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Whoaaaa... I'm late to the party. @pinkpuppy9 that is ****ing crazy what you said about people stealing limbs for grades. Talk about disrespectful and cutthroat. Hang in there!!!!
My nutrition professor was an input/output based kind of guy. His opinion was that people can survive without meat, but not live well (as in healthy). He talked about legumes and all the alternatives, but spoke over and over about how in order to get the same requirements that a meat eater gets out of just a 4 oz steak or 2 eggs, a vegan has to eat a comparable mountain. (Again, based on absorption rates from input/output studies). He also highly recommended eggs and milk in general and tried to convince vegans to go vegetarian at least to ease his conscious. But, that was the Animal nutrition professor. He made a point of saying he hated fad diets and preferred studies that were as scientifically based as possible. He got into several fights with the social/humanities department nutritionist who recommended all her students go gluten free and vegetarian if possible unless they had blood type ** because "those people do need meat."
It's kinda a crap chute sometimes. I just eat what makes me feel good. Junk food and lots of sugar make me feel like a crap popsicle. Meat and spinach and fruits and veggies make me feel alert and healthy and allow me to keep my crazy schedule. No meat at all and I get very pale and lethargic in days. My white count also plummets and I get ill very quickly. If I'm on my period it's many times worse.
Yeah, there is a group in Greece that has a mostly seafood diet with the oldest healthy population and lowest cancer rate. The sea is good for us if we can figure out sustainability.
That's interesting, because I felt 100 times better when I stopped eating meat. Genetics must have a lot to do with it. A cultural anthropology professor taught us a lot about eating habits of other countries, with the Japanese race historically being one of the healthiest because of their meat consumption being almost mostly fish when they eat meat at all!
Ha! That and "vegetarians" who eat chicken. Chickens are vegetables? I had no idea! 😛Can we talk about how f**king annoying the vegetarians are who say they don't eat meat, but then eat fish? You are a pescatarian, not a vegetarian. Gahhhhhh.
That is great that you felt better when changing, but I want you to seriously consider this.
People who suddenly decide to change their diet aren't usually eating well to start with. How was your diet prior to changing it? Was it balanced? Were you eating fast food meat? Meat that you cooked yourself at home? Were you also eating a balance of veggies/fruits/dairy? Were you getting appropriate exercise? Etc, etc... Really think about this. I am not saying you weren't, but often when people do decide on a diet change, they weren't starting off with a really healthy diet prior to that point.
I see this many times on different websites were people go.. "well, I used to eat lots of meat and fast food and then I realized it is bad and went to all GMO free, gluten free, organic food and now I feel 100 times better and it is because GMO's are bad and organic food is better". When, in reality, it is just that they started to care about their diet more and had they done similar changes without necessarily being "organic" or "GMO free" they would have also felt that 100 times better.
This last sentence....please do some research on organic v. Non organic. The results might surprise you as to why natural isn't always better.I did most of my own cooking. I've never liked fast food (except Taco Bell.. My weakness), so I cooked a lot. Even in high school, I did most of the cooking for my family. I wouldn't say my diet was the best, it was balanced but I'm not sure how well. We were kinda poor so a lot of what we ate was cheap/frozen meat and veggies. Being a vegetarian forced me to eat a lot of fresh food, which I love. But I honestly became a vegetarian for my own ethical reasons, feeling better and healthier was just the an added bonus.
I don't really understand the whole stigma against GMOs, gluten, corn syrup, etc... I like the idea of organic food just because it's all natural but I can't afford it. Lol
I like the idea of organic food just because it's all natural but I can't afford it. Lol
Wow. Where did you learn this?Except those 3% of factory farms are where 99% of animals raised for consumption are from.
Acacia trees are a great example of thisOk, last crazy post:
Anybody else read the studies recently that prove that vegetables not only "feel" pain but release stress hormones and take evasive actions when their predators are around?
This last sentence....please do some research on organic v. Non organic. The results might surprise you as to why natural isn't always better.
Le sigh.... how is organic food "all natural"??
Ok, last crazy post:
Anybody else read the studies recently that prove that vegetables not only "feel" pain but release stress hormones and take evasive actions when their predators are around?
