RE: Ask A Vegan Anything.
January 27, 2013 at 3:12 pm
(This post was last modified: January 27, 2013 at 3:14 pm by BGChuckLee.)
(January 27, 2013 at 2:43 pm)Diamond Wrote: Some of these questions may have already been answered, but as I am too impatient to look over 14 pages (and will probably get angry as I always do whenever I see a veg*n thread on these boards), I will ask them here.
Do have any interesting recipes you'd like to share?
Do you get a lot of support from friends/family?
Are they genuinely concerned when they ask you about your protein? (In my experience, no one was really concerned. They just liked to be assholes.)
What is often times your response to stupid questions (such as "do you eat cheese/eggs/fish/chicken?")?
That's all I can think of right now.
Hi Diamond,
For me, the best way to get instant fast releasing energy that a routinely make is bananas/dates smoothie.
Well, I don't think I need support, what do you mean? haha.
Yeah, nobody cares about your protein intake until you become veggie/vegan. Although, there is no medical word for protein deficiency, since all foods contain protein- and you only need 5% of calories to come from protein anyway. So I try to explain this to them. One of the reasons why there is so much fuss about protein from meat is because meat/dairy companies have a lot more money for media influence, whereas there is nowhere near as much money to make from fruits/veg for a number of reasons.
They should be asking Lance Armstrong where he gets his protein- arguably the best athlete in the world, went on and off a vegan diet during his career. Non endurance athletes too, like Usain Bolt, get most of their calories from fruit- so if it's good enough for them, it's good enough for me - and I don't see anyone asking them 'where they get their protein'
