Posts by dadivan

Original Post by sauvignon:

I love tuna too, but the idea of microwaving any kind of fish that long...doesn't it make your entire kitchen smell like fish?

Haha.... yeahh :'( 

but if u open the windows it stops ;)

and it doesnt smell as bad as u thin :P

Original Post by weightlossangel86:

mmmmm cheese! I love cheese!

Im a big fan of cheese and pickle. and i was wondering if anyone had tried cottage cheese with pickle?

 

Holy crap that is the best idea ive ever heard!!!  

I...

NEED...

TO...

TRY...

... i will also try cottage cheese with PB and cottage cheese with strawberry jam :)

Original Post by kapo:

the worst website regarding food i have ever encountered is a website called bigguts . i was almost sick whilst viewing the forum ......... most disgusting website ever

O yea... that crap... that website is pretty insane :S. haha

Original Post by cellophane_star:

Sugar is a simple carbohydrate. Your body uses carbohydrates for energy to perform its daily activities (voluntary & involuntary). If you have an excess of carbs at the end of the day, your body will store it as fat for future use.

Well but at the end its the same with any other source, fats can be also turned to carbohidrates for energy and proteins can be converte as well  by a process i dont remember the name (lol) and if the energy is not used its transformed into fat, but the thing is that - for example, like sodium is part of "salts", but sodium is not realy good in large ammounts as it makes ur body retain too much water - carbohyidrates have a sub-branch which is sugars, and there is a specific maximum amount of daily sugar intake (like the sodium one), what i want to know is, what happens when you exceed too much with the daily sugar amount :P?.... like today that i had 250% =D

Original Post by honkinator:

So today I had one of those free training sessions that you get when you join a new gym.  The trainer I worked with, who has a B.A. in exercise physiology (not that that necessarily means anything), told me I should be lifting 3 sets of 15 reps instead of the 3 sets of 8 reps that I have been doing for a while.  Should I continue with what the trainer told me or stick with what I've been doing?  I'm not looking to build up any muscle mass in particular, but I'm definitely not against it.  Any suggestions?

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/ << best thing i can give you

Original Post by mashed_tatties:

Cottage cheese with granola/all bran/chopped nuts, a chopped apple and cranberries/raisins/chopped dates + sprinkle of cinnamon.

YUM. Eat some variation of this every day for PM snack.

WAAA ^^^ THAT!!! haha

Original Post by cantspell:

Well, I guess I'm addicted to tomatoes. I could eat them for breakfast, lunch, as a snack and for dinner. Anytime :) I love them more than candy or icecream (I don't like sweets too much anyway, but some I do like, and I'd prefer tomatoes over them, too).

From my logs I can see that I eat about 1-1.5 kgs every day, sometimes more, sometimes less. Is that OK, or unhealthy? I know that too much of a good thing can be bad. Any ideas?

 

 

Tomatos rule! but you cant live from tomatos... you need proteins haha ;)

Original Post by mynameismush:

I used to be vegetarian...and I have seen some of the peta vids...and YEAH they are crazy insane O.O

I'm working to be a vegitarian again. =]

Haha well those videos are disturbing... but i do imagine they could turn some ppl into vegetarians; actually this might be the reason of vegetarianism for a looot of vegans... i still think of the poor animals, but i just can't stop eating animal products :S 

Original Post by cferrari:

So, I'm a little frustrated. I'm a freshmen at college, I've lost 22 lbs (5'3" CW: 123 GW: 115) I've got like 8 lbs to go before my goal weight and I haven't really told anyone that but all my friends, roomate, boyfriend, family, etc. keep saying things like "you're so skinny" or "don't lose anymore weight" well, i know my body thank you and i know my goals. i'm not going to give them up just because you've gained all the weight that i've lost this year! geez! it's just annoying. my roomate today said somthing like "i swear, i'm going to destroy that calorie count website if i keep seeing you on that. you look fine." and walked out of our room when i was logging my calories.  i just wish i had some support. it makes this weight loss thing 10 times harder without it. can anyone sympathise? 

Remember you are doing this for yourself, and you have to tell them or talk with them and tell them that this is what YOU want, not what they want

*btw, soz, i just posted this i havent read all the other comments :P

Original Post by coreyander:

Original Post by dadivan:

I will start this thread by saying: I hate extremists

Haha... I imagine you haven't caught the irony of your own post then.  You are the classic "extreme moderate".  You insist upon your own position to the exclusion of other arguments (i.e. "i think humans HAVE to eat both of them") but think that because your position is between two other opposing arguments that you are not an extremist.  All you are doing is taking an extreme position that doesn't happen to be at either pole of a particular continuum.

