Guest guest Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 I think staying away from the animal by-products seems healthiest and most natural, to me. I have been really tired the past couple of weeks. For the past two weeks I've been at home with nothing to do but eat, sleep, play flute, and get on the computer. Before this, though, I was at band camp, having a busy schedule for two weeks, and I didn't get too incredibly tired there. I wonder if my lazyness has anything to do with the vegetarian foods that I've been eating at home; it's a little bit different from the three meals a day with a salad and lots of carbs that I got at the university cafeteria while I was at camp. Anyway, as far as vegan stuff.... I haven't yet tried any cow's milk alternatives. It'd be nice to still be able to enjoy cereal other than oatmeal/maltmeal. So... any suggestions and/or advice? It'd be nice to know what it tastes like before I taste it, lol, since I've never had anything but milk my whole life. Also, do I need to spend time checking labels on the foods I eat? or does it really matter? By the way, I am sixteen. Thanks for the help! ~Victoria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 sounds like you might be coming down from all the carbs and adjusting itself to the new diet. just be sure to eat lots of fruits and veggies and complex (not simple) carbs (whole grains, legumes, etc.) and the energy level should right itself, given a little time. it also might help to invest in a few recipe books to vary your diet a bit, if you like cooking. as for cow's milk alternatives, soy milk is probably the best one nutrient-wise. obviously being soy beans it has a bit of a beany aftertaste, but you get used to it eventually. the two brands I like with the least beany-aftertaste are Silk-brand soy milk and if you have a Trader Joe's in your area, I really like their store-brand soy milk. Very similar to Silk. Megan Milligan Desert Rose Musings (www.desertrosemusings.com) (parts still under construction) Cal-Neva Animal Rescue (www.desertrosemusings.com/calnevarescue/index.htm) - Victoria Friday, August 06, 2004 10:16 PM trying vegan-ism I think staying away from the animal by-products seems healthiest and most natural, to me. I have been really tired the past couple of weeks. For the past two weeks I've been at home with nothing to do but eat, sleep, play flute, and get on the computer. Before this, though, I was at band camp, having a busy schedule for two weeks, and I didn't get too incredibly tired there. I wonder if my lazyness has anything to do with the vegetarian foods that I've been eating at home; it's a little bit different from the three meals a day with a salad and lots of carbs that I got at the university cafeteria while I was at camp. Anyway, as far as vegan stuff.... I haven't yet tried any cow's milk alternatives. It'd be nice to still be able to enjoy cereal other than oatmeal/maltmeal. So... any suggestions and/or advice? It'd be nice to know what it tastes like before I taste it, lol, since I've never had anything but milk my whole life. Also, do I need to spend time checking labels on the foods I eat? or does it really matter? By the way, I am sixteen. Thanks for the help! ~Victoria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 Hey ya silk soymilk is the ONLY 1 that i will buy. I have found that its way better than all the others and goes grrrrrreat with bakeing and stuff and smoothies. I usualy get the vanilla. p.s. and there NOT chalky! Megan Milligan <yasminduran wrote:sounds like you might be coming down from all the carbs and adjusting itself to the new diet. just be sure to eat lots of fruits and veggies and complex (not simple) carbs (whole grains, legumes, etc.) and the energy level should right itself, given a little time. it also might help to invest in a few recipe books to vary your diet a bit, if you like cooking. as for cow's milk alternatives, soy milk is probably the best one nutrient-wise. obviously being soy beans it has a bit of a beany aftertaste, but you get used to it eventually. the two brands I like with the least beany-aftertaste are Silk-brand soy milk and if you have a Trader Joe's in your area, I really like their store-brand soy milk. Very similar to Silk. Megan Milligan Desert Rose Musings (www.desertrosemusings.com) (parts still under construction) Cal-Neva Animal Rescue (www.desertrosemusings.com/calnevarescue/index.htm) - Victoria Friday, August 06, 2004 10:16 PM trying vegan-ism I think staying away from the animal by-products seems healthiest and most natural, to me. I have been really tired the past couple of weeks. For the past two weeks I've been at home with nothing to do but eat, sleep, play flute, and get on the computer. Before this, though, I was at band camp, having a busy schedule for two weeks, and I didn't get too incredibly tired there. I wonder if my lazyness has anything to do with the vegetarian foods that I've been eating at home; it's a little bit different from the three meals a day with a salad and lots of carbs that I got at the university cafeteria while I was at camp. Anyway, as far as vegan stuff.... I haven't yet tried any cow's milk alternatives. It'd be nice to still be able to enjoy cereal other than oatmeal/maltmeal. So... any suggestions and/or advice? It'd be nice to know what it tastes like before I taste it, lol, since I've never had anything but milk my whole life. Also, do I need to spend time checking labels on the foods I eat? or does it really matter? By the way, I am sixteen. Thanks for the help! ~Victoria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 Victoria, have you tried soy products such as tofu? Tofu tastes kind of bland and takes on the flavoring of whatever you put with it, and it kinds of grows on you as a flavor, so I now really like it even without any flavoring. But the other day I bought some at a local store with pesto sauce/flavoring on it. Yum! Personally I think one needs to read