welcome Mary

[Guest guest]

That sounds really good. I just added it

into our sandwich/lunchbox ideas file.

Welcome to the list, Mary. How long have

you been a vegetarian and what type are you

currently?

 

~ feral ~

 

You have just dined, and however scrupulously

the slaughterhouse is concealed in the graceful

distance of miles, there is complicity.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson (author)

~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~>

, Mary Boehler <mbb73>

wrote:

> Hello fellow vegetarians!

>

> I'm a new member, and want to share one of my favorite

> sandwiches with you all. This is one of my favorite

> lunches, and is especially good in a sack lunch. I

> remember eating one practically every day when I was

> in nursing school. It is simple, tasty, and

> nutritious - definitely high-energy/brain food. This

> recipe makes four or five sandwiches.

>

> 3 Tablespoons tahini

> 3 Tablespoons soy sauce or tamari

> 1 Tablespoon miso (I use dark)

> 1 Tablespoon nutritional yeast

> 1 pound tofu

> Bread or bagel, toasted

> Toppings: spinach, sprouts, roasted red peppers,

> tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, etc.

>

> Mix first four ingredients into a paste. Spread

> generously to taste on toasted bread or bagel. Slice

> tofu into 1/3 to 1/2 inch slices, put on sandwich.

> Top with your favorite toppings.

>

> Hope you enjoy!

>

> Mary

>

> " Be the change you wish to see in the world. " -Gandhi

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Hi, and thanks for the warm welcome!

 

I'll tell you a bit about myself. I'm 29, live in

southern Illinois, and work full-time as a RN. I've

been a vegetarian since 1992. I was a senior in high

school when my physical education teacher showed our

class the video " Diet for a New America. " For anyone

who hasn't seen it, please watch it or read the book!

Even though most of the video is about the detrimental

environmental and health impacts of meat-based diets,

I just remember feeling numb after seeing for the

first time how farm animals are treated. After a few

tries, I gave up meat. Before this, I always pushed

that nagging idea of vegetarianism away by thinking

" well, the animals are raised to be eaten. " It seems

so silly now - what a lame, thoughtless excuse.

 

I've been a strict vegetarian since then, and was

almost a vegan at home until I rescued three hens and

now I eat eggs again (only from my hens). I find it

hard to do without cheese when I eat away from home,

but I know it's the right thing to do. If any vegans

out there have tips on eating out, please pass them on

- I need help!!! At the same time I'd love to help

out in any way I can - I've really researched

vegetarian/vegan nutrition for all stages of the life

cycle, including for pregnant women and children. I

have TONS of recipes. I have starter kits prepared,

and would be happy to mail one to anyone who's

interested - my e-mail is mbb73

 

Vegetarianism has been so much more to me than just

the foods I no longer put in my mouth. It has been a

lesson in compassion. That is by far the most

important thing I've gained. I also benefit because I

eat so much better than I did before going vegetarian.

This has resulted in more health, vitality, and

hopefully preventing health problems down the road.

My favorite experiences have been helping others who

are interested in vegetarianism make the switch.

 

It's such an exciting time for vegetarians - it has

never been easier, and our ranks are growing by the

day! We should all give ourselves a big pat on the

back for doing what we know is right. It can be

difficult to be a vegetarian at times. But then to

think about vegetarians before us like DaVinci, Plato,

and all the others we will never know about . . . they

must have felt so alone and it was immensely more

difficult for them than it is for us, but they still

did what they knew was right. Wow.

 

Again, thanks for welcoming me to your group and I'm

excited to be a feral vegetarian member!

 

Mary

 

" I beieve it is the destiny of the human race, in it's

gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals. "

-Henry David Thoreau

 

 

 

 

--- Feral <terebinthus wrote:

> That sounds really good. I just added it

> into our sandwich/lunchbox ideas file.

> Welcome to the list, Mary. How long have

> you been a vegetarian and what type are you

> currently?

>

> ~ feral ~

>

> You have just dined, and however scrupulously

> the slaughterhouse is concealed in the graceful

> distance of miles, there is complicity.

