Stupid Omnivore Facebook Reply

[Twizelby]

Is your hemp/ almond milk home made??
Fruit smoothies are really great pulverizing that produce is great, you probably wouldn't chew up all of your food that well!
I would say add flax seeds to your smoothies because they're harder to digest, hemp seeds are easy to eat with out adding to a smoothie I like to taste my fruits not hemp lol!
What do you mean by processed vegan food, like refrigerated foods or canned beans?
I can't buy boca because they refuse to stop wearing latex gloves, so even though the food is vegan I am allergic to latex and they wear latex gloves and touch all over the boca meat & it makes me so sick!! I've called them numerous times they wont change their freaking gloves!

No I usually just buy my milks, although recently I read that it's a huge rip off and super easy to make.
Sorry processed is so arbitrary. you know like I will make something with some kind of tofurky, Boca, Gardein, Vegenaise, Daiya, seiten etc. I just mean some kind of mock vegan product that I consider an indulgence.

The reason I like hemp is because I read it contains all the essential amino acids. I currently have a tub of hemp pro because, well I will be honest, it's cheap.

[PrincessPeach]

No I usually just buy my milks, although recently I read that it's a huge rip off and super easy to make.
Sorry processed is so arbitrary. you know like I will make something with some kind of tofurky, Boca, Gardein, Vegenaise, Daiya, seiten etc. I just mean some kind of mock vegan product that I consider an indulgence.

The reason I like hemp is because I read it contains all the essential amino acids. I currently have a tub of hemp pro because, well I will be honest, it's cheap.

Yes store bought milk is a major rip off also full of other questionable ingredients... It has to be pasteurized as well, so you are not consuming a raw milk either..
Hemp milk is very easy to make you just throw the hemp seeds and sweeteners if you want to sweeten it in the blender with water, blend and serve!
Flax milk is the same way but I advise soaking the seeds for up to 8 before use..
Why?
It makes the milk more creamy and the flax seeds break up better in the blender the longer they've been soaked, I would think making the milk more nutritious but there really is not evidence to back me up on this claim..!

Flax milk is ideal and it costs cents a day to make!
Here is what I know about hemp vs flax
Hemp has more omega's than flax but flax has a better omega 3 ratio than hemp...
Hemp has omega 3, 6, 7, 9
While flax has just omega 3 and 6
But flax has a higher amount of omega 3 than hemp
Hemp has more protein and more iron but way less calcium
Hemp is more expensive and more easily digestible than hemp
Flax is very cheap, flax has more omega 3 which is what you really want
Flax is more balanced, the protein/calcium/fat ratio is pretty even and I like that,
Hemp has more omega 6 than omega 3 and you really want it to be the opposite, so many foods are high in omega 6 and low in omega 3, you want to raise your omega 3, flax seed beats every other seed when it comes to omega 3 content!

I don't make my son hemp milk because its too high in iron and not high enough calcium..
That's why when I stopped breast feeding I choose flax milk over any other milk and my son is living breathing proof that a %100 vegan diet is optimal for human health!!!
I do feed him two tablespoons of hulled hemp seeds every morning with his steel cut oats.. I feel it is essential to start the day out with flax and hemp...!

[brimstoneSalad]

Sometimes, due to digestive and health problems, weight gain can be tricky with an unhealthy diet despite calorie consumption.

With a healthier diet, and more energy, increasing macro nutrient and overall calorie consumption will usually do the trick, and you can also devote that energy to activities to increase muscle mass.

To gain weight: Pull-ups, push-ups. Lots of them. Fill a backpack with heavy stuff (as much as you can bear and still manage sets of four or five), and wear it while doing them.

For a girl, usually more leg than upper body exercise, like squats, biking uphill, etc.

Once you increase your weight, maintenance is easier.

Just avoid excess cardio (beyond a little each day for health), because that burns calories and doesn't do much for you with regards to increasing weight.

Exercise will make you hungrier too, which will mean eating more.

Volenta, get rid of the sweet fruit. Or, at least most of it. One citrus fruit a day is plenty for micronutrients- beyond that, you're filling yourself up on water, fiber, and sugar.
Focus on non-sweet fruits like tomato, and colored vegetables.
Eat more of everything else.
Eat more cooked greens, because it's easier to eat and digest more of them, along with beans and whole grains.
You're probably eating too much fiber, which is rare for most people, but not unheard of among vegetarians and vegans. The challenge there will be in becoming filled up too fast before you've eaten enough macro nutrients.

