Various replies and Golden Era restaurant review

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To kasie maxwell " <kasie

 

I agree that the medical profession always jumps to conclusions that your

diet is making you ill when you're vegan. What puzzles me is why they don't

jump to the same conclusions when they have sick patients who eat a " typical

American diet " filled with meat, fat, sugar, and artificial colors and

flavors!

 

I've had a compromised immune system all my life, starting with allergies as

an infant to almost all foods, including my mother's breast milk if she ate

what I was allergic to. I almost starved but she managed to keep me alive

with goat's milk (which I was allergic to) and donaterd milk from La Leche

(what a wonderful group of women!) until she was able to relactate. In

those days they didn't have the vegan rice formula that they do not for

babies with severe allergies to cow's milk and soy.

 

Anyway, I digress. I've always had health problems, whether I was a

meat-eater, vegetarian, or vegan. I've been a vegetarian for many years and

vegan for 3 years but my mother, despite having to care for me for many

illnesses as a child when I did eat some meat, still always acts really

concerned about my nutrition. There's nothing I can really do to convince

her that it has nothing to do with my being a vegan, since I take

supplements and don't overload my diet with protein that would conteract the

effects of calcium intake. And I'm sure that's the case with many medical

providers. I am a teacher and when I was a student-teacher, I was present

when the teacher of my class was doing a unit on nutrition. Well, who

produced the book they were using but the Dairy Association!!!! So when

people are taught from a young age that to be healthy, one must eat animal

products, it just gets ingrained and they can't let it go.

 

Sasheei

Re: Looking for Food recommendation/Supplement, help hair and

gener...

 

>Is Veglifes is a brand name?

 

Veglife is a great brand owned by Solgar, a major supplement manufacturer.

Although Solgar makes many vegan supplements, their Veglife line is totally

vegan, which means no ingredients came from any animal products. You can

buy them at many health food stores. I don't know about ones in the South

Bay, except for Whole Foods in Palo Alto. But you can ask them to order it

for you if they don't carry it on the shelves.

 

Whole Foods also has the hemp waffles. They're pretty good. They're in the

frozen section, but I can't remember the brand name. Some thing with " Life "

in the title, I think.

 

" Rey@sunflour " <Rey

Re: McVeggie Burger

 

>If anything some one with good letter writing skills should tell McDonalds

that if they truly are trying, for them to announce it on a commercial as

much as they show the Mcmuffin and other products they advertise every

second of the day.

 

Guess what Rey! They do have a McVeggie commercial. That's how I heard

about it, from a vegan friend who saw it. He was really excited because

here's how the commercial goes: A group of people are trying to decide

where to go for lunch. One person suggests McDonald's and every else is

grossed out and doesn't want to. But then that person says, " But they have

a veggie burger! " And everyone gets excited and decides to go.

 

So you know when McDonald's is insulting itself in its commercials that

things have gotten desperate for it. I'm glad to hear about it. Maybe

someone has a copy of it in an online format that you could see.

 

 

And now...my most exciting news! I finally went to Golden Era Vegetarian

Restaurant in San Francisco on O'Farrell Street and I have a new favorite

veggie restaurant. It was amazing! Everything is really authentic, like a

real Vietnamese restaurant, even the Pho soups, which my husband loved when

he ate meat so many years ago, he declares to be just like the real thing.

They even have vegan desserts like Flan! We finally went about 10 days ago

and have been there 6 times since!!!! We'll go broke just eating there. If

anyone wants dish recommendations, I can make some. But I haven't had

anything bad yet. A few things are a little blander than others, but they

really use spices and flavorings well, and they don't use the same fake meat

products in their dishes, like some restaurants where all the chicken dishes

have the same fake chicken in them. And because they're not Buddhist, they

use onions and garlic and hot pepper, so everything has taste. I heartily

recommend the Spicy Prawns, the Garlic Beef, the Broccoli Beef, and the

soups.

 

That's all from me for now.

 

Emily