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by noondip 11y ago
> My flatmate, who's dieting with me, is appaled by the amount of fat I'm eating, constantly asking me if it's healthy or whether I'm just going to get fat That's probably because a diet with 70% fat is extremely
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> trying to follow popular nutrition advice, like cutting out fats, meat, animal products, etc... frequently only lead to lack of proteins, sometimes in a serious manner Frequently? Can you cite even one case study of someone becoming pr
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by noondip 11y ago
Parent is probably referring to nutrient deficiency in the general population, which is almost exclusively not vegan. As I recall, the deficiencies are calcium, iodine, vitamin C, vitamin E, fiber, folate, magnesium, and potassium. If you a
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by noondip 11y ago
No, they're not. Unlike animals, plants lack a central nervous system, which would allow them to feel pain and ultimately suffer. Yes, plants respond to stimuli, in the same way a ball being rolled off a table does. But you cannot say
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by noondip 11y ago
Agreed, hydrogenated oils - whether from vegetables or ruminants - all seem to have adverse health effects. But to keep things in perspective, margarine is #3 in the list of top sources, after (presumably non-vegan) baked goods and animal p
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> My takeaway has been that, as long as you don't have high blood pressure or some specific condition, the typical amount of salt in modern diets is fine. But, salt is exactly what raises blood pressure in the first place. Take a lo
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by noondip 11y ago
> Low-fat diets aren't particularly good for you, as you can see by the current generation of unhealthy heart disease-having Americans dutifully following them. I'm not aware of any such cohort. Can you cite any examples of unh
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Lots? I'm sure it's nothing compared to the premeditated killing of 150 billion animals born and bred into captivity on purpose, every year. Seeing as how not eating is infeasible, I'm not sure your solution is reasonable.
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by noondip 11y ago
> Do you spend more on food than you did as a non-vegan? I did when I'd first started out with plant-based eating, because I didn't know which foods to purchase and a lot went to waste. I had also sought out meat, cheese and da
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The brand I purchase is Jarrow which seems reputable. Is there a practical guide to inexpensive home testing? I guess an alternative is annual B12 injections from your physician or some sort of wellness center. For the record, the only othe
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Especially when the animals are fed them in amounts many times greater than could be fed to humans directly.
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Vegan here - I take a sub-lingual Methylcobalamin B12 vitamin. Iron is had from a variety of foods, lentils and spinach especially come to mind. With regard to protein, there is an ample amount (~10%) in all whole plant foods which doesn&#x
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by noondip 11y ago
The evidence for plant-based, low-fat vegan diets seems more convincing to me. Is there a paleo version of http://nutritionfacts.org - complete with direct links or citations to research supporting the proposed way to eat? I&#x2
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by noondip 11y ago
See whether your doctor has received drug company money - https://projects.propublica.org/docdollars/
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by noondip 11y ago
Have a look at what the National Academy of Sciences - the prestigious and nonpartisan non-profit scientific community in the country - has to say about Trans Fat: > Trans fatty acids are not essential and provide no known benefit to hu
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by noondip 11y ago
Have you got any studies not funded by the dairy industry to share?
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Here, take a look at this - http://donmatesz.blogspot.com/2013/02/harriet-halls-critique... I'm simply satisfied with the format studies are presented in his videos (they are always directly cited). I often r
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by noondip 11y ago
Source for that? The top result for me was the following review. > Published data suggest that all fatty acids with a double bond in the trans configuration [produced either by industrial hydrogenation or by biohydrogenation in the rumen
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by noondip 11y ago
So avoid all animal products, then? Trans fat are found in all of them.
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by noondip 11y ago
I've really enjoyed learning about nutrition science through http://nutritionfacts.org , especially in videos about the conflict of interest present in modern research.
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by noondip 11y ago
Have a look at this solution, a shell wrapper around GPG for managing passwords - https://github.com/drduh/pwd.sh
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by noondip 11y ago
I don't have a good enough understanding about human physiology to give a satisfactory answer on exactly by what mechanism saturated fat messes you up by. But if you're looking for more evidence for my claim that it is unhealthy
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Your evidence is, once again, fraught with bias and cherry-picking. > Supported by the Global Dairy Platform > Although data from experimental models suggest that rTFA may beneficially affect risk of CVD and cancer, further research i
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Why don't you evaluate the evidence presented on the website on its own merit, rather than appealing to ridicule?
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No? What do you suppose this is, then? http://www.atkinsfacts.org/printer_friendly.html#8
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Hey - I'm sorry about that, no sarcasm was intended, nor implied. I just explained how I get my fats and in what amount. If you want to get technical, yes - the universe is fine with others eating saturated fats and meat, but the pla
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Think of it this way - for the calorie price of a tablespoon of olive oil (all fat, nothing nutritious), you can have a huge, ~10 oz salad filled with veggies, fruit, whole grains and legumes. Have a look at PubMed for "low-fat vegan&q
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by noondip 11y ago
Yes, sir/ma'am! I mix nuts, seeds, avocado, or similar plant-foods into almost every meal because you're right - unsaturated fats are essential, and conduce vitamin absorption. I also have a daily smoothie with a generous hel

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