Fat 2 Fit #99 – Being a Vegetarian
TweetWritten on June 23, 2010 – 4:24 pm | by Russ Turley
Being a vegetarian or vegan is not the general focus of Fat 2 Fit Radio. But, we still get many emails asking about losing weight and being a vegetarian.
- What are some good sources of vegetarian protein?
- Will I lose weight if I’m a vegan?
We could just do the research ourselves but instead we enlisted you, the listener, to give us suggestions for someone that you’d like to hear from on the vegetarian and vegan lifestyle. We rd and asked Megan Storms from the Run Vegan Run podcast to join us for a discussion. There are a bunch of great tips in this episode whether you are just thinking that you’d like to go vegetarian or if you’re all in, living a vegan lifestyle. Don’t miss the feature section with this great interview.
On the email and comment section of the show, Jeff answers a great question about training muscles. Jeremy wrote in about whether he should train to gain muscle first or to get cut and look like “that guy”. Jeff’s answer centers around nerve training. Yeah, hadn’t heard of that either. It’s a fascinating answer and will open your eyes to muscle training.
On the web report, Russ has started using a workout journal. He’s long used multiple food journals, but never took the leap and started a workout journal. A blog post spurred him on and now those workouts will be much more efficient and quantifiable. Jeff shares an article from Time magazine about the nutritional makeup of foods that are advertised to us on television. Basically, if you ate what you saw on TV, you’d have one of the worst diets in the world, period.
Links Mentioned in the Show:
Wasting your time in the gym/workout journal
Time article on commercials pedaling poison
TV, Diets & Health
Run Vegan Run Podcast
Country Vegan, City Vegan Podcast
Fat 2 Fit Meetup in July
Recipe of the Week:
Hot Tamale Pie – From Compassionatecooks.com
Homework:
The homework this week is to try some typical vegetarian foods that you have never tried. I’m going to leave a link in the show notes to an about.com article that lists their top 7 foods that they selected for their versatility and convenience in vegetarian cooking, and they are also supposed to taste great. Here is the list:
Tofu, Seitan, Egg Replacer, Nutritional Yeast, Textured Vegetable Protein, Tempeh and Soy Ice Cream.
This doesn’t mean that you have to become vegetarian in the future, but it is always nice to expand your healthy food alternatives.
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9 Responses to “Fat 2 Fit #99 – Being a Vegetarian”
By Melissa on Jun 24, 2010 | Reply
Another great podcast! I have been trying to go “meatless” one or two days a week. It does not work well with my husband who thinks that steak is the major food group and that everything else is extra.
This interview helps me to see the benefits. I do not think I will ever be a complete Vegan, or even total Vegetarian, but I see some of the benefits. I will have to work a little harder to implement my meatless days, and see how I feel.
By Leigh on Jun 24, 2010 | Reply
Hi guys,
You mentioned workout logs, which I agree are very important for tracking progress. I know that Russ, like myself, is a big fan of the iPhone, so I thought you might be interested in checking out the iFitness app. I’ve been using it to log my workouts and I find it extremely helpful. They have a bunch of pre-loaded exercises (strength training and cardio) and routines you can follow, or you can create your own custom exercises and routines. Every exercise has instructional pictures, and some even have video demonstrations. You can also use it to track your weight and body measurements. Best of all, it can chart your progress over time with any exercise. I was already carting my iPhone around at the gym to listen to music, so I don’t even have to carry anything extra, and at a mere $1.99, it’s just as cheap as a notebook and pen!
By the way, great job – I absolutely adore the show!
By Katie on Jun 24, 2010 | Reply
I must have missed where you first discussed the book you are doing. Could you let me know which podcast you discussed this on?
Love the show! I purchased the 1st season a few weeks ago. I have enjoyed hearing the show evolve to where you guys are now. You just keep getting better. Thanks for the information and inspiration.
By JCC on Jun 27, 2010 | Reply
Hi Russ and Jeff,
I love your podcasts for their positive encouragement and practical information. Keep up the great work!
This weeks podcast was, however, a disappointment for me. I was a practicing vegan many years ago and my health was negatively impacted by it. Thanks to the internet, I can now access the reports of research studies at PubMed and make more informed choices.