> ~Ralph Waldo Emerson (author)

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

, Mary Boehler <mbb73>

wrote:

> Hi, and thanks for the warm welcome!

>

> I'll tell you a bit about myself. I'm 29, live in

> southern Illinois, and work full-time as a RN. I've

> been a vegetarian since 1992. I was a senior in high

> school when my physical education teacher showed our

> class the video " Diet for a New America. " For anyone

> who hasn't seen it, please watch it or read the book!

> Even though most of the video is about the detrimental

> environmental and health impacts of meat-based diets,

> I just remember feeling numb after seeing for the

> first time how farm animals are treated. After a few

> tries, I gave up meat. Before this, I always pushed

> that nagging idea of vegetarianism away by thinking

> " well, the animals are raised to be eaten. " It seems

> so silly now - what a lame, thoughtless excuse.

 

Wow! That is so cool that your teacher showed that

in school. I wish I had a teacher like that when I was

in high school. I came to make up my own mind when I

was 15 about being a vegetarian, but I knew so little

about it. It rather scared my parents to consider me making

this choice and they agreed to only serve me foul and fish.

So in the beginning I was a pesco-pollo vegetarian, or what

I call a red meat abstainer; not much of a vegetarian really.

 

When I went to college and lived on my own I found my way

to being a vegetarian. I am currently a lacto-ovo veg.

 

 

> I've really researched

> vegetarian/vegan nutrition for all stages of the life

> cycle, including for pregnant women and children. I

> have TONS of recipes. I have starter kits prepared,

> and would be happy to mail one to anyone who's

> interested - my e-mail is mbb73

 

This is so generous of you; and kind.

 

 

> Vegetarianism has been so much more to me than just

> the foods I no longer put in my mouth. It has been a

> lesson in compassion.

 

Yes! Me too. I think it starts out as a new path in nutrition

for some, but for most it evolves into so much more later on.

 

 

> It's such an exciting time for vegetarians - it has

> never been easier, and our ranks are growing by the

> day! We should all give ourselves a big pat on the

> back for doing what we know is right. It can be

> difficult to be a vegetarian at times. But then to

> think about vegetarians before us like DaVinci, Plato,

> and all the others we will never know about . . . they

> must have felt so alone and it was immensely more

> difficult for them than it is for us, but they still

> did what they knew was right. Wow.

>

> Again, thanks for welcoming me to your group and I'm

> excited to be a feral vegetarian member!

>

> Mary

 

It is wonderful to have you with us.

Namaste

 

~ feral ~

 

The birds have vanished down the sky.

Now the last cloud drains away.

We sit together, the mountain and me,

until only the mountain remains.

~ Li Po

[Guest guest]

Welcome, Mary - I'm delighted to meet you ;=) I'm Pat and I live in

Canada with my husband (and our two dogs and a cat). We have been

ovo-lacto vegetarian for around twenty years (before that pescatarians

for a while) and currently I am avoiding dairy and eggs (nice that you

have your own hens, btw ;=) That's great!) I haven't seen the video you

mention - or read the book - but it's one I have been meaning to buy or

borrow.

 

I look forward to chatting with you. You'll like this list - full of

nice people with great ideas and lots of information about

vegetarianism.

 

best,

Pat

 

--

PAT (in Canada) - with Casey and Made - and Misha The Cat Who Loves

Beagles

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EMAIL: SANTBROWN

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* " Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole. " -- Roger

Caras

 

* " The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of

animals as they now look upon the murder of men " - Leonardo da Vinci

 

* " I don't do pawprints. " -- Snoopy

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[Guest guest]

Hello!

 

**Warning...I hate narrowminded doctors. A lot of my

problems would have been avoided if I had listened to

my body instead of doctors as a child, teen and young

adult.**

 

I am o neg. and I am actually allergic to all animal

products. they make me extremely sick and have my

whole life. I was also told I had the " wrong blood

type " to be veggie let alone vegan, but I know what my

body tells me.

Sticking to fresh fruits, veggies and whole grains

like brown rices, buckwheat (which is actually a

friut) and even whole wheat isn't going to harm you.