It's grown without help... Naturally. Like nature intended. I grew my own watermelon, cantaloupe, and cucumbers. I liked them better than store bought.
It is grown with a TON of help. Heck organic crops are sprayed with pesticides just as much, if not more than non-organic crops. Being sprayed with pesticides is far from "natural".
I wasn't aware of this! I just figured organic was similar to how I grew my own stuff in the backyard!
I hate pesticides. I participated in research with how it affects water runoff and eventually rivers/creeks and the animals in them. It especially affects lots of amphibian species 🙁 hate them. But it would be hard to grow the amount of food we consume without them. Hopefully one day we will find a better way
Yeah, it is the number one thing people believe when they hear "organic". For some reason people think "organic" = "pesticide free". That is not true. Organic farms can use pesticides that occur in nature. For example, rotenone is natural. It has been used in organic farming, was banned for a bit, then the ban was lifted... I don't know if the ban on it exists again or not. It is more toxic than glyphosate which is the synthetic pesticide most people "hate" on. However, glyphosate is less toxic than table salt.
Here is a good table to show toxicity of various substances:
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That's why I feel like a bada** when I grow and eat my own greens!My parasitology prof likes to tell us about the veggies grown in people's gardens and the fun things that can grow inside without the use of pesticides. Kinda scared the **** out of me.
My parasitology prof likes to tell us about the veggies grown in people's gardens and the fun things that can grow inside without the use of pesticides. Kinda scared the **** out of me.
I've just kinda thought of this, but how do vegetarians/vegans that are quite strict for themselves on not using animal products of any kind, feel about feeding cats? I know some will buy vegetarian dog food. Just honestly curious. 🙂
The whole organic market is like the biggest scam ever.
What really kills me is all the stupid all natural crap. I face palm when people tell me whatever they're using on their pet is all natural (and therefore better than my recommendations). ****, most deadly toxins are natural. Natural =/= safe. Death is natural. There are so many ways I can kill someone with natural things. "Natural food" does not mean high quality or balanced.
I don't care if it's natural or not-natural if something it is safe and life-saving/therapeutic. Ugh, people.
Natural =/= safe.
I don't care if it's natural or not-natural if something it is safe and life-saving/therapeutic. Ugh, people.
Thank you!! My biggest pet peeve when talking to people who think cancer research is a scam and say that we already have a cure for cancer through plants. I want to say, "Bro, where do you think we get the basis for most of our medicines?" Just because something is "unnatural" doesn't mean it won't kill a specific strain of cancer!!!
We talked about this in my immunology class. Those eosinophils get bored when they don't have any fun parasites to play with 😉There are people who think we have grown so long cohabiting with parasites that our immune system is designed to carry a light load. There is actually some pretty convincing (to me) evidence for it including a decrease in allergies, asthma, and arthritis with certain light worm infections. I'm still not signing up though!
Ooh, I read about this... it's not hydrogen peroxide, it's some weird super water... extra oxygen, I think? So not quite H2O but not HO either. It was something about the break down of free radicals and stabilization of cell walls and all sorts of other magic unicorn fart stuff.n, he told me how furious he was with the vet for not giving her hydrogen peroxide IV because he read a study in some BS propaganda magazine about how it kills cancer cells
Ooh, I read about this... it's not hydrogen peroxide, it's some weird super water... extra oxygen, I think? So not quite H2O but not HO either. It was something about the break down of free radicals and stabilization of cell walls and all sorts of other magic unicorn fart stuff.
The article sounded pretty bogus to me, but the local hospitals all have water coolers with the drinking water in it and a link to some research study on the front. All I've seen at the vet clinic have been wound care products. I've not heard of anything IV.
Oh, and they work by promoting normal cell growth and inhibiting bacterial growth, so I don't know about cancer either.
Oh call the Hills nutrition consult guys! The number is on the vet diet order forms, their website... lots of places. They will fax you all your answers. They will also look at crystal type and any other health history and give you a specific diet recommendation including amount. So if your patient can't handle increased salt, they will help with that.Speaking of food - had an RN/nutritionist question me heavily (as I was trying to leave) about the urinary diet I wanted to put her dog on. Like what actually dissolves the stones, and it makes them drink more by having salt, surely that isn't good, and what kind of food has pork by-product anyway? I didn't have great answers so now I get to spend tomorrow looking up papers.
