Well /fit/ the veganism is upon me. The past couple days every time I ate meat I felt as though I'm setting my progress back.
Can anyone try to bring forth some decent arguments against veganism before I succumb to this out-cast lifestyle? Keep in mind I'm still getting all my macro's.
>>35608112
Cost
Meat tastes good
Its hard to reach protein macros w.o meat
Vegan people are typically cunts
>>35608124
>Cost
This myth has been debunked
>Myth tastes good
Not a good argument
>lack of protein
What are lentils, Tofu and black beans
>vegans are cunts
Subjective
>>35608124
>cost
Not really, if anything I can make it cheaper
>meat tastes good
its possible you can brainwash yourself into not enjoying it
>Hard to reach protein macros w.o meat
its just as hard, if not harder, to get my protein macros with meat
>Vegan people are typically cunts
Its true, but i guess i'm becoming one of them
>>35608155
Meat protein is a more complete version.
>>35608162
>its just as hard, if not harder, to get my protein macros with meat
You're doing it wrong then.
>>35608112
Nice try richard.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FJ3AFJ4/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&btkr=1
this book is called "meat is for pussies" its by a super fit as fuck 52 year old named john joseph
i havent eaten meat or dairy in 6 years and i look and feel better than i have in my entire life. im 29 and look younger than i did when i was 25. i also look way younger than most of the people my age, lots of them already have pretty bad wrinkles and i dont.
also killing an animal when its not necessary seems bizarre to me, i dont get when people say they love animals and then go to mcdonalds
>>35608155
Meat tastes good is a fantastic argument.
people should do what the fuck they want with their lives and comments like this are exactly what people mean when they say
>Vegan people are typically cunts
What about saturated fat and test? What are some plant based sources?
>>35608190
I can pack a smoothie with more protein than steak and feel less full after
>>35608248
>not having the taste and mouthfeel of a good steak
>not feeling full afterwards
VirginGains suffered from a rare occasion when someone is born in a Vegan household, he's skin has a weird hue of green now from it.
>>35608155
>what are lentils, tofu and black beans
all of those are like 60% protein at the most, same as a burger, I dare you name something with at least 80% protein, I can easily: Tuna, Chicken Breast and Shrimps
>subjective
no, not really
>>35608318
this, this is one reason I avoid it. why the fuck does he look so green.
as far as the crazy good health benefits that make you feel great, look great etc I have yet to see any proof outside of claims on 4chan and airy fairy studies.
>>35608318
Isn't virgin gains green because of shit camera? Now, I'm mildy curious.
>>35608318
This is true, Chris Evans (Cap. American actor) claimed that his skin was turning 'green-ish' after doing a veg diet for a few months.
You can google it easy and find it in the net.
>>35608485
what the fuck?
>>35608155
>mfw tofu lentils and black beans have 25g carbs per serving.
>mfw my lean chicken breast is 22g protein 1g fat
>>35608112
Fuck off and go and be a loser vegan by yourself, you dont need to be like every other vegan and shove it down everyones throat.
>>35608224
Was wondering when someone else on /fit/ would mention that book
So a vegan diet turns you green, fuck that.
I'm already ugly enough.
>>35608155
>What are lentils, Tofu and black beans
>being dependent on a few specific plants without which your entire diet would fall apart
>>35608112
If you're eating meat and feeling that it's setting you back, you're simply not eating enough meat.
>>35608224
People love cats, dogs, dolphins etc
Nobody gives a shit about cows or chickens
Go home virgangains nobody likes you
>>35608224
M8 I'm 36 and are routinely mistaken for someone 10 years younger. I eat meat everyday.
>>35608229
In what world is 'meat tastes good' a fantastic argument? Mass murder might feel good but how exactly does that justify it?
You'll struggle to find arguments supporting the consumption of animal products in a first world country. This is why reactionary meat eaters almost always resort to silly namecalling or something of that nature.
Go back to Reddit and post on about the epicness of muh bacon strips
>>35608950
quit comparing domestic animals bred for the sole purpose of consumption to murder. its embarrassing to be in your presence
>>35608950
In a world that still has pussies like you in it.
>>35608950
>mass murder
to me, you can't 'murder' an animal. do you think stone age man felt guilty about killing birds as equally as he did about killing humans? killing a person vs killing an animal are two totally different things.
if i like meat i'll eat it, no matter how many studies you throw at me lad.
>>35608867
if you were vegan youd be mistaken for being 15 years younger
>>35608745
>chickens, cows, and pigs
>>35609007
>quit comparing domestic animals bred for the sole purpose of consumption to murder
1. This doesn't make grammatical sense ("quit comparing animals to murder" - what)
2. Whatever you're trying to illustrate, I didn't do in my initial post anyway
It's an analogy you fag. If an ethical evil like mass murder is not justified by saying it feels good, then how is an ethical evil like meat consumption (completely unnecessary in a first world country, involves an immense amount of suffering, inefficient in terms of land/water/etc usage, environmentally toxic) justified by saying it "tastes good" (or feels good to eat)?
>>35608485
Your skin can turn sort of orange if you eat a lot of vegetables with beta-carotene (carrots, sweet potatoes, greens), but green? That's bullshit
>>35608174
>I like to make assumptions and state things as fact
>>35609069
Why do people so often view murder/suffering within humans and animals in terms of binary rather than as a spectrum? Killing a human is more of an ethical evil than killing a sentient animal, yes, but this does not necessarily mean the latter action is not murder.
"killing a person vs killing an animal are two totally different things." - can you give me a reason as to why you choose to adopt a binary (yes/no, on/off, etc) position here? What special trait do humans possess that separates us from all other sentient animals in terms of a capacity to suffer and die? Why does our suffering matter and theirs not at all?
"if i like meat i'll eat it, no matter how many studies you throw at me lad."
>if i like to rape/steal/torture people i'll do it, no matter how many studies you throw at me lad.
>>35609031
>You'll struggle to find arguments supporting the consumption of animal products in a first world country. This is why reactionary meat eaters almost always resort to silly namecalling or something of that nature.
>>35609007
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uncovered-sick-paedophiles-who-trick-4509343
"I bred this child for the sole purpose of raping it. What's the big deal? It's the only reason they even exist. You want them to go extinct?! Molesting just feels good to me, don't judge me!"
I'm in a similar boat OP, I find myself slowly phasing meat out of my diet more and more each day. Not doing it for health or ethics, I've just the lost the taste for meat.
There's no reason not to go full vegan if that's what you enjoy, just don't be a cunt about it.
>>35608112
unless you become one of those annoying pic related type people who preach veganism, it's going to make very little tangible difference towards animal cruelty, the environment, etc
health claims are overblown and there are definitely nutrients you'll need to be constantly supplementing and keeping a close eye on or you'll face serious health consequences. i've personally never met a person who's stayed vegan for a long time without getting diagnosed with any deficiencies or conditions caused by their diet. eating meat only seems to slightly increase risks for cancer and other diseases - there's a lot of correlations but not too many convincing causations. most dieticians still recommend some meat and dairy. (source: a semester away from finishing my bachelor majoring in nutrition. not a great source, but I definitely know more than vg)
quite difficult and annoying to follow and stick to.
meat *does* taste good, and so do animal products in general
basically, it's just easier and almost as healthy following a traditional healthy diet. I guess there's no harm in trying, but most people don't seem to be able to stick to that kind of diet, it's just not very sustainable for most. probably morally superior and hippy chicks will like you for it though
>>35608174
Typically fruits and vegetables have a less even distribution of amino acids and therefore have more limiting amino acids than meat. If you eat a variety of fruit and veg from various sources though this is mostly a non issue. Vegans do get enough good quality protein. They're still assholes though.
>>35608224
It's almost never a good idea to base your diet around one book by one guy. So many books saying contrarian advice just to get attention to sell more books, very few diet books give good diet advice as currently interpreted by most dieticians.
