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  1. Odinson
    Then she needs to do a bit of research, because your/her statement is misinformed. Most of the staples of a whole food plant-based diet is zero VAT rated in SA and cheap as chips. If you want to live off of goji berries and meat replacement then it can be expensive. Also, I’m assuming if your wife is in private practice, then she’s not consulting with the poorest of the poor, so I can’t see how a whole food plant-based is out of reach for her patients. Have her read the BROAD study. Mandatory reading for any dietician.
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    Many people don’t go vegan because they don’t like the taste of animal flesh, but because they don’t want to participate in a system which is cruel and unnecessary, one which is detrimental to their health and which is an ecological nightmare. It’s that simple.
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    Pretty significant when The Economist pegs 2019 as 'The Year of the Vegan'' https://worldin2019.economist.com/theyearofthevegan?utm_source=412&utm_medium=COM
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    Let me be fair. I’m not blinded to dismiss any pro-meat/anti-vegan out of hand. The opinion piece you posted however is blatantly biased and makes use of selective and questionable sources. I’ve been careful to not state that veganism is the climate change silver bullet. It is however one of the most significant personal changes one can make to reducing their carbon footprint. There’s a hell of a lot of industries and practices that are polluting and they’ll need different solutions. I think that addressing climate change needs a bigger bottom up approach. People sitting idly by and waiting for governments to start taking charge will not solve this problem. We need to be active citizens.
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    ******* Pekkles. Joking aside, there’s a bigger picture here, Patch. Even though the plight of animals forcibly bred into the system of animal agriculture lies close to my heart, the environmental aspect is just as important, if not more so. Why? Because without a healthy environment, there won’t be a diversity of fauna and flora, including humans. It is in our collective interest to mitigate climate change as far as practicable. Research and common sense tells us that a plant-based diet is one method of slashing your carbon footprint.
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    A researcher whose field of study is livestock production efficiency, writing a pro-meat/anti-vegan OPINION PIECE with the conclusion: Not-so-thinly veiled industry funded garbage and self-promotion for research funding $$$.
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    How so?
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    Whoop! Whoop! Don't be too tough on yourself either. If you've got any kind of health/performance goals you'd like to hit, I'd stronlgy suggest focussing on whole plant foods. Check out the pyramid below (just a guide obviously) Lots of good resources here too: https://plantproof.com/ Surprisingly, they (Veganuary) have a lot of SA specific info available - 'accidentally vegan' foods, etc. So be sure to check those mails.
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    Clock's ticking and 2019 is staring us all square in the face. Thus, I want to invite all of the readers of this thread to join in Veganuary. https://veganuary.com/ All the info you need can be found on their website. I can understand that for some it might seem like an insurmountable challenge, but I can assure you that it is not. Yes, you'll need to do some reading, planning and experimentation, but such is life. Anything worth doing requires work. It's that simple. However, just a couple of days in and you'll realise how simple it is. In the foreword to his book 'Finding Ultra', Rich Roll made quite a poignant statement which is quite relatable to the above: "The priority is no longer self-actualization. Nor is it contribution. Personal responsibility has been exchanged for victimhood. Challenge is to be avoided. Comfort is king." There is nothing to lose.
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    You've given this a try, Pieter?
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    Also try a black bean patty. I’ve got a couple of recipes I’ll share on the vegan recipes thread.
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    They're rebooting and didn't name it 'Persons in Black'?! *triggered*
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    Ha! Had the link to the video sitting in my mails, but forgot to post it here. Personally, if it can be brought to market at a lower cost point than conventional animal products and can largely collapse traditional animal agriculture, I'm all for it. It has ethical and environmental benefits. At the moment, a lot of the 'meat' being produced is not strictly vegan, as they often use fetal bovine serum as the growth medium, but there are and will be plant-based mediums in the future. Will I personally be chowing down on 'steaks' and 'chicken' nuggets in the future? I doubt it. It's still animal protein, so still has the negative health implications of saturated fat, IGF-1, etc. It's most definitely a step in the right direction and it'll be interesting to see what the future holds.
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    Thanks, Cpt. Obvious!
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    Gymnast Shawn put to sleep after breaking leg https://youtu.be/NMsLg4jqlJw
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    All 4 at once.
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    Not really what you want in a collision. You want the energy to be dissipated. That's why modern cars have crumple zones. If your car isn't absorbing the energy, your body probably will.
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    Seeing that I now have the most numerous post count, I may claim the title of the 'One True Thor'. I've said this before: you can go really deep down the vegan rabbit hole, if you want to pound down spirulina and acai smoothies and Beyond Burgers, but if you focus your day to day meals on whole plant foods (beans, greens, veggies and fruits) then it needn't be expensive. Watch this space: I'll do a vegan-on-cheap challenge when I'm in SA again. Will post the results here.
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    In regards to eating out, I think a major issue is that you have restaurant management asking chefs to create a vegan option, whereas they have little to perhaps no experience in putting together proper plant-based meals. Thus, you often end up with crappy burgers, pastas, etc. This perpetuates the myth that 'vegan food' is bland crap, whereas the world of flavours in plant-based cooking, IMO, is that much more varied than traditional fair.
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    There's basically two schools now when it comes to 'mock meats' or 'meat analogues' - whatever you want to call it. The first is the old-school Quorn and supermarket house brand veggie type patties, schnitzels, etc. Those are usually dry and flavorless. Then you get the new school. Impossible Meats and Beyond Burger (can also count companies like Gardein here). Meat analogues that can fool a lot of meat eaters. Those are the ones you want to go for if you absolutely have to have a meat type meal. I gorged on vegan junk food when in NYC and Cali recently and the level that those guys operate at is something else. The taste of the mock chicken, beef, bacon, etc. is uncanny.
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    From a Pinkbike article on some new Rocky Mountain e-bike: Read it in Sanders' raspy, throaty tone, with some finger wagging for extra measure. Brilliant!
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    Dey terk er tredz.
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    So many Yanks on here. Must be folks coming to get lessons in US politics from Patch, Eldron and Delarey.
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    What did you get? I'm not big on the 'mock meat' stuff. It may be plant-based (though a lot of it is vegetarian), but it's also a highly processed food. I'll do some digging to see what's around, if you've got a hankering for a thick, juicy sausage that absolutely needs to be met.
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