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I feel so much healthier and no guilt

Ok

As long as you supplement it with a nice steak every couple of days I can kind of agree

I am 95% vegetarian. Chicken every so often. Was great for weight loss.

For real or you taking the piss? What ways do you feel healthier? I was curious about trying it myself

Femputer posted...

For real or you taking the piss? What ways do you feel healthier? I was curious about trying it myself

I just dont feel as bloated through out the day. Ive been waking up earlier, bodily functions have been better. In three weeks of doing it. I did lose some muscle mass, so my non vegan intake is workout supplements right now. But Im retaining a post water weight loss of 7 pounds

I'm not vegan but my food expenses shrank alot more when I eliminated deli meats and ground beef from my monthly grocery lists.

https://www.pressherald.com/2022/01/09/save-money-save-your-health-save-the-world-eat-vegan/

The price modeling study, conducted by researchers at Oxford University and published in The Lancet Planetary Health, examined the cost of food in 150 countries. Based on 2017 prices published by the World Banks International Comparison Program, the study found that substituting plant-based for animal-based foods could reduce food bills in rich nations, including the United States.

Specifically, the study found that vegan diets were the most economical and could reduce grocery bills by as much as 34 percent compared to the food costs of a typical Western diet.

One significant healthcare cost that might drop with more people eating vegan food in the U.S. is the cost of treating moderate-to-severe COVID-19 infections. Throughout 2021, a trickle of medical research began to uncover a link between plant-heavy diets and milder COVID infections.

In June, a study published in the BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health journal found that among 2,884 frontline healthcare workers in six countries, including the U.S., those who followed a plant-based diet had a 73 percent lower risk of moderate-to-severe COVID compared to healthcare workers who ate more animal-based foods.

In September, medical journal Gut published a study out of Massachusetts General Hospital, which analyzed data from 592,571 participants in a smart-phone based study of COVID symptoms and found that those who ate the most plant-based food had a 9 percent lower risk of developing COVID and a 41 percent lower risk of developing severe COVID. Study participants came from the U.S. and U.K.

For decades, medical studies have accumulated showing plant-based eating protects against many of the top causes of death in the U.S. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2020 (the latest year for which statistics are available), the top two causes of death remained heart disease followed by cancer, both linked to high consumption of animal-based foods. Heart disease deaths saw their largest increase since 2012, jumping 4.2 percent in 2020. COVID was the third leading cause of death in 2020.

A vegan talking about being a vegan. This never happens. /s

That's awesome. As someone that specializes in nutrition from a holistic/sports medicine pov, fiber should be the #1 nutrient you should aim to maximize daily. 40g is the recommended for an adult male. Only other supplement I can recommend is B12, either standalone or as part of a multivitamin. As long as you eat a variety of foods, you'll never have to worry about iron, calcium, iodine, vitamin A, etc.

Don't worry so much about protein, like others will be bound to say. You're probably already getting enough, even though you are eliminating the meat and dairy. Just keep the complex fiber-rich carbs high and try to avoid too much fat, and this is exemplified best by trying to stay away from vegan "junk" food like french fries, baked goods and sweets.

If that makes really makes you happy, then keep at it, dude.

I'll pass. I work out too much to skip meat and cheese. I'm glad you're happy though.

Also side note: creatine can be vegan, it's not required, but it can help a lot.

I'm going to eat salmon tonight.

Then tomorrow I might have tuna or chicken.

On friday I'm having beef.

I had some vegan mozzarella sticks a few weeks ago and to think about them now makes me instantly nauseous. I didn't think they were bad at the time but thinking back on them, oh god, it makes me close to gagging.

I think the way to go with a plant based diet is to just make your own stuff and avoid any imitation meat/cheese. Milk alternatives are fine. But I've tried so many "vegan" meals that have seitan or something in it and my brain just screams "no, don't eat it, it's not food".

SauI_Goodman posted...

I am 95% vegetarian. Chicken every so often. Was great for weight loss.

This is about as far as I could personally go (maybe substitute chicken with eggs sometimes tho)