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11-15-2017, 10:55 AM
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Semi OT Forks over Knives documentary
watched Forks over Knives last night. holy hell. anyone else feel this way? Ive decided to give it a go. day 1 plant based diet today. For the naysayers no need to inject your input im only interested in this being a positive thread of information sharing/ results/ recipes/ etc. Im stoked on it as I had my first blood panel done at 38 and my cholesterol was 297. Im using myself as a test subject.
any plant based diet folks with info/support/tricks/websites to share ??? Last edited by Luwabra; 11-15-2017 at 10:59 AM. 
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11-15-2017, 11:01 AM
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watched that a few months back
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11-15-2017, 11:06 AM
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your colesterol will drop, your blood pressure will drop. I did it over summer. 4 months, vegan, mostly plant based and it was awesome. My BP which is high dropped 5-10 points, lost a bunch of weight. Was feeling great. Unfortunately I am up to no good again as of the past 2-3 weeks. Need to get back to it.
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11-15-2017, 11:12 AM
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i would be interested to hear some of the recipes and the feedback on what people are realistically eating.
i am a food lover, and eat a lot of meat. nothing beats a good classic steakhouse dinner for me, but i do acknowledge that my diet needs to change a bit. i'm absolutely looking forward to giving a few days a week without meat a try this summer, but need some good inspiration.
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11-15-2017, 11:16 AM
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watch the documentary. its disturbing on all accounts. I know and understand that is the point of it. but if your interested in cleaning up your self it provides all the incentive. my wife would have gone to culinary school if not accepted to pharmacy school. She cooks a ridiculous good spread. We watched it together and i think she took it as a challenge to inject healthier alternatives to a delicious wholesome meal. we will see. we have 3 kids 6,4,1.5 so getting them on board is uhhhh welll gonna be hard. but kids are adaptable so im hoping.
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11-15-2017, 11:17 AM
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11-15-2017, 11:33 AM
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I haven't seen the documentary but my wife saw it recently with her family and converted them. We've done the vegan thing for going on ~3.5 years and love it. We won't go back.
The main thing is to get over the initial phase of learning to shop and cook, then wait for your taste buds to change and you'll go crazy over uncooked fruits and veggies among other things. Make sure you find all your favorite treats or you won't make it. For example my wife can't live without ice cream so we get So Delicious brand cashew milk ice cream a few times a month. Yeah it's processed but everything in moderation. Tonight I'm making ridiculously good chili, this is great wintertime base fuel and yields a ton of leftovers. In a separate pot: 3 cups of rice (we use Jasmine rice) 2 cups of liquid per cup of rice (sometimes I sub out 1/2 or 1/3 of that for coconut milk from the can - if you're feeling ambitious) Boil the water/coconut milk without a lid so it doesn't explode if you don't catch it boiling right away, then add the rice, turn it to low and cover it. The chili part in a big ass pot: Boil a bunch of water in it, maybe 1/3 of it while you're boiling the water for the rice and prepping everything Chunk a big sweet potato and add it to the big pot while you're cutting it up Add a double handful of quartered Brussel sprouts after the potato is softened a bit Drain the pot into a strainer over the sink after the potato is more soft Turn heat back on: Add a whole bunch of chopped mushroom to the pot, I like baby bellas or shiitake - I think 1 pound total since they shrink Add a handful or two of cashews, pecans, and walnuts Spice the crap out of it, I like dragonhead pepper, chili powder, garlic powder, cumin - you'll be adding lots more ingredients so don't be afraid to saturate it Add 1 cinnamon stick Let that cook a bit Add chopped sweet yellow pepper (1-2) Add half an onion, chopped Add half a chopped pineapple (slice it in half and leave the core as part of it, it's so good) Add 4-5 chopped tomatoes 1 can bean of your choice, I don't typically add any but have done garbanzo before Add 1 can of raw pumpkin Add 1-1.5 head of broccoli, cut into small heads Remember the sweet potato and Brussels sprouts? Add those back in. Let it cook until you can't take it any longer, or until most of the watery bit is gone, whichever comes first. Serve over the rice. Tastes way better the day after and I've eaten it for 3-4 days, keeps getting better. You probably shouldn't eat the cinnamon stick so don't serve that part. Forgot you can add some avocado chunks when you serve it, and I've made some cashew sour cream that was off the HOOK in this meal. Last edited by stien; 11-15-2017 at 11:42 AM.
