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A Vegan No More - The Story of a Recovering Vegan

16 points by eitland 13y ago

eitland 13y ago
From the intro: "Note: This is the story of a former hardcore vegan who quit and went back to eating meat. Veganism, it turned out, was killing her physically, and it led to a epiphany for her – humans are supposed to eat meat. She decided that veganism was a direct contradiction of her being human. It is perhaps a sad commentary on the radicalism in the vegan movement that this person received tons of hate messages as a result of telling her story, including threats against her and her family. For those who may wish to debate the story, I also posted this in the Vegetarian Debate forum."
ewzimm 13y ago
As a non-vegan, I can guarantee that there is a lot of wrong information in this article. There is nothing unique about nutrition from animals. It is important to get the full range of nutrients, but food and food-based supplements are available. I have never seen any evidence that some people have a physiology that requires animal nutrients. Also, the movement from radical veganism to radical local food advocacy is not particularly enlightened. I am a big advocate of local food, and I am involved in developing local food systems, but the author asserts that everyone needs to depend entirely on their local food system. This is simply not possible for people in Seoul or New York. The author also asserts that Earth is incapable of supporting 7 billion people. Trillions of inefficient machines cause the majority of environmental damage, not living people. Poor agricultural practices are also a problem, but they can be corrected. I am happy that the author recovered her health, but I worry about the quality of lessons learned.
- dingaling 13y ago
  > There is nothing unique about nutrition from animals Indeed, but for some reason there is a real indifference towards fantastic protein sources such as pulses. Perhaps partly due to their reputation as 'difficult' to cook but also, I think, as a result of the lack of coverage in recipe books and cookery 'infotainment'. The best investment I ever made in terms of vegetarianism was a pressure cooker; one hour to soak pulses in boiling water and 10 mins in the p/c.

16 points by eitland 13y ago

From the intro: "Note: This is the story of a former hardcore vegan who quit and went back to eating meat. Veganism, it turned out, was killing her physically, and it led to a epiphany for her – humans are supposed to eat meat. She decided that veganism was a direct contradiction of her being human. It is perhaps a sad commentary on the radicalism in the vegan movement that this person received tons of hate messages as a result of telling her story, including threats against her and her family. For those who may wish to debate the story, I also posted this in the Vegetarian Debate forum."

ewzimm 13y ago

As a non-vegan, I can guarantee that there is a lot of wrong information in this article. There is nothing unique about nutrition from animals. It is important to get the full range of nutrients, but food and food-based supplements are available. I have never seen any evidence that some people have a physiology that requires animal nutrients. Also, the movement from radical veganism to radical local food advocacy is not particularly enlightened. I am a big advocate of local food, and I am involved in developing local food systems, but the author asserts that everyone needs to depend entirely on their local food system. This is simply not possible for people in Seoul or New York. The author also asserts that Earth is incapable of supporting 7 billion people. Trillions of inefficient machines cause the majority of environmental damage, not living people. Poor agricultural practices are also a problem, but they can be corrected. I am happy that the author recovered her health, but I worry about the quality of lessons learned.

dingaling 13y ago
> There is nothing unique about nutrition from animals Indeed, but for some reason there is a real indifference towards fantastic protein sources such as pulses. Perhaps partly due to their reputation as 'difficult' to cook but also, I think, as a result of the lack of coverage in recipe books and cookery 'infotainment'. The best investment I ever made in terms of vegetarianism was a pressure cooker; one hour to soak pulses in boiling water and 10 mins in the p/c.