Help my friend is a vegatarian!!!!?!
Help my friend is a vegatarian!!!!?
i know theres nothing wrong with being a vegatarian but my friend insists he is a vegatarian but he will eat boil in the bag beef!!! and mcdonalds milkshakes which have cow fat in thenm and wont listen when i tell him thats not what vegatarians do how do i explain it to him??!?!!?!?!!???
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he can call himself donald duck if he wants people will know he ain't
show him peta tv movies
and tell him to stop eating meat
it depends on what kind of vegitarian he is cuz there are differences, some eat no meat or anything from an animal and some will eat only certain things from an animal.
i dont really understand veganism to be honest, i mean our diet almost HAS to consist of proteins from meat and calcium from dairy products, soy and vegtables arent cutting it , its an unstable and unhealthy lifestyle, our bodies are made the way nature made them for a reason, we are made omnivorous because we need BOTH meat and vegetation, all these crazy pita members are running around trying to preserve animal rights and things, and thats nice and all but , do you honestly think for one second that if you try to tell a lion or shark about your human rights , they might not eat you......i doubt it , its the food chain , we are in there diet , they know that , so they will eat us if they have to, i agree that some things done to animals is wrong , like abuse and product testing, and things of that nature, but there is nothing wrong with following natural order, im ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE that if things were the other way around, they would surely eats us too
It's pretty dang hard to cut out all animal product in one's diet. Usually vegetarian means not eating meat and not cutting out every animal product in your diet.
Give him a slap...
I had a friend at uni who made a big effort going on about how she was vegetarian and made big scenes at restaurants if something was cooked in animal fat etc and then.... she used to go to McDonalds when we were out shopping and have a chicken burger!!! she used to say that did not count. It's just madness. I don't really know what you should tell your friend, they will probably just keep doing it in the end I found my friend to be such a drama queen about everything that we didn't stay in touch, but I hope that you get through to him in the end!!
Perhaps it is best to let him say what he wishes and eat what he wishes. Don't let his contradictions bother you.
Don't it is none of your business. Worry about yourself, not him.
Tell him he's stubborn and not a real veggie lol
or slap him
I think choosing to be a vegetarian is just that, a choice. If he wants to call himself a vegetarian but enjoys boil in the bag beef and MacDonald's milkshakes, that's also his choice. You have told him he what you think he ought to know and understand, but he chooses to carry on with them. I don't know how long he has been a vegetarian, perhaps he has only recently decided to become one, perhaps he still misses the odd bit of meat. Perhaps he likes it! Are there medical reasons why he has given meat up? In that case you would be right to worry about him.
When I read the first part of your question 'help my friend is a vegetarian' I thought you might be worried about him not getting enough nutrients or protein, something like that.
I am guessing you are a vegetarian as I don't think a meat eater would be quite so worried about his eating habits. Personally I am a meat eater and I believe humans have evolved over hundreds of years as omnivores. I agree that some people eat far too much meat and it is not good for their health, but I am a very strong believer in 'everything in moderation.'
Well, clearly he is very confused!
If nothing else, please explain to him that having him describe himself as vegetarian and then eat beef, is insulting to true vegetarians and makes it very difficult for those of who really are committed to a vegetarian diet to be taken seriously.
It doesn't matter what form his beef takes, if he eats it, he is not veggie. Simple as that. Maybe ask him to take a look at the Vegetarian Society website so he can see what he is describing himself as. If he doesn't follow the principles there, then he should stop misrepresenting himself.
You may also want to have a read of the website - your statement that McDonalds milkshakes have "cow fat" them - do you mean milk? If so, you will find that vegetarians do drink cow's milk (not all of them, but avoiding dairy is not a necessary part of a standard vegetarian diet).
Help, i feel so hungry
Tell him to stop being silly! Most people who call themselves "vegetarians" eat fish and white meat and they aren't. Tell your feiend who eats beef that he is just a picky eater!
Vegetarians do not eat Meat, fish, poultry or slaughter by-products.
Thats all he needs to know, its simple.
He can drink milk and call himself a veggie. Whether a veggie would actually want to frequent MCDs is another thing.
Point him to the definition as above, its the gloabally accepted definition. Anything else is just a wannabee causing confusion.
There a millions of veggies in this world that hate what he says, send him to me and i'll discuss it with him, and explain the confusion he causes.
I actually think his kind do vegetarianism more harm that any meat-eater insults.
"used to live in wales" is wrong. People cannot just call themselves veggies because they choose to. Words have a definition for a reason - so we can communicate and understand each other.
If i were to go to Catholic Church every sunday and then claim to my mates I was a buddist would that make any sense at all ? no, of course not.
Are you sure he's a "friend". He seems to have no concept of what words mean.
Macdonald's milkshakes do not have 'cow fat' in them, that's an urban myth. They do have milk in them though, which means they're not vegan.
Your friend is not a vegetarian if he eats beef so tell him if he calls himself a vegetarian then he is disrepecting the choice that genuine vegetarians have made. Tell him from me he needs to grow up.
Just tell him vegetarians don't eat meat then explain VERY VERY SLOWLY that beef IS meat.Failing that,show him a dictionary definition of 'VEGETARIAN'!
vegetarians usually eat no meat but tolerate animal by-products like fats and dairy things. It's vegan's who don't eat meat or animal products. Boil in a bag beef is meat, not good meat but still meat. Direct him to a vegetarian website for some help with his veggie dietry needs.
seems he is just wanting to be vegetarian when it suits him
let him be - he seems happy
though you could ask why he eats the boil in the bag beef.... i mean why does ANYONE eat that???
he's hard-headed.
Wow, he has issues !! If he doesn't want to believe that (wretch) 'boil in the bag beef' is meat and if you have tried to explain then fine. If he is stubborn he won't believe you. I know you care for your friend so maybe direct him to the vegetarian society's websites or send away for pamphlets for him in support of his 'vegetarianism' . He will maybe learn what a vegetarian is and then decide if he really wants to be one. I can see why you are worried about his diet though, it may cause him untold problems in the future. He may think it is tasty but he is making himself ill. Suggest taking him to see a nutritionalist on the premis that vegetarians need to know how to obtain vitamins correctly.
Good luck.
Let him eat what he wants to eat. Nod politely if he says he is vegetarian, and if you ever cook for him, only give him vegetarian food.
It's Simple. Your friend is not a vegetarian. End of story.
Mcdonald's milkshakes in Canada are made with soya milk cause it's cheaper they say.
Anyone that eats any kind of beef is not vegetarian.. if it's just a little then semi-vegetarian is the answer. Tell him to use the word semi with vegetarian or call him a lier when he eats the bag beef! Better yet tell him
he can get fake meat in a foil at the Health food store and boil it!
He's not a vegetarian, just a picky eater, and picking the wrong stuff by the sound of it. Just let him eat what he wants, its his body he's ruining!