Vegan/Plant Based Do you ever wonder about the animals you eat eat.

Germanshepherdsmum

I have never heard of any diet reversing cancer. Can you provide evidence of this OP?

Yes, I'd be interested to know this too. As FC has said, in some cases, certain diets can reverse diabetes, but cancer?

I have never heard of any diet reversing cancer. Can you provide evidence of this OP?

I know of people (on here) who have reversed diabetes - but cancer?
I also knew someone who ate the most copious amount of broccoli in a fruitless attempt to do so

Nan99 could you please provide the research behind this statement? Eating plant-based can help your health by reversing heart disease and diabetes and some cancers

I have a particular reason to learn about reversing cancer.

My daughter is a vegan for the same reasons as you Nan99. She is vegan because of the cruelty involved in milk and egg production.
She doesn't preach to people or even mention it unless it is relevant and we respect her decision.

MerylStreep

Nan99
Could you give it a rest with your preachy plant based advice
We are all adults here and very aware of how our food is produced. We can make up our own minds.

That's a bit unneccesarily rude don't you think? This is a discussion forum, and Nan99 was just detailing her reasons for choosing to eat as she does.

No, I’m not vegan or vegetarian.
Yes I’m aware of animal welfare.
I don’t have any pets.
Next?

We’re not vegan, though we certainly eat a lot less meat than we used to, and I’m very particular as to where it comes from. U.K. raised and higher welfare only, so definitely no EU pork or bacon.

MerylStreep

Nan99
Could you give it a rest with your preachy plant based advice
We are all adults here and very aware of how our food is produced. We can make up our own minds.

Well said! How do you know someone is a vegan? Oh, don't worry - they'll soon tell you (again, and again, and again!)

Nan99
Could you give it a rest with your preachy plant based advice
We are all adults here and very aware of how our food is produced. We can make up our own minds.

We are rather like you FannyC, I am vegetarian, absolutely d0 not eat any meat, but do eat fish; occasionally at home, but often when eating out as the vegetarian options in most restaurants are too carb loaded for my taste. DH eats what I do, but does have ham in the fridge, and when eating out, will take the opportunity to have meat, but has remarked that his taste for it is certainly reducing. I try to reduce my dairy intake; no butter, milk or cream, but I do eat a little cheese and do eat eggs. I find the final step to go vegan is quite hard, especially as like FannyC, I dislike cooking.

pinkquartz I think it IS possible to eat healthily as a vegan.
You certainly don't need to eat meat.

I was never interested in meat.
I liked fish and shellfish but was vegetarian from the the early 70s and then vegan (post Chernobyl).
When I discovered about soya farming in the 80s I stopped wanting to use so much of that and went back to organic goat's milk and now I am reasonably happy with organic dairy.

We all make choices based on animal husbandry. I have friends with a smallholding and they are very particular with their animals. I just wish all meat was more "ethical". Nobody who loves meat will want to eat as I do (lots of beans, nuts, seeds etc and limited dairy) and really I'm not confident that "manufacturing" meat is currently an option.

I know at least three vegans who eat a lot of processed foods too...

A vgan diet isn't a healthy diet. It lacks too many nutrients especially B12.

I did try being Vegan for 2 yers in the midst if 30 years as a veggie but my already damaged health grew much worse.
I believe now this may have been down to the lack of B12.

Years later I had tests showing a deficiency. At that time though I was mislead by being told I would be able to obtain B12 from seaweed. This just wasn't true.

I don't think a Vegan diet is safe for growing children.

I wanted to be Vegan for the sake of the animals.

Now I only eat organic meat mostly from local farms. My way has been to eat less meat though. I don't eat animals every day my portions are not very big.

I don't believe a Vegan diet will save the planet. I believe that careful conscious animal husbandry will.

It is greed (money) that is causing the big problems.

I’ve been vegetarian for 40 years (since I was 11) with the occasional fish lapse.

It was purely because I didn’t want to eat ‘dead animals’.

I’d love to be vegan, but don’t have the will power.
I also don’t enjoy cooking, and I think that to be a healthy vegan you need to really enjoy cooking.

My husband eats meat sometimes, but he usually eats what I do.

I’m not evangelical about it at all.
I think that all the information is out there now, I don’t think that people need ‘educating’.
It’s an organic thing.