Looking better is almost definitely a placebo effect, aka, all in your head. As long as you are eating similar macros and micronutrients, the source that these food come from have virtually no effect on your appearance. Feeling better is also likely in your head too, unless you've just significantly cleaned up your diet from before when you were a meat eater.
>muh health
"Being a vegan was associated with a higher mortality risk (1.59; 95% CI, 0.98-2.59) . . .when compared with nonvegetarians. . .accounting for all other variables"
http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/14/4/963.long
>muh morality
Carnivorism is perfectly compatible with Positive Utilitarianism, and Negative Utilitarianism (from which vegfags derive their "morality") is ludicrously grotesque, as Smart put it:
"Suppose that a ruler controls a weapon capable of instantly and painlessly destroying the [world]. Now it is empirically certain that there would be some suffering before all those alive on any proposed destruction day were to die in the natural course of events. Consequently the use of the weapon is bound to diminish suffering, and would be the ruler's duty on NU grounds."
We see then that veganism is the not merely the subjection of the moral for the amoral, but the subjection of the moral for the immoral. The Vegan is shown to be either a monstrous degenerate who wishes to extinguish Life itself, or simpleton you doesn't understand the philosophical underpinnings of their 'morality'.
>>35608112
Of he grew out his hair, he'd look like a brown/green jimmy neutron.
>>35609226
Nothing makes us different, we're animals too and animals eat other animals. We make the rules ya fuck. We are at the top. Don't like it? Fuck off. Honestly is harsh but this is truth.
>>35609533
>http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/14/4/963.long
>Overall, 60 subjects were vegans
Nice sample size. You certainly [cherry] picked the best study to post as evidence about the health of vegans.
http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/14/4/963/T4.expansion.html
Nice stats on meat consumption and heart disease, too.
Meat eaters getting BTFO ITT
>>35609507
>It's almost never a good idea to base your diet around one book by one guy.
>>35609597
How? We will still be eating meat at the end of the day. And the beginning. And the middle. I would gladly eat every animal on this planet if it tasted good.
>>35609580
>humans & vegfags have the same all-cause mortality
>b-but humans have higher rates of heart disease!!@
Few studies include vegans, with the few studies coming to the same conclusion, veganism is horrible for you.
Further, well-controlled studies on vegetarians do not support the idea that vegetarianism is any healthier than omnivorism, which, however, is beside the point, as veganism isn't vegetarianism.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12001975
>[British vegetarians] death rates are similar to those of comparable non-vegetarians, suggesting that much of this benefit may be attributed to non-dietary lifestyle factors such as a low prevalence of smoking and a generally high socio-economic status, or to aspects of the diet other than the avoidance of meat and fish.
cry moar, gommie
>>35608112
This is the most comprehensive text on nutrition ever written. Over 2,600 scientific studies cited, outlines the 10 leading causes of death and how a plant-based diet can prevent them, while giving a checklist of foods you should eat everyday. Anyone who wishes to know what is objectively the best diet should give this book a read, you owe it to yourself.
>>35609644
>>humans & vegfags have the same all-cause mortality
Quoting the authors: "It should be pointed out, however, that even among the nonvegetarians in our study, there were only 0.4% (1.6%) who reported consuming meat (meat products) daily, 6.5% (4.9%) frequently (≥3 times/wk but not daily), and 28.1% (18.7%) occasionally (more than once a month but <3 times/wk). Therefore, the meat consumption was quite moderate compared with the general population (21, 22).
Sounds like to be a healthy meat eater, you have to basically be a vegetarian. The heart disease trends reflect that pretty strongly. Even fish was associated with higher risk.
>>35609644
>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12001975
I'll read this one later but I do know that the Health Food Shoppers study is infamous for misclassifying non-vegetarians as vegetarians. Here's a review of vegetarian and vegan studies before I head off
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4073139/
>>35609657
Refer to:
>>35609507
Even with 2600 studies you can still be cherry picking evidence. There are tens of thousands of nutritional studies out there, some are quality and others are a bit shakier. It's rare you'll find someone who wrote a nutrition book without a chip on their shoulder.
Also, actual, qualified dieticians and nutrition experts generally just work as dieticians and aren't trying to get money by writing books with clickbait-tier titles. It's best to either study this shit yourself for years and years, or just trust government health bodies and large-scale meta analysis of quality studies. I'm not aware of a single government body that doesn't recommend at least some lean meat as part of a balanced diet.
I'm sure not eating meat is difficult
but the real challenge would be not eating meat and not telling every single person you meet at any time for any reason no matter where you are or what you're doing
>vegans are physically incapable of shutting the fuck up
>>35609657
>le popsci book
Every longitudinal study & every interventional study has come to the same conclusion: diet is irrelevant.
The DDRs between the lowest quantile and the highest quantile of e.g. Fruit & Vegetable consumption are on the order of 1.1-1.3.
Meanwhile, the DDRs between being thin & being fat, or being active & being sedentary, or being a non-smoker & being a smoker, are on the order of 5.0, 10.0, 20.0.
The idea that diet inciting because it's EASY:
>jus eat more broccoli :^)
>jus cut down on sodium an' saturated fat :^)
>jus eat a black bean burger instead of a burger :^)
but it's all BULLSHIT that doesn't amount to a hill of beans to your overall health.
>>35609734
>Even with 2600 studies you can still be cherry picking evidence.
Yeah I guess, but seeing as how no one else in nutrition is even willing to go out of their way to support their case with evidence, I would argue this is still the most throughout text in nutrition.
>Also, actual, qualified dieticians and nutrition experts generally just work as dieticians and aren't trying to get money by writing books with clickbait-tier titles.
100% of the book sales go to charity. Michael Greger is a licensed physician who studied and Cornell and Tufts, two of the best colleges in the world, especially for med school. Greger specifically went to Tufts medical school because they have the best nutritional program in the U.S.
Look, I know you want to pretend that you are an intelligent skeptic who believes in moderation, but you need to open your eyes. Even if this book wasn't incredible for it's academic content, which it is, there are literally thousands of other texts supporting the plant-based diet, many of those texts done by well known prominent physicians, something no other diet can attest to. In addition, the medical community agrees that the plant-based diet is the most optimal diet for our health. IT IS THE ONLY DIET SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN TO PREVENT AND REVERSE HEART DISEASE, this is not up for discussion.
>>35609749
I'd tend to disagree. There are definitely observable correlations between certain dietary factors and some chronic diseases. Whether these are causative and not just correlative is still up for debate but the theory of say, saturated fat intake and heart disease, is definitely there and definitely sound. The world cancer research fund, probably the most respected body in cancer research, recommends no more than 10% of calories coming from saturated fat to minimise the risks of cancer.
The effects of diet on health are certainly overblown, partially because of people shilling popsci books like above, but they're definitely not irrelevant.
>>35609727
>Adventist "studies"
Fuck off cuck.
They don't factor for BF% because they believe obesity is divine punishment for eating animals (not even joking). It should come as little surprise that Adventist garbage studies are the only studies that find significant differences in health outcomes between humans and vegfags.
>>35608112
OP please explain for us the difference between 'vegan' and 'vegetarian'.
>tfw im going to eat meat every single day for the rest of my life and theres you or your band of hairy vegan fuckbois can do to stop me
>>35609781
Admittedly, I know nothing about the book, but you're making a lot of points there that are entirely up for debate.
I'm not pretending to be an intelligent skeptic at all, I'm just a nutrition student, on my way to eventually becoming a dietician and someone with reputable knowledge in nutrition.
The medical community definitely does not agree that a plant-based diet is optimal for health, there is *so* much debate about what's optimal just like we're having now. I've had many doctors in my life, and not one of them was a vegetarian.
>IT IS THE ONLY DIET SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN TO PREVENT AND REVERSE HEART DISEASE
Definitely a bullshit claim. Source pls
>>35609834
You will eventually stop yourself, by dying of a heart attack at an early age, or by having a stroke.
