What science says about plant-based diets (Vegan)

[Kitan Etos]

Good point you just made there.

There is this vegan at work who sometimes eats eggs.

[veoli]

Do any vegans here eat insects? Would you have an issue with that?

There were insects (crushed) in turkish delight packets in a local health-foods store in my town.  Forgotten the exact number but you can find them in the ingredients labelled CI345, or something along those lines.

[Gemini]

I went vegan for a while. While I was on that diet, I discovered that people with allergies to peanuts and tree nuts can develop allergies to other legumes if they eat them in large quantities.

I was eating lots of soy. Guess what I'm allergic to now

[brewer]

Do any vegans here eat insects? Would you have an issue with that?

There were insects (crushed) in turkish delight packets in a local health-foods store in my town.  Forgotten the exact number but you can find them in the ingredients labelled CI345, or something along those lines.

We don't have them in stores here, at least not stores I frequent. I have eaten hoppers, crickets, bees, ants, scorpions and meal worms but those were all in novelty foods or speciality restaurants. Each were OK except meal worms. I know I've eaten a few on accident back when I used to two wheel. BTW, in the US, there are FDA limits for the allowable percentage for insect parts in non insect food. I think mostly grains.

I guess my point was, if your vegan/vegetarian for altruistic or environmental reasons, is there a line that you won't cross or where do you the line drawn? Eggs, insects, worms, any animal product/by-product?

[Aractus]

[veoli]

There were insects (crushed) in turkish delight packets in a local health-foods store in my town.  Forgotten the exact number but you can find them in the ingredients labelled CI345, or something along those lines.

We don't have them in stores here, at least not stores I frequent. I have eaten hoppers, crickets, bees, ants, scorpions and meal worms but those were all in novelty foods or speciality restaurants. Each were OK except meal worms. I know I've eaten a few on accident back when I used to two wheel. BTW, in the US, there are FDA limits for the allowable percentage for insect parts in non insect food. I think mostly grains.

I guess my point was, if your vegan/vegetarian for altruistic or environmental reasons, is there a line that you won't cross or where do you the line drawn? Eggs, insects, worms, any animal product/by-product?

Damn! What did they all taste like? Particularly scorpions, haha.

Yeah, I think I read somewhere about insect-limit.

I've been a veggie on/off for about 6 years now and will eat eggs. But tend to make sure they are free range.

[ErGingerbreadMandude]

You know, in survivor, when No Collars were eating a scorpion I remember them saying how it tasted like chicken.

[brewer]

We don't have them in stores here, at least not stores I frequent. I have eaten hoppers, crickets, bees, ants, scorpions and meal worms but those were all in novelty foods or speciality restaurants. Each were OK except meal worms. I know I've eaten a few on accident back when I used to two wheel. BTW, in the US, there are FDA limits for the allowable percentage for insect parts in non insect food. I think mostly grains.

I guess my point was, if your vegan/vegetarian for altruistic or environmental reasons, is there a line that you won't cross or where do you the line drawn? Eggs, insects, worms, any animal product/by-product?

Damn! What did they all taste like? Particularly scorpions, haha.

Yeah, I think I read somewhere about insect-limit.

I've been a veggie on/off for about 6 years now and will eat eggs. But tend to make sure they are free range.

Taste? When covered in honey or chocolate, crunchy honey or chocolate. Ants were a little citric/acid. Meal worms were crunchy bags of neutral puss. Scorpions were teriyaki glazed so it hid most of the taste. I'm told it's suppose to have a crustacean flavor but I didn't taste any.

[Aractus]

[Minimalist]

we want to prove that vegans can do anything and more."

Back to the drawing board for that idea, I guess.