I am a vegan since Dec. 9. I bought vegan fish sticks several times as my guilty pleasure and they taste great. Actually better than the real fish sticks, or at least not worse. (fish sticks are made of crap fish)
Anyway, the Framingham 10-year risk score WORSENED for animal eaters and IMPROVED for plant eaters, in the study. (it was higher in the group randomized to plants at baseline).
My vegan diet is an experiment an I will drop it if it does not work for me. But at this point, four months in, I kind of enjoy it
As more or less a vegan the last thing that I want to be doing at a restaurant is figuring out if they’ve given me fake meat or real meat, and if I cannot tell the difference easily…..
And I don’t like the taste of either as well.
I can’t stand those fake meat products that have appeared over the last few years normally. I certainly don’t buy them at the supermarket albeit the fake bacon strips are okayish and as my wife is not a vegie I might occasionally buy those to fry up for us both on a Sunday morning. Otherwise for burgers I either make the patty or use tempeh or occasionally tofu.
Finally two of these companies here in NZ have gone out of business in the last 6 months or so. I certainly won’t miss them. As Sadie says below there’s plenty of superior natural product like lentils, rice, greens, nuts & dried beans too I’d add.
Ugh.... the West is so fixated on food - in a bad way. In a 3rd world we would be happy to have real food - lentils, rice, greens, nuts.... you can hardly go out for a nice meal with friends or family without the subject of food dos and don'ts coming up.
we have lost our common sense and would benefit moving AWAY from processed foods for optimal health, because a diet rich in processed foods (anything that comes in a bag or a box) aka the standard American diet "SAD" (which IS sad) is associated with strokes, heart disease, obesity, DMII, and an increase risk for cancer.
The healthiest diets consume high amounts amount of veggies, then fruits, nuts/seeds, proteins (palm sized serving of meat), quality carbs in moderation, with minimal dairy and eggs (when people have major chronic disease/autoimmune, its cut out (this is an extremely cursory summary). Others say "eat the rainbow" (a colorful array of veggies) Reference Terry Wahls MD and her research, recently i attended a lecture of hers regarding MS- it was NINE cups of veggies/day. 9!! SAD tends to consume 1cup daily...).
Food is a powerful way to turn health around, I suggest readers look up the Mediterranean Diet (and modifications of it), free info available on Andrew Weil MD's website. Of course there is not one size fits all (my intention here is not to generate a food orthodoxy debate) but to highlight processed vs whole/unprocessed food, and highlight the benefits of the latter. thank you for writing this!
I still like the simple adage: "Eat real food. Not too much. Lots of variety."
Fake processed food, including fake meats, do not meet this standard.
People are addicted to convenience and to advertising. Fake meat is fake food and fake advertising in one convenient package. I prefer a homemade lentil/walnut burger any day.
I am a vegan since Dec. 9. I bought vegan fish sticks several times as my guilty pleasure and they taste great. Actually better than the real fish sticks, or at least not worse. (fish sticks are made of crap fish)
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Gardein-Golden-Plant-Based-Fishless-Filets-Vegan-10-1-oz-Frozen/46615899
Anyway, the Framingham 10-year risk score WORSENED for animal eaters and IMPROVED for plant eaters, in the study. (it was higher in the group randomized to plants at baseline).
My vegan diet is an experiment an I will drop it if it does not work for me. But at this point, four months in, I kind of enjoy it
The dietary equivalent of fools gold.
As more or less a vegan the last thing that I want to be doing at a restaurant is figuring out if they’ve given me fake meat or real meat, and if I cannot tell the difference easily…..
And I don’t like the taste of either as well.
I can’t stand those fake meat products that have appeared over the last few years normally. I certainly don’t buy them at the supermarket albeit the fake bacon strips are okayish and as my wife is not a vegie I might occasionally buy those to fry up for us both on a Sunday morning. Otherwise for burgers I either make the patty or use tempeh or occasionally tofu.
Finally two of these companies here in NZ have gone out of business in the last 6 months or so. I certainly won’t miss them. As Sadie says below there’s plenty of superior natural product like lentils, rice, greens, nuts & dried beans too I’d add.
Ugh.... the West is so fixated on food - in a bad way. In a 3rd world we would be happy to have real food - lentils, rice, greens, nuts.... you can hardly go out for a nice meal with friends or family without the subject of food dos and don'ts coming up.
we have lost our common sense and would benefit moving AWAY from processed foods for optimal health, because a diet rich in processed foods (anything that comes in a bag or a box) aka the standard American diet "SAD" (which IS sad) is associated with strokes, heart disease, obesity, DMII, and an increase risk for cancer.
The healthiest diets consume high amounts amount of veggies, then fruits, nuts/seeds, proteins (palm sized serving of meat), quality carbs in moderation, with minimal dairy and eggs (when people have major chronic disease/autoimmune, its cut out (this is an extremely cursory summary). Others say "eat the rainbow" (a colorful array of veggies) Reference Terry Wahls MD and her research, recently i attended a lecture of hers regarding MS- it was NINE cups of veggies/day. 9!! SAD tends to consume 1cup daily...).
Food is a powerful way to turn health around, I suggest readers look up the Mediterranean Diet (and modifications of it), free info available on Andrew Weil MD's website. Of course there is not one size fits all (my intention here is not to generate a food orthodoxy debate) but to highlight processed vs whole/unprocessed food, and highlight the benefits of the latter. thank you for writing this!
I still like the simple adage: "Eat real food. Not too much. Lots of variety."
Fake processed food, including fake meats, do not meet this standard.
People are addicted to convenience and to advertising. Fake meat is fake food and fake advertising in one convenient package. I prefer a homemade lentil/walnut burger any day.