>>35609848
>perfect health
>don't smoke
>great shape
>all men in my family have lived to 80+
cry more hippy faggot
>>35609816
One is mentally ill and the other one is REALLY mentally ill.
>>35609816
The general meaning is vegetarians can still eat animal products (eggs, dairy, etc), just not animals themselves. Vegans don't eat animals or animal products, nothing that requires an animal to eat basically.
>>35608112
Aye mang, you're not gonna be an outcast either way. Most of the shit is in your head as to whether or not you allow it to affect you socially.
I'm a vegan, I keep it to myself. Its more embarrassing to me to hear people give me shit about it while they're in poor health and have little to no understanding of nutrition.
Keep your diet to yourself, no one told you to become one and no ones going to make you be one; whatever best suits your lifestyle, stick to that. Don't make it other people's issues.
Most of the replies here are going to be ad hominem cancer.
>>35609847
>The medical community definitely does not agree that a plant-based diet is optimal for health, there is *so* much debate about what's optimal just like we're having now. I've had many doctors in my life, and not one of them was a vegetarian.
American Heart Association, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, American Diabetes Association, Kaiser Permanente, Mayo Clinic, American Cancer Society, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, all these groups and more advocate a plant-based diet. Show me who advocates Atkins or ketogenic diets among this caliber.
>Definitely a bullshit claim. Source pls
Look up research done by Caldwell Esselstyn, Dean Ornish, and Colin Cambell. Hell, this was the diet they gave to Bill Clinton so he wouldn't have another heart attack. This is by fat the most studied and most effective diet for heart disease, no question. Read the book.
>>35609855
>doesn't actually know what 'vegan' is
>>35609847
>I've had many doctors in my life, and not one of them was a vegetarian.
Most doctors have never taken a nutrition class in their life.
>>35608155
>tofu
>soy
Enjoy your cancer.
>>35609855
Your answer is sadly incomplete. If you actually knew anything about veganism, you'd know about the spiritual belief system that is at the core of veganism.
>>35609120
Why is it not ethical to eat meat if other animal do it? There are other omnivores that do/can eat both.
>>35609973
>taking the bait
>>35609942
Yeah I wonder if he didn't receive his holy headwear and weekly prayer book.
>>35609792
>The world cancer research fund...recommends no more than 10% of calories coming from saturated fat
They also recommend everyone eats less than 2g of sodium a day, despite the fact that sodium consumption isn't associated with cancer & 2g is sub-optimal for an active individual.
Recommendations from medical organizations are little more than amalgamations of conventional thought, and even in the face of overwhelming and inarguable evidence that diet is irrelevant are going to caution with banal recommendations over stating that diet is irrelevant (though it should be noted that The American Cancer Society comes close, focusing squarely on being thin and active, with diet recommendations as an aside and lifted near-verboten from the USDA)
>>35610037
Haha that's a good one.
In reality he probably hasn't attained a high enough level of Veganism to have been brought in to the Inner Circle yet; he's just a Neophyte still. Sad, he's making a fool of himself in this thread in front of the real Vegans.
>>35609781
>IT IS THE ONLY DIET SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN TO PREVENT AND REVERSE HEART DISEASE, this is not up for discussion.
fullkek
Never been proven, and 0% evidence supports this position.
Studies have shown that a lifestyle intervention of weight-loss and exercise are beneficial, not that a "plant-based diet" is beneficial.
>>35609091
pic related
>>35610071
Except that Caldwell Esselstyn, Dean Ornish, and Colin Campbell have proven it to be true from dietary intervention trials. Get educated fuckwit.
>>35609900
>Look up research done by Caldwell Esselstyn, Dean Ornish, and Colin Cambell
All were lifestyle interventions that derive 100.2% of their benefit from weight-loss and exercise.
>>35610042
Nah bro it's worse than what you think.
It's an Agenda to prevent all aggression in males. You see it every day: preventing competition ('everybody wins!') in early childhood, 'sharing' everything, and then later they start in on your about 'meat is bad' and try to talk you into a high carb diet, which is known to reduce testosterone production. Then we have an increasingly woman-dominated society, and male-shaming. All the above is aimed at producing a more docile male. Except the rich, of course, they can eat whatever they want; being Real Men in the future will be reserved for the 1%, but they want the 99% (aka 'the poor') completely docile and female-dominated, so there won't be any unrest or protests. Sadlu assholes like the Sunni extremists that laughingly call themselve the 'islamic state' are just giving them more credibilty for their agenda.
>>35610076
she's 65?
>>35610084
Except we also know that Atkins/Ketogenic diets do fuck all for heart disease, despite being effective for weight-loss.
The benefits come from the veggies, fruits, legumes, whole grains, period. There have been plenty of studies that have adjusted for weight-loss and exercise, even the ones done by Ornish, Esselstyn, and Campbell. Read a book phaggot.
Eating organic (or at least meat which isn't American GMO meat), unprocessed lean meat can't be bad for you. Humans have been doing that throughout the history, pretty much.
If being vegan makes you feel good or supports your ideological beliefs, go for it. But thinking with common sense, I can't come up with reasons why eating lean meat and animal products would set someone progress behind. Maybe it'll ruin your diet if you eat cream and pork tons a day, but otherwise eating meat and animal products have only pretty much positive effects. Perfect protein profile, creatin, iron and so forth.
I'm not a huge fan of the taste of meat, meaning I don't eat meat because of what it tastes like. I could live without steaks and shit, but I eat dairy products cause I enjoy them, they are one of the easiest and best tasting sources of protein and they are cheap. Meat on the other hand keeps me full better than any other bean or lentil ever, and it's not the fat only. Meat makes me satisfied and gives me energy in a totally new level, and that's why I eat some red meat weekly, even though I don't especially like it. I've also noticed that as someone with skin problems (atopic skin), eating meat and getting in that creatine and shit is really important. Eating meat makes me feel very nutrioned, so I'm never going to cut it off from my diet. I have tried taking iron supplements, but when I didn't eat meat and leaned on supplements, I looked and was tired and my skin was dry. Added more meat on my diet and I honestly feel better with this diet where I eat beans, lentils and other vegan protein sources, but also animal products.
Do what is best for your body. Some people can't handle milk products and some people are allergic to stuff. One thing doesn't work for everyone. But looking back history, eating meat can't be that bad for you. It doesn't directly kill you or slow down your progress.
>>35610154
>dedicating this much verbage to BAIT
>>35610095
Kekerino
>>35610138
>Except we also know that Atkins/Ketogenic diets do fuck all for heart disease
>Read a book
Science isn't published in books, cuck.
Risk factors are reduced in accordance with weight loss, regardless of diet
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17341711
>RESULTS:Weight loss was greater for women in the Atkins diet group compared with the other diet groups at 12 months...At 12 months, secondary outcomes for the Atkins group were comparable with or more favorable than the other diet groups.
>>35608112
This fucking vegan propaganda again.
Do you faggots swallow cum? It's animal product.
>>35609781
>IT IS THE ONLY DIET SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN TO PREVENT AND REVERSE HEART DISEASE
No it hasn't
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20194883
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24285581
>>35608415
100 grams of seitan contains 75 grams of protein, 2 grams of fat and 14 grams of carbs. 100 grams is 370 kcal.
100 grams of textured vegetable protein contains 48 grams of protein, 0 grams of fat and 28 grams of carbs. 100 grams is 320 kcal.
There are also many vegan protein shakes, Soy, hemp, rice and pea protein shakes all have great macros. The soy isolate I use from myprotein is delicious and in a 50 gram scoop contains 40 grams of protein, 1.7 grams of fat and 3.5 grams of carbs.
>>35608485
>>35608451
>>35608318
Holy shit, is this real or am I being trolled? That makes so much sense, I was vegetarian untill 18 and I always thought my skin had a greenish tint to it.
>>35610388
>soy isolate I use from myprotein
Flavored or Unflavored?
