veggie doing a PhD in Biology who told me about extra amino acids you need to take, so it's clearly possible to have a bad veggie diet.
I've also met plenty of fat veggies
And here's more nonsense.....
why this need to label diet choices? Pescatarian- oh give me a bleeding break, that's such a made up word. That;s not a thing!
And here comes the big one, the award winner.....
Flexitarian - is this a laugh? Just wtf is this then?? Ah, I know, its someone who eats lots of stuff, and err, takes care of what they eat. Gah, flexi chuffin tarian!!! Aka omnivore?!!
All this bollocking need to label yourself and align to some sort of group, its just crap.
Vegans & vegetarians, yes, I get that, but anything else is just self congratulating cack.
"Oh, yaaah, only this morning, Oscar, Hugo and I had a turmeric latte before going to our fave flexitarian community collective ultra organic bistro in Haggerston, and well, just totes wow, the quinoa alfalfa rucola flatbread with soil was out of this world, natch.."
CRAP!!!!!!!
(ps, not really angry, tongue in cheek n that)
I don't think NOT doing something really needs a name tbh, there isn't a name for people who don't eat peanut butter or chicory.
I've pretty much stopped buying meat because I just don't find it particularly appetising any more, but that doesn't mean I feel any kinship with anyone else who doesn't eat it.
I don't have much of a tribal instinct I'm afraid, so I'd no more describe myself as "vegetarian" than I would as "driver of blue car".
I do drink whey protein shakes because I don't have to think about it then. I think if you are active it is easy to not consume enough protein as a vegetarian or pescatarian. I don't want to eat seafood every single day.
I do enjoy tofu and meat substitute products are way tastier than they used to be, but I would rather be free to eat veg stuff without forcing anything like that in there.
I'm not scientific about it, but I feel it's a decent balance.