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Rteacher
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 Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 5:43 am Post subject: Korea Herald article on expat vegetarians/vegans |
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http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20110412000629
The writer got most of her info from members of the Seoul Veggie Club - which now has over 800 members, including a good number of English-speaking Koreans - and can be found on facebook. |
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Rteacher
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sojusucks
Joined: 31 May 2008
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| Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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Costco, foreign food markets, department stores and Loving Hut goods provide variety when added to the fresh local fruit, vegetables and other produce ― especially tofu, which is cheap and readily available.
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Did you catch that? Again, Costco offers choices for shoppers that are either hard to find to find or impossible to get anywhere else in Korea. |
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Squire
Joined: 26 Sep 2010
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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Whenever I've went for dinner with Koreans they've always asked if I'm a veggie or have allergies (no to both). They must think we are so weird  |
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005
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| Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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Not all Seoul Veggie Club members are strictly vegetarian or vegan - nonvegetarians who for whatever reason (usually related to health and/or the environment, and/or treatment of animals) who want to gradually cut down on their meat consumption also frequently attend SVC gatherings and events.
Former President Bill Clinton - now (perhaps more than ever) widely regarded around the world as a great leader - began following a more-or-less vegan diet for health reasons over a year ago.
http://vegetarianstar.com/2011/02/03/bill-clinton-top-green-president-still-sets-example-with-diet-video/
Although Clinton only ranks #4 in "Green"-ness among Presidents in office, he has done a lot in that regard since leaving the White House.
According to some statistical study (I'm sure not sponsored by Burger King), if everyone in the U.S. followed Bill Clinton's vegan diet for even just one day a week, it would benefit the environment by resulting in the following savings of:
*Greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 1.2 million tons of CO2
*3 million tons of soil erosion and $70 million in resulting economic damages
*4.5 million tons of animal excrement
*Almost 7 tons of ammonia emissions, a major air pollutant |
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sojusucks
Joined: 31 May 2008
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| Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 7:36 am Post subject: |
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| It would be nice if the Seoul Veggie Club made a list of restaurants and stores that provided vegetarian items. I think that would help people here, and it would also help teachers if such a list was also translated into English. |
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littlelisa
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Location: Seoul
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 8:00 am Post subject: |
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| Are you guys responsible for the closing of Carne Station? (jk) |
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matthews_world
Joined: 15 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Most of the vegans I've met are overweight or fat due to the high carb diet - grains, rice, beans, etc. Not exactly a healthy diet or lifestyle as the body needs amino acids to build muscle. |
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pkang0202
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| Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 2:47 pm Post subject: |
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I once went on a diet where I cut out all meat Monday-Friday, and on the weekends I ate normally.
lost a lot of weight on that regiment. Obviously, when you go all veggie Monday-Friday you don't load up on butter on the corn, or stir fry everything.
It really made the weekends all the better cuz I could eat meat. |
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drydell
Joined: 01 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Most of the vegans I've met are overweight or fat due to the high carb diet - grains, rice, beans, etc. Not exactly a healthy diet or lifestyle as the body needs amino acids to build muscle. |
another low-carber talking crap
http://www.nature.com/ijo/journal/v27/n6/abs/0802300a.html
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| CONCLUSIONS: Fish-eaters, vegetarians and especially vegans had lower BMI than meat-eaters. Differences in macronutrient intakes accounted for about half the difference in mean BMI between vegans and meat-eaters. High protein and low fibre intakes were the factors most strongly associated with increasing BMI |
look around at all these fat koreans on their high-carb diets - and all those slim Americans on their high protein diets - jees
at what point does being low-carb make you so gullible you also become blind? |
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Triban
Joined: 14 Jul 2009
Location: Suwon Station
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| Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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| matthews_world wrote: |
| Most of the vegans I've met are overweight or fat due to the high carb diet - grains, rice, beans, etc. Not exactly a healthy diet or lifestyle as the body needs amino acids to build muscle. |
another low-carber talking crap
http://www.nature.com/ijo/journal/v27/n6/abs/0802300a.html
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| CONCLUSIONS: Fish-eaters, vegetarians and especially vegans had lower BMI than meat-eaters. Differences in macronutrient intakes accounted for about half the difference in mean BMI between vegans and meat-eaters. High protein and low fibre intakes were the factors most strongly associated with increasing BMI |
look around at all these fat koreans on their high-carb diets - and all those slim Americans on their high protein diets - jees
at what point does being low-carb make you so gullible you also become blind? |
I see lots of fat Koreans. I see lots of fat Americans. It is because they both eat lots of bad carbs and junk foods. The fat Americans you see may have high protein consumption, but also have high carb consumption. Last year I made a diet...no white rice. I stayed at 175 but got the V and a 6 pack after 2 months. OH, I also cut out soft drinks unless mixed with whiskey. |
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005
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FMPJ
Joined: 03 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 1:07 am Post subject: |
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| matthews_world wrote: |
| Most of the vegans I've met are overweight or fat due to the high carb diet - grains, rice, beans, etc. Not exactly a healthy diet or lifestyle as the body needs amino acids to build muscle. |
And of course nothing beats anecdata. |
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Chaucer
Joined: 20 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 6:04 am Post subject: 아얏! |
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| Squire wrote: |
| Whenever I've went for dinner with Koreans they've always asked if I'm a veggie or have allergies (no to both). They must think we are so weird |
아얏! 아이브웬트! (solecism) |
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