>>35608806
I care about cows and chickens. I grew up in a rural area and a few of my friends kept cows, they are fantastic animals. The ones that are comfortable around you behave like massive dogs, they enjoy being stroked, they show affection and they play with the other cows.
>>35610401
chocolate. I don't like the strawberry, the vanilla is alright and I have never tried the unflavoured.
>>35610408
Thx broski I will check it out
>>35610388
gluten contains NOLYSINE
>>35610404
>I care about cows and chickens.
found the autist
>>35610425
Beans contain plenty which I also eat a lot of.
Caring about the animals I share a planet with is not autistic you stupid cunt.
>>35610435
nice cherry picking mate
>>35608243
>saturated fat
vegans are the kind of people that think this is a bad thing
>>35608112
>every time I ate meat I felt as though I'm setting my progress back.
I'm sorry, anon, it's too late, the vegan mentality has already taken hold of your subconscious.
No matter how consciously you want to stop being a pussy about eating things that can display emotion, your subconscious will always try to tell you it's wrong.
Only thing for it now is to fight through it to eat one more bacon sandwich, have a little cry about it to yourself as you imagine Babe's face looking up at you in disappointment, and just accept that from now on you will be a whiney little bitch about your dietary choice.
>>35610232
>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1734171
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1-HQel1AGM#t=8m13s
Start from here, ties into the A to Z study. It's not a study of diets really but of peoples' compliance to different diets.
>>35610303
>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20194883
Not a reversal of atherosclerosis here, but a change in carotid artery thickness due to weight loss induced changes in blood pressure, not removing plaque from the arteries. If I remember right, the study conclusion was even rewritten to include this because the authors got heat for writing it as if they had regressed arterial plaque, which of course they wanted to give the impression of because they were paid by the Robert C. and Veronica Atkins foundation to perform the study, and Atkins had tried for decades to show this in a study, something he got bantered at a public conference about back in the day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feCpP40ZHqI#t=2h35m22s
>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24285581
Not a regression, but shows that nuts are protective against heart disease, as is the mediterranean diet in general. "delayed progression" is still progression though. Dr. Plant-based himself has a video on this
http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-mediterranean-diet-or-a-whole-food-plant-based-diet/
Is rice noodle a big no no our is it healthy?
Can someone show me a good vegan diet plan, I mainly been eating rice beans, pizza and satan, feel as if I'm doing the worst.
>>35610614
>Not a reversal of atherosclerosis here
True, but I'm fairly sure coronary angiography, which Esselstyn used, does not take into account the extent of plaque in the vessel wall either.
Besides Esselstyn's original trial had participants eating low fat dairy and egg whites, on top of the fact his results were not independent of weight loss or blood pressure changes. Same with ornish.
>Not a regression, but shows that nuts are protective against heart disease
But it did...
"whereas it regressed in the MedDiet+nuts group (-0.084 mm [-0.158 to -0.010 mm]; P=0.024 versus control"
Despite consuming animal products.
why is this obvious shilling allowed, mods?
>>35610614
>paid by the Robert C. and Veronica Atkins foundation to perform the study
Do you have any evidence of this?
"Sponsors and Collaborators:
The S. Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition
Harvard School of Public Health
University of Western Ontario, Canada
Soroka University Medical Center
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
The Nuclear Research Center, Dimona
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev"
https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00160108
I'm fairly sure the above are not tied to fatkins.
>>35608112
>decent arguments against veganism
there are no rational ones
>>35610718
The study was funded by the following sources: (1) Israeli Ministry of Health, Chief Scientist Office (grants received by Drs Shai, Schwarzfuchs, and Tirosh, Israel); (2) Canadian Institutes of Health Research (MOP6655) and Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (Ontario; NA5912; grants received by Drs Fenster, Parraga, and Spence, Canada); (3) Disabled Facilities grant (KFO 152; grants received by Drs Blüher and Stumvoll, Germany); and (4) the Dr Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Research Foundation.
>>35610546
i have a leather wallet, belt, almost all shoes, car seats(includes steering wheel, hand break and shift knob), couch, etc. .
Im 100% vegan, im a beast.
>>35608745
>only a few examples
>"hurr durr you can only eat three plants! herp derp I'm a retarded idiot"
fuck off :DD
>>35610769
>The study was funded by the following sources
I stand corrected
It still doesn't debunk what I said here: >>35610677
>>35608155
anyone who actually weighs decently heavy is going to struggle to stuff their faces full of enough food to get enough protein and calories. that's my main beef (pun intended) with veganism
>>35610435
>genetic difference
>make-up
>plastic surgery
>other enhancments
yeah, you sure showed the treehuggers m8
>>35610873
if that would be true, you my dear anon will be a very rich fat loss dietician. have fun
>>35610890
I mean without eating shit full of sugar. People who need to lose weight generally are too fat because of sugars, not meats. If they had half a brain they wouldn't be so fat. Anyways, I guess that's more of a personal example, because I don't really enjoy eating, so if I had to do more of it to reach my Calorie/protein goals I'd probably resent eating altogether.
>>35609238
And once again you're trying to compare humans to animals. These are not the same thing and neither is the intended purpose.
>>35610873
this isn't true. Nuts and seeds are the second most calorie dense food on the planet, second only to oil. Dried fruits are up there too. Avocados are about 250 to 300 calories each. In terms of calories and protein seitan which is made of wheat gluten is only slightly less than chicken. It's easy to eat a lot of calories as a vegan.
>>35610677
>In this randomized clinical trial conducted in subjects at high cardiovascular risk but no CVD at enrollment, we found that, compared with a control group based on advice to follow a low-fat diet, intervention with a MedDiet supplemented with 30 g/d of mixed nuts for a mean of 2.4 years induced regression of ICA-IMTmean and delayed the progression of both ICA-IMT and plaque
The researchers here separate carotid artery thickness and plaque as two different things, with IMT improving, but plaque progression just being delayed.
>The novel results of this PREDIMED substudy in 175 participants are that supplementation of the Mediterranean diet with 30 g/d of mixed nuts for a mean of 2.4 years induced regression and delayed progression of internal carotid artery intima-media thickness and plaque, respectively
In improving intima-media thickness, it decreased the risk of future cardiovascular events, but Esselstyn's studies practically eliminated the disease altogether in patients who at the start had severe atherosclerosis
Cool thread. Thanks.
Have a picture of my food.
>>35611099
wow, thank you anon. I've never heard of seitan before, I'm definitely going to try that out
>>35611283
just realizing this sounds sarcastic as shit, but it wasn't meant to be
>>35611234
>he thinks he will make it
>>35611099
also, I'm saying if I cut out meat then I would have to eat way more. I already can and do eat those things, aside from seitan
![TomHopkins-020-b[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/PFbZ7r0.jpg "TomHopkins-020-b[1].jpg")
>Vegans citing killing of animals set apart for food as "murder"
Do you believe in evolution anon, Or are you a vegan based on religious grounds?
Any other "ethical" motivation for veganism isn't founded in anything solid, there are VERY few religions and cultures throughout history that encouraged (never mind enforced) a vegan diet
How does it feel to believe something that only hippies thought was a good idea and in the 60's and even now is still considered a fringe belief at best?
>>35608112
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PToVOiJou6Q
>>35608112
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0Pr5ro5doU
>>35608112
The inflammation from eating meat is extremely important for muscle growth. Read up on arachidonic acid. It's probably why bodybuilders get much better results from meat protein than vegan protein.
>>35608112
Look up Lierre Keith. She is a feminist former vegan that advocates against veganism.
>>35611405
>Lierre Keith
Being a radical feminist kinda trashes her credibility though. There are plenty of rational and sane people who warn about the dangers of veganism. Try Dr Doug McGuff.
>>35611036
>>35611283
it is easy to make yourself. I buy a kilo of wheat gluten from amazon for £5 (uk fag) and that makes about 2 kilos of seitan making it a lot cheaper than chicken too. It's easy to make just do some googling.
>>35610095
>>35610076
She isn't even 30...
