You can get all vitamins, minerals, and protein from plant-based food with the exception of Vitamin B-12.I mean, I'd rather take a supplement than contribute to an industry that tortures, kills, exploits animals for profit, and destroys the environment. Not to mention a vegan diet is the healthiest diet despite a lot of misinformation out there about it "lacking nutrients"
Quote from: Dan on April 07, 2016, 10:10:44 PMYou can get all vitamins, minerals, and protein from plant-based food with the exception of Vitamin B-12.I mean, I'd rather take a supplement than contribute to an industry that tortures, kills, exploits animals for profit, and destroys the environment. Not to mention a vegan diet is the healthiest diet despite a lot of misinformation out there about it "lacking nutrients"huhnow, pardon my ignorance, but where would your main sources be for lots of calories outside of sugary fruits and fermented beverages? This is actually something that's always been forefront of my mind whenever I think about vegitarian/pescitarian options just because of red meats and a family history of cholesterol and high blood pressure issues.My daily caloric needs definitely aren't below 2000, and the last thing I need in my work is for my body to go in to starvation mode and store all kinds of fat while eating it's own muscles.
now, pardon my ignorance, but where would your main sources be for lots of calories outside of sugary fruits and fermented beverages? This is actually something that's always been forefront of my mind whenever I think about vegitarian/pescitarian options just because of red meats and a family history of cholesterol and high blood pressure issues.My daily caloric needs definitely aren't below 2000, and the last thing I need in my work is for my body to go in to starvation mode and store all kinds of fat while eating it's own muscles.
Is it common for vegans to supplement meals with protein powder? It seems to me that the lifestyle would be much easier with a few scoops of protein each day, then you just need carbs and fat which are easy. Even easier if you're pescatarian and have access to some of the healthiest foods available.
>when vegans love animals but hate humans
Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on April 07, 2016, 10:34:18 PMIs it common for vegans to supplement meals with protein powder? It seems to me that the lifestyle would be much easier with a few scoops of protein each day, then you just need carbs and fat which are easy. Even easier if you're pescatarian and have access to some of the healthiest foods available.That's what my sister does, but I don't bother. I have a lot of imitation meat, which uses soy, which is protein rich. Good enough for me.
Soy shouldn't be a problem when consumed in moderation. I'd be cautious about drinking too much soy milk though.
Are you at all concerned about estrogen levels in soy? Also, what kind of imitation meat do you eat -- is that like a veggie burger?
Quote from: Dan on April 07, 2016, 10:50:59 PMSoy shouldn't be a problem when consumed in moderation. I'd be cautious about drinking too much soy milk though.Isn't moderation kind of difficult when it's your main source of protein?
various analogue cheeses...
Verb whats your opinion on Vegans that eat fish?
Quote from: Batch on April 07, 2016, 11:10:40 PMVerb whats your opinion on Vegans that eat fish?They're not vegans; they're pescatarians.I've discussed this rather recently, actually. Fish live particularly squalid and unfulfilling lives--more so than any other vertebrate I can think of. Therefore, we're probably doing them a favor by eating them, in all honesty.They can still suffer and feel pain, of course, so we should refrain from brutally slaughtering them--but am I against putting a fish out of its misery and putting its body to good use?... No, I can't say I am. So if you eat fish, I can't really hold that against you.Fish are miserable creatures--we don't need to torture them, but we're probably doing them a favor by ending their lives prematurely.I won't do it, though. Whatever little taste I had in fish to begin with, I lost it a long time ago.
Youre the most hardcore vegan I know dude...It does sound like you're fine with people eating meat, just not personally yourself, I respect that, cause a lot of vegans class meat eaters under degeneracy and try to convert yadda yadda.But lastly I know what a primary fish eater is named, I was just talking about those that actually believe they are vegan and fish arent animals.I assume youd just conclude to them as idiots.
Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on April 07, 2016, 10:34:18 PMIs it common for vegans to supplement meals with protein powder? It seems to me that the lifestyle would be much easier with a few scoops of protein each day, then you just need carbs and fat which are easy. Even easier if you're pescatarian and have access to some of the healthiest foods available.Consider though, a lot of protein powders use animal products.Especially those that are intended for /fit/ types to enhance their gains.