labels because of all of the junk and poisons that are in certain foods. For example, a lot of packaged food have hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated fats and oils in them. And the current state of medical and health research is that there is NO safe level of partially hydrogenated fats in one's body -- yet even health food stores sell lots of products by " health food " manufacturers that contain it. Also, many packages foods have tons of sodium in them, and large amounts of sodium aren't good for people. Jeremy At 01:16 AM 8/7/2004, your brain seems to have output the following: ----------------------- I think staying away from the animal by-products seems healthiest and most natural, to me. I have been really tired the past couple of weeks. For the past two weeks I've been at home with nothing to do but eat, sleep, play flute, and get on the computer. Before this, though, I was at band camp, having a busy schedule for two weeks, and I didn't get too incredibly tired there. I wonder if my lazyness has anything to do with the vegetarian foods that I've been eating at home; it's a little bit different from the three meals a day with a salad and lots of carbs that I got at the university cafeteria while I was at camp. Anyway, as far as vegan stuff.... I haven't yet tried any cow's milk alternatives. It'd be nice to still be able to enjoy cereal other than oatmeal/maltmeal. So... any suggestions and/or advice? It'd be nice to know what it tastes like before I taste it, lol, since I've never had anything but milk my whole life. Also, do I need to spend time checking labels on the foods I eat? or does it really matter? By the way, I am sixteen. ----------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 All the power too you if you go vegan. I tried to but I found I just didn't like alot of the substitute foods, guess it's not for everyone, good luck thought. Cheers -Jawsh , " Jeremy J. Shapiro " <jshapiro@f...> wrote: > Victoria, have you tried soy products such as tofu? Tofu tastes kind of > bland and takes on the flavoring of whatever you put with it, and it kinds > of grows on you as a flavor, so I now really like it even without any > flavoring. But the other day I bought some at a local store with pesto > sauce/flavoring on it. Yum! > > Personally I think one needs to read labels because of all of the junk and > poisons that are in certain foods. For example, a lot of packaged food > have hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated fats and oils in them. And > the current state of medical and health research is that there is NO safe > level of partially hydrogenated fats in one's body -- yet even health food > stores sell lots of products by " health food " manufacturers that contain > it. Also, many packages foods have tons of sodium in them, and large > amounts of sodium aren't good for people. > > Jeremy > > At 01:16 AM 8/7/2004, your brain seems to have output the following: > ----------------------- > I think staying away from the animal by-products seems healthiest > and most natural, to me. I have been really tired the past couple > of weeks. For the past two weeks I've been at home with nothing to > do but eat, sleep, play flute, and get on the computer. Before > this, though, I was at band camp, having a busy schedule for two > weeks, and I didn't get too incredibly tired there. I wonder if my > lazyness has anything to do with the vegetarian foods that I've been > eating at home; it's a little bit different from the three meals a > day with a salad and lots of carbs that I got at the university > cafeteria while I was at camp. Anyway, as far as vegan stuff.... I > haven't yet tried any cow's milk alternatives. It'd be nice to > still be able to enjoy cereal other than oatmeal/maltmeal. So... > any suggestions and/or advice? It'd be nice to know what it tastes > like before I taste it, lol, since I've never had anything but milk > my whole life. Also, do I need to spend time checking labels on the > foods I eat? or does it really matter? By the way, I am sixteen. > > ----------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 I have heard that Vitamin B-12 is a concern with a vegan diet. I have also heard that soy milk is frequently fortified with B-12. - *Annie~Kelsey* <the4perfect2drug069 Sat, 7 Aug 2004 13:01:07 -0400 (EDT) Re: trying vegan-ism Hey ya silk soymilk is the ONLY 1 that i will buy. I have found that its way better than all the others and goes grrrrrreat with bakeing and stuff and smoothies. I usualy get the vanilla. p.s. and there NOT chalky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 I really like the light 8th continent soymilk (either plain or vanilla) it's very light (hence the title) and not as gulky as regular milk (that always bothered me). I'm using way too many parenthesis (no, really?) Coco Andrew Werling [awerling] Monday, August 09, 2004 2:11 PM Re: trying vegan-ism I have heard that Vitamin B-12 is a concern with a vegan diet. I have also heard that soy milk is frequently fortified with B-12. - *Annie~Kelsey* <the4perfect2drug069 Sat, 7 Aug 2004 13:01:07 -0400 (EDT) Re: trying vegan-ism Hey ya silk soymilk is the ONLY 1 that i will buy. I have found that its way better than all the others and goes grrrrrreat with bakeing and stuff and smoothies. I usualy get the vanilla. p.s. and there NOT chalky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 *LOL* You crack me up, Coco. (really, in a good way!) ~ pt ~ Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it. ~ Thomas Merton ~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~~~~~~> , " Rebecca " <squinkabink@b...> wrote: > I really like the light 8th continent soymilk (either plain or vanilla) it's > very light (hence the title) and not as gulky as regular milk (that always > bothered me). > I'm using way too many parenthesis (no, really?) > Coco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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