Thread: Vegan Riders?
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Old 06-09-12 | 01:33 AM
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jim p
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What foods would you eat on a typical day. If you don't mind include all the oils and condiments.

My thinking is that potatoes would provide all the carbs that you would ever need. Beans should provide plenty of protein but I have heard that beans are not considered a complete protein. I am not sure what that means. Peanuts, walnuts, or which ever nuts that you can eat should provide your fat requirement. Green vegetables would provide the fiber and a good deal of the vitamin and mineral requirements. Then throw in some carrots and supplements and a little water and fruit.

The above is just my guess or opinion. I don't have any facts to back up what I have posted.

For the last six months I have been eating a diet of cabbage, carrots, beans, mayo, tuna, venison, grapefruit, dark chocolate, almonds, sea salt and water along with a multivitamin. My starting weight was 200 and I am now at 155 and 6 feet tall. My weight loss has stabilized so it looks like I wont have to change my diet to regulate my weight. I would like to lose another 15 lbs but it may not happen. If I can I may drop my calorie intake down from around 1800 per day to 1000 per day and just see if I can endure long enough to drop some more body fat.

I guess that if I dropped the mayo, tuna and venison I could be a vegan. This may not be the place for the discussion but I have often wondered why anyone would be so opposed to eating meat. I really can't think of anything, but maybe salt and minerals, that we eat that was not a living organism. Aren't we just part of the food chain?

I would like to know if my above diet is going to leave me deficient in nutrients so if there are any nutritionists reading this please advise me.

To the OP I think you have chosen a new and wonderful life style. I admire you for taking as much responsibility for your health as possible. I hope that you have a blessed, long and healthy life.
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