[Ice Cream]

Nothing against vegetarian diets, but I think that the writer is not really right about some points. #9 is definitely not convincing.<br><br><a href="http://cookbook.rin.ru/cookbook_e/new_articles/veget/15.html" target="_blank">http://cookbook.rin.ru/cookbook_e/ne.../veget/15.html</a>

 

[merigayle]

Hmmm. i thought it was a cute little list. I agreed with most of them. #9 just says meat lacks carbohydrates, which is true. I think it is alluding to high meat diets/low or no carb diets.

 

[Christie Runs]

#9 is correct. I just think it's a stupid point to make. It's like the author assumes that people who eat meat eat nothing else. Well, at least that what it sounds like to me.

 

[Ice Cream]

Of course meat has no carbs, but the list assumes non-vegetarians eat only meat (as in #9), and the vegetarians eat a healthy, balanced diet.<br>
Eating vegetarian does not necessarily imply eating healthy.

 

[merigayle]

I think you took the article way too seriously <img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif">

 

[ShanHas]

oH Ice Cream how you LOVE veggies!!! (This is Shangen from CR)<br><br>
So eating meat means I don't get starch??? And here I thought the rice and potatoes I ate provided me with starch...<br><br>
Funny last time I checked most meat eating people were not carnivores they were omnivores... shows what I know!!<img alt="tongue1.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/tongue1.gif">

 

[Christie Runs]

Yep, that's how I took it. Mind you, I have a vegan diet. It kind of reminds me of how people assume vegetarians/vegans can't get protein from a plant based diet.

 

[diablita]

That always amuses me, especially when it comes from a physician! Where does everyone think the herbivore they're eating (in the case of beef, lamb, etc) got IT'S protein from?

 

[Christie Runs]

Luckily, I've never had that discussion with my dr. But then again, he doesn't know that I'm veg either.

 

[drgenie]

<br>
Hmm. Now that's a point I never thought of, because as you know, I struggled with the same thing when first trying to go veg, getting enough protein to not trigger carb cravings because of my blood sugar issues. I wonder if cows get hypoglycemic? <img alt="wink.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/wink.gif">

 

[r2farm]

Could be that protein lick tub or from Alfalfa, DG or Soy.

 

[QuixoticNotions]

When I was a vegetarian, I ate faarrrrrrrrr less healthy.<br><br>
While I think a vegetarian diet can be more healthy than the typical meat diet, I think it's actually harder/requires more planning to eat a healthy, balanced vegetarian diet than one that includes meat.<br><br>
Just from experience.

 

[diablita]

You've got a point. How about, herbivore eating a healthy diet, vs. a "hot" one. (Feeding a lot of grain to a cow that was meant to eat grass and other roughage.)

 

[r2farm]

Put it this way then, if you want to improve your cowherd's winter condition score in this part of the world you dump em in a cornfield, not feed them dry hay in a winter dormant pasture.