‘But My Doctor Said I Can’t Be Vegan …’
One of the many illogical responses when the topic turns to the vegetables is, “I used to be vegetarian, but my doctor told me I should stop.”
I always assumed this was bogus and just a case of average medical doctors, with no nutritional training or education, trying to encourage people to conform to the “norm.” I imagine that most docs that profess the veggie diet to be an unhealthy one are just mistaken and ill-informed. I doubt that they have deviously planned intentions to turn all vegetarians back into meat-eaters.
Veggie diets can be healthy or unhealthy, just as meat-based ones can be either. Jack Norris RD recently asked, “Are There Medical Conditions Requiring Animal Foods?“ And he subsequently answered, “there are some conditions which might make it difficult to eat a normal vegan diet, such as having herpes, being allergic or intolerant of soy or wheat, and having trouble absorbing iron.”
So next time someone tells you that they cannot medically be a vegetarian, ask if they are allergic. If not, assume that they have herpes.
April 21st, 2009 at 5:58 pm
LOL Your so bad!! Funny, but bad. That’s quite a picture.
May 5th, 2009 at 9:44 am
I wish there were more wheat-free vegan options. But eliminating wheat makes it very hard to eliminate other foods. It’s easy to cut back, but cut out? Not so much.