>>35611375
>basing your morals on religion
I base my morals in reality. The reality is that animals are able to experience fear, pain, suffering, loss etc. I cannot and will not support an industry that causes these things to innocent animals.
If I lived in the wild and hunted wild animals I would not be a vegan. A quick kill of an animal that has lived a free life as nature intended for it is completely different to an animal that has been bred, imprisoned, tortured and slaughtered just so I can eat meat.
>>35611502
>McGuff
That last name...
>>35611516
she's just not very attractive. She also doesn't ever wear make up
she looked good in a photo shoot recently
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiw26lKUUc0
>>35611531
If you look at your morals, they trace their roots in a belief system of some sort anon.
If you just cherry pick your beliefs based on what feels good, people won't respect them.
Rest assured that eating vegan isn't an evolutionary belief, nor one that reflects the beliefs upon which society as we know it were built upon (which are actually overwhelmingly religious.)
Veganism is something that has been pulled from obscure belief systems that people cherry pick to have in their lives because it makes them feel like special, moral snowflakes.
Its resurgence is nothing more than a fad, but it has brought concerns about animal welfare to the table which is great, as animals that are treated better and slaughtered humanely taste noticeably better.
Face it anon, if you're a vegan; you're basically BTFO from the start if you try to convince people that it's anything more than your personal choice.
>>35608112
>Can anyone try to bring forth some decent arguments against veganism before I succumb to this out-cast lifestyle?
why? if you want to go vegan then go vegan. your choice, your problem. not ours.
for me: meat just tastes good, requires little preparation, is a good protein source, and readily available.
and, most importantly, the arguments for veganism all seem very weak to me.
>animals
i simply dont care. if i had to i'd slaughter lambs and pigs left and right. they're animals, their lives and happiness simply dont matter to me.
>health
negligible and debatable. either way, some 5% relative increase in some cancer rates don't impress me. not worth giving up most of my favorite meals for.
>environment
coulnt care less. climate change is coming anyway, whether we eat meat or not. it's unavoidable. might as well keep enjoying meat, doesn't make a difference in the long run.
if you are an emotional girl who gets sad for pigs and cows, go vegan.
if you're easily scared by fearmongering 'health experts', go vegan.
do whatever you want.
>>35611557
those abs are literally painted on
>>35611612
my morals have no roots in any belief system, I just told you that I don't support an industry than harms sentient beings, it has nothing to do with religion and it has nothing to do with anyone else.
Animals experience pain, fear, loss etc. This isn't a belief it is a fact. Based on this fact I choose not to be a part of the cause of that suffering.
I grew up around animals. I had dogs and cats, rabbits and guinea pigs. My friend had horses and cows, pigs and chickens. I grew up playing with them, seeing them as my friends and pets, companions to play with and have adventures with. I rode horses, ran with my dogs, chased cows on my motorbike and quad bike, cuddled with pigs and enjoyed watching my cats hunt. These animals are creatures that I share the planet with, I can survive without having to eat them, without having to hurt them and I am going to do exactly that. I feel sorry for people that have never had the chance to experience living among animals but I understand that people that haven't do not know what animals are like. They see them as food and that is all, I see them as more than that.
>>35611675
no they aren't you can see the shading move as she moves and the lighting hits her differently. It's just photoshoot lighting and it's what makes literally every fitness model look better than they do in real life.
>>35611699
>These animals are creatures that I share the planet with, I can survive without having to eat them, without having to hurt them and I am going to do exactly that
interestingly, these animals (cattle, pigs, chickens) could NOT survive without humans breeding them for slaughter. in the wild, they'd simply die and go extinct. if it werent for humans wanting to eat them, they wouldn even exist in their current form and numbers.
Nice jew propaganda you got there,boy.Just another fad to eliminate masculinity and destroy testosterone.Good sheepie.All the studies and shit you post are by jews.
>>35608162
>its possible you can brainwash yourself into not enjoying it
Really? Then why is it 99% of kids will eat meat but point blank refuse to eat vegetables?
I try and get my 4 year old to eat salad and veg all the time, she'll munch through her chicken and steak like it's chocolate, but getting her to eat the veg is a task, I have to over-cook it so it's soft as fuck and then mash it up with seasoning and tell her it's "green mashed potato" just to get her to eat it....
>>35611735
>Really? Then why is it 99% of kids will eat meat but point blank refuse to eat vegetables?
because you're probably not brainwashing them. duh.
bombard your 4 year old with a bunch of slaughterhouse horror videos with sad music and they'll be traumatized enough to abhor meat for decades to come.
(please dont actually do this, emotionally scarring your child at an early age is not something you want to do)
>>35611725
so what? Because they wouldn't exist without us doesn't excuse subjecting them to suffering. They would exist anyway just not in their current domesticated form. Wild cattle exist, wild pigs exist, wild chickens exist, wild horses exist, wild cats and dogs exist.
If I have the land and resources when I am older I fully intend to keep cows, pigs and other farm animals so that my children can experience the joy of growing up with them like I did.
>>35611752
>so what? Because they wouldn't exist without us doesn't excuse subjecting them to suffering.
of course it does.
their very life belongs to us. we literally create them. without us they would never have seen the light of day. we literally own them.
man is to animal as god is to man.
>>35611750
My point was, you'd still enjoy the taste lol, we obviously enjoy the taste naturally, so would any amount of brainwashing make it taste un-enjoyable?
>>35611770
by that logic it is okay for you to rape, torture, kill and eat your children because you created them and you own them. Are you now going to argue that it is in fact okay to do that to your own children?
>>35611735
>lying to your kid on the reg
>causing daddy issues so young
Well I guess in two decades you will make an abusive drug dealer happy
>>35611776
>you'd still enjoy the taste
i'm not sure about that.
with enough brainwashing you could make someone associate all things meat with a ton of negative emotions, so they probably wouldnt experience the taste of meat as pleasant anymore.
i'm not an expert on any of this though
>>35611781
>equating children to animals
degenerate
humans are the same as us.
animals are beneath us.
it's that simple.
>>35611375
Ever heard of the pythagoreans?
Yes thats right nigga, the guy who INVENTED THE TRIANGLE and his followers were vegans
>>35611792
Yeah I also tell her Santa is real and the tooth fairy, I lie quite a lot... I least I was honest and told her that God isn't real though :P
>>35611699
If you're concerned about the animals suffering, either source your meat, eggs milk from local farmer who treat their animals well or raise/hunt your own meat.
It's not hard to raise ducks for example, breeding muscovy ducks for eggs and meat is easy as shit and you can monitor the "feelings" of your animals as much as you feel the need to.
And of course your beliefs on veganism have a reflection back to your core beliefs: If you're an evolutionist we're at the apex and animals are ours to eat, treating them well is not at all essential.
If you look at the Christian foundings of most modern society, animals are given to us as a gift but an amount of responsibility comes with it: Animals are only to be killed if needed for food, clothing or in self defense.
There's not a whole lot of variety apart from these 2 beliefs across societies and beliefs and veganism has onlya few roots and it's mostly out of preference or seeing specific animals as sacred.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism_and_religion
If you're a vegan and you don't actively do anything to improve the conditions animals are farmed in, instead opting to not eat meat as a form of protest; then it's just personal preference and not a form of "protest" at all.
If that's the case, then you'd have no reason to tell others they should do the same unless you actually look at your CORE beliefs, ontherwise it's just you acting on emotion and "I'm saving lives by not eating meat" and nothing more.
Not personally attacking you anon, just some mild bantz for you to consider; I personally respect your beliefs but cognitive dissonance and delusion is rife in the vegan community and I don't wanna see you go down that path and not make it as a result.
>>35611800
>degenerate
/tipstrilby
>>35608112
Veganism is not practical if you wanna cut
>>35611800
humans are animals too.
