Article: Vegetarian Athletes

http://www.nealhendrickson.com/McDougall/030900.htm
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SuzyQ
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Hey Suzy, just an aside, but I once actually tried to do the McDougall diet.
Can you say Mega Yuck! I don't eat a lot of animal protein, but boy did I
get sick on that one.


"SuzyQ" wrote in message
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SuzyQ
Weight 124
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I'm not a big meat eater, but McDougall is a little radical for me. I do
like to read all the benefits from all the different plans and then
incorporate what I can into my plan. Lots of fruits and vegetables is the
way to go for me, but not total vegan.
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SuzyQ
Weight 124
WW Lifetime Membership Feb 03

"Lesanne" wrote in message
t...
Hey Suzy, just an aside, but I once actually tried to do the McDougall
diet.
Can you say Mega Yuck! I don't eat a lot of animal protein, but boy did I
get sick on that one.


"SuzyQ" wrote in message
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http://www.nealhendrickson.com/McDougall/030900.htm
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SuzyQ
Weight 124
WW Lifetime Membership Feb 03

McDougall is Abusive if you ask me, but whatever. I would Love to be
vegetarian, but have to settle for just eating high quality protein. I have
tried it a lot, and I get ill after a few weeks of no animal protein at all.
So I stick to the "better" choices, fish, free range poultry, occational
bison.

"SuzyQ" wrote in message
...
I'm not a big meat eater, but McDougall is a little radical for me. I do
like to read all the benefits from all the different plans and then
incorporate what I can into my plan. Lots of fruits and vegetables is the
way to go for me, but not total vegan.
--
SuzyQ
Weight 124
WW Lifetime Membership Feb 03

"Lesanne" wrote in message
t...
Hey Suzy, just an aside, but I once actually tried to do the McDougall
diet.
Can you say Mega Yuck! I don't eat a lot of animal protein, but boy did
I
get sick on that one.


"SuzyQ" wrote in message
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http://www.nealhendrickson.com/McDougall/030900.htm
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SuzyQ
Weight 124
WW Lifetime Membership Feb 03

From my learning in biology, we, humans, were designed to be
omnivorous. Neither totally carnivorous nor totally herbivorous. A
healthy mix should serve us well.

A friend was a vegetarian for a number of years. He started feeling
awful. His NATUROPATHIC doctor did a series of tests and found that my
friend was 'failing to thrive.' That naturopathic doctor told him he
needed real animal protein in his diet daily - that vegetarianism was
not working and his health was suffering. Now, this is probably
unusual but for some folks, they need animal protein.

On Sat, 04 Oct 2003 15:26:16 GMT, "Lesanne"
wrote:

McDougall is Abusive if you ask me, but whatever. I would Love to be
vegetarian, but have to settle for just eating high quality protein. I have
tried it a lot, and I get ill after a few weeks of no animal protein at all.
So I stick to the "better" choices, fish, free range poultry, occational
bison.

"SuzyQ" wrote in message
...
I'm not a big meat eater, but McDougall is a little radical for me. I do
like to read all the benefits from all the different plans and then
incorporate what I can into my plan. Lots of fruits and vegetables is the
way to go for me, but not total vegan.
--
SuzyQ
Weight 124
WW Lifetime Membership Feb 03

"Lesanne" wrote in message
t...
Hey Suzy, just an aside, but I once actually tried to do the McDougall
diet.
Can you say Mega Yuck! I don't eat a lot of animal protein, but boy did
I
get sick on that one.


"SuzyQ" wrote in message
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http://www.nealhendrickson.com/McDougall/030900.htm
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SuzyQ
Weight 124
WW Lifetime Membership Feb 03

You know I did some thinking on this once, because I have a friend who is
vegetarian and really thrives on it. And you know I am sure someone who
thrives on Atkins like diets? (those also make me sick) Anyway, I wondered
if genetics did not play some sort of part in this. We americans are such a
mix. An extreme would be the traditional eskimo diet. I have a friend in
Alaska who says the indians near where she lives were sickened when their
diets changed as a result of the influx of white types. The other extreme
would be the indians in Mexico who largely lived on beans and rice, then
began to add fat meat to everything, got diabetes, et al. I think people
really need to use trial and error to find the diet that causes them to
thrive. For me it is small amounts of lean proteins and tons of fruits and
veggies. I have to really watch refined stuff, makes me shaky and hyper.


