why i became a vegetarian

[fruitman]

44 minutes ago, Spidey said:

Is there such a thing as "unconscious consumption"? I have been known to fall asleep eating a kebab on a Saturday night, in the UK. Does that count as "unconscious consumption"?

 

How can you fall asleep while eating this???  I can't imagine..solly

[yogavnture]

makes a person wonder why they even post any threads on this site anymore. look at all the negativity and off subject comments above.   no question In my mind that the oil coming on shore and the mass of garbage in the sea is from fishing boats heaving stuff overboard . because of no oversight from govt.

 

Edited February 5, 2019 by yogavnture
spell

[Airalee]

1 minute ago, yogavnture said:

makes a person wonder why they even post any threads on this site anymore. look at all the negativity and off subject comments above.

So you’ll be leaving now?  Thank you.

 

Q: How do you tell if someone is a vegetarian/vegan

 

A: Don’t worry...they’ll tell you.

[yogavnture]

2 minutes ago, Airalee said:

So you’ll be leaving now?  Thank you.

 

Q: How do you tell if someone is a vegetarian/vegan

 

A: Don’t worry...they’ll tell you.

more negativity.  I choose to be positive today ok I will leave 

[yogavnture]

3 minutes ago, Airalee said:

So you’ll be leaving now?  Thank you.

 

Q: How do you tell if someone is a vegetarian/vegan

 

A: Don’t worry...they’ll tell you.

before I go. many authorities think eating animal based products causes cancer  enjoy

[BritManToo]

Just now, yogavnture said:

before I go. many authorities think eating animal based products causes cancer  enjoy

Before you go, there are studies being published that many vegetarians are mentally ill.

They can't decide if it's the diet making them mentally ill, or that food faddishness attracts the mentally ill.

[Airalee]

Just now, yogavnture said:

more negativity.  I choose to be positive today ok I will leave 

No,  you chose something far different than positivity.  Rather than “being the change you wish to see”, you came in trying to dictate what we should and should not eat.  Don’t you realize that by doing so you will turn more people off rather than attract them to your “cause”?  Narcissism isn’t an attractive trait.

[yogavnture]

Just now, BritManToo said:

Before you go, there are studies being published that many vegetarians are mentally ill.

They can't decide if it's the diet making them mentally ill, or that food faddishness attracts the mentally ill.

no point in posting here anymore. I want to surround myself with happiness not negativity.  bye

 

[Airalee]

3 minutes ago, yogavnture said:

before I go. many authorities think eating animal based products causes cancer  enjoy

I’ve actually reversed quite a few of my health problems by eating a keto diet without having to resort to medication.  If you’re willing to pay for my medical bills, then I might consider what you have to say.

[Airalee]

Just now, yogavnture said:

no point in posting here anymore. I want to surround myself with happiness not negativity.  bye

 

But you’re still here reading and trying to come up with your next sanctimonious response

[yogavnture]

the fact remains that a lot of the oil coming on shore and mass of garbage is coming from fishing vessels.  I choose not to support that.  I will remain on topic

[yogavnture]

5 minutes ago, Airalee said:

No,  you chose something far different than positivity.  Rather than “being the change you wish to see”, you came in trying to dictate what we should and should not eat.  Don’t you realize that by doing so you will turn more people off rather than attract them to your “cause”?  Narcissism isn’t an attractive trait.

the change you wish to see. is me not supporting the fishing industry.  

[Airalee]

1 minute ago, yogavnture said:

the fact remains that a lot of the oil coming on shore and mass of garbage is coming from fishing vessels.  I choose not to support that.  I will remain on topic

My response was on topic.  I eat a keto diet for health reasons.  I can accept that you’re a vegetarian.  I can’t accept you trying to dictate how I live my life and what I should or should not eat in order to join you on your personal crusade.

[giddyup]

12 hours ago, yogavnture said:

yes i flew to thailand just like you did. burned same amount of fuel as you.  didnt take speed boat , took sea tran , no i go to ice shop and collect my water their.  no plastic bottles .  change happens when one person stands up.  are u with me?

I do my bit as far as recycling etc, but to be quite honest I think it's too late to save this planet. There are plastic islands double the size of Texas floating in the Pacific Ocean. When you have more than a billion people in both China and India creating mass pollution, my little effort is just pissing in the wind.

Edited February 5, 2019 by giddyup

[faraday]

17 minutes ago, yogavnture said:

no point in posting here anymore. I want to surround myself with happiness not negativity.  bye

 

Lighten up a bit, many of the comments are just banter.

☺️

[HAKAPALITA]

Just now, faraday said:

Lighten up a bit, many of the comments are just banter.

☺️

Basically their all a pain in the But. Attention Seekers.

[FritsSikkink]

23 hours ago, yogavnture said:

all the fish eating these tiny bits of plastic..  what that means is we are eating it too.  we are all interconnected

What about all the stuff they spray on the vegetables?

You must have great eyes when you can see microns of plastic in the sea.

[faraday]

2 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

What about all the stuff they spray on the vegetables?

You must have great eyes when you can see microns of plastic in the sea.

That's because meat makes you go blind - or is that another practice?

 

????

[mauGR1]

16 minutes ago, yogavnture said:

the change you wish to see. is me not supporting the fishing industry.  

I am vegetarian too, since more than 40 years, but that doesn't mean a lot in the big picture.

Willing or not we are all responsible for the pollution, as long as we choose to be part of the society.

Even if you ban the fishing all around the world, you'll not defeat pollution, can you understand that ?

One thing you can do, is to reduce YOUR pollution, possibly others will learn from you.