Saying that animals are beneath us is completely subjective. Many animals are much stronger than us, much faster than us, have much better senses that we do. We put ourselves above them because of some quirk of evolution we were able to develop more complex brains and the use of tools. Aliens from another planet could look at us and argue that livestock are much better animals than us. We knowingly cause mass destruction of our own planet because we enjoy consumption, we knowingly exterminate one another on a mass scale in the name of religion, or over resources, or to protect land etc etc. Cows do not do this, they peacefully graze on plants, fuck each other and reproduce. The males fight over breeding rights but that's about as violent as thet ever get.
I would argue that many animals are more useful than children also. A horse can carry me where I want to go, can a child? Dogs can protect me from those who wish to cause me harm, can a child? Cats can keep rodents away from where I live and store my food, can a child? Sheep can grow wool that can be used to keep me warm, can a child?
We are not above animals, we only believe we are because that is our perspective. In reality we are all the same, we come from the same materials, we come from the same planet, we breathe the same air and drink the same water.
>>35611735
Because you suck at cooking.
I ate my vegetable at home, but detested salads while visiting other families, cafeterias etc.
Same with my brother and numerous nephews.
Try giving your kid a boiled to shit unseasoned meat slab.
And you probably give example by disliking vegetables yourself. Kids pick up on that shit really good.
>>35611821
Your point is correct but you're assuming that everyone follows specific sets of beliefs.
Everyone is different bud we are allowed to make our own mind up about things.
>>35611855
>Saying that animals are beneath us is completely subjective
exactly. that's why these moralizing arguments are so useless. it all comes down to personal beliefs. there's no arguing on that level.
you think humans and animals are on the same level - your business. i dont, and neither does the vast majority of humans.
>>35609109
chicken cow pig rabbit turkey partridge pigeon duck quail bison goat lamb etc salmon tuna tilapia cod swordfish mackerel pike trout anchovies mullet herring sprat sardines squid cuttlefish shrimp clams oysters muscles scallops crabs lobsters langoustines crayfish cockles whelks etc eggs milk honey roe organs etc So many fucking animal products i cant even think of that many in a sitting. Huge part of a balanced diet. You are all fucking dimwitted morons.
>>35611844
Elaborate?
>>35611877
Yeah man, everyone has free will to do what we want; no assumptions here, rather I'm just pointing out the origin of these various beliefs.
I respect people that choose veganism as a personal choice and will happily defend their right to do so, the moment they try to tell me that their motivations are health, agricultural or global sustainability etc and that I should do it as well is where the issue lies.
The main reason for this is that veganism directly conflicts with my CORE beliefs, which is why i'd never take it on as anything more than a personal choice (if, hypothetically I chose to be a vegan)
I hope that clears things up.
>>35611821
my point is that I did not choose to be a vegan based on some arbitrary belief system that I was bought up with. I chose to be a vegan based on my experiences with animals.
I disagree and see abstaining from animals products as a perfectly valid form of protest. By depriving the industry of my money I am taking away my support for what they are doing. I would like to change the animal industry but I also have my own life to live. I have studies, I have work, I have family and hobbies etc. I do not claim to be an activist although I support those that are. For me having no part of an industry I disagree with is enough. Knowing that I am not contributing is enough.
With that said I sometimes discuss veganism on here and in other online forums. I have helped people transition from an omnivorous diet to a vegan diet and in doing so I am reducing the demand for meat further, reducing the suffering in the world further. That is enough for me to feel I am doing something, even if in the grand scheme of things it is seemingly insignificant.
>>35608155
What is eating 500gram of beans vs 100 grams of groud beef for around the same protein
Fuck off fag
Also
>b12 vitamin deficiencies which can be masked up by an acid (which i forget The name of, but Google it) until sever stages where anemia, feeling tired all day, and weakness all hit hard
>no good fatty acids
>no good oils like omega 3 from fish and eggs iirc
>>35611914
Meat has a devent protein to calorie ratio as opposed to most vegan foods. Find me one piece of vegan food with a better prorein to calorie ratio than tuna and i might convert
>>35608112
god greenman is such a fucking child. all that shit with lexfitness just proved his immaturity. bodybuilding is such an unprofitable career that most have to make money by shit like youtube and attending conventions.
greenman deadset rocks up to this convention to record a video of himself acting like kylo ren getting bad results on a test and trying to intimidate the guy on camera followed by scuttling off and uploading the video. the guy is working you fuckwit.
imagine if lexfitness came into whatever place virgingains works (highly unlikely he has a job) and filmed himself trying to intimidate the guy. .
>>35608124
>cost
1000g protein from lentils costs me $7 from costco
I spend about $10 a day getting 150-200g protein from whole foods + 3000 cals total. Lots of greens, potatoes, healthy fats and everything.
>meat tastes good
only when you eat it plants
>hard to reach protein
Soy - notably tempeh. Rice protein.
>vegans are typically cunts
you just like to think they're cunts
>>35611914
not him but I am a vegan and am currently cutting. It is difficult as most vegan source of protein also come with carbs (beans, lentils etc) or fats (nuts, seeds etc) so it is very hard to eat low calorie and keep protein high. My diet is very restricitve while cutting. I rely on seitan and protein powders such as rice, soy and pea protein. Cutting as a vegan fucking sucks.
>>35611941
Lex is a liar for money.
VG tells the truth about liars while making money.
>>35609238
>tfw you realize you think kids are on the same level as animals
Kys
>WHY DO WE KILL ANIMALS WHEN ITS NOT NECESARYYYY
99% of that animal meat gets eaten in the end faggot, people used that meat
>>35608155
>>Cost
>This myth has been debunked
Vegan is cheaper if you eat fruit, veggies and legumes. It is more expensive if you eat fake meats, almond milk etc
>>Myth tastes good
>Not a good argument
The only good argument. Are you stupid? The only reason we eat meat is taste. Everything else is an excuse to justify our instinctive behaviour.
>>lack of protein
>What are lentils, Tofu and black beans
Full of carbs, more expensive than meat, more expensive than meat.
>>vegans are cunts
>Subjective
You should have said that it is irrelevant to one's dietary choices
>>35611918
Vegans are a lot like religious people. If they keep their beliefs private and don't impose them on others they're fine.
The problem is that most of them hold their beliefs for irrational reasons, and then afterwards they dig through dodgy science with a confirmation bias to find anything that justifies their belief system...
>Look! The human eye proves intelligent design! Checkmate atheists!
>Look! Having canines doesn't mean we evolved to eat meat! Checkmate murderers!
Being green
>>35611963
more expensive than meat? really? where do you live?
>>35611855
Plants are alive and from the same planet yet you eat them
VEGANS ARE CUNTS
>>35611983
>more expensive than meat? really?
fake meat and dairy replacement products are usually more expensive than the real deal
this applies pretty much anywhere
>>35611858
I'm a trained chef, I make food for a living.
are we actually entertaining the notion of veganism viability on /fit/?
eat your fucking meat, stupid niggers
>>35609973
Just because someone does something, doesn't mean that you can do it to. Also you've been literally making the same argument over and over. You have the ability to decide to not eat meat and live a life as a vegan, those animals do not have that choice, they do that for survival. The whole "when it comes to survival, I must eat meat because the my ancestors hunted and killed animals to eat" is bullshit, because 1. You don't even hunt these animals anymore, you go buy them at your local Walmart or whatever store, 2. If you actually do hunt, you're just causing more suffering than is neccesary. "If other animals do it, I don't get why we can't do it to" the cows, pigs, chickens, any thing you eat will never have that chance, they sit in a contained tight space all day, covered in shit and other bodily fluids tucked in with other chickens, pumped full of super powerful antibiotics so they don't die within a couple of days, and then they just get slaughtered at any time.
>>35611966
I'm a vegan and I agree, but I have never seen a militant vegan irl in the way that I have seen many religious fanatics.
I discuss veganism on here because the internet is a good place for discussion. If someone doesn't want to discuss it they can simply not reply or move to another thread. I am not imposing my beliefs onto other but simply starting a dialog, whether the person or people I am talking to choose to become vegans or not is no concern of mine but the very act of discussion creates nothing but good in my opinion. It is important to have your views challenged and to be able to defend them, if one goes through life without ever questioning the way in which he chooses to live it then that is just sad.