If you are sensitive to chemicals try going organic. I

find that helps me a lot as I also have sensitivity to

chemicals. I have not had issues with my gall bladder,

but my digestive tract is not happy at all. Trying to

eat more whole foods (which I am very bad at due to a

hectic work schedule and fatigue due to having

endometriosis) is the only thing that keeps me in top

health.

~Mel

 

--- " Mary R. Frank " <mrfrank wrote:

 

> I have chemical sensitivity problems, though I'm

> much better after years

> of treatment and avoidance. My environmental

> illness doctor wants me to

> follow a strict " Zone " diet, but I found it very

> repressive, since the

> only way to follow it is to give up all grains and

> then eat a bunch of

> dairy/eggs. I had been almost vegan for many years

> (only eating

> dairy/eggs when out or at other folks houses). Then

> I tried to do the

> Zone and got back into eating lots of dairy and

> eggs, with next to no

> grains. The Zone requires you to eat only about 27

> grams of carbs per

> meal, which pretty much means no grains unless you

> want to eat only a

> tablespoon or so. I think the daily/eggs I've been

> eating for several

> years have been affecting my gall bladder. I may

> have a gall bladder

> problem, though I'm not sure about that. I came

> down with shingles in

> Sept. at the exact same time I started having gall

> bladder pain. My

> primary wanted me to have gall bladder surgery. I

> said no, and am doing

> gall bladder flushes to see if they help. I think

> it's mighty peculiar

> that I had shingles on the same side of my torso at

> the same time as the

> supposed gall bladder attack. In any case, if I do

> have gall bladder

> problems, I think my attempts to eat a Zone diet

> contributed and I'm now

> backing off the dairy/eggs and moving back towards

> veganism.

>

> My chiropractor also thinks I have the wrong body

> type and blood type

> for being vegetarian. I have type O positive, which

> is the most

> prevalent type. Supposedly type O's are supposed to

> be carnivores for

> optimum health. However, I don't buy into this

> stuff because I know

> that I felt good eating lots of grains, even though

> I was fatter than I

> am now. I think the problem is that I eat too much,

> not that the grains

> are bad for me. I listen to my own counsel, though.

> My EI doc thinks I

> should eat meat. But I won't do that. Even if it

> did affect my health,

> which I don't believe is true. But it's tiresome to

> have these people

> bugging me about this. They can't/won't convince me

> to eat meat, but I

> still get tired hearing that I should.

>

> mrf

>

>

> ~ PT ~ wrote:

>

> > Warm welcome to the group. i am PT and live

> > in southern Oregon. i am a lacto-ovo vegetarian.

> > i don't know why a doctor would tell you that

> > you have the wrong blood type to be vegetarian.

> >

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

What irks me so much is that both the EI doc and the chiropractor are on

the " alternative " end of things. I agree that we have to listen to our

bodies. In any case, I'm a veg because of how I feel about animals, and

that isn't going to change after 30 years. I haven't read the book on

blood types, so I don't even know how much research there is behind the

belief that type O's should eat meat.

 

I have eaten lots of organic for years. The farm I to is

organic (not certified). My chemical sensitivity is mostly to perfumes

and cleaning supplies. Because I work at a university, I encounter way

too much of both, but I have been somewhat accommodated by having a

private office with air filter. For a number of years I had to wear a

mask when I left my office, but I've recovered enough that I don't often

have to wear the mask.

 

Yes, organics is best, but it is too easy to eat fast food for lunch,

given that I hate to bring my lunch and my work building is right next

to the student union, where they have tons of fast food. At least I eat

healthy for breakfast and supper.

 

mrf

 

Melissa Hill wrote:

 

> Hello!

>

> **Warning...I hate narrowminded doctors. A lot of my

> problems would have been avoided if I had listened to

> my body instead of doctors as a child, teen and young

> adult.**

>

> I am o neg. and I am actually allergic to all animal

> products. they make me extremely sick and have my

> whole life. I was also told I had the " wrong blood

> type " to be veggie let alone vegan, but I know what my

> body tells me.

>

>

>

>