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Tom's Vegetarian Life-Saving Story
Please read Tom's vegetarian life-saving story!
I have a background that I have shared with others already -engineering degree, food industry product development, petroleum industry laboratory testing and instruments - and finally retired in the 90's. But during this time, I was married four times; yes, 4. The first was 10 years and yielded 4 children, all now in their 40's and successful (but not do to my bringing up - their good mother did the work.) Then, I married an another great lady, and that union lasted 20 years. We traveled everywhere (on business, mostly), but I got to see Europe and much of the U.S., anyway. Then tragedy hit. I think my wife was going through menopause or its early stages (I didn't know), and we were not communicating. So I became interested in my administrative asst., and we went off together. But that relationship only lasted about 3 years including a year of marriage following my divorce from wife #2.
Now, I say all that to get to this: my third wife was vegetarian. I decided that was okay, and lucky I did. About that time, I was diagnosed with colon cancer. I soon had the surgery, and coincidentally lost my vegan wife, my career and most of my "stuff." However, I found a new lady on the internet as I was wallowing in my defeat. She was my "Jersey girl" (I was in Texas), and after a couple month courtship, we decided to give it a try. Heck, she had to be okay - I was born in NJ. I flew back, picked her up and brought her home to Texas.
We hit it off well, and almost immediately decide to try church. We did, but happened to hit a Pentecostal church, and the rest is history. God took over and changed our lives. And He has been running things ever since.
But one critical aspect was my cancer. After surgery, I did fine, and in one of the follow-up checks, an oncologist told my wife and I that the biggest single cause of colon cancer is the eating of meat. Well, we were vegetarians now (I had converted my Jersey girl), and then I thought back. Before my cancer, I had as many as 6 polyps in my colon at an exam. After the surgery and becoming vegetarian, I had never had another one. And now after 16 years, I just had another colonoscopy (every three years), and still no signs of any growths in the colon.
Finally, the sad part - this year, my second wife who was the one who "fed me meat" all those years, died of cancer. My kids were very sad because she had been almost a second mom to them. But I now realize - if I hadn't left as I did, I might never have known, and might very well have eventually gotten an inoperable cancer, too, like she did, and died. Turning vegetarian, very likely saved my life, and I didn't even know it at the time.
It's not the whole story, but perhaps it will help someone who is doubtful. Don't let 'em talk to me - I'll have them convinced in no time, or is that, "know time"?
I have a background that I have shared with others already -engineering degree, food industry product development, petroleum industry laboratory testing and instruments - and finally retired in the 90's. But during this time, I was married four times; yes, 4. The first was 10 years and yielded 4 children, all now in their 40's and successful (but not do to my bringing up - their good mother did the work.) Then, I married an another great lady, and that union lasted 20 years. We traveled everywhere (on business, mostly), but I got to see Europe and much of the U.S., anyway. Then tragedy hit. I think my wife was going through menopause or its early stages (I didn't know), and we were not communicating. So I became interested in my administrative asst., and we went off together. But that relationship only lasted about 3 years including a year of marriage following my divorce from wife #2.
Now, I say all that to get to this: my third wife was vegetarian. I decided that was okay, and lucky I did. About that time, I was diagnosed with colon cancer. I soon had the surgery, and coincidentally lost my vegan wife, my career and most of my "stuff." However, I found a new lady on the internet as I was wallowing in my defeat. She was my "Jersey girl" (I was in Texas), and after a couple month courtship, we decided to give it a try. Heck, she had to be okay - I was born in NJ. I flew back, picked her up and brought her home to Texas.
We hit it off well, and almost immediately decide to try church. We did, but happened to hit a Pentecostal church, and the rest is history. God took over and changed our lives. And He has been running things ever since.
But one critical aspect was my cancer. After surgery, I did fine, and in one of the follow-up checks, an oncologist told my wife and I that the biggest single cause of colon cancer is the eating of meat. Well, we were vegetarians now (I had converted my Jersey girl), and then I thought back. Before my cancer, I had as many as 6 polyps in my colon at an exam. After the surgery and becoming vegetarian, I had never had another one. And now after 16 years, I just had another colonoscopy (every three years), and still no signs of any growths in the colon.
Finally, the sad part - this year, my second wife who was the one who "fed me meat" all those years, died of cancer. My kids were very sad because she had been almost a second mom to them. But I now realize - if I hadn't left as I did, I might never have known, and might very well have eventually gotten an inoperable cancer, too, like she did, and died. Turning vegetarian, very likely saved my life, and I didn't even know it at the time.
It's not the whole story, but perhaps it will help someone who is doubtful. Don't let 'em talk to me - I'll have them convinced in no time, or is that, "know time"?
Any one ever used ....
Ras El Hanout (spice) in Moroccan cooking? There was a recipe in "Vegetarian Times" that called for it. I have a recipe to make the blend, but wanted to know if anyone had experience using it.
Thank you.
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Parnips
Any really good recipes out there that you enjoy? Easy to prepare, would be helpful.
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Thank you.
Indian tacos
Before Christmas we went to Arizona to visit family. We really looked forward to having fry bread again for the first time in a few years. When we got it though we all agreed the Indian tacos weren't as good as the last time we'd been there. So I decided to make my own for Christmas day.
