Are There Any Countrys Where I Could Eat A Healthy/balanced Vegan Diet Only Eating Seasonal Fruit/vedge?
And not relying on any imported goods?
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13 Responses to “Are There Any Countrys Where I Could Eat A Healthy/balanced Vegan Diet Only Eating Seasonal Fruit/vedge?”
cheek_of on January 26th, 2010 at 5:04 pm
Theirs no such thing as a balanced Vegan diet as you are essentially refusing to accept the normal nutrients that your body can readily absorb and instead your trying to substitute your diet with one that may have the required element but not in the quantity needed.
You can always tell a Vegan, they don’t look healthy at all and are thin as sticks. Why anyone would want to put themselves through starvation by omitting certain food groups based on the ideology that it is cruel is beyond all reason.
Still, if you want to kill yourself over a 20 Year period, thats your choice. Their will come a time though that your doctor will tell you that you have only created your own long term ill health from the prolonged starvation diet you have been on.
If you really want to eat healthy eat a vegetarian diet, get an allotment and grow your own or buy local organic produce.
susie03 on January 26th, 2010 at 6:07 pm
I guess it would be easier somewhere like India as in much of the south this is what everyone eats. I’ve spent a lot of time there and although it was hard to get used to at first it was probably the healthiest and most balanced diet I’ve ever had. I didn’t lose weight (that happened elsewhere in India after eating chicken!) I did however eat a lot of rice and flat breads too but no meat or dairy.
In the UK I think you could do it if you grew your own. You would probably need a greenhouse and poly tunnels to get variety at certain times of year. It’s really hard in the supermarket to know if what you are buying is really seasonal or fresh.
mellow yellow on January 26th, 2010 at 7:52 pm
Probably somewhere like India, they do use meat but it’s not like our Indian food in UK…it’s more of an ingredient.
China, too? They use soya milk and tofu/dofu…
Michael H on January 27th, 2010 at 12:44 am
I think you could give it a fair go in the UK or any temperate climate country.
A lot of root veggies can be stored for a very long time as can some fruits like apples. Nuts and pulses wouldn’t be a problem either.
I bet a vegan diet doesn’t reduce your abiltiy to answer a straight forward question, as appears to be the case with “cheek_of_it_all”s chocolate diet.
Sean.N on January 27th, 2010 at 6:09 am
India like said may be a good place as a reasonable proportion of them do not eat animals.
I am a vegan and i am defiantly not as thin as a stick i am actually over weight its simple mindedness of people who think that if you don’t eat meat u are automatically thin. about the only thing meat is remotely usefully is the essential amino acids but they can be found in buckwheat and quinoa and amaranth contain what is needed. a balanced diet of plant based matter for everyone should also provide you with what is needed
Dr Melissa on January 27th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
Try India.
Amy on January 27th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
India.
Gemz L on January 27th, 2010 at 9:24 pm
I agree with Michael H. The UK has lots of yummy vegetables all year round that would contribute to a decent Vegan diet.
It’s my favourite time of year for vegetables at the moment – lots of yummy roots like carrots, parsnips, turnips and potatoes. Veggie heaven!
Scocasso ! on January 28th, 2010 at 4:18 am
Just about any country. Unless you are talking about someplace where there is only snow and ice, anywhere. Much easier in the tropics as you can have 4 growing seasons in places like India, but I live in Canada and we easily have a year round garden with all sorts of stuff in there… more than we can eat actually.’
Look into the Macrobiotic diet. That’s what it’s all about… locally grown seasonal food — none imported etc.
Wouldn’t it be great if all vegans form their own country? i mean all of them in one big island.. no omnis, just vegans.. and lots and lots of vegetables.. no electricity so no birds caught in power lines.. no cars so no pollution.. just thousands of vegans… that would be the best for all concerned..
sounds ridiculous? Am just actually quoting a vegan friend..
Jenasaur on January 28th, 2010 at 10:07 am
Absolutely. Have you heard of that big country called the U.S.?
Peope who eat a macrobiotic diet are into eating only local foods and even spices. Check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrobiotic…
grayure on January 28th, 2010 at 1:56 pm
In England, you could get everything you need from fruit, cereal, berries and nuts, stored root vegetables and seaweed. You might have to eat some unusual plants though, and find ways of removing the poison from some of them. Given bladder wrack, yeast, wheat, hazelnuts, sunflower and pumpkin seeds, rosehips, dandelions, coltsfoot, nettles, comfrey, garlic, ribwort plantain, apples, parsley, carrots, elderberries and blackberries, you would get absolutely everything you need. Of these, those which are seasonal could be preserved or stored when not in season.
