smash2pieces

any comments on the new video? i thought it was really a different direction for her (i suppose a lot of red is) and wasn't sure what to think of it. honestly though, anything i didn't like about the video was made up for by the fact that it was t-swift, so...

*high fives*

he was like "they messed up my order" and we were like....

thanks for the lists travis!

wow..thats just awful

girlfriend and i in chicago about a month ago

and thanks for the link ry bread, i needed that today.

i'm surprised no one has brought up the way that violence is showcased by media in America. maybe some of you have seen the documentary "this film is not yet rated" about the way that the mpaa rates movies? this is just one more thing to consider, that we are brought up in a culture where violence is condemned but also promoted very hypocritically. i'd like to thank the other posters in here who are teachers as well, they already have a hard enough job and i can't imagine the burden they must feel every time something like this happens..

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/14/connecticut-elementary-school-shooting-how-to-help_n_2302760.html there are 3 links on this page here telling how you can help the families and donate for counseling/bereavement services.

jacob have you ever thought about trying raw?

so hard to fathom this happening in a small town like this, but sadly i suppose i shouldn't be surprised. like many of you were saying, it's very hard to stop someone from doing something like this if they're very determined. i admit that i am normally against gun control, but things like this definitely make me question that stance. also, that's so messed up that news outlets were posting that guy's facebook, it just goes to show that there are people on the "good" side of this who are ruining lives too no matter what, prayers go out to the families and victims of this tragedy...

i wonder if she's still feeling 22....

i think it'd be interesting to get my bloodwork done as well, Jacob was there anything abnormal in yours since you became vegan? also have you ever tried going raw? I'd been watching some videos on it/reading a little bit, and have thought about it before but never tried. I'm curious to talk to someone who has. and biglebowski, I don't know if you saw this, but I got an email about Gaslight Anthem coming to the Fillmore in March, so I'd be done to go to that show and hang out.

yeah i'm around 135-140 but i'm like 5'7". Like I said before, gonna try to put on some more muscle after finals. Also, I just wanted you to know that your signature is what inspired me to come out of the closet on the boards with my passionate love for Taylor Swift

I actually go to EMU. It's my first year here, transferred from a community college in Kzoo. I'm actually excited to go back home for winter break now (finals this week) because there's a vegan place over there that I just found out about that has vegan pancakes (I used to go to Ihop with my girlfriend all the time haha). Like I was saying before, I've really been putting a lot of effort into trying to make sure I'm getting the right stuff to maintain an ideal weight and everything, though I definitely am lighter now and my mom/gf tell me my face is a lot more "sunken in". Kinda worried me that I wasn't doing it right. I've done P90-X before and did Insanity for a while before school started, definitely thinking about getting back into Insanity after finals though.

also, very very very stoked to see I'm Scared and I'm Sorry is on here

@smash2pieces don't really use it but whats the harm, i think it's a pretty neat idea!

That's definitely true, and I don't mean to claim that anything in there is fact or proves one point of view. I thought I'd point it out because that is (in my experience) a highly referenced study for vegans to point to in backing up there diet. As for as that keto diet and other diets, I really haven't looked into those a whole lot. For the most part, and even now, I became vegan because of animals rights/ethical issues, and the health aspect was sort of an afterthought. I did consider going into dietetics for a while though so you have peaked my interest with what you said - thought thats not a good thing around finals time because I need sleep! Recently I have been paying a lot more attention to what my body really needs now that I've sort of "stabilized"(?) after being on a vegan diet for about 6 months now. Anyways, it is nice to see the different perspectives on this from everyone here.

thank you ry bread! let's get back the important issue at hand here!

yet another case of me being happy and my wallet being cast aside, empty and blowing in the wind...

it's like a red army coming out of my computer..

I used this piece of satire for my presentation and was glad that I did because it sure got my audience's attention.

Another thing to think about is something called "caloric density". This is what contributes to the weight loss/energy increase. "Vegan foods" have a low caloric density while animal-derived foods have a high caloric density. This means that when you fill up on animal foods, that you reach your daily calorie limit (around 2500 calories on average) before your hunger is satisfied. http://www.happyhealthylonglife.com/.a/6a00e54fc8012e8833017c3185242f970b-500wi

http://www.amazon.com/China-Study-Comprehensive-Nutrition-Implications/dp/1932100660 Not sure if you've ever heard of the China Study done by Colin Campbell, but it is the largest study ever done examining the relationship between nutrition and health. In China, certain regions are "confined" to their local diet and conditions for their entire lifetime, so there is stable data and not as many variables to worry about. I would say that it's definitely worth checking out. He is a main contributor in the Forks Over Knives movie as well. http://www.amazon.com/Vegan-Ethics-Eating-Erik-Marcus/dp/0935526870 I just got done reading this book for my presentation and I wish I could copy and paste a chapter out of this book entitled "The Perfect Food Isn't". To sort of sum up: Fat content (in 2% milk fat is 34% of the calories), evidence linking milk protein to insulin-dependent diabetes, digestive problems/allergies. And what Jacob said: high protein diets can actually cause bone loss (i.e. milk boosts protein intake).