What are your personal goals and boundaries for the Veggie board?
#356611 - 03/11/10 09:10 PM
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It would be nice to have clarification of what the goals and boundaries of this board actually are. What are yours?
It was my initial impression that it would be a place where one could share the benefits of learning how to eat (at least some meals) absent animal meat, and at least part of the time towards improving our health, thus decreasing our exposure to toxins and unhealthy food demons... and actually enjoy them!
In my personal experince, veggie eating can be absolutely and wonderfully palatable, absent deprivation, amazingly surprising even to me. Even so, old habits and tastebuds for some things can be slow to die for some of us. (I still love homemade chicken noodle soup, Thanksgiving turkey, St. Patrick's cornbeef, and roast beef at Christmas). These things are tied in with nice memories of the past.
No matter how often you eat IBS-safe turkey, chicken, and fish is not necessarily the issue for everyone. Learning to not eat some things as often can help one's overall health, and help save our world as we know it.
Thus supplementing with vegetarian here and there can be of benefit to new ideas, general health, and even excitement to wake up our taste buds while improving our health, quality of life, and longevity absent unwelcomed disasterous diseases that might easily be avoided with some simple education and encouragement. Meanwhile, we are helping stomp out cruelty to animals, wasted lands for growing grains to feed them (while humans are starving), etc. etc.
For me, much has to do with seasoning recipes to my personal palate. Good sources for organic products are helpful to me, and I welcome those. I prefer organic for a number of reasons, including avoiding a lot of toxins that are not good for our bodies and can often cause health issues. I also welcome sources for good quality peripheral food products (brands, etc.) and recipes.
I do hope that soon we have a category for veggie recipes (or an icon to flag them) on the Eating for IBS board. Heather and staff is working on this.
I am fully aware that organic products are somewhat more costly. Even so, I would rather eat the best I can and enjoy my meals, rather than spend more than this difference on doctor bills for health issues.
What are your personal goals and what do you think the boundaries of this board should be as far as input towards that... i.e. what you you find helpful? What would not be helpful?
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Edited by Heather (03/12/10 11:33 AM)
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has broad guidelines on the front page of the forum:
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This forum offers a happy home for people already following or interested in a vegetarian / vegan version of the Eating for IBS diet
Beyond that, I'm not going to impose any restrictions, instructions, lectures, etc. on what people can take from or give to the boards. It's up to them.
I don't really care if there are vast differences between what one person wants from this board versus another. There will hopefully be enough contributions here to make it an interesting and helpful place for everyone with IBS and any veggie leanings.
Personally, I'll be following what people say about veggie eating in restaurants. I find that challenging, and seafood is often my fallback option if I want to be able to eat anything that's IBS safe. Too many restaurants still load up their veggie options with cheese or try to point me to a big green salad. Obviously neither is an option.
I'll be interested to see how others handle this and hope to get some good tips.
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Thanks, Heather! 
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Again I love Noodles and Co because you can get tofu on any meal there or go protein-less. Asian is the best for vegan eating IMO. For other restaurants I just hope they have a veggie burger. I still eat seafood so I can fall back on that. I am not so vegan that I don't eat seafood or fish sauce or worry about egg bits. At home I eat a friend's chicken eggs and try to not buy anything with normal eggs. At restaurants it is a lot harder to be strict unless you go to a veggie restaurant.
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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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from at those restaurants. Classic American (or even worse, fancy French) are the ones where I pretty much have to default to seafood or sit there and eat nothing but the bread basket.
This actually is fine with me, as I love ethnic food and would happily stick to all those great restaurants. It's harder with groups where everyone else wants a standard traditional meal or, God forbid, a steakhouse. I still find myself eating in advance because the odds are so low I'll be able to get a safe meal at those places.
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