VEGE....Or NOT

[Nanook]

Hey all....
Just a quick post for my own curiosity...
Basically leeding to see if people think a vegetarian diet affects psychedelic experience....

[visionarybear]

definitely an interesting notion, diet is so important in so many aspect, so would be interesting if it changed anything. my suspicion would be that if you were getting a complete diet, either through meat or non meat options, there would be minimal differences, atl east a smaller difference than seen between individuals. But i would be happy to toss out this notion if a difference comes to light!

I myself am in the meat eating camp, but do enjoy a good portion of my diet as vegetarian. Variety is the spice of life..

[Azarius]

i wouldnt mind eating meat if i had to catch/kill it myself (which i probly couldnt do neway :roll: ), but modern industrial farming methods - steroids, feeding cows on sheep's spinal cords/brains, etc., etc. have put me off eating meat. Even meat sold here as 'organic' is often not truly organic. Even 'organic' vegetables contain pesticide residues :/

[Nanook]

i wouldnt mind eating meat if i had to catch/kill it myself (which i probly couldnt do neway :roll: ), but modern industrial farming methods - steroids, feeding cows on sheep's spinal cords/brains, etc., etc. have put me off eating meat. Even meat sold here as 'organic' is often not truly organic. Even 'organic' vegetables contain pesticide residues :/

my sentiments entirelly.....



anyone else care to comment??
(sheeeesh this boards slow eh??....)

[cenacle]

I eat some meat but not a lot. Tend toward veggies whenever possible, and my wife Kassi is a great cook with whatever ingredients she has at hand

Funny thing is her family owns a cattle ranch, her dad eats steak or something similar every night.

If nothing else, for the health reasons we tend toward veggie. Americans eat way too much meat for their own good. If we ate less meat, we'd all be healthier, and enjoy it more for it being more of a treat.

[visionarybear]

i do in part agree with the sentiment of self attainment of the meat, but more from the view that you should be able to stomach the emat industry if you are shown what happens in a slaughter house, but to actually kill the animal, we have been raised (mostly) in a world devoid of public animal killing, and so havent ever had to confront it, so most people couldnt do it, or wouldnt know how to do it humanely.

Being here in new zealand, the meat is alot more natural, all grass fed, so i dont have qualms over the quality. but i must say, since i posted above, my diet has gone event more vegetarian, but i will never fully turn, because i personally have no moral issues over my meat eating, and now i find myself cutting down on meat for as cenny said health reasons, and im also having fun with some delicious vegetarian dishes!

Most of all, i support peoples right to choose, my way is my way, yours is yours.

[Bushpig]

I no longer eat meat with regularity.  I am not a strict vegetarian, my sentiments focussed originally on only getting organic meat but as mentioned above this is not a perfect solution.  My good lady is vegetarian ( eats fish ) so she does not buy meat which has gone a long way to me not bothering.  I'd probably be happy killing/hunting and eating my own although I've found if i do eat meet rarely it messes with my guts BADLY.  I'm even slanting towards a vegan diet, I've gone off cows milk on the most part but have not read much on it.  I would not transfer to a vegan diet without a little research, and even then I'm not 'strict' on such things.

I do not know about diet in relation to psychedelic experience, we are made of what we eat, so our general health and well being  is of course effected by diet, for anything more specific I do not know.

In regards to ayahuasca the vegan diet is perfect, ( save yeast extract..no marmite boo hoo ).   You don't have to worry about too many restricted foods ( though prob worth checking still ).

Perhaps in some cases diets that promote rapid (or not so)  digestive behavior may influence the onset and duration and intensity of a psychedelic experience?

Boooshpig

[Nanook]

My good lady is vegetarian ( eats fish ) so she does not buy meat

so shes pescitarian...NOT vegetarian.....

[Veracohr]

No good option for me. I'm a veggie-saurus, though I eat cheese (a lot), and eggs if they're in something (like cake, or something). I also go to mild but not great lengths to avoid gelatin.

For me, what it comes down to is: I don't really care that it comes from an animal, I just don't care to eat meat.

I find it kid of silly, though, that people feel the need to label themselves 'vegetarian', 'vegan', 'pescitarian', 'purple bunny-eating freak', or what have you. Really, what's the point in such labels?