Gee, this is kind of refreshing! I had no idea that "everyone's idea of healthy eating seems to be vegan". I am turning 51 this year and have been a strict vegetarian for more than 35 years. I have been harrassed most of my life for what I eat and don't eat. I've been lectured by doctors and scolded by strangers. At the moment, I don't think I even know another vegetarian, strict or otherwise. I was just on another thread where someone gave me permission to eat legumes. Why do people care what we eat? Isn't this between us and God? Recently a woman in the grocery store warned me about carbs when she saw me loading my cart with brown rice and chick peas. I guess people think that vegetarians are gentle, because she knew better than to approach the other guy in the line with the pork rinds and cases of soft drinks. I was nice to her. We chatted. I'm a small business owner so I make a point to be nice to people even when I want to say, "Listen, you *******, if one more person says "low carb" to me, I'm going to *** their****. What can I say? You just have to have a sense of humor.
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