vegan for a week

[brendan]

@2joes

had to reject something that “may have contained traces of dairy”.

“may contain” is still vegan by my book. it just means it’s made in the same factory as dairy products.

also, i highly recommend the book “animal ingredients A-Z”. you will be surprised, disappointed and grossed out.

[iwearmoccos]

@2joes

day one is going pretty well, so far eaten: toast with nutelex for breaky with long black and a juice, some almonds for a snack, then an open sandwich with humus, sprouts, tomato, lemon juice, tamari, sesame oil, on whole grain bread. Think ill need to eat less bread tho. just did a decent shop for some good shit that looks pretty yum. Felt pretty funny checking the back of everything and had to reject something that “may have contained traces of dairy”. Other than that most things seem to have a pretty good vegan alternative. just did a bit of a search and saw this that i thought looked pretty funny:

[i]People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) promotes beer as an alternative to milk (see MilkSucks.com) and did so very strongly before they negotiated to pull their “Got Beer?” campaign from college campuses out of respect for Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). Their argument states that:

Beer has zero fat; milk is loaded with fat.

Beer has zero cholesterol; milk contains 20 mg of cholesterol in every 8-oz. serving.

Beer doesn’t contain hormones or antibiotics, while milk contains an ever-increasing variety of the pesticides and antibiotics fed to cows, including rBGH, the notorious growth hormone that can give guys breasts.

Beer has half a gram of fiber in every cup; milk has no fiber whatsoever.

Beer has only 12 mg of sodium per cup. Milk is sky-high in the stuff.

Beer has 3 grams of complex carbohydrates in a 12-oz. glass; milk has no complex carbohydrates. [/i]

Obviously wouldnt have beer on my cereal but i liked the idea.

I drink a heap of milk, but could possibly ease my intake after reading stuff like that.

[The_JAMS]

@TVM

@antmandan

[ul][li]Praise 97% fat free mayonnaise is vegan.[/ul][/li]

what the hell!?!

i thought eggs were pretty important when it comes mayo?

not saying you’re wrong but this surpises me.

Good luck for a week, i’m finding it hard enough not to shop at safeway let alone becomming veg or veg.

eggs are a pretty important ingredient for mayo, but a damn good portion of the ‘mayo’ on supermarket shelves has nothing to with the original recipe (eggs, oil, lemon,salt). read the ingredients on any ‘low fat mayo’ its basically just water, canola and a bunch of thickeners

[tristan]

@2joes

[i]People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) promotes beer as an alternative to milk (see MilkSucks.com) and did so very strongly before they negotiated to pull their “Got Beer?” campaign from college campuses out of respect for Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). Their argument states that:

PETA? The terrorists organisation (http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/peta-classified-terrorist-threat.php)?

The problem with modern milk is that the cows have been pumped full of crap (http://www.codexalimentarius.net/web/index_en.jsp … yes this in place here in OZ) then it is pasteurized and homogenized.

My GF is allergic as all hell to modern milk, but can drink straight from the cow milk without issue. Pitty drinking it is illegal.

[PiledHigher]

@tristan

@dnzr

http://moretolovevegan.blogspot.com/

Mock roo: It’s formation involved a three stage process utilising wheat gluten - boiling, baking and bbqing. The three b’s of delicious.

Then they go an wrap it up in highly processed white fluff… bread. :roll:

It’s made from wheat gluten, it’s flavoured bread, I wouldn’t be fussed with putting that into bread…

[brendan]

i’m no real fan of PETA either.

try these guys instead:

Animal Liberation Front - Petside

[2joes2]

@tristan

I am not vego/vegan, but if you want to sway anyone in that direction get them to watch this http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6361872964130308142&hl=en#.

just watched the pet section of this- full on to say the least. putting an alive dog in a dumb truck is fucked.

[tristan]

@PiledHigher

It’s made from wheat gluten, it’s flavoured bread, I wouldn’t be fussed with putting that into bread…

I was referring to the actual bread, which more than probably contains highly processed white flower, which is up there with processed/refined sugar. Wheat contains opiates. When it is then processed (bleached etc…), it might as well be a poison. It is not all that friendly to your immune system as well.

Cut refined sugar and white flour (yes that means pasta) out of your diet and you will notice a huge difference.

Now I am starting to sound like a Vegan

[hotdoghorny]

is spelt flour any better?

[tristan]

@mckenny

is spelt flour any better?

Fixed the spelling now… but dam that was good

Not sure about spelt, never tried it.

[The_JAMS]

@tristan

I am not vego/vegan, but if you want to sway anyone in that direction get them to watch this http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6361872964130308142&hl=en#.

“music by Moby” - yep, that’s enough to make me sick and i didn’t even get to the animals dying

[hotdoghorny]

edit: ok, i realise my unintentional lol.

[chazhutton]

@Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino

Fuck Vegan, go Paleo
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/fashion/10caveman.html?pagewanted=all
PALEO FOR LIFE

That’s quite cool. I like that.

[The_JAMS]

re: that paleo article.
did ancient man really make beef jerky?
can’t wait to see these nobs die of bowel cancer, sounds like some post-atkins garbage.
also, they seem to negate that ancient man mainly ate fruits,vegetables,berries,grains etc and once in a while were able to stumble across a dying yak or whatever.

[greenmachine]

So just curious of the motivation on here to become a vegan.

Is it because of the animal killing or the enviromental impact of eating meat?

[2joes2]

@TVM

So just curious of the motivation on here to become a vegan.

Is it because of the animal killing or the enviromental impact of eating meat?

is that directed to me or to vegans generally?

Im simply curious… i have eaten meat my entire life and decided to experience something different. Im not passionate enough to claim either of those (maybe just not yet). + im pretty bored atm and have lost alot of regularity so thought id impliment some restrictions to keep myself in line.

[greenmachine]

bit for you and for everyone else

[JLN_not_ZLTN]

I think it’s an interesting experiment.

…and I’m also glad that this thread hasn’t derived into a vegan vs. non-vegan shitstorm*

*yet.

[Captain_Commuter]

@JLN not ZLTN

I think it’s an interesting experiment.

…and I’m also glad that this thread hasn’t derived into a vegan vs. non-vegan shitstorm*

*yet.

I was contemplating going veg this year and I haven’t had much red meat in a while but I went to my old man’s for lunch on Saturday and he cooked me a fuck-off enormous T-Bone. Not only was it juicy and delicious but I woke up on Sunday feeling like I could run through brick walls AND I won my crit.

Got me thinkin’ it all over again. edit: mmmmm…meeat.

(True story, not a troll)

[heatseeker]

@JLN not ZLTN

I think it’s an interesting experiment.

…and I’m also glad that this thread hasn’t derived into a vegan vs. non-vegan shitstorm*

*yet.

Not through lack of trying. I’ve been trying to spark something up all day but the hippies in here are like Bear Grylls trying to light wet grass with a flint.