[quote]on edge wrote:
[quote]Will207 wrote:
[quote]on edge wrote:
[quote]Will207 wrote:
Yea, she’s annoying and does more harm to her cause than good. She’s only riling up her support base and isn’t likely to inspire change in other people by being an insolent shrew.
If you’re getting upset and ripping on vegans over this, you’re doing the same thing she is.
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I don’t hate for hates sake and I’ve got no problem with vegans if that’s what they’re into.
This piece of work has my wife hopelessly brain washed and I’ve been helpless at getting her to see things objectively. My wife’s body and health have been getting destroyed for the last 15 months and my efforts to get her to see this only make her upset because I’m “not supporting” her.
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Ok, I can see why you hate her.
My wife’s a vegan, and I am most certainly not. However, we’ve both come to terms with our dietary choices and there is rarely any conflict.
What does your wife eat, and how do you know her health is deteriorating? Is she getting fat?[/quote]
Yes she’s getting fat as well as losing muscle. Her fat distribution is terrible too. At other times she’s gained weight she at least had good proportions. When she started this, it took about a week and I was looking at her and thinking to myself “what the fuck”.
My wife goes on 30-60 minute runs about 4 to 5 days a week. I do zero cardio but when we were on vacation recently I went on a run with her and I could tell I could easily out run her at any distance. We also went on a hike up a steep canyon and it was a strenuous climb. I was working hard but I was listening to her breath behind me and it sounded like she was trying to run a 5 minute mile. She’s doing all this cardio exercise and her body is unable to respond to it. I have to believe if she was eating a reasonable diet her body would respond to the exercise and she would be able to whip me at any kind of endurance activity.
Her diet is mostly bananas with a little bit of other fruit and some vegetables. I try not to look too closely at what she’s eating though because it infuriates me.[/quote]
Fruitarian diets can kind of work, but those who use it successfully are usually endurance athletes who are eating 4-5 thousand calories a day. At that many calories you can meet a lot of daily requirements for vitamins/minerals. It would be wise of her to start eating some beans. rice. nuts etc… If she includes those foods she would really only need a b12, and omega 3 supplement to stay healthy. This fruitarian thing is odd, fruit by volume isn’t really all that nutrient dense, it has phyto nutrients sure but as far as vitamins and mineral go it just doesn’t cut it.