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LWolf

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2. I haven't tried to go vegetarian or vegan,

Reply to sendero (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 12, 2013, 06:15 PM

Dec 2013

but I've cut meat down to about once a week at one meal.

I'm healthier. If we all did this, people AND the planet would be healthier.

I don't like soy "faux meat." I don't like soy, period. And it doesn't like me.

I've found success using Quorn as a protein alternative.

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This is good news... sendero Dec 2013 #1

I haven't tried to go vegetarian or vegan, LWolf Dec 2013 #2

I am a vegetarian and I love Quorn's faux meats. RebelOne Dec 2013 #4

I tried lots of meat substitutes.. sendero Dec 2013 #5

they can do a pretty good job replicating chicken stuff, but beef is trickier. dionysus Dec 2013 #7

I think getting the protein from other sources LWolf Dec 2013 #8

quorn and morningstar both make pretty good stuff. i'll eat it even though i still enjoy meat dionysus Dec 2013 #6

There was this vegan Chinese place I used to go to sakabatou Dec 2013 #3

I'm going to give up everything except... Neoma Dec 2013 #9

It is just rebalancing of global consumption along with more equivalent standards of living FarCenter Dec 2013 #10