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beyond veg?
I eat mostly raw, not all.
Very much enjoy the benefits. Now, I have a question. I came across a website called beyondveg.com they are retired vegans and rawfoodists. Their theory is that actually raw food is not the optimum diet. The reasons they give for this a 1. People on a raw food diet "fail to thrive". ie. don't feel so good long term. 2. Primates, our closest relatives are not vegan, they eat some animals. 3. Man evolved over the last 100,000 years to cook and eat some meat. now, personally I don't buy it. But I'm interested in what others have to say. Especially about the failure to thrive. How is everyone feeling. Thriving? Failing to thrive? regards Cahal. |
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beyond veg?
[from Campbell River Mirror]
His critics told him he would never be able to be both a professional athlete and a vegan. But he proved them wrong. The two do go together and Brendan Brazier is living proof. But it hasn't been easy for him to become one of the top professional Ironman triathletes and marathon runners in Canada. "Initially 'they' were right - it didn't work," says the introduction to Brazier's book "Thrive: A guide to optimal health and performance through plant-based whole foods." A vegan (defined as someone who eats no animal products), Brazier attempted to eat only a plant-based diet in the hopes of improving his athletic performance. "Several months of chronic hunger, the need to constantly eat and a decline in energy culminated with a high level of fatigue and ultimately a decline in athletic performance," says his book. Use your common sense - go back to eating meat, he was told. But he wasn't about to give up that easily. Brazier dedicated himself to find a way to make a plant-based diet work. After years of research and study, trials and tribulations, not only did his findings work, but they worked better than he had ever expected, says his book. That was 15 years ago. Since then, Brendan has gone on to be regarded as one of Canada's top athletes and is well on his way to international success. -- full story: http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/p...d=514822&more= ----- http://www.animalconcerns.org/ ----- More News Headlines -- RSS Feed! New Links -- Archive of 100 recent links! Events, E-Mail Lists, Jobs, Organizations, and Forums SEARCH for the item on Animalconcerns.org! ivu-veg-news is provided as a public information service. Views expressed in articles are not necessarily those of the International Vegetarian Union. Steve wrote: > wrote > >> I came across a website called beyondveg.com >> they are retired vegans and rawfoodists. >> >> >> Their theory is that actually raw food is not the optimum diet. > > > Whoever said raw foodism was "the optimum diet" in the first place? > > Raw foodism, as far as I know, has no scientific backing ( many/any peer > reviewed studies ) > > The whole "enzyme thing" also contradicts the most basic knowledge of > human biology, that has been proven by science for hundreds of years. > Anyone opening a basic text book on human biochemistry would see it. > > I have seen the beyondveg site. I don't trust their information as it > is obvioius that they have an agenda against vegetarianism. > > However, if you ask them how they know what they know, they at least > have studies quoted on their site. Quoting studies and single studies > are not enough. You need many verified, peer reviewed studies, over > time to verify something as a fact. > > If you ask how the raw food authors know what they know, the only answer > they can give you is a collection of ancedotal accounts. > > Ancedotal accounts do not mean anything to educated, trained > professionals whose careers involve discovering what facts are as > ancedotal accounts can be real experiences, but wrong in terms of > establishing a fact in many ways. > > > > > |
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