Deebles McBeebles wrote: » Agree completely that its been done to death. There is an awful lot of uninformed hate for a diet. Its actually not worth reading these threads once you've seen one.
Johanna Helpful Backstroke wrote: » Great this is now another generic veganism after hours thread. Need a "Talking sh!t about veganism" subforum. Or just a blog by Gozunda called 'I ****ing hate vegans, the loudmouthed pricks'.
gozunda wrote: » Aggreed its the amount of absolute ****e being pushed as fact which has been done to death. Interesting that you would comment on vegans being attacked in this thread and when that is done to other posters for no other reason than aggression - they get a thanks from you and others. But hey well done CQD, Deebles McBeebles & seamus. You are great bunch of lads for sure!
sabat wrote: » I'd say a lot of those people have eating disorders for which veganism provides a cover.
mathie wrote: » It's not just soy that's used to feed livestock though. The ratios below are the crux of the issue.
A new study by FAO and published in Global Food Security found that livestock rely primarily on forages, crop residues and by-products that are not edible to humans and that certain production systems contribute directly to global food security, as they produce more highly valuable nutrients for humans, such as proteins, than they consume. “I came to realize that people are continually exposed to incorrect information about livestock and the environment that is repeated without being challenged, in particular about livestock feed,” ...This study determines that 86% of livestock feed is not suitable for human consumption. If not consumed by livestock, crop residues and by-products could quickly become an environmental burden as the human population grows and consumes more and more processed food.
Boulevardier wrote: » I would love to see a campaign for restaurants to advertise themselves as "vegan free." They could ensure that all their dishes, including sides, have some sort of animal produce in them be it butter, egg or honey.
Deleted User wrote: » I think what rubs people up the wrong way about the vegans is the self righteous pontification aspect of it..
Unearthly wrote: » I am getting close to winning the vegan myth bingo Just need someone to say where do they get their protein
Deebles McBeebles wrote: » I assume thats the post you're talking about ^^^ I thanked it for the first 2 lines, which is made clear in my response. I'm not on your side of the argument as such but I haven't attacked you. If you feel attacked by one post imagine how vegans feel reading 90% of these threads.
sabat wrote: » Do you have reading comprehension difficulties? I said those people.
gozunda wrote: » Sure. I'll buy that... :rolleyes:
Sandor Clegane wrote: » All the fad diets are stupid, keto, Vegan, Carnivore etc...
Deebles McBeebles wrote: » If only you had left out your favourite passive aggressive emoji I might have bought that. I don't care what you or anyone else eats, I have no vested interest in it. I do see far more condescending and uninformed remarks coming from what you like to call the "omnivores" though.
MMXX wrote: » I actually feel really sorry for vegans, (I know you may be reading this thinking 'you don't need to feel sorry for me you ignorant fool.') - and that's OK. They're trying to do the right thing, for very noble reasons - but it is my strongly held belief, that their poor bodies will eventually pay the price for their mind's overrul-...ance - of their bodies. That's just my opinion though, I'm not trying to change anyone else's.
Effects wrote: » Yet these threads are full of meat eaters, spouting mistruths, and frothing at the mouth just because some people have a different diet to them.
gozunda wrote: » Its an emoji - it simply means I dont really believe that. Thanks for the apology though ... Looking at this thread- I'd say it's a out 50 / 50 tbh. And yes afaik the normal description is omnivore. But the ones screaming blue muder that the kids are being mean aren't generally those. I dont care what anyone eats either. Its no skin off my nose. It's when misinformation is held up as truth - then that's where things get shown up for being bs..
Deebles McBeebles wrote: » I don't care what you or anyone else eats, I have no vested interest in it. I do see far more condescending and uninformed remarks coming from what you like to call the "omnivores" though.
mathie wrote: » What's the misinformation you're talking about? That soy beans are mostly used for liverstock feed?
mathie wrote: » Why do you think that?
Deleted User wrote: » We saw one user cite an opinion piece about research rather than bothering to cite the original research for example -
Deleted User wrote: » before then going on in a later post to simply drop the "Processed meat causes cancer" link which is one of the most over cited - most misrepresented - things in recent history of this discussion
Deleted User wrote: » For example the aforementioned Processed Meats causing cancer issue which the papers fell all over themselves to report. If you wanted to write a news paper story and get clicks - would you report that processed meats can cause a 20% increase in your risks - or would you report that it increases your _overall life time risk_ from and an already existing baseline of 5% to a mere 6% and then _only if eaten daily consistently and in pretty above average amounts_?
Thelonious Monk wrote: » Well I don't believe you for a second. You posted a Twitter link above from someone where every one of his tweets is anti-plant diet. It's fine, it's your livelihood. It would be nice to get a definitive answer on soy growth once and for all however.
gozunda wrote: » I presume you must have missed it? Yes soy is primarily grown for oil. That oil gets extracted from the whole bean and what is left over (the soy meal) gets fed to animals. Thats all types of animals - pets, horses, fish, chickens, pigs and yes some cattle as well. And I'm not a fan of soy btw. Interestingly whilst the biggest proportion of soy is grown in the United States - I am against it being grown in the Amazon.
Assetbacked wrote: » The soybean meal "byproduct" of soybean oil extraction is edible though and could be used to feed humans rather than wasting this high protein feed on bulking up animals for the slaughter.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textured_vegetable_protein
seamus wrote: » I'm sure I could make a compilation of morbidly obese people on scooters and respirators and claim that it's evidence of how dangerous a non-vegan diet is. It'd be exactly as valid as the video in the op, and exactly as nonsensical. Kind of odd how people who have a problem with veganism are far louder and more obsessed about it than vegans themselves.
mathie wrote: » Articles tend to be more palatable than research papers.
mathie wrote: » Over-cited ... So it can't be referenced?
mathie wrote: » That's just over one sausage. For some people that's not a pretty above average amount.
gozunda wrote: » True it could. But you know that there is no shortage of food globally? That where there is hunger it is largely due to corruption and inequalityhttps://www.worldhunger.org/letter-food-shortage-world-questions/ Nice that you would suggest that we should use the soy meal from soy beans grown in places like the amazon! Imo there should be no use of the Amazon for the production of such foods imo. The facts are that the US is currently the largest producer of soybeans. Again most of that goes for oil and the what's left gets used for feedstuffs on the US. Theres nothing stopping food companies buying soy meal if they wish - the fact is they dont. In Ireland cattle and other livestock are mainly fed different types of fodder with a very small amount being used as supplementary feed. And as detailed previously Livestock use large areas of pastures where nothing else could be produced. Yes soy meal does get used more in poultry rearing and pig production - but a huge amount also gets used to make pet food and horse feeds.