Comfrey is a B12 source, but contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids which can harm the liver. They are concentrated in the roots, and are precipitated by tannins, which are found in comfrey, but for a good source of tannins, either goosefoot (Potentilla anserina) or acorns (which are edible) could be combined with comfrey leaves to remove the risk. The rosehips would need to be preserved using white sugar from sugar beet.
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Theirs no such thing as a balanced Vegan diet as you are essentially refusing to accept the normal nutrients that your body can readily absorb and instead your trying to substitute your diet with one that may have the required element but not in the quantity needed.
You can always tell a Vegan, they don’t look healthy at all and are thin as sticks. Why anyone would want to put themselves through starvation by omitting certain food groups based on the ideology that it is cruel is beyond all reason.
Still, if you want to kill yourself over a 20 Year period, thats your choice. Their will come a time though that your doctor will tell you that you have only created your own long term ill health from the prolonged starvation diet you have been on.
If you really want to eat healthy eat a vegetarian diet, get an allotment and grow your own or buy local organic produce.
I guess it would be easier somewhere like India as in much of the south this is what everyone eats. I’ve spent a lot of time there and although it was hard to get used to at first it was probably the healthiest and most balanced diet I’ve ever had. I didn’t lose weight (that happened elsewhere in India after eating chicken!) I did however eat a lot of rice and flat breads too but no meat or dairy.
In the UK I think you could do it if you grew your own. You would probably need a greenhouse and poly tunnels to get variety at certain times of year. It’s really hard in the supermarket to know if what you are buying is really seasonal or fresh.
Probably somewhere like India, they do use meat but it’s not like our Indian food in UK…it’s more of an ingredient.
China, too? They use soya milk and tofu/dofu…
I think you could give it a fair go in the UK or any temperate climate country.
A lot of root veggies can be stored for a very long time as can some fruits like apples. Nuts and pulses wouldn’t be a problem either.
I bet a vegan diet doesn’t reduce your abiltiy to answer a straight forward question, as appears to be the case with “cheek_of_it_all”s chocolate diet.
India like said may be a good place as a reasonable proportion of them do not eat animals.
I am a vegan and i am defiantly not as thin as a stick i am actually over weight its simple mindedness of people who think that if you don’t eat meat u are automatically thin. about the only thing meat is remotely usefully is the essential amino acids but they can be found in buckwheat and quinoa and amaranth contain what is needed. a balanced diet of plant based matter for everyone should also provide you with what is needed
Try India.
India.
I agree with Michael H. The UK has lots of yummy vegetables all year round that would contribute to a decent Vegan diet.
It’s my favourite time of year for vegetables at the moment – lots of yummy roots like carrots, parsnips, turnips and potatoes. Veggie heaven!
Just about any country. Unless you are talking about someplace where there is only snow and ice, anywhere. Much easier in the tropics as you can have 4 growing seasons in places like India, but I live in Canada and we easily have a year round garden with all sorts of stuff in there… more than we can eat actually.’
Look into the Macrobiotic diet. That’s what it’s all about… locally grown seasonal food — none imported etc.
Wouldn’t it be great if all vegans form their own country? i mean all of them in one big island.. no omnis, just vegans.. and lots and lots of vegetables.. no electricity so no birds caught in power lines.. no cars so no pollution.. just thousands of vegans… that would be the best for all concerned..
sounds ridiculous? Am just actually quoting a vegan friend..
Absolutely. Have you heard of that big country called the U.S.?
Peope who eat a macrobiotic diet are into eating only local foods and even spices. Check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrobiotic…
In England, you could get everything you need from fruit, cereal, berries and nuts, stored root vegetables and seaweed. You might have to eat some unusual plants though, and find ways of removing the poison from some of them. Given bladder wrack, yeast, wheat, hazelnuts, sunflower and pumpkin seeds, rosehips, dandelions, coltsfoot, nettles, comfrey, garlic, ribwort plantain, apples, parsley, carrots, elderberries and blackberries, you would get absolutely everything you need. Of these, those which are seasonal could be preserved or stored when not in season.
Comfrey is a B12 source, but contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids which can harm the liver. They are concentrated in the roots, and are precipitated by tannins, which are found in comfrey, but for a good source of tannins, either goosefoot (Potentilla anserina) or acorns (which are edible) could be combined with comfrey leaves to remove the risk. The rosehips would need to be preserved using white sugar from sugar beet.
No don’t think so