>>35611985
just shut up you idiot, the adults are talking. Plants don't have a central nervous system so cannot experience suffering.
>>35612012
>brings nothing to the discussion
>calls others niggers
you're the nigger here
>>35608112
>cancer
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>>35612003
s-sure breh
post pics of lean vegan cuisine
>link related https://soundcloud.com/d-licieusemusique-records/soulchef-woke-up-making-money-feat-declaime
>>35611922
I like you anon, it's been nice discussing this all with you and your intentions seem good.
I personally think that trying to rid the world of the meat industry like militant vegans suggest is ridiculous, but that ensuring ethical treatment of the animals during their lifetime and up to their slaughter is paramount and can only be achieved through proper legislation like a well drafted humane slaughter act that is properly enforced.
Animals taste better and provide better produce when they're happy and properly looked after, and that's something that both vegans and vegetarians can get behind.
>>35612051
Vegans and meat eaters I mean.
>my bad
>>35612051
>Animals taste better and provide better produce when they're happy and properly looked after
but i can taste their tears
>>35610080
No they haven't. You don't know how to properly use the word proven.
>>35611983
Greece. Ib4 denbt memes.
Where do YOU live that they are cheaper?
Here, 1 L of milk is 1-1.5€. I just found almond milk in a delicatessen for 3.80€, no regular supermarket or convenience store has it.
Same with black beans. Chicken breast is 5-8€/kg, chicken is 3-4 (as low as 2 if they have a sale), pork ribs around 4. Black beans are 8€ and I've only found them in a place about 80 km from home, literally. I'm not complaining about beans or legumes in general, these are everywhere and cheap as fuck. But they are low in protons.
Meat replacements: the only product I've found ever is a "soy kebab" type of thing in one store that is the same price as meat but looks, smells and tastes like dog food. Seriously, it is dry when you buy it just like dog food.
>>35612051
likewise, civil discussion on fit is always welcome.
I agree with that, proper treatment of animals is of utmost importance in my opinion, not only for the animals sake but for our own. The casual inhumanity with which we treat billions of animals has to have an effect on us. Just look at some of the replies that come through in threads like these, no care at all for the suffering of other beings, it's saddening.
There are other implications of animal agriculture that we haven't talked about, such as the environmental impact, which is severe but I need to go and finish an essay so that will have to wait for another day.
I think the first step is as you suggest, legislation that ensures humane treatment of animals, for their health, for the taste, for the health of the people that eat them and for us as human beings to do what we can to reduce the suffering in the world.
The next step should be a move away from the amount of meat we eat. It is unsustainable for our planet and the sheer scale of animal agriculture is causing many problems that are only getting worse.
>>35612079
The sodium in tears is useful for a good electrolyte balance anon, it'll only help you make it if nothing else.
>implying animal suffering matters at all
>implying a vegan diet is healthy and morally sound
>implying vegans will ever make it
kek
>>35611516
her form's not great either.
>>35609565
>me dubbz
>>35612107
As far as agriculture goes, the problem is both the meat and crop industry; not one or the other.
Monoculture is destroying the world as we know it, omniculture and biodiversity, use of cover crops, and use of animal fertilisers and permaculture principles will ensure we have meat and crop production that is not only sustainable but that actually improves the environment by improving soils and local environments; looking into ideas like insect proteins is also a decent fledgling idea that is promising at this point for supplementing the current industry and its footprint.
Believe me when I say that monoculture of crops and what they do to encourage disease, destruction of soil down to a microbial level and groundwater pollution is every bit as much of a problem as what the meat industry contributes; in fact much more where i'm from.
Why does this shit ALWAYS have to be black and white? Can't you eat mostly vegetables and occasionally enjoy some milk/eggs/fish or whatever? You don't HAVE to sacrifice your soul to the vegan meme god and bring boxes of lentils home to thanksgiving - you can actually be a well-balanced adult and do a bit of both.
People who can't take shit in moderation (Political views, food, work, alcohol or dick like in OP's case) are the ones who makes this world a terrible place.
>>35612191
there is no doubt that monoculture crops cause a hell of a lot of problems. With that in mind though it can't be ignored that animals themselves are fed from crops grown in monoculture farms. If the amount of animals were reduced dramatically the amount of farms needed would be reduced too.
>>35612203
The world would also be a terrible place if everyone was a fence sitter like you anon.
Actually having something that you believe in is what makes this world what it is, if you don't like it you need to git gud.
>veganism
>making it
pick one
>>35612241
literally butterface. how do people fap to this
>>35608318
Green skin can sometimes be a sign of anemia, which is a common condition of junk food vegans
>>35612276
tfw my mother had the opposite condition of that, too much iron in her blood, apparently because there's too much iron in our tap water here. weird as fuck.
>>35612237
Yeah son, that's why low footprint alternatives like insect protein are a good way to take some of the strain away; though biodynamic farms where the animals are fed from diverse farming and fodder crops that are mixed in and rotated often with the addition of soil enriching crops that can also serve as food if needed would work well with the current demand for meat and open up a lot more variety of quality fruit and veg, especially if heirloom/organic variety crops, organic growth principles and other sustainable measures are used.
Changes like this are a very slow process and it's getting better, we still have a long way to go but the future is starting to look a bit better for meat eaters and non meat eaters alike.
>>35612322
>insect protein
>making it
pick one
>>35612267
Is this better?
>>35609991>>35612014
Lol well I'm gonna keep eating and hunting, because I can and want to, keep your shitty world view to yourself
>>35612241
I'm not talking about "fencesitting", I'm talking basic common sense. Fanaticism is always bad, and it's the path of the weak who do not dare to trust their self-control.
You can still have that beer once every month even if you are a world class bodybuilder. Bringing home tofu to christmas or skipping an entire meal to go starving because someone used abit of butter in the cooking means you are a massive faggot that makes decisions that only benefit a delusional idea.
The whole "go 100% or go home" mentality exists because unmotivated slobs needs that kind of thinking to even get their asses out of the chair. When people take it literal, shit goes south.
For the record, I also think that being the fencesitter that can't even pick a side also deserves a special place in hell.
>>35612329
>50-75% protein by means of dry weight
>Not good nutrition
So:
>Being this misinformed
>Making it
Pick one m88e
>>35612344
I can't even get hard to asians. I think my dick is abit racist, tho I find black women hot.
There's just something very unpersonal and bland about asians that makes them unattractive. The fact that they are the typical last resort for a sexless white weaboo also contributes.
>>35612380
That's a dude.
>>35612367
So you don't think that having beliefs that you're not willing to give up or compromise is a good thing?
In some cases it's a terrible thing and I agree with you on that, but on some things it's a defining factor of what makes us great.
>>35612407
>Maria Shanti
>A man
You got proof of this anon?
>>35612407
hey as long as it's cute
cowspiracy revealed a lot for me. Was the most convincing argument for giving up meat in my opinion.
I have no moral boundary to eating meat in itself, in fact the cows still need to be killed off but just not replaced so they stop destroying the fucking o zone.
>>35608112
just ... look at them vegans, man
you don't want to look like that
I would eat people if it was sold in stores. So why wouldn't I eat animals?
I went vegetarian this month and I honestly have to say I probably wouldn't eat meat again unless there was nothing else to eat.
I've had zero problems getting protein in. You guys are kinda biased s you've never tried it. I've also never been this lean before in my life.
It's merely a life style decision. Kinda like wearing a Hat or not wearing a hat. Who fucking cares if your wearing it?
>>35612577
>I went vegetarian this month
>I've also never been this lean before in my life
>>35612577
>Wearing a hat or not wearing a hat
This has to be the worst possible analogy you could have used on this board.
