Vegetarian, Vegan, or Omnivore?

I'm curious as to how many people are either vegetarian, vegan, or ominvores.

I am a vegan by choice, not because I feeel sorry for chickens and cows etc, but because I wished to live a healthier life over all.


For those who don't know, vegan's do not consume anything that comes from animals (cheese, milk, eggs, caviar, etc).

What are you?

Briana Dawson

I'm not trying to be nosey, but I was wondering why you chose to cut these items out all together (as its not to do with the animals themselves) rather than just decreasing the amounts, as calcium and protein would be something I would worry about when cutting out all these items.

I am an omnivore for the exact same reason plus one:

I want to live a healthier life.

Genetically humans are omnivores.

Good articles:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4282257.stm

http://www.ucc.ie/fcis/DHMeatandDiet.htm

and a good quote:

I'm 31 and spent about 2 years being vegan

I loved it, but to a bachlor, it isn't a good idea because

You don't really cook single serve portions of whole foods.

A meal for 1 costs the same as a meal for 4, only more food waste

I can't find my stove or counter

I live 1 mile from an In-N-Out burger

I do independant contractor work where we get paid 30 min lunches on site where the Hotel/Resort feeds us, and no matter how nice the Resort/Hotel is, they neglect staples such as real lettuce and whole grains and beans. My job, at times, can be extremely labor intensive, so not having the strength to do the job is not an option. My job, at times, can also be extremely mentally taxing . The wrong fuel, and I could get hurt, someone else could get hurt, or the show might not go on in time (or at all).

I don't like having to eat every 90 minutes.

I would prefer to be vegan (mostly vegan, honey and whey bans are a little excessive, and I could not be a vegan without Tofutti cream cheese and ice cream), but my lifestyle atm isn't a good fit.

I did meet a couple a few years back who ate vegan like 4-5 days a week. That would be much more healthy, and I wouldn't freak if I had an Animal Style Double Double With a Neapolitin Shake on the fly once in a while

I will say this. When I had the right scenerio to be vegan, I never felt better, was never slimmer, and never had more energy (friends thought I got back on meth).

So I do intend to go back to that again someday...

I voted omnivore, but I consider myself a vagitarion, because my preffered thing to eat is a......if you dont get it I'm not telling

Interesting question - I've just been told that I need to go on a gluten free diet. So I'm going to give it a shot, but it sure is difficult - there seems to be gluten in absolutely everything.

Bottom line - don't eat anything that is processed, easier said than done.

(not to hijack the thread - but I welcome any suggestions)

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yummy (uh, that's the pie option, right?)

My rl fiance has an allergy to grains - mesh that with diets...

Oh! I have a question for Vegans answering this.

Do condoms have some vegan prohibited ingredient? I mean... they're latex right? But I figure if there is something, a vegan would know

A vegan I know got his girlfriend of 2 months pregnant and claims it's because vegans can't use condoms/hormonal birth controls... Not just him being an irresponsible git, which is my opinion of it. The hormones I can easily see having -something- in them not cool for them... but condoms?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/321038.stm



Edit: But as you can see, thats 1999, and I shouldn't think they're hard to get hold of..

I am not a vegan, but sheepskin condoms maybe?

eww!!!

legal way to put ur dick in a sheep?

Yeah, me too, what he said.

That, and cows deserve to die.

Speaking of I had lobster for dinner last night.

At home.

Cooking them myself.

I have no sympathy for lobsters..after all they can breathe both air and water (as long as they dip occasionally to wet their gills) but are too stupid to swim to the surface to grab a breathe..they'd rather 'drown' in an uncycled pool of water..

Omnivor. We have canine teeth for a reason. If we weren't supposed to eat meat, we would get sick eating it, like real herbivors do.

Wow, I would've expected more vegitarians so far..

I expected a lot more vagitarians

Ha Ha - I had a friend bring one back from a trip to SFO and it lived in my fridge for a week until I gave it to my neighbor for their salt water fish tank where it lived for another 3 years because I did not have the heart to cook it.

I cooked crabs once and they screamed and tried to get out of the pot and that did it for me, no more home cooking of the crustaceans! (Not that I won't eat them if someone else cooks them - cause I will).

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Omnivore, for the very simple reason that I really, really like meat. Especially beef. Steak. Grilled steak. Mmmmmmm!

hey rose. not sure where you live, but if you've got a whole foods (or any other health food store) near you, they should have tons of gluten-free stuff. an old co-worker of mine was allergic to wheat, so he was on a gluten-free diet. he brought in all kinds of stuff, even pizza. there's also lots of grains/meals you can substitute for flour when cooking. they should have that stuff at the health food store too.

Well actually, carnivorus creatures have a mouth full of canine teeth and herbivores have a mouth full of flat teeth... Just like humans who have only 4 canine teeth.

Briana Dawson

Operative fact there, we have canine teeth.

4 canine teeth hardly make a carnivore.

And such exclamations like "If we werent supposed to eat meat..." is pure fallacy.

And maybe you don't know this but "real herbivors" like cows and chicken are actually fed a feed mixture consiting of meat and they aren't getting sick.

Briana Dawson

Well it started with me wanting to eliminate excess fried foods, and then after thinking abou tit for a while and knowing what types of fat the body can and cannot breakdown made me choose plants.

There are all sorts of varying rationals. I genuinely feel better and lighter in my step. I also take multivitamins and a good dosage of B-12 and omega 3.

Briana Dawson

I'm a microvore. I only eat foods I can prepare in my microwave