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[AstralDruid]

Just to be clear.
I chose a plant/cereal based diet for personal reasons, health reasons. I am no eco-warrior, nor am i all concerned by Greta and the Vegan bullshit that hits the media. I dropped meat, fish and chicken, dairy and eggs. That is all, yes i avoid gelatine in sweets and beers, but i brew my own, so no worries there. My dad suffers from serious heart issues, my brother from high blood pressure, both of which are diet related. So i made a change. At 45 years old i am now the fittest i have been since college basketball team, in the mid 80's.
I am not an animal rights activist, i do not lecture people on their lifestyle choices, nor do i mock. Everyone is free to live how they want, and the vegan diet suits me perfectly, i now run everyday, have lost all my flabby bits,,, and am generally full of energy.
My bloods are checked regularly and i am exactly where i should be on all levels.
I exercise everyday, lift weights, run, and metal detect, with my heart rate always below 100BPM, unless i think i've finally hit a gold coin

Yes there are lot's of annoying vegan types around, they bug me too...
I did it for my health and for my kids.

But i can joke about it..

Also dropped coffee/caffiene a decade ago. And alcohol since mid August, as i over did it a 'bit' at a party and i challenged myself to drink no more till Xmas,, i like a challenge.

 

[against the wind]

Just to be clear.
I chose a plant/cereal based diet for personal reasons, health reasons. I am no eco-warrior, nor am i all concerned by Greta and the Vegan bullshit that hits the media. I dropped meat, fish and chicken, dairy and eggs. That is all, yes i avoid gelatine in sweets and beers, but i brew my own, so no worries there. My dad suffers from serious heart issues, my brother from high blood pressure, both of which are diet related. So i made a change. At 45 years old i am now the fittest i have been since college basketball team, in the mid 80's.
I am not an animal rights activist, i do not lecture people on their lifestyle choices, nor do i mock. Everyone is free to live how they want, and the vegan diet suits me perfectly, i now run everyday, have lost all my flabby bits,,, and am generally full of energy.
My bloods are checked regularly and i am exactly where i should be on all levels.
I exercise everyday, lift weights, run, and metal detect, with my heart rate always below 100BPM, unless i think i've finally hit a gold coin

Yes there are lot's of annoying vegan types around, they bug me too...
I did it for my health and for my kids.

But i can joke about it..

Also dropped coffee/caffiene a decade ago. And alcohol since mid August, as i over did it a 'bit' at a party and i challenged myself to drink no more till Xmas,, i like a challenge.

Soooo, you're not a real Vegan??

 

[against the wind]

GOOD MORNING TNET!!

 

[AstralDruid]

Vegan is a word that has been hijacked.
I just don't eat anything with any animal or dairy content.

 

[Hillbilly Prince]

Vegan is a word that has been hijacked.
I just don't eat anything with any animal or dairy content.

Thou hast awakened ValleyBeast!!!
To appease His wrath thou must don a cloak made of bacon and drink a craft beer of your choice lest we all be destroyed!!! Go in haste and do thy penance!!!

 

[sjvalleyhunter]

Vegan is a word that has been hijacked.
I just don't eat anything with any animal or dairy content.

aka a vegetarian

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[AstralDruid]

aka a vegetarian

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terms confuse you ?
Vegetarians eat dairy and eggs, and honey.
I don't, i was vegetarian for many years, now i have a vegan diet.

Emaciated ? 209 lbs, and none of it wobbles...

 

[Hillbilly Prince]

This thread is over three years old. Valley wrote more words in one post than he has written the entire thread. From now on December 2nd shall be a Last holiday.
Druid, you came to the right place to joke about your life. Since you are Vegan and a Druid may we call you VD?
Mermaid is so happy you don't eat fish. She hates competition for her primary food source.
Don't know about you eating grains and cereals. One doc on radio is really against that.
People don't realize they are not getting vitamins and minerals. What are you doing for protein?
I guess Dolphin is abducted or the Trolls got him.