[colinneil]

1 minute ago, faraday said:

That's because meat makes you go blind - or is that another practice?

 

????

Confused about your post, for people like me who have had a sheltered life, please explain what practice makes you go blind.????

[Berkshire]

40 minutes ago, yogavnture said:

the change you wish to see. is me not supporting the fishing industry.  

One can certainly support a cause and live their life accordingly.  Unfortunately, just about every segment of the food industry harms the environment in one way or another, either directly or indirectly.  Whether it's beef, corn, pork, fish, rice, wheat, coffee--pretty much everything that we consume--a part of our ecosystem is being harmed.  That being the case, I eat what I want because it just doesn't matter. 

[Spidey]

1 hour ago, fruitman said:

 

How can you fall asleep while eating this???  I can't imagine..solly

Just reqires a few pints of Stella as a pre-prandial. 

[thaicurious]

3 hours ago, malt25 said:

Man hasn't spent the last 40 or 50 thousand years getting to the top of the food chain to eat grass !

Well, not without sauteing it first, which is actually how we got here--though your kitchen timer might be a tad off--for was not by what we ate but by how...

 

https://scitechdaily.com/cooking-fueled-the-growth-of-the-human-brain/

"... to get enough energy to grow brains that have three times as many neurons as gorillas...was only possible with the invention of cooking...

 

...The brain began to expand rapidly 1.6 to 1.8 million years ago in Homo erectus because they learned how to roast meat and vegetables over fires. Cooking effectively predigested food...for the gut to absorb calories more rapidly..."

[faraday]

55 minutes ago, colinneil said:

Confused about your post, for people like me who have had a sheltered life, please explain what practice makes you go blind.????

Don't want to shock you Colin, so I won't be direct.

 

It sounds like a Chinese city, Peking or wan something.

 

????????

 

 

[bluesofa]

14 minutes ago, faraday said:

Don't want to shock you Colin, so I won't be direct.

It sounds like a Chinese city, Peking or wan something.

????????

Or was it a Spanish monarch - Huan, King Carlos?

[Speedo1968]

13 hours ago, yogavnture said:

i will persist

Good for you.

 

I have worked in farming since 1961 ( aged 15 in UK ) so, my dietary and care of wildlife lifestyle is at complete odds with my work.     I have tried to teach compassion in farming in whatever country I may have been working.   This benefits the animal and can give a higher income to the farmer if he is producing more in numbers for the market ( less loss from disease ) and, a better quality carcass due to housing conditions.

 

I became a vegetarian in 1971 after seeing a natural loss of life in drought ridden areas of Australia.

Later on in the 1970's I became a vegan and still follow such a diet today.    Some of my English family are also vegetarians, part by allergies and part by choice.

 

I noticed that as a competition swimmer in the pool and sea swimmer plus, being an avid body surfer when location permitted, a vegetarian diet, that is meat free, seemed to give me more stamina and less aggression.   A daughter found the same when she changed her diet and continued to do competitive swimming.    It seemed that red meats were the aggressive factor whilst a fish diet / white meat diet lowered the aggressiveness.

 

Many of the other posts point out that it's 'not for them', yes true vegan food is almost impossible to find here in Thailand, when people call themselves 'vegetarian' can be very variable in what is eaten.

Yes, we have become omnivores but perhaps we should look at a more balanced diet for general health reasons.

[Spidey]

22 minutes ago, Speedo1968 said:

Yes, we have become omnivores but perhaps we should look at a more balanced diet for general health reasons.

We always were omnivores. Some people have become vegetarian. A balanced diet includes meat.

[bluesofa]

16 minutes ago, Speedo1968 said:

{snipped}

Many of the other posts point out that it's 'not for them', yes true vegan food is almost impossible to find here in Thailand, when people call themselves 'vegetarian' can be very variable in what is eaten.

Yes, we have become omnivores but perhaps we should look at a more balanced diet for general health reasons.

A vegetarian friend came to Thailand on holiday and was staying with me.

I took him to an Australian run bar/restaurant one afternoon and ordered some food.

 

He ordered a cheese omelette and I also explained to the cashier that he was a vegetarian, so definitely a cheese omelette with nothing else added. She said fine.

Our food arrived and we started eating. After a few mouthfuls my friend told me there was meat in his omelette and he went to the toilet to be sick, as he hadn't eaten meat for nearly ten years.

I complained to the cashier, and demanded to see the cook. She came out and prompted explained (without apologising) that of course she had put some pork in it, as "it didn't taste as good otherwise."

We didn't pay the bill and walked out, in the hope it caused them some grief.

 

[BritManToo]

15 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

He ordered a cheese omelette and I also explained to the cashier that he was a vegetarian, so definitely a cheese omelette with nothing else added.

Can vegetarians eat eggs and cheese?

Where are the vegetables?

[luk AJ]

A vegetarian friend came to Thailand on holiday and was staying with me.
I took him to an Australian run bar/restaurant one afternoon and ordered some food.
 
He ordered a cheese omelette and I also explained to the cashier that he was a vegetarian, so definitely a cheese omelette with nothing else added. She said fine.
Our food arrived and we started eating. After a few mouthfuls my friend told me there was meat in his omelette and he went to the toilet to be sick, as he hadn't eaten meat for nearly ten years.
I complained to the cashier, and demanded to see the cook. She came out and prompted explained (without apologising) that of course she had put some pork in it, as "it didn't taste as good otherwise."
We didn't pay the bill and walked out, in the hope it caused them some grief.
 

If he got sick from a few gram pork how come he could digest the egg?


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