Ok, i was expressing myself wrong and i will change it, i dont hate extremists just by being extremists, for example, i dont hate a person who eats just veggies and just non-animal products, and also i dont hate someone that just eats meat, what i hate is persons who think everyone in the world should do what they do, for example a veggan that looks to your plate and starts yelling, "How can you eat meat! u have to stop you sick person!!!", or a meat eater that tells you, "We are not ****ing rabbits, get a ****ing stake!"; this is the kind of persons i hate - besides that i respect people who have their own thoughts but respect others.

Original Post by misswinter16:

Original Post by greenink:

I'm just curious... what?  What would we find to put all that corn into?  (For some reason I'm imagining you replying with 'corn powered cars, duh...')

We'd have more babies, because we'd have all this excess food with nothing to do with it... clearly that's what floggingsully meant.

WHOAAA WHAAAAAAAAAAT?!?!?! More babies?!?!?! do u know how overpopulated is the earth right now?? haha :P

Original Post by floggingsully:

You can use selective breading/pollination to get certain traits.  It works for dogs, it works just as well for plants.

O okok :L, well yea i do know selective breeding :P

Genetic modification is faster than selective breeding as it just takes one generation to make changes in the animal. But i think they actualy use it quite a lot, like the square watermelons in idk were haha

Original Post by enchantingimage:

Original Post by jblarghp:

I'm pretty neutral on this topic. Like the OP, I also hate extremists. I know both vegans and meat eaters, and as long as they're not preaching their lifestyle to me, I could care less.

I'm not a vegetarian, but I only eat fish, and have done so from about the age of 11. I just slowly began to be grossed out by most meat products one by one...until I was just left with fish!

I heard on the news recently that new studies have found that red meat isn't good for us, and they mentioned some statistics about heart attacks. I'm trying to look it up right now, but I'm not having any luck. I want to say that they said you're 50% more likely to have a heart attack, but don't quote me on that! I'm not 100%.  <- that study was only on red meat, btw.

I guess if I did like red meat I would treat it kind of like junk food and eat it in moderation.

I read somewhere that originally humans were vegetarians, and we're not meant to digest that stuff...? Is that true? I'm sure our bodies have evolved somewhat anyways, but I'm just curious.

(( Hey, I just thought this question and answer may interest you. ))

Are humans vegetarians or omnivores?

Those terms are not strict biological designations, and so the question
needs to be rephrased a bit before it can be answered. The confusion stems
from the use of the word "carnivore" to mean "meat eater" - instead the
word carnivorous should be used. To be biologically strict here, a
carnivore is an order of mammal (recognized by the presence of the
carnassial tooth, among other things) that includes cats (felids), dogs
(canids), bears (ursids), and a number of other mammalian families.
Carnivores are not strictly meat eaters - most will eat some type of plants
as a part (sometimes even the main part) of their diet.

The term "vegetarian" is strictly a human construct. Vegetarians shun
animal products for food, usually for religious or ethical reasons. Even
still, there are degrees of vegetarian. Some vegetarians will never
consciously eat any food that comes from an animal. Other will consume
dairy products (an animal food even though it isn't meat). Others will
allow themselves to eat eggs (the pre-chicken, so to speak), or fish.
Vegetarianism is more of a dietary philosophy then an ecological food
preference, so it's hard to speak of it in biological terms.

Biologists rarely (never in my experience) categorize non-carnivorous
animals into one "plant eating" group. That is because different dietary
specializations are required to eat different types of plants. Thus, you
will hear of herbivores (specialized to eat shoots and growing tips),
folivores (specialized to eat leaves) and frugivores (specialized to eat
fruit) among other adaptations. Even within these broad groupings there are
further specializations, such as grazers that eat grass and browsers that
eat shrubs (both are types of herbivore). And even among the "plant eating"
animals there is no animal that I am aware of that will not consume some
type of animal protein when given the opportunity.

An omnivore is an animal that will draw its food from all aspects of the
ecosystem (plants, animals - whatever). As I've already pointed out, you
could claim that nearly every animal is omnivorous since a purely meat
eater or purely plant eater is very rare. Nonetheless, you can look at the
animal's anatomy to look at how they are adapted to process food.

First you can look at the teeth.

