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  1. Lou

    NBC-Vegan/Veg*t Diet May Lower Risk of Certain Illnesses.

    Has a Plant based diet ever gotten so much good press? https://www.eatingwell.com/the-planetary-health-diet-can-lower-your-risk-of-early-death-by-30-percent-8663056
  2. Lou

    Literature What are you currently reading?

    Started an another audio book series. The series is the Eastwind Witches, by Nova Nelson. I've listened to the first book in the series and so far so good. Total fantasy. They are supernatural mysteries similar to the TV show Grimm and the series, the Dresden Files. A decent mystery...
  3. Lou

    The Everything Animal Thread

  4. Lou

    Radio What Podcast Are You Listening To?

    Here is a new one that just started on a one-a-week basis. It's a series and there will be six. Animal In a broken world, what can we gain by looking another animal in the eye? Join the writer Sam Anderson on a six-part, round-the-world journey in search of an answer. The first one was about a...
  5. Lou

    NBC-Vegan/Veg*t Diet May Lower Risk of Certain Illnesses.

    oh. I understand now. This is like being a flexatarian. But doing it for the planet or for your health. NOT for the animals. Yeah. **** animals. What have they ever done for me. Planet-first diet cuts risk of early death by nearly a third, study says Closely following a planet-friendly diet of...
  6. Lou

    Literature What are you currently reading?

    I finished another audio book, Murder at the Dinner Party, by C.J. Archer. This is the 8th book in the Cleopatra Fox series. This one was a little different from the rest because it had something like 3 mysteries combined. I always enjoy C.J. Archer's audio books which are free at Hoopla. I'm...
  7. Lou

    NBC-Vegan/Veg*t Diet May Lower Risk of Certain Illnesses.

    Calm Down. I forgot to link the article but you would find that the article addresses your concerns. According to the article, The diet aims to increase consumption of healthy foods including: Vegetables Fruits Whole grains Legumes Nuts While decreasing the consumption of foods like...
  8. Lou

    NBC-Vegan/Veg*t Diet May Lower Risk of Certain Illnesses.

    Oops. I forgot to link the article https://www.cbsnews.com/news/planetary-health-diet-reduce-risk-of-early-death-study/
  9. Lou

    How big are factory farms?

    Animal rights comes to ‘America’s Provence’ and farmers are worried Sonoma County ballot measure asks voters in rural region to ban what critics call factory farms. In November, voters will weigh in on a proposal to prohibit large poultry and livestock operations, which activists say are...
  10. Lou

    NBC-Vegan/Veg*t Diet May Lower Risk of Certain Illnesses.

    Diet to live longer AND save the planet Introducing the Planetary Health Diet.
  11. Lou

    Question Protein needs

    Yes. in fact that is pretty much what everyone says. But being that your current weight is so far from your goal weight - there might be some adjustments or considerations. Come to think of it you really should consult a doctor and maybe have him refer you to a Registered Dietician. Generally...
  12. Lou

    Birthdays

    🎵🎵 I hear its your Birthday, It's my birthday, too. Yeah. 🎶🎶
  13. Lou

    Meal prep ideas?

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/07/well/eat/meal-prep-healthy-eating.html It's really no secret. I've been doing meal prep on Sundays for like 40 years. Although now that I'm retired it's not such a big deal. And 40 years ago it mostly consisted of baking a chicken and 4 baked potatoes. And...
  14. Lou

    Nutrition & Diet The Dairy Thread

    Spent the last 5 minutes trying to come up with something clever or funny about this. but somethings just defy comments. https://gizmodo.com/raw-milk-sales-up-bird-flu-h5n1-tiktok-usda-cdc-fda-1851476916
  15. Lou

    Keeping a pet: vegan or non-vegan?

    one of my favorite memes. And entirely relevant.
  16. Lou

    Literature What are you currently reading?

    I'm not done but I'm far enough in to realize that there is going to be a sequel. I just looked it up and it doesn't come out till January. Arg. Anyway, I liked this book better than the first. I confess that every time I came to an x-rated scene I skipped ahead which helped.
  17. Lou

    Vegan dog food

    This just in...... https://vegnews.com/vegan-health-wellness/is-kibble-the-best-dog-food-earth-animal
  18. Lou

    Whole Food Hangry Hanger

    at the risk of sounding falsely humble.... I don't deserve any congrats. I never was able to lose weight just by trying. Getting so sick I couldn't eat for weeks is what did it. And keeping the weight off has not been a personal accomplishment. I swear it's like second nature. I don't even have...
  19. Lou

    Vegan dog food

    We have (or had) a member here named Vegan Dogs. I had some trouble with that link - but you can search for her. I think she is the authority on the subject. We also have quite a few threads on the subject https://www.veganforum.org/threads/pet-food.1343/#post-483570...
  20. Lou

    Whole Food Hangry Hanger

    I'm not a very good source of info about losing weight. At my worst I was 20 pounds overweight. and I tried all kinds of stuff to lose weight. I got sick, lost 20 pounds and now I find staying at a healthy weight to be automatic. IMHO, it's partly the gut biome. If yours is un-healthy then...