We had a lunch and learn with a Royal Canin rep today so I got to learn aaaaallllll about that stuff.Speaking of food - had an RN/nutritionist question me heavily (as I was trying to leave) about the urinary diet I wanted to put her dog on. Like what actually dissolves the stones, and it makes them drink more by having salt, surely that isn't good, and what kind of food has pork by-product anyway? I didn't have great answers so now I get to spend tomorrow looking up papers.
I thought the dissolution of the stones had to do with the relative alkalinity/acidity of the diet? I think the c/d multicare diet is more neutral now though and doesn't affect the pH of the urine as much.Speaking of food - had an RN/nutritionist question me heavily (as I was trying to leave) about the urinary diet I wanted to put her dog on. Like what actually dissolves the stones, and it makes them drink more by having salt, surely that isn't good, and what kind of food has pork by-product anyway? I didn't have great answers so now I get to spend tomorrow looking up papers.
I called them yesterday. Be prepared to be on hold for about 30 minutes. They take down your phone number to call you back if the line is disconnected, but they won't actually call you back 🙁Oh call the Hills nutrition consult guys! The number is on the vet diet order forms, their website... lots of places. They will fax you all your answers. They will also look at crystal type and any other health history and give you a specific diet recommendation including amount. So if your patient can't handle increased salt, they will help with that.
And it's free if you order Hills diets (or was...)
Royal Canin and Eukanuba used to have similar services but I can't swear they still do. It's been awhile since I've called any of them.
Woof. That was not my experience at all. I sent in 2 cups from a bag and while the results took a few weeks, I got them and we just sent in because the bag smelled weird once we got 1/3 into it and the dog started refusing it.I called them yesterday. Be prepared to be on hold for about 30 minutes. They take down your phone number to call you back if the line is disconnected, but they won't actually call you back 🙁
Also, if you have a question about testing their food because your patients get sick after starting a new bag, they won't test it after you've opened it. Sad.
It took about a year for me to be completely normal without it, and I still have to take iron pills when I'm on my period!
How long ago did you send in the bag of food? Not sure if the not-taking-it-when-already-opened is a new thing or not for them. I was going to contact our Hill's rep to ask about it because it seems rather strange. Especially considering it just means that people with issues they want to chase up will send the food to the state lab instead. Seems like Hill's (or any dog food company) would prefer to handle that internally.Woof. That was not my experience at all. I sent in 2 cups from a bag and while the results took a few weeks, I got them and we just sent in because the bag smelled weird once we got 1/3 into it and the dog started refusing it.
I think I was on hold like 10-15 minutes, but they called back 30 minutes later and spent 45 minutes on the phone consulting about 2 sibling schnauzers with congenital heart defects and one with known struvites and a repeat cat blockage with odd crystals and urine pH. I've done a couple other calls with them, but nothing remarkable, good or bad happened.
It's grown without help... Naturally. Like nature
The whole organic market is like the biggest scam ever.
What really kills me is all the stupid all natural crap. I face palm when people tell me whatever they're using on their pet is all natural (and therefore better than my recommendations). ****, most deadly toxins are natural. Natural =/= safe. Death is natural. There are so many ways I can kill someone with natural things. "Natural food" does not mean high quality or balanced.
I don't care if it's natural or not-natural if something it is safe and life-saving/therapeutic. Ugh, people.
I don't believe farm animals to be "suffering".
And I am aware that family farm doesn't say anything about their welfare standards, just as factory farm says nothing about their welfare standards. But it is the perpetuation that "factory farming" is bad and "family farming" is good, when, in reality, neither states anything about welfare.
Newsflash: Nature doesn't have an 'intent'.
I don't take the 'ethical' vegans (etc.) too seriously. They mostly walk around with their noses in the air about what awesome people they are while typing away on their (practically) slave-manufactured iphone. Seems like pretty select ethics. If someone wants to be vegan because they feel it's nutritionally superior for them - more power to them. The second they go from that to getting snooty over ethics and trying to make me feel bad because I like to eat beef, pork, chicken, fish, and a few other animal types ... Meh, no longer worth my time.
My cat endorses this post. And says "go meat or go home."