synonymous
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I love watching the fitness channels on Youtube to learn more. Recently, vegan videos have been popping up into my video feed and all I can say right now is that it seems like a religion. If you're not vegan you're going to die and burn in hell. I understand the environmental aspects of it, and can understand why someone might go vegan for that reason. Just like someone might take a bicycle to work instead of using his car. I can understand why the animal cruelty aspect of it just like I understand why some people only eat grass fed, free range etc.
What I can't get my head around is the health aspect of it. I was hoping some of the big nutrition guys on the board (3J...ehm) could maybe chime in. I have quite a few questions but here are 2.
My cholesterol levels have dropped since going with 3J. They never were bad but they dropped even lower. I eat eggs almost every day. The vegans say that eating eggs adds way too much cholesterol to the body and that our body doesn't need that added cholesterol to function as our body produces enough and that eating eggs will dramatically increase chances of heart disease etc. They post 'studies' but I can't read into the study as well as others may. Can someone explain the basics here.
Vegans eat a high carb diet. How does someone with type 2 diabetes go from their high protein, lower carb (Complex carbs) diet to a high carb almost no protein diet and not have their diabetes dramatically worsen? It seems the 'healthy' vegans are going to get people sick by promoting this. Unless I'm reading the message wrong.
I'm an omnivore, I don't see myself ever going vegan. I have vegetarian friends but they say for them they simply don't like the taste of most meats, but they do enjoy fish and dairy. They are vegetarian because of their taste buds only. And that's expensive in this country. Relying on mostly veggies and fruit in a country where watermelon can cost 20 USD a pop is insane.
What I can't get my head around is the health aspect of it. I was hoping some of the big nutrition guys on the board (3J...ehm) could maybe chime in. I have quite a few questions but here are 2.
My cholesterol levels have dropped since going with 3J. They never were bad but they dropped even lower. I eat eggs almost every day. The vegans say that eating eggs adds way too much cholesterol to the body and that our body doesn't need that added cholesterol to function as our body produces enough and that eating eggs will dramatically increase chances of heart disease etc. They post 'studies' but I can't read into the study as well as others may. Can someone explain the basics here.
Vegans eat a high carb diet. How does someone with type 2 diabetes go from their high protein, lower carb (Complex carbs) diet to a high carb almost no protein diet and not have their diabetes dramatically worsen? It seems the 'healthy' vegans are going to get people sick by promoting this. Unless I'm reading the message wrong.
I'm an omnivore, I don't see myself ever going vegan. I have vegetarian friends but they say for them they simply don't like the taste of most meats, but they do enjoy fish and dairy. They are vegetarian because of their taste buds only. And that's expensive in this country. Relying on mostly veggies and fruit in a country where watermelon can cost 20 USD a pop is insane.
