Member Comments for the Article:The Vegetarian WayAdapting Your Recipes88 Comments
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IEREQUEEN
12/17/2011 5:53:27 PM
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I think your articles are all very informative and I continue to learn more about better Heath each day Thank you! |
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IEREQUEEN
12/17/2011 5:50:26 PM
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I've been raw vegan for 8 month now, I eat a very balanced diet w/ out legumes or grains. I get the necessary B-12 from nutritional yeast. I also eat a good deal of fermented foods and love kumbacha which I make at home. I lost 27 lbs since and all my labs have been stable. Prior to this change, I weighed 161 lbs, had high blood pressure and high glucose. |
3/2/2011 11:25:21 AM
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I enjoyed learning from this article that a bannana can be substituted for the egg in pancakes. I am familar with the egg substitute which is rather costly still it works well in recipes and the tofu too another costly item still works well and tofu is delicious to me. I am well over the desire or need to taste so it suits me just fine. Now I am going to experiment with the bannana in pancakes. |
2/28/2011 11:42:08 AM
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I'll second CIRCUSRD's comment- I think that it's important to be able to back up any claims of scientific findings with credible peer-reviewed research. I understand that a lot of people have concerns reagrding genetically modified food products and processed foods, and I don't intend in any way to minimize or brush off those concerns, but a lot of the discussion happening out there is based on a shaky scientific foundation, or none at all. Soy is high in phyto-estrogens, but there is no hard evidence to show that any one plant variety (i.e. GM, non-GM, Eastern or Western cultivars) is substantially higher than another. Worth noting too that soybean actually contain fewer phytosterols by weight than flaxseed (see the following study from my home and native land: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pu bmed/16898863. Becky Hand did another article on The Science Behind Soy (http://www.sparkpeople.com/re source/nutrition_articles. asp?id=732) which I think it very balanced and informative, if folks are keen on more information on this specific issue. And now, what I actually came here to contribute: Flaxseed also makes a great egg substitute. To replace one (1) egg, mix 1 tbsp ground flaxseed meal with 3 tbsp water and allow to sit 10-15 minutes until it has a gelatinous (i.e. egg-yolk-like) consistency. |
2/28/2011 7:25:36 AM
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I have been a vegetarian for 17 years and am just begin to dabble in veganism. I only disagreed with one thing I read and 1 other thing I felt like I needed to comment on. First, I have tried to make pudding with soy milk before and it doesn't work. It doesn't thicken up like it does when made with real milk...it just stays all liquidy. Second, soy based faux meat products are not the "god send" I used to think they were. Soy has a lot of estrogen and if consumed too regularly can cause problems for men and women alike. I am not going to touch on what those problems are as I am not an article writer...just thought it should be mentioned for future thought. I am simply working on making complete proteins at every meal possible. Mixing a protein (like nuts or legumes) with a complex carbohydrate may be old school, but it still does a body good. |
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CIRCUSRD
2/27/2011 8:58:31 PM
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First off I would like to say that one should always site "articles" if you are going to project scientific based research on these forum for two reasons - 1) to prevent the spread of non peer reviewed faulty research 2) to really help others benefit from reading comment posts. When an research article is peer reviewed it means it is reviewed by a group of professionals without bias to whether the research is well founded according to sample size, outcome values, etc. As for the content of the article, I agree there are may great ideas as to meat alternatives if needed. |
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2/27/2011 6:25:37 PM
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I agree with much of what is being said here. It seems that people are always looking for the easy way out with processed foods. Why eat like that? Sure, tofu is good once in awhile but does it have to become your new "meat" and show up at every meal. Some processing can be very helpful, like canned beans for example, and I do use them. I feel that the less processed anything is the better. I would rather grab a can of beans though from the store if I am in a rush, than a package of tofu. The sodium reduction itself is huge. The easiest meal I make is a can of chickpeas, onion, garlic, curry powder, chopped fresh tomatoes and a bit of water to give it some liquid. Mix that all up and serve with some brown rice...Take about 15 minutes to make and I am ready to go. |
2/27/2011 2:50:49 PM
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I dont know - I dont have a probelm with eating more vegetables but I m with a lot of you I dont want to eat some roundup laced frankenfood. I feel like maybe I should go hunting some time and get some truly healthy meat. |
2/27/2011 12:14:36 PM
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I notice that the article claims that meat analogs are made of soy. Not necessarily so. Seitan, the meat analog most commonly found in Chinese restaurants, is made of wheat gluten. I know of at least two celiacs who've gotten into trouble because they didn't know that. |
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SAMSUETWO
2/27/2011 11:57:52 AM
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I agree with MSCHOCOLATSANTE. I also would like to point out that if you have thyroid issues stay away from unfermented soy products. they are bad for you not to mention that over 90% of soy in the country is GMO and spray with Roundup weed killer. Do people really believe this is not getting into the plant? I fpor one do not want to be a "labratory test animal" and avoid all soy products and a lot of my stomach issues have disappeared. When I do have products containing soy products such as soybean oil or soy protein I get severe indigestion. You don't have to take my word for it just go off soy for a month or two and see for yourself. then when you have soy your body will let you know it is not good for you!!! |
2/27/2011 11:43:14 AM
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Lizzabaker: I really like your comment as this is something I have experienced myself; meat analogs are usually filled with super stimulants like salt and sugars that makes you prone to cravings; its better to develop new palate. Tibbytoes; Indeed, genetically modified soy is hazardous to the hormonal system. The reason for that is that GMO food have been engineered so that the plant cant reproduce itself. This is done by altering the plant sex chromosomes. Since soy has lots of phyto-estrogen, it can impact women's hormonal cycle and it is usually recommended to avoid soy products when trying to conceive. For that very reason, and because GMO sterilized soy impact is not well known and documented, I prefer the "lets be safe rather than sorry" approach and skip GMO soy products completely. |
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TIBBYTOES
2/27/2011 11:23:39 AM
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This is an interesting and helpful article! I'm just curious.....I've heard from some medical professionals that soy can act as a very potent birth control agent and potential sterilizer....something I would want to have nothing to do with. Anyone else heard anything like that? |
LIZABAKER
2/27/2011 9:39:15 AM
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My daughter & I plan to go vegetarian for Lent, so this was a timely reminder! I have to comment, though, that to me, it's more important to eat whole, close to the source foods - meat analogs are so processed that one might as well eat meat. It also seems that if you're trying to replace meat with meat analogs, you're not moving away from eating meat - it's like replacing soda with diet soda: you're not training your palate away from the sweetness, so that craving will remain. |
2/27/2011 6:22:43 AM
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I've been a vegetarian for about 30 years. A thoroughly rude person once said to me "I thought all vegetarians were thin!" But the best comment came from a friend of mine who was a vegan and a young 20 something. "You can drink vodka and eat cool whip and be a vegan -- doesn't automatically make you healthy!" |
5/11/2010 11:35:57 AM
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We enjoy vegetarian meals - Gimmelean "sausage" burgers, chile made with Morningstar Farms Crumbles, etc. As for labeling, I really appreciate it when companies put "vegetarian" or "vegan" on the label. I still read the ingredients list, but the extra notation is very helpful, and appreciated. |