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Give me your menu , bruh. I never feel satiated. What are some good , filling vegetarian foods. Are veggie dogs/burgers any good ?

What I get when I go shopping is,

Oragnic: Spinach, Apples, Strawberries, Blueberries, Oranges, and Carrots.

If you're going to get veggie burgers, buy soy free versions, like Sunshine burger.

Blue Diamond Almond Milk

I buy sea salt, to replace table salt because sea salt is a healthier version, but don't put too much on your food because too much of any sodium is bad for you.

I aslo buy Beans (Lima, Navy, etc) because they provide a lot of fiber and pick up nuts because they provide Vitamin E (Sunflower Seeds, Almonds)

You also wanna buy "Starches" (Complex Carbohydrates) they provide you with a lot of energy, foods such as Whole Grains, Pastas, Brown Rice, etc.

Mainly what you wanna shop for is Organic Fruits, Vegetables, and Nuts. Natural Milk (Such as Blue Diamond Almond Milk) and Starches.
 

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What I get when I go shopping is,

Oragnic: Spinach, Apples, Strawberries, Blueberries, Oranges, and Carrots.

If you're going to get veggie burgers, buy soy free versions, like Sunshine burger.

Blue Diamond Almond Milk

I buy sea salt, to replace table salt because sea salt is a healthier version, but don't put too much on your food because too much of any sodium is bad for you.

I aslo buy Beans (Lima, Navy, etc) because they provide a lot of fiber and pick up nuts because they provide Vitamin E (Sunflower Seeds, Almonds)

You also wanna buy "Starches" (Complex Carbohydrates) they provide you with a lot of energy, foods such as Whole Grains, Pastas, Brown Rice, etc.

Mainly what you wanna shop for is Organic Fruits, Vegetables, and Nuts. Natural Milk (Such as Blue Diamond Almond Milk) and Starches.

Noted. Whats the deal with soy ? Ive heard other people caution against it.
 

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i'd like to try becoming a vegetarian...thought about it seriously several times. I have celiac disease tho. a no gluten AND no meat lifestyle would make meal planning\dining out a complete nightmare for me. it's hard enough as it is just with a wheat intolerance.. :sadcam:
 

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Noted. Whats the deal with soy ? Ive heard other people caution against it.

Long read, but important.

What Makes Soy Such a Risky Food to Eat?

Here is a summary of soy’s most glaring problems.

91 percent of soy grown in the US is genetically modified (GM). The genetic modification is done to impart resistance to the toxic herbicide Roundup. While this is meant to increase farming efficiency and provide you with less expensive soy, the downside is that your soy is loaded with this toxic pesticide. The plants also contain genes from bacteria that produce a protein that has never been part of the human food supply.
GM soy has been linked to an increase in allergies. Disturbingly, the only published human feeding study on GM foods ever conducted verified that the gene inserted into GM soy transfers into the DNA of our gut bacteria and continues to function. This means that years after you stop eating GM soy, you may still have a potentially allergenic protein continuously being produced in your intestines.

Even more frightening is the potential for GM soy to cause infertility in future generations, which has been evidenced by recent Russian research.

Soy contains natural toxins known as “anti-nutrients.”
Soy foods contain anti-nutritional factors such as saponins, soyatoxin, phytates, protease inhibitors, oxalates, goitrogens and estrogens. Some of these factors interfere with the enzymes you need to digest protein. While a small amount of anti-nutrients would not likely cause a problem, the amount of soy that many Americans are now eating is extremely high.

Soy contains hemagglutinin.
Hemagglutinin is a clot-promoting substance that causes your red blood cells to clump together. These clumped cells are unable to properly absorb and distribute oxygen to your tissues.

Soy contains goitrogens
Goitrogens are substances that block the synthesis of thyroid hormones and interfere with iodine metabolism, thereby interfering with your thyroid function.

Soy contains phytates.
Phytates (phytic acid) bind to metal ions, preventing the absorption of certain minerals, including calcium, magnesium, iron, and zinc -- all of which are co-factors for optimal biochemistry in your body. This is particularly problematic for vegetarians, because eating meat reduces the mineral-blocking effects of these phytates (so it is helpful—if you do eat soy—to also eat meat).

Soy is loaded with the isoflavones genistein and daidzein
Isoflavones are a type of phytoestrogen, which is a plant compound resembling human estrogen. These compounds mimic and sometimes block the hormone estrogen, and have been found to have adverse effects on various human tissues. Soy phytoestrogens are known to disrupt endocrine function, may cause infertility, and may promote breast cancer in women.

Drinking even two glasses of soymilk daily for one month provides enough of these compounds to alter your menstrual cycle. Although the FDA regulates estrogen-containing products, no warnings exist on soy.

Soy has toxic levels of aluminum and manganese
Soybeans are processed (by acid washing) in aluminum tanks, which can leach high levels of aluminum into the final soy product. Soy formula has up to 80 times higher manganese than is found in human breast milk.

Soy infant formula puts your baby’s health at risk.
Nearly 20 percent of U.S. infants are now fed soy formula, but the estrogens in soy can irreversibly harm your baby’s sexual development and reproductive health. Infants fed soy formula take in an estimated five birth control pills’ worth of estrogen every day.

Infants fed soy formula have up to 20,000 times the amount of estrogen in circulation as those fed other formulas!

There is also the issue of pesticides and genetic modification.