"Fred" wrote in message
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From my learning in biology, we, humans, were designed to be
omnivorous. Neither totally carnivorous nor totally herbivorous. A
healthy mix should serve us well.

A friend was a vegetarian for a number of years. He started feeling
awful. His NATUROPATHIC doctor did a series of tests and found that my
friend was 'failing to thrive.' That naturopathic doctor told him he
needed real animal protein in his diet daily - that vegetarianism was
not working and his health was suffering. Now, this is probably
unusual but for some folks, they need animal protein.

On Sat, 04 Oct 2003 15:26:16 GMT, "Lesanne"
wrote:

McDougall is Abusive if you ask me, but whatever. I would Love to be
vegetarian, but have to settle for just eating high quality protein. I
have
tried it a lot, and I get ill after a few weeks of no animal protein at
all.
So I stick to the "better" choices, fish, free range poultry, occational
bison.

"SuzyQ" wrote in message
...
I'm not a big meat eater, but McDougall is a little radical for me. I
do
like to read all the benefits from all the different plans and then
incorporate what I can into my plan. Lots of fruits and vegetables is
the
way to go for me, but not total vegan.
--
SuzyQ
Weight 124
WW Lifetime Membership Feb 03

"Lesanne" wrote in message
t...
Hey Suzy, just an aside, but I once actually tried to do the
McDougall
diet.
Can you say Mega Yuck! I don't eat a lot of animal protein, but boy
did
I
get sick on that one.


"SuzyQ" wrote in message
...
http://www.nealhendrickson.com/McDougall/030900.htm
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SuzyQ
Weight 124
WW Lifetime Membership Feb 03

Good point about genetics. Extreme or even not so extreme
environments eliminated those who could not survive the food sources
available.

On Sun, 05 Oct 2003 15:30:08 GMT, "Lesanne"
wrote:

You know I did some thinking on this once, because I have a friend who is
vegetarian and really thrives on it. And you know I am sure someone who
thrives on Atkins like diets? (those also make me sick) Anyway, I wondered
if genetics did not play some sort of part in this. We americans are such a
mix. An extreme would be the traditional eskimo diet. I have a friend in
Alaska who says the indians near where she lives were sickened when their
diets changed as a result of the influx of white types. The other extreme
would be the indians in Mexico who largely lived on beans and rice, then
began to add fat meat to everything, got diabetes, et al. I think people
really need to use trial and error to find the diet that causes them to
thrive. For me it is small amounts of lean proteins and tons of fruits and
veggies. I have to really watch refined stuff, makes me shaky and hyper.


"Fred" wrote in message
.. .
From my learning in biology, we, humans, were designed to be
omnivorous. Neither totally carnivorous nor totally herbivorous. A
healthy mix should serve us well.

A friend was a vegetarian for a number of years. He started feeling
awful. His NATUROPATHIC doctor did a series of tests and found that my
friend was 'failing to thrive.' That naturopathic doctor told him he
needed real animal protein in his diet daily - that vegetarianism was
not working and his health was suffering. Now, this is probably
unusual but for some folks, they need animal protein.

On Sat, 04 Oct 2003 15:26:16 GMT, "Lesanne"
wrote:

McDougall is Abusive if you ask me, but whatever. I would Love to be
vegetarian, but have to settle for just eating high quality protein. I
have
tried it a lot, and I get ill after a few weeks of no animal protein at
all.
So I stick to the "better" choices, fish, free range poultry, occational
bison.

"SuzyQ" wrote in message
...
I'm not a big meat eater, but McDougall is a little radical for me. I
do
like to read all the benefits from all the different plans and then
incorporate what I can into my plan. Lots of fruits and vegetables is
the
way to go for me, but not total vegan.
--
SuzyQ
Weight 124
WW Lifetime Membership Feb 03

"Lesanne" wrote in message
t...
Hey Suzy, just an aside, but I once actually tried to do the
McDougall
diet.
Can you say Mega Yuck! I don't eat a lot of animal protein, but boy
did
I
get sick on that one.


"SuzyQ" wrote in message
...
http://www.nealhendrickson.com/McDougall/030900.htm
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SuzyQ
Weight 124
WW Lifetime Membership Feb 03