Twizelby, if you want to cut, you'll probably need to reduce the sugars and empty calories; particularly the banana chips (although I know they're delicious).
Try roasting beans in the oven (after cooking) to make them crunchy; it's a decent sub. Toss them in some spice and salt first, and they make a nice crunchy low-fat high-protein snack.

PrincessPeach, I'm sorry to hear about the Bocca thing. A latex allergy is unfortunate. Have you tried to desensitize yourself?

[Twizelby]

A lot of great tips in here. Thanks brimstone and peach. That bean thing sounds like a cool idea I will definitely give the milk thing a try.

[PrincessPeach]

A lot of great tips in here. Thanks brimstone and peach. That bean thing sounds like a cool idea I will definitely give the milk thing a try.

Once all my electronic's are in order I will be making some videos on how to make home made milks!! Should be in the very near future =]

[PrincessPeach]

PrincessPeach, I'm sorry to hear about the Bocca thing. A latex allergy is unfortunate. Have you tried to desensitize yourself?

I never heard or even thought that I could desensitize myself from latex... How would I go about doing that?
It's an annoying thing to be allergic to...

Bocca is made by kraft foods and they just wont give up their desire to use latex gloves..
They are notorious for rejecting/ignoring claims from people with latex allergies like myself..
Reluctant to change

[brimstoneSalad]

I never heard or even thought that I could desensitize myself from latex... How would I go about doing that?

Just very gradual but fairly regular exposure to very, very low levels.

It's typically done for most substances with extracts or preparations as shot- e.g. allergy shots.
Liquid extracts can also be taken orally, though as far as I know there are none available in the U.S. (you could prepare your own).

It shouldn't be enough to provoke a reaction, but I can't give you details on dosage. You should talk to a doctor about that, or might have to do some research. Desensitization to latex through allergy therapy is still pretty new.

Bocca is made by kraft foods and they just wont give up their desire to use latex gloves..
They are notorious for rejecting/ignoring claims from people with latex allergies like myself..
Reluctant to change

It's just economics for them. They lose a certain % of customers, which costs them X, and latex gloves (and probably other latex in their process) saves them Y compared to the alternatives.

If X > Y, they will change. If Y > X, they will not change.

Complaining to them probably won't do anything, unless non-latex sensitive people complain to them (which makes X grow).

[PrincessPeach]

Just very gradual but fairly regular exposure to very, very low levels.

It's typically done for most substances with extracts or preparations as shot- e.g. allergy shots.
Liquid extracts can also be taken orally, though as far as I know there are none available in the U.S. (you could prepare your own).

It shouldn't be enough to provoke a reaction, but I can't give you details on dosage. You should talk to a doctor about that, or might have to do some research. Desensitization to latex through allergy therapy is still pretty new.

Ingesting latex orally is a lot worse than it being applied to the skin IMO, I'd rather have a rash on my skin than an internal itchy/burning that doesn't go away and it hurts all the way through the intestinal tract...
Is the thought process to expose myself more to latex to give my body a chance to build up a resistance to latex?

Bocca is made by kraft foods and they just wont give up their desire to use latex gloves..
They are notorious for rejecting/ignoring claims from people with latex allergies like myself..
Reluctant to change

It's just economics for them. They lose a certain % of customers, which costs them X, and latex gloves (and probably other latex in their process) saves them Y compared to the alternatives.

If X > Y, they will change. If Y > X, they will not change.

Complaining to them probably won't do anything, unless non-latex sensitive people complain to them (which makes X grow).[/quote]

[klonoa]

There was a time were i would debat this guy. But now.. i just trow my arms up in the air and leave.

[brimstoneSalad]

Is the thought process to expose myself more to latex to give my body a chance to build up a resistance to latex?

Yes, sort of.

It's a matter of reprogramming your immune system to not recognize it as an adversary.

You need to make a latex extract, and take profoundly small quantities (so small, you don't get any reaction). And slowly increase it over weeks and months, through occasional exposures. I don't know how much or how frequently, or the rate of increase or anything like that, I'm sorry to say.