Molars are broad flat teeth that are useful in grinding up tough fibrous
material - such as plants. Animals that are primarily plant eaters have
very large molars with six pairs (three uppers and three lowers) on each
side. Animals that do not specialize in eating plants tend to have a
reduced number of molars. Humans are equipped with six pairs of molars.
Although they are not very large, this would suggest that humans have the
ability to process fibrous plant food.

Premolars (bicuspids) are the slicing teeth. Mammals originally had eight
pairs of premolars, although most mammals alive today have fewer. Premolars
are the primary teeth used by meat eating specialists, and are frequently
missing in animals that specialize in plant foods. Humans have four pairs
of premolars, which suggests that humans have the ability to process animal
food.

Incisors are grasping teeth, that change shape depending upon how they are
used. The broad flat surfaces of human incisors is most associated with
animals that specialize in eating fruit.

So, if we just look at our teeth - humans are clearly built to be
omnivorous. But, of course there is more data. We can look at how nutrients
are processes and absorbed in the body.

Meat and fruit are high quality foods that are not difficult to assimilate.
Animals that specialize in these types of food tend to have a short
digestive tract, with a very short large intestine. Plant foods can be
nutritious, but take longer to absorb. Therefore, animals that specialize
in plant eating tend to have long and elaborate digestive tracts. Humans
are clearly intermediate here. We have a long large intestine (more common
in plant eaters), but we lack the elaborations that would allow us to
digest and assimilate nutrients from high fiber plant foods (such as
grass or leaves). So, again, the human digestive tract can be used to argue
that we are omnivorous.

Finally, you need to look at nutritional requirements. There are some
B-complex vitamins that are available only by eating other animals. The
human body requires this nutrient, but does not synthesize it the way some
other animals do. Therefore, if humans truly ate no animal foods, and had
no artificial vitamin supplements, they would sicken and die. In nature,
there are no true "human vegetarians."

Humans are omnivores. The order of mammals that includes humans (the
primates) are all omnivores. To be sure, the modern American diet includes
a lot more meat than is healthy. And the human animal can be very healthy
by being a lot more vegetarian. But to never eat meat is both unnatural and
unhealthy.

Finally, you ask about my credentials to answer this question. Well, I am
employed as an anatomy professor (and am therefore a specialist in human
anatomy). I teach at a college that specializes in training health care
workers (so I am familiar with issues of human health an nutrition).
Finally, I earned by Ph.D. in Physical Anthropology (which sort of makes me
an expert in how humans adapt both biologically and culturally to the
environment).

Date: Tue May 23 14:18:31 2000
Author Posted Q&A above By: Thomas M. Greiner, Assistant Professor of Anatomy / Physical Anthropology

Some References to Sources relevant to this question:

Harding, RSO & Teleki, G (1981) Omnivorous Primates. Columbia University
Press: New York.

Romer, AS & Parsons, TS (1986) The Vertebrate Body. Saunders College
Publishing: New York

Oxnard, C. (1987) Fossils, Teeth and Sex. University of Washington Press:
Seattle

 

DUUUDEE! I WOULD REP U IF I COULD GIRL! haha

I completely agree with this, humans are ment to be omnivore PERIOD.

but still... i dont think this would make any difference on a vegerarian who is vegan just because of the slaughter of animals tho.....

Original Post by enchantingimage:

Original Post by dadivan:

Original Post by enchantingimage:

Original Post by floggingsully:

Original Post by enchantingimage:

To each their own but that logic tweaks me. " I only eat ugly/mean animals. "

I only eat cute and/or cuddly animals. 

Oooh nu. Not the cute and/ or cuddly ones.

haha u made me lol again

 

btw, i got a video by mail that i can bet could turn some ppl into vegans, but i dont wanna post it cus its just... its just baaaad....

im still meat and vegan eater, the only thing that changed on me was my think of, "maan there are some ****ing ****".... but thats bout it

 

just tell me, should i put th link :S?

Are their any cute and/or cuddly animals harmed in this video? o_O

Srsly, u dont wanna c it, its from the peta crap extremists...

Original Post by enchantingimage:

To each their own but that logic tweaks me. " I only eat ugly/mean animals. "

haha i liked that1 :P

Original Post by mightymouse312003:

i can't find ww bread. The kind i get is Nature's own light wheat. They have light honey wheat too

Do u live in the UK? 

try a tesco, asda, coop or sainsburry

if u dont live in the UK im afraid you will have to look for other brands :), but there are plenty low cal per slice breads, just buy a thin cut one