>>35612577
>Never been this lean
Starving will do that
>>35610887
Problem is the "healthy" one looks 60+
It's impossible to be a true vegan
>Not realising that you probably use animal products daily
>>35612616
>2016
>Not wearing a hat
>Making it
Pick two.
>>35609238
>equating people to chicken
>>35609031
Lol he just called you out for ad hominem. OK retard
>>35611036
Since when are humans not animals?
>>35611169
>but plaque progression just being delayed
"arrested progression (ICA-IMTmax and plaquemax, −0.030 mm [−0.153 to 0.093 mm] and −0.091 mm [−0.206 to 0.023 mm], respectively)."
A reduction of -0.091mm looks like a regression to me, how am I reading this wrong?
Not arguing just curious.
>>35612663
What is lesser evil?
>>35608112
There are studies that suggest they get even more cancer than moderate meat eaters
Raid***Cough***Raid this vegan pussy***Cough***Trencough
>>35608224
I stopped eating pork when I got my pig, Kevin Bacon. Still eat meat though
Oy vey my fellow whites! You don't need meat to be big and strong!
Let those subhuman beasts eat lots of protein and get str... I mean have heart attacks. The vegan diet is perfect for the progressive nu male that will inherit the earth.
>>35613154
>raid
Pleb, order 66 it piss
>>35609781
>there are literally thousands of other (pro vegan) texts with scientific studies
Gues what, for every 1 pro vegan scientific study, there are atleast 3 studies that say vegan is bad
And sure there are millions of books, it's a damn cash in fad, just like self help books. Nutritionists put aside what they learned (aka 5 years doctor, 3-4 years nutritionist specialization) and just say good things about vegan diets, because it's a FAD and if they sell 100 books they've already made a significant profit. Why do you think a shit ton of book publishers are pretty much just green lighting anything pro vegan? Because it's money. They don't care about healthy lifestyles or even you, they care about fads that will bring then a crap ton of money. Hell, have you been to an organic market? (Not an organic isle in a supermarket chain, a real one) people are literally selling you lettuce that's already floppy and starting to brown for 25$ dollars just because "it's super organic!" Meanwhile you can get a crisp head of lettuce at a publix for 3$.
But no, I'm sure those people who sell you overpriced and browning lettuce actually DO care about your health, and not money!
I'm also sure all those vegan books that cost around 30-50 dollars don't even want your money, right? They care about YOU and your life style!
Riddle me this my friendo, how many pro carnivore books have you seen? (Inb4 normal recepie or nutrition books) not many, you say? Maybe it's because meat isn't a cash grab fad and is nesecary to live healthy and no one is going to buy a book saying you should eat meat because it's healthy when they already know is healthy.
pls go
>>35613216
I don't even need to call for order 66 on vehan gains. Youtube does that enough already
>>35612020
Actually studies show plants feeling and reacting to pain, fruit being removed, leaves being eaten, hell and even having memory, that plant called the mimosa that closes when it's disturbed was shown to stop closing when the same repetitive disturbing was administered (like being let go and falling onto a pillow ) and it retained these memories for its entire life
>vegans will never, ever be the majority
>vegans will always have the stereotype of being the whiney little cuck in the corner no one likes
>our species will go extinct before it stops eating meat
>you will always have freedom and own guns
>Trump will be president
What a time to be alive
>>35612241
Hey idk if you've seen, but what he's talking about is fanboyism, look at cellphone fanboys, one group LOVES Apple iPhones and will NEVER accept that android phones have their advantages, and vice versa. An intelligent person would not have a side, seeing that both android and iPhones both have their pros and cons.
Same with vegans. Vegans feel superior to meat eaters, when in reality, a smart person would see that they both have their pros and cons, and ultimately eat both vegetables and meat.
Hope that clears it up for you my friend, have an egg meme
>>35608112
Honestly OP the worst part about being began is dealing with these threads, and the BLATANT misinformation on them.
Its seriously not hard to go full vegan.
>>35613467
>hey OP here's a few hundred studies that show being vegan is actually detrimental to health
THATS MISINFORMATION HERE LOOK!
>posts 1 study that says it's good for health, 3 pro vegan blog posts, 2 news articles that say a woman was saved from heart attack by eating vegan, when it could have been multiple factors most likely weightloss
THIS IS REEEALL INFOOOOO
>umm no anon it's not
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT
LOOK!
>links to amazon page for pro vegan book that costs 50$
SEE!!!!!!!
If you eat meat you're killing an animal for pleasure. Its really that simple.
A cool point I heard somewhere is this:
We need to set an example for how to treat lesser species, because one day we may be the lesser species.
>>35609781
>IT IS THE ONLY DIET SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN TO PREVENT AND REVERSE HEART DISEASE, this is not up for discussion.
I think you mean atherosclerotic heart disease. And yes, anything keeping VLDLs, LDLs, chylomicron remnants, other atherogenic lipoproteins, etc low enough will do that. You don't need some super special vegan diet.
>>35613513
>implying I'm a vegan for health
>>35613525
>implying we won't be always be the greater species
Unless alien but for that go to /x/
Idgaf about vegans but this is a dumb argument
>be me, qualzthorb of nebula 8
>going to invade this planet the inhabitants call earth
>they speak their own language, have writings, tools, machines, technology, they must be intelligent beings
>negotiate peace
>we move along
Or
>be me, qualzthorb of nebula 8
>today we will invade a planet called earth to take it over for resources
>see sentient and intelligent beings
>we are superior beings so we eat them
>kill them with laser gun which hurts a lot
>see that the humans were nice to the animals
>don't give a shit, ate the animals too
Also, animals are killed painlessly with a rivet gun I think it's called which in less than a fraction of a second fractures spinal cord connection to brain causing brain death in less than half a second
>>35613580
That's subjective, what's the misinformation here then?
Hell were all talking about health benefits. Not ethicality
I'm a closet vegan and rarely tell people about it (yes I know I'm telling you now). If you're gonna be vegan be realistic and take supplements. You will become B12 deficient and likely iron deficient if you don't. Being vegan is extremely inconvenient and does not make you better than anybody. I do it because I don't want to personally contribute to the abuse that takes place at factory farms. Most people who decide to be vegan will not continue with it long term so don't start bragging about it.
idk man
its a free country, eat what you want lmao
>>35611234
Mint with peas, nice
>>35610042
>despite the fact that sodium consumption isn't associated with cancer
http://www.aicr.org/assets/docs/pdf/reports/Second_Expert_Report.pdf#page=170
>>35613695
Most people who go vegan do it solely to brag and rub in people's faces
>>35613739
Whilst that anon is wrong about sodium and cancer, he is correct about those of us who actually cardio need a higher sodium intake to offset loses from sweating. As well as probably a higher potassium and magnesium intake, although that mainly comes from food anyways.
Advising otherwise can be dangerous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_vqIGTKuQE
Nobody has ever actually isolated meat consumption AS SUCH as inherently negative in any kind of study.
The conclusions of vegetarians and vegans are extrapolated mainly from three things:
>Studies concluding that the average Amerifat's high meat/protein and low veggies/fiber/micronutrients diet is, in fact, less healthy and longevity-promoting than diets high in veggies/fiber/micronutrients that may or may not have no meat in them. Which obviously proves absolutely nothing that we don't already know.
>Questions raised over the health impact of questionable processing practices done in many parts of the livestock industry. Which isn't a problem with meat itself, just certain sources of it.
>Observations of a few extremely long-lived communities where meat isn't eaten very often, followed by assuming (not concluding, assuming) 1) That less seems to look good so none MUST be even better and 2) That none of the other life-prolonging things these communities have going for them (like simple, low-stress lifestyles, super-nutrient-rich local soil, and social practices that keep people active and involved in the lives of their neighbors as long as they live) is as significant to their health and longevity as the relative scarcity of meat in their diet.
"Not eating meat is healthier than eating meat" is an extremely-tenuously-supported hypothesis, at best. "Animal products, especially meat, are extremely useful nutrient sources for people trying to boost athletic performance" is tried and true.
