A Vegan No MoreOne person who comes into the bakery ordered and was served an item that the counter person thought was vegan but was actually contained a substantial quantity of egg. This person wolfed down the item and said that he felt really really good and that we were making some awesome vegan food. The standing comment in the kitchen is that someone needs to tie xxx down and feed them some bacon. Posted by DaveH at November 20, 2010 11:53 AM
When the doctor first told me that I had numerous vitamin and mineral deficiencies, that I was almost anemic, and my B12 was so low she wanted to give me an injection immediately, I refused to believe her. I actually asked her to show me the blood test results because I thought there had to be some sort of mistake. But there was no mistake, it was right there in black and white; deficiencies and abnormalities across the board.
The results explained perfectly why I had been feeling weak and exhausted for more than 6 months. Whereas I had previously lived for working out and even an hour on the elliptical wasn�t enough for me, lately doing more than 20 minutes at a leisurely pace caused me to yearn to spend the rest of the day in bed recuperating. When I could I slept till noon, I felt lightheaded when I stood up, I couldn�t remember simple words or the names of my friends, and I was freezing cold even in the midst of a sweltering Saudi summer. Of the myriad symptoms I�ve listed here and the ones I will not be describing publicly, the absolute worst of all was my depression. This awful, lifelong foe I�ve been battling on and off was sneaking back into my life, painting the edges of my world a sickening black and stealing the joy that I had fought so desperately to regain.
The doctor, who was kind and very understanding, was surprisingly knowledgeable about vegan diets and had a career long specialization in nutrition. After ruling out any other possible medical condition, she patiently spoke over my tears and my hitching sobs and explained that yes, humans are healthiest when eating a large amount of varied plant foods, but that we would be wrong to ignore the small amounts of animal products that many of us so essentially need. �Most human bodies run optimally on the occasional animal product. Eggs and bits of meat every so often are small but very important parts of a healthy diet.� she said, a look of sorrow on her face. She could see how hard this was for me.
And here's the funny thing--A real vegan, eating no meat, fish, or fowl must take artificial vitamin D (unless they want to eat bushels of mushrooms several times a week, or spent hours in the sun without any protection from the "killer" UV rays). The "artificial" vitamin D is only produced in commercial labs, owned by the dreaded corporations.
Rickets are not really so bad....
Posted by: geran at November 20, 2010 1:04 PM