Scented Nectar wrote:
> "PJ" > wrote in message
> news:HA9ne.7527$Fb.6082@trndny07...
>
>>For the last few months I cut back on carbohydrates and ate a lot of
>>protein - protein bars, chicken, fish, occasionally red meat. I noted a
>>drastic improvement in my energy level, sense of well-being and
>>concentration. Even without the extra carbs I had no problem at all
>
> keeping
>
>>up with my off-season athletics... given my success I decided to read more
>>about nutrition and picked up a book called The China Study. I read
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> through
>
>>it and was floored. A mountain of seemingly irrefutable evidence
>
> implicates
>
>>animal protein in the promotion of all of the terrible modern diseases
>
> known
>
>>to the West: cancer, heart disease, diabetes. I decided to have a crack at
>>going vegan.
>>
>>I bought whole grain pitas, smart dogs, beans, spinach, broccoli, carrots,
>>strawberries, tofu, nuts, sunflower seeds, pears, bananas, etc., and vowed
>>to not touch anything with casein in it, even the protein bars that I
>
> would
>
>>normally eat for breakfast. Within 24 hours my resolve would already start
>>to be tested - I felt feverish and hot all over (even though a thermometer
>>repeatedly read normal), my head ached and throbbed hotly. I felt tired
>>during the day though falling asleep at night was suddenly difficult.
>>Headaches would get worse exercising, and I'd tire out too soon. I
>
> couldn't
>
>>concentrate. What the heck - was I getting the flu? 5 days later I got
>
> dizzy
>
>>and said that's enough, went out for lots of sushi and felt better the
>
> next
>
>>day. I found the more animal protein I consumed (especially milk), the
>>better I felt. Or was it the stopping of consumption of what I had been
>>eating that helped??
>>
>>Obviously I did something wrong, though considering the care I took to eat
>>enough different plant proteins I'm not sure what. I even popped some
>>digestive enzymes (which worked) to make sure I could take the soy since
>>it's given me stomach aches in the past. Could it be that a transition
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> from
>
>>Atkins to Vegan should be done slowly? I've looked on the web and found
>>little in the way of information for my particular situation other than
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> ways
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>>to Be Careful which I tried to follow. I post here in hopes someone can
>>point me to resources that my shed some light on my particular averse
>>reaction (meat dependence? soy allergy?) and what it means.
>>
>>PJ6
>
>
> Maybe you should check with
> a doctor for food allergies,
Or a specialist in eating disorders. Those are two extremes which defy
common sense.
> or
> you might just be one of those
> few
MANY
> people who find they fail
> to thrive on a vegan diet.
There is no "vegan" diet. Veganism is not about food, it's about animal
rights and a lifestyle which embraces that peculiar philosophy.
> It's a personal thing to decide
> what diet is healthiest for you,
Wrong. There are objective standards. The health aspect of any diet
should be measured objectively, not "personally," subjectively.
> and non-allergenic. Soy is a
> good guess for allergies. I've
> read that a lot of people have
> that allergy.
You've also repeated a lot of BS you've read (or "researched") which has
been shown false. So let's do this one.
Soy protein has been rated 11th among foods in terms of
allergenicity, although milk and eggs are also considered very
allergenic foods (Wraith & Young, 1979). In healthy,
non-allergic children, soy is generally less allergenic than
cow's milk. The incidence of cow's milk allergy ranges from 0.3
to 7.5% among infants. Allergy to soy is seen in 0.5% or less of
this population (Eastham, 1989). Soy allergy is uncommon among
adults.
http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/faq/faq.pdl...d=5&faq_id=917
Half a percent or less is NOT a lot of people, Skanky, and that's if it
affects children. Soy allergy is *UNCOMMON* among adults. Can you
comprehend that, you twit?