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11-15-2017, 11:59 AM
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Yes, +2.
sounds good stein. the hardest part for me, is the restaurants. the great steakhouses of the world, the seafood places, the sushi, the raw bar! i'm on board with a few days a week veganning out, but i could never fully commit and say no to the NY strip. keep those recipe's and food ideas coming!
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11-15-2017, 01:36 PM
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I has surgery on my shoulder last winter and to keep myself entertained for 4 months I picked up veganism.
I found it easiest to prepare meals I would have eaten with animal products, then finding a reasonable substitute to the meat or animal bits. Starting out on familiar food helped expand the scope of what was quick to prepare and nutritious, AND similar to your normal diet. Then you can move onto some more advanced stuff that takes a bit more time to prepare and involves vegan specific cupboard items like ground flax, nutritional yeast, and non-dairy stuff. Give it a shot! I found it kinda fun.
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11-15-2017, 01:49 PM
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been eating mostly vegan (still eat pizza) for the past 5 months, lost 15lbs, me and gf cook most of our own meals and overall its way WAY easier than i expected it to be.
lots of grains, pasta, fresh veggies, FALAFEL, sweet potatos are THE SH*T, beets are also packed full of good stuff, lentils, etc etc, the list goes on and on. i loved bbq and burgers but when it came down to it, the only thing in the "pro" column for ANY meat was "taste." at some point - once you realize the impact meat has on your body and THE WORLD/ENVIRONMENT - taste just isnt a good enough reason to keep it in your life, because there are TONS of equally tasty foods out there without any meat in em whatsoever. one company that has excellent meat-like products is Quorn, found in almost any supermarket frozen foods section. its pretty basic stuff (think breaded patty you stick in the toaster oven for 25min) but their "chicken" and "ground beef" products are truly very tasty and I am 100% confident could fool ANYONE into thinking they were eating the real thing. throw a patty on a bun with some sliced/roasted sweet potato, baby spinach, mustard...very simple and very tasty. i have yet to watch the FoK doc, but its on my list. Last edited by eBAUMANN; 11-15-2017 at 02:27 PM.
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11-15-2017, 02:00 PM
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I've been vegan since 2005, was veggie long before that. It's easy here in San Diego as options abound. Many of my friends who race in endurance or ultra-endurance sports are also vegan or plant-based.
My number one advice for people who have recently adopted it as a diet is to track your calories for a while and eat a lot. Many people who report fatigue or other problems are simply not getting enough calories. If you aren't eating calorie dense things like peanut butter and legumes, the calories add up slowly. Don't worry too much about protein. As you probably learned in the movie, it's in everything. Also, don't listen too much to people who talk about things being "processed." Things like plant and nut milks are mostly just ground, strained and cooked. Tofu is just curdled soy milk - no different than cheese. Eat lots of things and enjoy.
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11-15-2017, 02:14 PM
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Just to add more of my $0.02, I used to chow on peanut butter a ton but when I started eating roasted unsalted peanuts instead (and even making my own peanut butter from them) I couldn't go back taste-wise. It's also really easy to eat way too many calories of peanut butter without getting full.
I'm also very anti-oil. I don't add it to any of my meals and the peanut butter I was eating had a bunch of oil. I know you can get it without, but I still prefer just to eat a handful of the real thing while eating a banana or something. I really like mixing the flavors, I also drink my coffee black with a banana and peanuts or cashews, alternating or whatever I like. It's awesome. Last edited by stien; 11-15-2017 at 02:24 PM.
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11-15-2017, 03:41 PM
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11-15-2017, 04:06 PM
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