You can find fry bread recipes on the Internet, but I am a huge fan of quick-and-easy so I bought a couple of rolls of refrigerated buttermilk biscuit dough. I rolled each biscuit out as thin as I could and then fried it in a pan of oil, turning once so each side was golden brown and the inside soft. We topped them with vegetarian black beans, shredded lettuce, shredded cheese, and salsa, but you can use whatever taco toppings you like. Fry bread is also delicious sprinkled with powdered sugar and drizzled with honey.
You can find fry bread recipes on the Internet, but I am a huge fan of quick-and-easy so I bought a couple of rolls of refrigerated buttermilk biscuit dough. I rolled each biscuit out as thin as I could and then fried it in a pan of oil, turning once so each side was golden brown and the inside soft. We topped them with vegetarian black beans, shredded lettuce, shredded cheese, and salsa, but you can use whatever taco toppings you like. Fry bread is also delicious sprinkled with powdered sugar and drizzled with honey.
What.......Is...Your.....Favorite...Breakfast ?
i need help.... with breakfast...... i only use... soy milk....in my cereals
someone.... wrote kashi ... now.... i've tryed...kashi b4.... will try again...
any fruit used ? can u.... share ?
ps i posted a zucchini boat... recipe in the group also.... any one like zucchini ?
someone.... wrote kashi ... now.... i've tryed...kashi b4.... will try again...
any fruit used ? can u.... share ?
ps i posted a zucchini boat... recipe in the group also.... any one like zucchini ?
Happy ..New..Year 2012
.. wishin...u all.. a happy new...year.... may...all..your..wishes..come..true...
... i do nott kno... where... the ppl are that ..manage..an moderate... this group..
so...maybe..in the coming year... we can make this group... a..really...good an
... interesting... one.. with..many..recipes... an.. new..ways...of cooking...
... i do nott kno... where... the ppl are that ..manage..an moderate... this group..
so...maybe..in the coming year... we can make this group... a..really...good an
... interesting... one.. with..many..recipes... an.. new..ways...of cooking...
Merry Christmas.....
....wut kinds...of meals..... do u.... share for the holidaze ?
any specialties ? i jus made a orange jello dream cycle cake....to share
...wut about u....all..... wut do u share...?? can u... share with us plz ?
any specialties ? i jus made a orange jello dream cycle cake....to share
...wut about u....all..... wut do u share...?? can u... share with us plz ?
A warning about a chicken substitute of the future
Quorn is a very good tasting and popular chicken meat substitute which is being marketed for vegetarians in the United Kingdom and is beginning to be imported into the US.
A consumer group has raised an alarm about this product because it is made from a fungi called Fusarium venenatum, which is grown in giant vats. Many people are allergic to this food and there is no warning about the allergy on the food packages.
Fusarium venenatum was discovered in an English soil in 1967 and was studied as a meat substitute because the length of the fungal filament is close in size to the muscle filament in animal meat. This species was chosen in the 1960s as the fungi to replace meat and provide protein to growing world population. It was developed and marketed as the chicken substitute Quorn.
However, vegetarians should be aware that all fungi present problem to some people with allergies to fungi. The species of fungus used to make Quorn is dangerous to many people. About 5% of the population may experience diarrhea or severe rashes when consuming this product. Five hundred people in the UK were hospitalized and hundreds experienced respiratory distress and even death from shock.
My point is not that Quorn should be banned. It is supposedly a very delicious product and makes a good food for people who want to convert from meat eating. However, if it is introduced widely in the world, it is important that vegetarians understand that there is a risk to eating this product. It would be best to consume only a little, then to watch for any allergic reaction in your body. Also, don't offer it to family or guests without similar precautions and watch everyone carefully for symptoms.
Some good information about Fusarium venenatum, the important food of the future:
view link
About the allergy problem:
view link
A consumer group has raised an alarm about this product because it is made from a fungi called Fusarium venenatum, which is grown in giant vats. Many people are allergic to this food and there is no warning about the allergy on the food packages.
Fusarium venenatum was discovered in an English soil in 1967 and was studied as a meat substitute because the length of the fungal filament is close in size to the muscle filament in animal meat. This species was chosen in the 1960s as the fungi to replace meat and provide protein to growing world population. It was developed and marketed as the chicken substitute Quorn.
However, vegetarians should be aware that all fungi present problem to some people with allergies to fungi. The species of fungus used to make Quorn is dangerous to many people. About 5% of the population may experience diarrhea or severe rashes when consuming this product. Five hundred people in the UK were hospitalized and hundreds experienced respiratory distress and even death from shock.
My point is not that Quorn should be banned. It is supposedly a very delicious product and makes a good food for people who want to convert from meat eating. However, if it is introduced widely in the world, it is important that vegetarians understand that there is a risk to eating this product. It would be best to consume only a little, then to watch for any allergic reaction in your body. Also, don't offer it to family or guests without similar precautions and watch everyone carefully for symptoms.
Some good information about Fusarium venenatum, the important food of the future:
view link
About the allergy problem:
view link
