Anyone here adhere to a vegan diet or ever try it?

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I tried it for lunch once...but I crave the blood red color of beef!

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I tried to a Vegan diet once and it tasted like a Crysler Sebring which tasted like Hog $hit.

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I experimented with it in college, everyone does . . .

Vegans are people who don't know what it's like to feel hunger.

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What does this mean?

I'm not a vegan, but I've been a vegetarian for about 20 years. I eat a fair amount of fish and eggs, some dairy. I'm trying to cut back the fish a bit.

I think a vegan diet can be very healthful if approached properly, but it is difficult to maintain, especially if you travel or eat out often. I know the vegetarian diet I eat helps tremendously with weight control and I feel better than I did when I ate meat.

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It (vegans) caught my attention today because I was reading about Minnesota Twins' relief pitcher Pat Neshek.

http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/44920792.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4OW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsZ

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You are not a vegetarian if you eat flesh....you just don't eat red meat. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarian

Sorry, its a pet peeve learned from my brother who has been lacto-veggy for the last 30 yrs. He's +300lbs, has high BP and Col and had heart surgery by 40.

Gimme my red meat and wine.

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I don't fully disagree, and as I said I'd like to cut way down on the fish. The term "vegetarian" is loosely defined, and different folks have different definitions. I don't eat red, white, or pink meat. No chicken, beef, pork, etc. Just fish.

My diet has worked for me. Good cholesterol (good HDL/LDL, triglycerides), low BP, good weight. You can be a lacto-veggy and still eat a gallon of ice cream every day and have health problems or be genetically predisposed to high cholesterol and BP.

I do drink plenty of wine!

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Eatin pink meat has nothing to do with vegitarianism

i have been vegan for about 7 years, my wife has been vegan for longer. before i get into it, i want to state that i'm not THAT kind of vegan. i don't give a ***** what other people eat, i'm not out there crusading for animals in ANY way, my choices are personal, i'm a libertarian, i hate preachers and preaching, and i don't like drum circles or hippy dippy bs. that said, it's stuff like this:

that makes my blood boil and makes me not usually talk about my dietary restrictions (though knowing some privileged trust fund hippy vegans, i understand the sentiment). do i need to prove my f*cked up past to someone to justify what i put into my body? i spent a couple years stealing canned ravioli and beefaroni to eat when my dad split and my unemployed mother was passed out drunk all day and there was no food to eat. so yeah, i know hunger, not that it should mean ***** when talking about what someone chooses to eat. anyway......

it's just recently that my wife and i have been going back a little bit to some dairy and meat, as she has been diagnosed with a mild form of chrones disease. and let me tell you, the diet's been AWESOME!!!

but, the diet itself is great. i felt healthy, energetic, and it forced me to be creative and cook all the time. it stopped me from eating at fast food places and gas stations. it helped finding a girlfriend, now wife, who was vegan for a long time, lived in san francisco and nyc and knew how to cook and create "meat" dishes. we learned quickly how to make and manipulate seitan so we could have chicken wings, chinese food, and all the goodies. and now you can find a substitue for any food that's vegan. cookies, chips, every kind of meat, it's all for sale now.

but, i firmly believe it's a good diet for anyone under 30. your body and it's muscle tissue starts to break down after that, and a vegan diet causes your body to have to synthesize necessary protiens and nutrients out of the combination of foods you eat, which is fine if your body is young and working optimumly. it's hard on an older body to make that happen, and much easier for you to just take your protiens directly from meat.

all in all, it's just healthier to eat lean meats, hard cheeses, fruits and veggies, and whole grains. just like your doctor told you.

rant over. i feel better.

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I'm a meat kinda guy. I want my meat and dairy.

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my shoes are vegan, no animal products involved with them at all..

but I am not vegan myself.. lol

Hey, man.... I TOLD you I eat FISH!

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Man you people have zero sense of humor.

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