It was sad to hear from a mother who elects to feed her growing children soy products and deny them the meats and saturated fats so important to their growth and future health. Becoming vegan should be a choice left to the adults, I believe. I hope that your listeners research these things well before committing to this way of eating. There is a reason why diabetes, celiac disease and other autoimmune disorders are on the rise – Dr. Wm. Davis (of the Heart Scan Blog) has had an interesting few posts on his blog, comparing the ancient varieties of wheat with the modern versions. And there is plenty on the negative impact of soy and gluten.
I wonder if you might interview someone from the opposing camp, in order to balance things out a bit and give your listeners the tools for making the best decision for themselves? An ancestral type diet has helped a lot of people. Whether it’s a Paleolithic diet or the diet based on Weston A Price’s research, I think that it’s good to bring this to the attention of your listeners.
By Michelle Burton on Jul 2, 2010 | Reply
Hello Russ and Jeff,
I really like your guys site. However, I listened to your podcast about being a vegan and I wish you would interview some one who lost weight on a low carb. Like reporters, give both sides.
I totally disagree with your guest. Americans do not get enough protein. Americans eat too much refine carbohydrates and sugar in our diets. The research is there to support it.
Low carb dieting is not a “fad.” I lost 60 pounds eating this way and I continue to eat this way. And I have kept the weight off for three years eating this way, without killing myself with exercise. People believe that that “low carb” is just eating meat and no vegetables, which is not the case. Everyone’s body is not suited for being a vegetarian or a vegan. I am one of them.
There is a lot of information and research out there now about cholesterol not being the cause of heart disease. Whole grains are not the end all be all that most people think they are. Many people cannot digest wheat very well, especially African-Americans, and I am African-American.
So it is kind of unfair that your only promoting vegetarianism and veganism as a healthy choice choice for everyone.
I will agree that people should eat more plant based foods.
Research is now showing that soy is toxic to the human body. It damages your thyroid and soy overproduces estrogen in the human body.
Go to the weston price foundation website to educate your selves about the dangers of soy. Also, I would recommend you google information about low carb diets. Or go to my friends site, http://www.livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog. But being a vegan is not the healthiest choice for everyone think that it is.
Other than that, I love your shows. Continue to keep up the good work.
By Jeff Ainslie on Jul 2, 2010 | Reply
Doing 1 show out of 99 on vegetarianism isn’t “only promoting vegetarianism and veganism as a healthy choice for everyone”… I was just looking back at our recipes in the shows and I would say that around 10%-15% could be considered vegetarian as well.
Our only “official” F2F guidelines for eating are to start at 50% carbs, 30% protein, 20% fat and then adjust those ratios based on how your body feels. I personally eat 40-50% protein.
We also suggest that people choose foods from the highest rungs on the Michi’s ladder scale of foods which includes meats.
http://teambeachbody.com/eat-smart/michis-ladder
Our third major suggestion is to eat less processed foods.
Based on the percentage of vegetarian listeners that we have, I think it was about time that we looked into it.
By Chuck on Jul 6, 2010 | Reply
I think that it’s important to hear from informed and active practitioners of different (healthy) lifestyles, and think this episode is a great example.
I also think that one of the best messages in this episode has to do with food quality. Whether you’re vegan, vegetarian, Paleo or just eating to get your prescribed 1800 calories in a good ratio, the act of CLEANING up your diet with respects to the quality of your food will go a REALLY long way to improving your overall health and lifestyle.
Whole, natural foods that come to you without a label (ie. Fruits, veggies, meat from the meat counter, nuts and seeds, etc) will have a much healthier impact on your body (in general) than highly processed “food” with large amounts of additives and other, unpronounceable ingredients. Its the difference between Food and food (or, as I like say, “The difference between Food and stuff you can eat.” ).
Keep up the great work guys, and than you for all the information.
By Sylvie on Sep 17, 2010 | Reply
Hello there!
Great podcast. love it and can’t wait to listen to it. Especially while doing my minimum of 10 000 steps a day.
I also love the quotes in the shows. This time, however, there seems to be a misunderstanding as the quote in this show that was said to belong to Bruce Lee, “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do”, should be attributed to Goethe.
Keep up the great show,
Sylvie
By Russ Turley on Sep 17, 2010 | Reply
Thanks for the correction Sylvie.