Sacred Cows; Sorry..dont agree with meat eating

[Guest guest]

I have been a veg for 27 years, and have no problems...but I don't

eat junk food, sugars etc, and I eat lots of greens, beets  and

whole grains. I think the answer is vegetarian, but high quality

eating and not over eating. when I liquid fast I do use organic

whole milk. Works for me, got tons o energy. I do construction work

and Im no spring chicken.

 

Many many "healers" nowadays recommend meat to women who have been

vegies, but I think its total fadish baloney!

 

But everyone must make their own judgements about whats good for

them.

 

Ammachi, "jyotsna2" <jyotsna2> wrote:

>

> Namah Shivayah,

>

> I was a vegetarian for 27 years and am no longer

> after (through Amma's grace) meeting a healer who

> advised me to eat meat.  I know this flies in the

> face of what many on this board believe.  But I've

> done extensive research and truly believe that it

> is not possible to be well-nourished as a long-term

> vegetarian.  Women, if memory serves, require 46

> grams of protein per day and men 58 grams of protein

> per day.  One egg supplies a mere 6 grams of protein. 

> Even a 3 egg omelot provides only 18 grams.  When I

> was at Amritapuri last year my seva was evening

> dinner checker, and I had to see what everyone was

> eating.  Most of the people there were really heavy

> into the "virtuous" (or so they think) carbohydrates. 

> Some people seemed never to be eating any protein.

> I was appalled and couldn't help but wonder if

> the lack of protein in

> their diets contributes to the very high rate of

> cancer (or so it seems) among Amma devotees and

> other "virtuous" vegetarians I know.  Brahmacharini

> Nirmalamrita died of cancer, Swami Paramatmananda

> currently has cancer, and Ron has something

> similar.  I could go on, but these are people

> who are well-known.

>

> Two long term vegetarians I know locally had their

> hair analyzed and were told that they were very,

> very deficient in protein.  Their solution is to

> have protein at every meal and to eat fish. 

>

> I encourage people to get their hair analyzed

> by someone who does hair analysis.  Be a

> vegetarian for 27 years before you criticize

> my decision. 

>

> In Amma's love,

> Jyotsna

>

> Ammachi, "ammasiswari" <ammasiswari@>

> wrote:

> >

> > I find myself in quite a dietary quandry. I've been vegetarian

for

> 16 years and vegan for

> > about 13 or 14 of those years. Do to various medical conditions,

I

> definitely can't eat much

> > dairy or soy. Even significant quantities of other legumes are

> probably unadvisable,

> > because the phytoestogens in soy and other beans/pulses may

> exacerbate certain

> > endocrine issues I have and, consequently, may be contribute to

> our difficulties in having a

> > child. I've felt quite strongly that my body needs more and

> different kinds protein than I've

> > been giving it. Truthfully, for about three years, my body has

> been telling me that it needs

> > at least small amounts of egg or fish (the only sort of animal

> protein that I can even bear

> > to contemplate), even as I've had a tremendous aversion to

> consuming any animal

> > products. Both my acupuncturist (who is an Amma devotee,

> incidentally....if any women in

> > the NYC area would like a recommendation for an acupuncturist

who

> works primarily with

> > GYN and pregnancy-related issues and who is also a devotee,

please

> write me, off-list)

> > and my reproductive endocrinologists, while respecting my

limits,

> have told me they feel

> > it's not a good idea for me to be a strict vegetarian, esp while

> trying to conceive. I feel that

> > they are right (at least for while I'm in treatment), but I've

> been fighting it for a long time.

> >

> > I know for a fact that Amma has advised certain individuals with

> particular health issues to

> > go ahead and eat animal products. I have good reason to suspect

> she'd tell me the same.

> >

> > Even though I feel pretty clear it's what's best for me

> now....it's hard for me to go with it.

> >

> > I'm curious if anyone else has faced similar challenges?

> >

> >

> > Iswari

> >

> > Ammachi, "amarnath" <anatol_zinc@> wrote:

> > >

> > > In this context, it is important to understand that "you

cannot

> eat

> > > your way to god." A healthy vegan live food diet is best for

> turning

> > > your body into a superconductor for the divine; however this

> does

> > > not necessarily mean that if you eat dairy products you will

not

> > > become liberated.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

>Many many "healers" nowadays recommend meat to women who have been

>vegies, but I think its total fadish baloney!

 

That's what I thought too until I became really ill around menopause.

Weight loss, wasting, fatigue, and inability to digest well. Raw

vegies: off the table. I tried many things (brown lentils helped) but

only when I began to eat fish and chicken did my digestion improve.

Diet wasn't the only issue but after a Chinese healer rec'd this, i

tried it and it worked.

 

However I still believe that many people thrive on veg diets (i did

for years) and that there is sufficient protein there for most

conditions. If i had been able to lead a healthier non-urban

less-stressed life (my illness followed a long stint of increasingly

intensive caregiving for an elder) i may have never found myself in

that situation.

 

Max

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