Love #me#, **** #me# asked:


I say vegetarian only because vegan is a myth.

It seems like vegetarians are snippy, at least here. Are they getting too little or too much of something to cause this?

Ex. Adding too much salt for flavor or too much salt in store bought prepared vegetarian foods causing high blood pressure which results in irritability.
blackbyrus—I agree. With written words, the READER supplies the inflection more than the writer.
sherry—-vegan is a myth. You cannot ride in or on any vehicles nor eat any commercially grown produce and be a true vegan. Rendered animals are used in the production of those things and that is non-vegan. The best anyone can do is grow their own veges and never use a vehicle. Not even a bicycle. “Trying to be a vegan” is as close as they can get but short of cutting out those products, calling themselves “vegan” is inaccurate.

lilmama asked:


I have a 6 year old who loves chicken and 5 year old who only likes mac n cheese and a 2 year old who eats everything. I started Jan. 1st on a vegetarian diet and my husband started 2 weeks ago. We decided that meats are really bad and want our children to go vegetarain too. Any ideas on how to do this and make it fun and tastey would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

jmaxthemonster asked:


I recently became a vegetarian (about a month ago) and I love it. I feel better, have more energy, and I feel like I am doing something good for animals. I love veggie burgers because they are quick and easy to make and also delicious. I buy them at my local supermarket, and I was just wondering if you guys could recommend some other things I can buy at a local supermarket that are meat free but are quick and easy to make like a veggie burger. Also, if you could recommend some drinks and snacks that are vegetarian and good for your body, especially if they contain protein.

Christina F asked:


Like I know what vegans are and fruitarians, but what are those ovo- and pecto- prefixes? Does that mean you DO eat fish and eggs or you DON’T? Can someone explain this to me? Does anyone also have like a complete list of all the categories?
Wait a minute, my vegitarian friends eat fish all the time and we always go out for sushi, so not all vegitarians avoid fish.

There are a few prejudices about vegetarianism, one of them is that without meat you won’t get all necessary vitamins and minerals, protein in particular. The question arises: how then do such powerful and robust animals like elephants, rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses, buffaloes, gorillas etc get these necessary elements?

Only plants can synthesize amino acids, and all animals – including humans – get these amino acids either directly (by eating vegetable foods) or indirectly (by eating flesh of herbivorous animals). Meat does not contain any essential amino acid which cannot be found in plants. Even predators do not usually prey on other predators – they by instinct prefer herbivores. And humans are not predators – neither physiologically nor psychologically. Let’s turn to the facts.

Predators’ saliva is acid – to digest animal protein; it doesn’t have agents for digesting carbohydrates. Saliva of herbivores – and humans – is alkaline and contains special substance for digesting starch. Predators’ teeth are long and sharp, and teeth of herbivores – and humans – are flattened to masticate and chew vegetable food.

Predators’ intestine is only 3 times as long as their body – for faster excretion of rotting flesh, and intestines of herbivores – and humans – is 7-10 times longer than their bodies – for better assimilation of nutrients from vegetable food. Predators’ stomachs secrete ideochloric acid 10 times more than stomachs of herbivores – and humans.

Predators’ liver is capable to neutralize uric acid (a dangerous toxin excreted in the process of digesting flesh) 10-15 times more efficiently than the liver of any herbivore, including humans. So it is quite obvious that we humans are meant to be vegetarians, and meat-eating can undermine our health.

By: Dep Pyhton

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