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I truly believe some of the doctors cause this theory. They will tell people to

give up meat and have baked chicken and fish. I think the patient has no idea

since they have high cholesterol and think the doc put them on a vegetarian

diet. Many non-vegs think cutting out red meat is a huge change and such a

restricted diet. My ex-butcher Uncle had no clue what to eat when beef was

taken from his diet. He called himself a vegetarian.

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Janet Brown <vegjlbrown

 

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:11:44

 

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Hi. I just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Janet. I have been

vegetarian for over 5 years, and am excited to be a member of this

group. I had to laugh at some of the restaurant experiences as I have

had the same problem. I am from an area of Texas that seems to have

trouble understanding what vegetarian is. Eating out is very difficult

because often I will be told that there is no meat in a vegetable dish,

then when it is brought to the table it will have meat. Also, I have

found that many people think being a vegetarian means that you don't

want large pieces of meat, but small pieces are okay??!! It can be

really frustrating at times. I'm glad to have found a group where

others are dealing with the same sort of experiences.

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, thelilacflower wrote:

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> I truly believe some of the doctors cause this theory. They will

tell people to give up meat and have baked chicken and fish. I think

the patient has no idea since they have high cholesterol and think the

doc put them on a vegetarian diet. Many non-vegs think cutting out

red meat is a huge change and such a restricted diet. My ex-butcher

Uncle had no clue what to eat when beef was taken from his diet. He

called himself a vegetarian.

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Donna, you know, this just happened to me! I recently went to the

doctor, had a bunch of tests done and my cholesterol was a little too

high (genetics). He said I should eat chicken and fish. I said I

would not, that I had been eating vegetarian food for the last 25

years. Beef, chicken and fish all have 70 mg cholesterol per 100

grams (it is not a secret, it is in any nutritional table) all the

same! I guess flesh is flesh. So eating a piece of chicken instead

of an equal size piece of beef will no do much for your cholesterol

level, so why are they advising this? Of course, organ meats,

shrimp/crab/lobster and eggs are much worse (....but he did not say

anything about that). The really sad part of this is that apparently

MDs know very little about nutrition, but they are THE DOCTOR so

people believe that they do, and they take their bad advice. This way

the medical establishment can sell you statin drugs to lower your

cholesterol. Advising people to take on a vegan or low fat vegetarian

diet will not make profits for the medical/pharmaceutical industry.