Proteins come from beans. There are other things, but beans are the main source of vegetarian protein I'm aware of.
Ah, interesting. Internet also says pea-type vegetables are rich in protein.
Such as? I'm not aware of any necessary nutrient that you can't get from some plant, somewhere. I admit it's difficult (I'm not Vegan, myself) but I'm reasonably sure it can be done, and that you'd be healthier for it if you managed it well.
Oh you can get almost everything from plants, just not in reasonable quantities. Let's take calcium. I found a table for calcium content on this vegan website ( http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/calcium.htm#table1 ). Now, daily recommended intake of calcium is 1g for adults and 1.5g for pregnant or post-menopausal women. The richest-in-calcium vegetable is "collard greens", with 357 mg per cup. So to get your daily calcium, you need to eat 3 cups of that per day Or 5 tablespoons of "blackstrap molasses"
Then, there are still a couple things like vitamin B12 which are only found in animal products (or supplemented foods).
Nah not at all. Atkins works by cutting out carbs, almost entirely. From the sounds of this diet, "most plants" likely includes most fruits, and fruits have PLENTY of carbs.
Oh, ok. I thought the Atkins diet mostly cut out starches.
Well I have heard that heating foods destroys a lot of the nutrients in them. It probably IS healthier to not cook your food.
It's mostly funny because of eating raw meat. That's definitly not digestion-friendly. I've heard that too about vitamins being destroyed by cooking, but I never really checked...
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Diets: your opinion and would you follow them?
02/09/2009 04:09:56 PM
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I will answer no to all of them.
02/09/2009 04:12:52 PM
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Perhaps I should clarify, I'm not referring to these as 'loose weight" diets
02/09/2009 04:14:26 PM
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Re: Meh. No.
02/09/2009 04:19:35 PM
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I think for atkins the energy is based on protein
02/09/2009 04:23:23 PM
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You can't spell diet without die...
02/09/2009 04:37:07 PM
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I keep defending it and I'm not meaning too...
02/09/2009 04:42:15 PM
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Hence forwards I shall call you the Paleolithic Diet defender
02/09/2009 04:54:54 PM
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Not quite the same ring to it as 'Defender of the Earth'...
02/09/2009 08:23:37 PM
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She is young, even 'Defenders of the Earth' have to start somewhere....
02/09/2009 10:20:27 PM
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Re: Diets: your opinion and would you follow them?
02/09/2009 04:45:48 PM
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how do you fail to get protein
02/09/2009 04:50:45 PM
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Re: Diets: your opinion and would you follow them?
02/09/2009 04:58:40 PM
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you copied my answers *NM*
02/09/2009 06:08:34 PM
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IMO
02/09/2009 05:01:55 PM
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Comments on a few, just because.
02/09/2009 05:18:12 PM
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Heating food does not destroy a substantial amount of nutrients
02/09/2009 05:22:53 PM
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No? I thought it did. I've definitely read some stuff to that effect.
02/09/2009 05:25:36 PM
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like i said, it's true enough it can be said...
02/09/2009 05:28:55 PM
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Commentation!
02/09/2009 06:06:31 PM
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That's a very confusing question.
02/09/2009 05:09:01 PM
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Follow a specific diet? that would depend on the time scale.
02/09/2009 05:13:44 PM
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I'm of the opinion that the Raw Food Movement is the most idiotic thing I've heard
02/09/2009 05:15:18 PM
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Whydat?
02/09/2009 05:23:23 PM
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as i said earlier, it's a myth that cooking food affects positive nutrients on a practical level
02/09/2009 05:34:33 PM
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That being said, Steak Tartare is quite nice when done right
02/09/2009 06:11:28 PM
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I like Thanksgiving food, which in moderation is very Mediteranean
02/09/2009 06:50:19 PM
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South Beach is the best.....I follow it, sometimes, kind of, no not really.....
02/09/2009 07:31:43 PM
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Re: Diets: your opinion and would you follow them?
02/09/2009 11:44:00 PM
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i'm just curious, but why are you vegetarian? *NM*
02/09/2009 11:46:27 PM
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