vegetarian?

[Ezzie.]

Scientists have proven that the humans species needs a balanced diet. Sugars, fibre, carbs, fats. All useful. All needed.

All obtainable in a vegetarian diet- the only thing that is slightly harder to get is b12- but the body barely needs it anyway as the more b12 you take in the less you use.

Pork Loin Chop: 25g of protein
5 cans of baked beans: 25g of protein
(Approx)

Because obviously all vegetarians eat is beans...right?

[Browney]

Because obviously all vegetarians eat is beans...right?

But obviously all us people eat is pork chop. It works both ways. I never said all vegetarians eat is beans. I just used beans as a simple example.

[Ezzie.]

But obviously all us people eat is pork chop. It works both ways. I never said all vegetarians eat is beans. I just used beans as a simple example.

Yet you're the one who gave the pork=bean example? :eusa_wall:rolleyes:

Pork is a hell of a lot more complex compared to beans.. :S

[Browney]

Yet you're the one who gave the pork=bean example? :eusa_wall:rolleyes:

Pork is a hell of a lot more complex compared to beans.. :S

Hey, in all fairness (and I was gonna put this in my last post but ran out of editing time. Doh.) soya beans have 17g of protein and 3 ounces of extra-lean roasted ham has the same. I would also have to eat 6 slices of bacon for the amount of protein in those soya beans. (I'd still choose the bacon though, lol.)

[Ezzie.]

Hey, in all fairness (and I was gonna put this in my last post but ran out of editing time. Doh.) soya beans have 17g of protein and 3 ounces of extra-lean roasted ham has the same.

Valid point, but you've got to take in the bulk size and weight also, normally with soy beans you'd mix in with many other vegetables too= thus balancing out the portion size.

What confuses me is Gomme said vegetarians get fat.. Vegetables have barely any calories hence even if I did eat more to balance out the proportions I'd still be consuming less calories; in all honesty I've been loosing weight since being vegetarian (and in a balanced slow process, not like loosing a stone in a week)

I think the main ideal here is both paths are healthy if well balanced and you take in all aspects of the food groups, some could argue that it is unethical to consume the flesh of animals when we can live fine without it, others could argue that (in a religous aspect) that God placed animals here to feast on and other such things, it's going around in circles to be honest.

The main thing that gets me angry is about all the factory farms- especially veal cows, they just get put in a box till slaughter so the meat is "tastier", those type of things really irritate me.. but alas.

[Browney]

What confuses me is Gomme said vegetarians get fat.. Vegetables have barely any calories hence even if I did eat more to balance out the proportions I'd still be consuming less calories; in all honesty I've been loosing weight since being vegetarian (and in a balanced slow process, not like loosing a stone in a week)

Apparently, celery has so little calories that your body actually uses more calories digesting it that you obtain from eating it. Just a bit of random info there.

[Ezzie.]

Apparently, celery has so little calories that your body actually uses more calories digesting it that you obtain from eating it. Just a bit of random info there.

Yeah it's mad Didn't know it used calories more than it took in heh.
Saw on a program that people suffering from obesity are being given vegetarian diets because of the low calorie/high nutrients aspect of it, but for people who eat a lot of meat I guess It'd be very hard to stick too.

[Browney]

Yeah it's mad Didn't know it used calories more than it took in heh.
Saw on a program that people suffering from obesity are being given vegetarian diets because of the low calorie/high nutrients aspect of it, but for people who eat a lot of meat I guess It'd be very hard to stick too.

I could live with a vegetarian diet. Potatoes are vegetables right? Roasted, mashed, boiled. Yum yum.

[Ezzie.]

I could live with a vegetarian diet. Potatoes are vegetables right? Roasted, mashed, boiled. Yum yum.

Indeed they are, and living as a vegetarian is **** easy to be honest, same meals just without the meat and a lil more veg *shrug*

Mash em boil em stick em in a stew...

[Jackbee]

meats the nicest type of food in the world