 

[AstralDruid]

This thread is over three years old. Valley wrote more words in one post than he has written the entire thread. From now on December 2nd shall be a Last holiday.
Druid, you came to the right place to joke about your life. Since you are Vegan and a Druid may we call you VD?
Mermaid is so happy you don't eat fish. She hates competition for her primary food source.
Don't know about you eating grains and cereals. One doc on radio is really against that.
People don't realize they are not getting vitamins and minerals. What are you doing for protein?
I guess Dolphin is abducted or the Trolls got him.

hey, i don't mind a bit of craic,, VD has a bit of a panty liner smell to it though...
Folks seem to feel challenged by me ? it is nothing new, really,, i tend to expose things in people.. Anyways, i am Vegan, so get over it !!

 

[AstralDruid]

Protein the macromolecule of confusion..
The real question is why everyone thinks they need so much protein ? and why do they think only animals provide a protein source...? 2 myths rolled into one..
I eat easily assimilated plant protein about thrice per week.. is plenty..

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[sjvalleyhunter]

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[Honest Samuel]

I love to eat Porterhouse steak median rare.

 

[Honest Samuel]

No snow during the night, snow tonight. Will buy a new computer today on the internet. Good After Noon while I am Last.

 

[Hillbilly Prince]

Protein the macromolecule of confusion..
The real question is why everyone thinks they need so much protein ? and why do they think only animals provide a protein source...? 2 myths rolled into one..
I eat easily assimilated plant protein about thrice per week.. is plenty..

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I'm not challenged by you and I don't care if you are a Vegan. As a matter of fact I am interested in health and do a lot of reading about diet and supplements, which is why I asked how you get protein. As in what specifically do you consume. Humans do need protein.

https://www.dummies.com/health/nutrition/why-you-need-protein-in-your-diet/
"Protein is an essential nutrient found in animal products, nuts, and beans. The name protein name comes from the Greek word protos, which means “first.” Your body uses proteins in your diet to build new cells, maintain tissues, and synthesize new proteins that make it possible for you to perform basic bodily functions."
Do you take supplements? What kind? I take quite a few.
Guess what came in the mail today?


I hope this will make me vibrate correctly.

 

[Hillbilly Prince]

No snow during the night, snow tonight. Will buy a new computer today on the internet. Good After Noon while I am Last.

What are you doing with the old one? What kind are you looking at?
I would like to have one of these again.

 

[Honest Samuel]

It does not work, thrown it out,,, so nobody will steal my information.

 

[AstralDruid]

Hey HillBilly,, i wasn't referring to you, when i mentioned being challenged...
I am shrewd enough to determine when comments are of a good nature..

To take your question a bit further, regarding proteins, yes we do need them, correct... but we do not need them in the quantities that they are consumed in our western cultures... I am a good amino producer, so the vegan/veggie diet causes me no real difficulty, yes B vits need supplementing , but this in itself does not make me consider eating meat. I made a choice.. my health benefits have been tremendous, and i have not become a skinny weakling in the process. It's not for everyone, i know that, probably been easy for me because i have never been one who takes great pleasure from eating, i am not a food fan...
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[sjvalleyhunter]

What are you doing with the old one? What kind are you looking at?
I would like to have one of these again.
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I still have a factory sealed box of IBM 5 1/4 inch disks if you need them.

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[Hillbilly Prince]

I still have a factory sealed box of IBM 5 1/4 inch disks if you need them.

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I don't need them but they should be capable of being formatted in an Apple drive. Can't remember how many of those I got. Once I move I want to set up my old Apples.
Sometime I want to get a 486 with Dos on it to run my old games. Anyway what do you want for them?

 

[sjvalleyhunter]

I don't need them but they should be capable of being formatted in an Apple drive. Can't remember how many of those I got. Once I move I want to set up my old Apples.
Sometime I want to get a 486 with Dos on it to run my old games. Anyway what do you want for them?

If I can find them again in my garage you can have them. I also have a factory sealed box with DOS disks, but I can’t remember the version. I ran across them when I was cleaning out a few boxes in my parent’s garage earlier this year. Initially I was going to toss them out but thought they were kind of cool in a nostalgic sense. I’ll look for them this weekend.

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