Wild4Stars wrote:I'm a McDougaller. If other's feel the need to label my eating they can call it the "Vikki Diet."
That is awesome!!
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Wild4Stars wrote:I'm a McDougaller. If other's feel the need to label my eating they can call it the "Vikki Diet."
sharonbikes wrote:I don't label my eating either. I am not a vegan for reasons others have suggested. I just eat real food - nothing special. If people ask me about "what diet" I am on -I tell them I just eat real food and avoid fats other than those naturally occurring in plants. It is better to focus on what I do eat rather than what I do not eat. I find people are more receptive to talk further about the great food I do eat and not the food I don't eat.
Sharon
brec wrote:I had thought that "vegan" meant simply a person who ate no animal products. But it actually means more than that: per the American Heritage 4th Ed.: "A vegetarian who eats plant products only, especially one who uses no products derived from animals, as fur or leather. [emphasis added]"
Norm wrote: My diet sure does differ from a vegan diet... I have paleo friends who could accommodate my diet easier than some vegans I know.
couldn't be further from the truth, however using something like that as the sole excuse for not using the term just continues irrational prejudice and intoleranceJordy Verrill wrote:Vegans tend to be militant about their lifestyle, having a feeling of superiority over non-vegans. They also have the tendency to tell everyone they are a vegan, whether the person the person they are telling this to asked about it or not. I do not want to be associated with people like that in any way.
Theodore wrote:Salley
Maybe it'll help you to think of it this way: all vegan food is vegetarian. So why don't vegans just call themselves vegetarian ?
Debbie wrote:And most often it is not easier to say vegan then go into finer points. Why? Because most mainstream people hear the word vegan and shut down. They want to hear nothing else. I have experienced that more times than not. But if I just say starch based, I have a better chance of explaining the finer points. They are more curious about starch based than vegan. Theyve all heard about the "crazy vegans" who throw fake blood at people. Or paint their bodies and make signs. THAT is what they know about vegans. They dont want to hear it from me.
Salley wrote:couldn't be further from the truth, however using something like that as the sole excuse for not using the term just continues irrational prejudice and intoleranceJordy Verrill wrote:Vegans tend to be militant about their lifestyle, having a feeling of superiority over non-vegans. They also have the tendency to tell everyone they are a vegan, whether the person the person they are telling this to asked about it or not. I do not want to be associated with people like that in any way.
Jordy Verrill wrote:It is absolutely the truth in nearly every instance that I've ever encountered a vegan. And since that was point 2 in my 2 point reasoning as to why I'm not a vegan, it's blatantly clear that it is not my sole "excuse" (reason) for not labeling myself as such.
Jordy Verrill wrote:Labels are for people who have outward agendas. I have no agenda other than the personal agenda to make myself healthier with the food that I eat.
Theodore wrote: This is because the difference between what is allowed on the McDougall diet and what is allowed on a vegan diet is just as stark as the difference between a vegan diet and a vegetarian diet. ... That's the point I was trying to make.
Salley wrote:Theodore wrote: This is because the difference between what is allowed on the McDougall diet and what is allowed on a vegan diet is just as stark as the difference between a vegan diet and a vegetarian diet. ... That's the point I was trying to make.
Right, that is the point I thought you were making with your comment with which I agreed... but I would never try to argue or insist my diet isn't vegetarian, especially not by way of insisting what a better quality person I am than most vegetarians.
JohnLarson wrote:"Vegan" seems to be a curse word.
Debbie wrote:Wild4Stars wrote:I'm a McDougaller. If other's feel the need to label my eating they can call it the "Vikki Diet."
That is awesome!!
dstewart wrote:Something I've noticed a lot lately: On TV...
rickfm wrote:dstewart wrote:Something I've noticed a lot lately: On TV...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m0VnzPFxew
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