cloy wrote:
Vols wrote:
cloy wrote:
So, since everyone is using this new lingo (and not specifically to you): What is "Plant Based?"
Is it just another way of saying "flexitarian" or "reduce-itarian?" or part-time vegetarian?
It's basically the trendy new way of saying eating like you're supposed to - mostly unprocessed food from the ground or a tree, with the occasional lean meat.
I'm so excited the way I've eaten all along now has a name!
So... pretentious omnivore? It has all the social superiority of what only claiming vegan used to have, but none of the sacrifice!
I can have my [plant based] cake and eat it, too.
Call it what you want, but we all have choices of what constitutes a healthy diet. Your choice will not be everyone else's choice. Why act so elitist and condescending towards others? I tried vegan and it didn't work for me. On the other hand if someone feels that's best for them I say go for it. It doesn't affect me one way or another, so there is no point wasting energy on it.
My grandmother is 95 and a vegetarian. She always prepared meat for family meals. We never once judged her and she gave us equal respect. There is no secret diet. Just find what works for you and be willing to be flexible.