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Arctic Fox 03-26-2015 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by cbg150 (Post 1034883)
A vegetarian and an Indian restaurant would be nice.
Urban Curry in Spanish Springs was very nice, but short-lived as the demand for it was low. It tried changing to Urban Grill - offering more non-Indian dishes - but that just delayed the inevitable closing :-(

Fresh Market on 466 has a good selection of herbs, spices and whole foods.

dplars 03-26-2015 09:23 AM
I'm going for 10,000

graciegirl 03-26-2015 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by cbg150 (Post 1034883)
I have recently concluded myself that a plant-based diet is the best for me and for the planet. This is a personal decision and I appreciate Jimbo sharing his feelings about how he came to that decision. A really helpful discussion would be how we can have more healthful choices in the Villages. A vegetarian and an Indian restaurant would be nice. So would a Whole Foods. Short of that, more vegan (dairy free vegetarian choices) on every restaurant's menu would be helpful. I was excited to go to Orange Blossom yesterday because I heard they had a page of vegetarian choices on their menu, but unfortunately 95% of it was not vegan. In a community this large, surely we could accommodate more vegan options?
You realize of course that if enough people were buying those sorts of things that businesses would sell them. Just because a small group want them or those people think they are more healthy and they think it is good for the planet do things just "happen." You have to have numbers of people to want them and would financially support them.

rubicon 03-26-2015 01:30 PM
I have never been one for fad diets especially when you are aware that 8 new ones appear every year but there is one diet that cause m to pause. A young girl, Brook, in my office often stopped me to explain the latest diet she was testing. On this day she caught my attention because for three weeks she would eat nothing but wine, cheese and bread Now that excites me....well until dinner when steak with mushrooms sautee in a butter wine sauce is served up with a side dish of pasta a glass of wine and oh yes a salad to fill my veggie requirement....a salad that is eaten last the European way

Bon appetit

rubicon 03-26-2015 01:35 PM
My birthday is on the horizon and I get to choose the menu I am planning on my wife making me chicken Kiev with rice and to fulfill my veggie requirement a medley of vegetables served with a white wine and of course my salad to be eaten the European way at the end of the meal :mmmm:

2BNTV 03-26-2015 02:34 PM
Sorry Jim, you are a good dude but there aren't enough statistics in the world, to convince me, to become a a vegan :D

I try to eat as little meat as possible but I can't give it up totally. :smiley:

jimbo2012 03-26-2015 02:47 PM
As of last year there were reported 16 million vegetarians in the US, half of those vegan.

So it's not everyone.

But the numbers are growing,
the point of my threads on this lifestyle (notice I didn't say diet) is simply to create awareness of options in food for your health.

TheVillageChicken 03-26-2015 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by jimbo2012 (Post 1035127)
As of last year there were reported 16 million vegetarians in the US, half of those vegan.

So it's not everyone.

But the numbers are growing,
the point of my threads on this lifestyle (notice I didn't say diet) is simply to create awareness of options in food for your health.

And you thought a good way to start the dialogue was to try and put meat eaters on a guilt trip by reminding us how many animals we butcher? This thread has made me determined to become a more militant carnivore. As a matter of fact, I am joining PETA

Arctic Fox 03-26-2015 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by 2BNTV (Post 1035120)
I try to eat as little meat as possible but I can't give it up totally.
Giving meat up altogether is a hard sell when many of the benefits can be gained by cutting back on portion sizes, having no meat some days and replacing meat with fish.


The number of "killings" cited by Jimbo may well be an underestimate:

"The average meat eating person eats 7,000 animals in their life time or 70 billion a year are killed for food"

If the average meat-eater lives for 70 years, then 7,000 animals in a lifetime is 100 per year. Multiply that by the number of humans - 7 billion - and up to 700 billion animals per year would be killed. Even allowing for not everyone being a meat-eater, you would have to kill, say, 500 billion per year.

Of course, there's a big difference between killing a sardine and slaughtering a cow...

jimbo2012 03-26-2015 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by TheVillageChicken (Post 1035157)
And you thought a good way to start the dialogue was to try and put meat eaters on a guilt trip by reminding us how many animals we butcher? This thread has made me determined to become a more militant carnivore. As a matter of fact, I am joining PETA
they are looking for you chicken little, they have 12 likes, so only you and 11 others in the world. Don't worry in your case eat more meat the folks in ER will be waiting :wave:

graciegirl 03-26-2015 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by jimbo2012 (Post 1035176)
they are looking for you chicken little, they have 12 likes, so only you and 11 others in the world. Don't worry in your case eat more meat the folks in ER will be waiting :wave:
Most of us would never dream of trying to change anyone's diet. What people eat is their choice entirely.

I don't know why some folks are so militant about food choices..

Eat what you like. Live long and prosper. I have my own views as to what is healthy.

Arctic Fox 03-26-2015 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1035180)
I have my own views as to what is healthy.
I hope red wine and dark chocolate top your list - they do mine :-)

jimbo2012 03-26-2015 04:46 PM
agree to that :wine:

Villages PL 03-26-2015 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by rubicon (Post 1034573)
Why is it that people who are primarily vegans obsess over other people's menu selections? Why don't they just live and let live? Why do they believe it is their religious duty to convert meatatarians

Why is it now that medical experts reversed their thinking concerning saturated fats, meat butter, etc, salt levels, coffee...............? leading to the latest the refrain of "a steak a day keeps the doctor away"?

Why is it that vegans never talk about the fact that meat is a very important source of nutrition and consumption of a little goes a longer way than a vegan diet and is especially essential to older people whose rate of absorption is compromised as they age?

What meat is the most consumed in the world? Goat meat and that has not even been mentioned in this thread.

Seniors biggest challenge is ensuring they are geting proper nutrition (period)
In U.S., 5% Consider Themselves Vegetarians

According to the above link, 5% of the population are vegetarians and only 2% are vegans. So why do people always feel so threatened by someone promoting vegetarianism or veganism? How bad can it be if the Seventh-day Adventists, on average, live ten years longer than the rest of the U.S. population?

jimbo2012 03-26-2015 05:03 PM
you my want to research that a bit, not 2%.


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