Vegetarians & Vegans Focus Group

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Comment by D1V1NITY on September 20, 2012 at 8:21am

Water Being .. I have been reading and watching youtubes about it constantly, and something has me half and half about it, because I've read how it's not reccomended, yet some people really claim it as something great. I actually love flaxseed and grind 4 tbsp daily!! i'm a huge water drinker to begin with, and I do pretty well at staying faithful to mainly fresh vegs and fruit, I crave protein a lot, so I eat the heck out of lentils, and either black or red beans, accompanied with rice, and I do eat packaged bread, usually a 'healthy' choice, i've been buying one lately that has flaxseed incorporated in it. I eat fish and chicken, and there are times I've gone without any meat AT ALL, and after a few days just the smell of any kind of meat, particularly red can send repulsions through me, UGH. I partake in NO dairy, no eggs, no milk, BUT .. my main weakness in life, is cheese! lol i love cheese and crave it so much. I don't eat it everday, i force myself not to, but sometimes I don't allow myself to resist and I know it's so bad for me. I drink almond milk bought from the store .. and I love it. I'm unsure how healthy it is seeing as though it does come from a packaged carton .. so there is a level of processing to it. I've actually heard of dandelion root and the milk thistle, there's a tiny local health food store here in this town and they have a good liver cleanse with all those herbs in it, i'm wondering if I shouldn't just buy that instead of the lemonade diet kit.

My main goal ~ is to do something forceful and INTENSE to my system, to wipe out and completely reset my system from all toxins. If I juice feast for about 7 days, nothing more than vegetables in juicing, will that detox me intensely the way I want???

Comment by Water Being on September 20, 2012 at 7:48am

Hi Divinity, I worked at a health food store and learned a lot about cleanses from my time there, as well as from my own research. The Master Cleanse isn't recommend because it's a starvation diet with the maple syrup being the only thing that really keeps your body going. While lemon is great for your liver and kidneys, you can get benefits from it without the extremes. I would recommend a juice feast: http://www.jointhereboot.com/plans/. If you sign up via email, you can access free plans and recipes on that site. Juice feasting gives your body a break. Plus it helps remineralize and revitalize your whole system without putting the body in starvation mode. It also helps "reset" your taste buds. Even 3 days can have quite an effect. The important thing though is you will be getting nutrients and calories to assist your body through its process.
Remember, your body is constantly cleansing and in a state of getting rid of metabolic and external toxins. It requires fiber and water to properly eliminate internal toxins everyday. You can assist this process by eating enough fiber from plant foods, adding chia or flax at least once a day, drinking plenty of filtered water and gentle exercise. Several herbs are also beneficial to help support your body's natural detox systems - milk thistle tincture to assist the liver and dandelion root to assist the kidneys.

Comment by D1V1NITY on September 20, 2012 at 7:21am

Hi All~ ~ I am very self-educated about eating healthy. I have my weaknesses that I still allow in myself at times, but for the most part maintain a healthy diet. I have never done an intense cleanse before, and want to try my first one, like a complete RESET button for my entire body system then strive to become 100% vegatarian. I have been doing lots of research on the MASTER CLEANSE also known as the lemonade diet. Has anyone experienced this theirself? If I were to ask anyone in their opinion what would be the best total body cleanse, what would you recommend to me?

Comment by Water Being on September 13, 2012 at 9:38pm

Dalis...
Congrats on going vegan!

Here's a chart with egg replacements for baking: http://www.peta.org/living/vegetarian-living/baking-cheat-sheet.asp...

If you want to make things like scrambled "eggs", you can use tofu or chickpeas. Here's a tofu scramble recipe: http://www.theppk.com/2009/10/tof-u-and-tof-me-scrambled-tofu-revis...

Comment by Water Being on September 13, 2012 at 9:30pm

Hi Mr. Ed. Congrats on meat free and glad to hear you've stopped eating meat and sea creatures.

I have to disagree with you though about dairy and eggs. Male cows from the dairy industry are killed very young for meat (veal) and male chicks from the egg industry are killed right after birth. Once a dairy cow is no longer useful, she is killed for meat. Same with hens. You can read a lot about the plight of all farm animals online.

People go vegan to minimize direct and indirect harm to animals. When you consume dairy and eggs, you are still directly contributing to an industry where creatures are killed solely for human use.

Comment by Mr.Ed on September 13, 2012 at 8:55pm

DW88 - I have not touched any meat in over a year now.

There is a difference between a vegan and a vegetarian.

My thing is this:

I don't eat anything with a face on it.

Nobody has to die for me to eat.

So with that in mind...you can eat butter or cheeze even cream without killing the cow. (I never use milk as an adult)

And you can eat an egg without killing the chicken...and it has no face.

So I eat eggs all the time. If I were you...I wouldn't worry so  much about being a vegan...just quit eating meat of any type. (which includes my favorite...seafood)

Comment by tentinyturtles on January 7, 2012 at 10:37pm

Comment by The ruminative Anna on July 24, 2011 at 9:38am

I know great desert made by carrots...

1kg carrots

500ml milk

200g shugar

You shred the carrots than you put them in the milk and the sugar and you boil it as long as there is no milk in the pot and everything is gummy.Than you take it out and shape the carrots in balls.

P.S. It is really good if you put little bit more sugar and let it burn..it tastes like caramel.

Haribol! Anna.

Comment by Christa on April 14, 2011 at 6:22pm

Yuuuummmm, that cake looked soo good!

Comment by Krishna Kalki on February 17, 2011 at 12:10am

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