I’ve been vegan almost 3 yrs now, going vegan after reading peer-reviewed studies on the effect of the diet on diabetes. My diabetic uncle was on dialysis for years, had both legs amputated, and died of a massive infection. This guy was a colonel in the Army Reserves, motorcycle enthusiast, and ‘man’s man’ who wouldn’t take any advice for managing his health.
I’ve been diabetic about 12 years. For blacks such as myself, one of the most frequent complications is kidney failure. My kidney tests come back in the normal range all the time - and after this long as a diabetic there is generally some decrease in function.
For some people, going vegan or vegetarian, is one of the best things they can do for their health. It is still a free society, President Obama not withstanding. If you want to eat meat, eat all you want. I’m going to stick with the veggies and beans and protect my health.
I don’t know why people (and not just here on FR) have a need to make remarks about what people eat. You eat vegetables too, you know, I just happen to eat more of them. Actually, what people eat really doesn’t deserve comment, but since some one reading these boards may be diabetic or have other issues that relate to kidney health, I’m going to speak up and encourage people to put more vegetables and less meat in their diet.
Merry Christmas!
Vegans are the worlds worst people for "going on about what people eat", this article is a prime example. Fake reports trying to push people to an all vegan diet. Yep, I eat veggies, but I also gobble as much meat as I can and I always will.
I don’t know why people (and not just here on FR) have a need to make remarks about what people eat. You eat vegetables too, you know, I just happen to eat more of them. Actually, what people eat really doesn’t deserve comment, but since some one reading these boards may be diabetic or have other issues that relate to kidney health, I’m going to speak up and encourage people to put more vegetables and less meat in their diet.”
Everything you have said in your comment is just so, ... rational. Well stated. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
It is an individual thing. Your age, gender and all-the-other-stuff-you-can't-know are factors.
Sorry about your uncle.
From a forty-year vegetarian, Merry Christmas to you, to other Freeper herbivore types, to omnivores, meat partisans, and everyone else!
Good for you. My mom was on the ESRD diet for 10 years. It kept her off of dialysis.
I figured I would be going on the same diet eventually, but found out I have to avoid some of the very foods my mom ate and follow a different diet, even though I love beans and vegetables.
Clinical Ramifications of Malabsorption of Fructose and Other Short-chain Carbohydrates