Soy foods are both heavily sprayed with pesticides and genetically modified (GM). More than 80 percent of the soy grown in the United States is GM. And more than 90 percent of American soy crops are GM.

Since the introduction of GM foods in 1996, we’ve had an upsurge in low birth weight babies, infertility, and other problems in the U.S. population, and animal studies thus far have shown devastating effects from consuming GM soy.

You may want to steer clear of soy products for no other reason than a commitment to avoiding GM foods... unless you wish to be a lab animal for this massive uncontrolled experiment by the biotech industry.
 

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i'd like to try becoming a vegetarian...thought about it seriously several times. I have celiac disease tho. a no gluten AND no meat lifestyle would make meal planning\dining out a complete nightmare for me. it's hard enough as it is just with a wheat intolerance.. :sadcam:

Damn, that's a hard disease to deal with. What does your diet consist of ?

Probiotics would be your best bet to help with your celiac disease.
 

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Damn, that's a hard disease to deal with. What does your diet consist of ?

Probiotics would be your best bet to help with your celiac disease.

yeah my diet is mostly chicken and fish...veggies and rice...potatoes and oats.
i use mostly Pamela's ....Gultino ...and Deboles Gulten-free products but that stuff is expensive as hell and only sold at stores like Whole Foods. Deboles brown rice pasta....Pamelas almond flour mix for baking and ENER-G tapioca flour loaf http://www.ener-g.com/tapioca-loaf-thin-sliced.html is my goto bread even tho it's kinda gross. :sad:
i also just gave up soy milk...my aunt is in remission from breast cancer and said the Dr. told her to steer clear of soy. now i use Silk almond or Blue Diamond almond milk. :bow:
 

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yeah my diet is mostly chicken and fish...veggies and rice...potatoes and oats.
i use mostly Pamela's ....Gultino ...and Deboles Gulten-free products but that stuff is expensive as hell and only sold at stores like Whole Foods. Deboles brown rice pasta....Pamelas almond flour mix for baking and ENER-G tapioca flour loaf http://www.ener-g.com/tapioca-loaf-thin-sliced.html is my goto bread even tho it's kinda gross. :sad:
i also just gave up soy milk...my aunt is in remission from breast cancer and said the Dr. told her to steer clear of soy. now i use Silk almond or Blue Diamond almond milk. :bow:

Your diet don't seem bad depending on where you're buying your chicken, and fish or if your vegetables are organic/natural.

But you should really looking into probiotic supplements.

How Do Probiotics Work?

Researchers believe that some digestive disorders result when the balance of friendly bacteria in the intestines becomes disturbed. This can happen after an infection or after taking antibiotics. Intestinal problems can also arise when the lining of the intestines is damaged. Introducing new beneficial organisms in the form of probiotics may help.

“Probiotics can improve intestinal function and maintain the integrity of the lining of the intestines,” says Stefano Guandalini, MD, professor of pediatrics and gastroenterology at the University of Chicago Medical Center. These friendly bugs may also help fight off diarrhea-causing organisms.

http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/features/what-are-probiotics
 

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Your diet don't seem bad depending on where you're buying your chicken, and fish or if your vegetables are organic/natural.

But you should really looking into probiotic supplements.

How Do Probiotics Work?

Researchers believe that some digestive disorders result when the balance of friendly bacteria in the intestines becomes disturbed. This can happen after an infection or after taking antibiotics. Intestinal problems can also arise when the lining of the intestines is damaged. Introducing new beneficial organisms in the form of probiotics may help.

“Probiotics can improve intestinal function and maintain the integrity of the lining of the intestines,” says Stefano Guandalini, MD, professor of pediatrics and gastroenterology at the University of Chicago Medical Center. These friendly bugs may also help fight off diarrhea-causing organisms.

http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/features/what-are-probiotics

chicken is usually Tyson or Sanderson Farms...Eggs are usually Egglands Bests or organic brown eggs from whole foods ...same with fruits and veggies.
Fish i go to the local Hong Kong market and buy whole live fish from the tank and let em scale em and clean em up for me. so yeah i'd say i eat pretty natural.
but yeah i've heard a lot about probiotics lately esp with them being so popular in yogurt and whatnot right now ....i need to try the actual pills and see how they work??
 

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chicken is usually Tyson or Sanderson Farms...Eggs are usually Egglands Bests or organic brown eggs from whole foods ...same with fruits and veggies.
Fish i go to the local Hong Kong market and buy whole live fish from the tank and let em scale em and clean em up for me. so yeah i'd say i eat pretty natural.
but yeah i've heard a lot about probiotics lately esp with them being so popular in yogurt and whatnot right now ....i need to try the actual pills and see how they work??


I would buy free range chicken, and the best value for probiotics would be in its natural/purest form, which would come from food, but pills would be okay too, as long as it doesn't have additives mixed in.
 

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why? i dunno much about Tyson tbh.... but Sanderson Farms is supposed to be hormone and additive free. but yeah i need to get up on that free range chicken asap...

:whistle: Idk, I just remember this chick name dropping Tyson several times throughout this document.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/poisonedwaters/view/

32 minute mark......


From what i've read, several nutrition books clearly state, if doesn't say it doesn't have the USDA Organic seal on it there's "probably" some type of "potentially" harmful manipulation done to the food.
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good stuff... i've seen those labels. def not on tyson tho.
what's the mark up on free range chicken? expensive?
 
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