While I applaud the efforts of the fast food industry in trying to provide vegetarian and healthier alternatives to the junk they already sell on a daily basis, I must point out the shortcomings and flaws in their attempts to provide vegetarian and healthy alternatives that sabotage or thwart everything. the purpose of trying to provide healthier and meatless (vegetarian) products.
Is the health or well-being of the American people the primary goal in the sale of vegetarian products, or is it financial gain? Unfortunately for all the people who want to believe that the fast food industry is getting better and more health conscious, the goal of the fast food industry in selling vegetarian items like the veggie burger is strictly commercial, at least now or currently.
Why? Because until vegetarian items are completely free of animal by-products, the promotion and sale of vegetarian items is to mislead fast food consumers into thinking they have the option of eating meatless or healthier items and products, which they simply don’t. it’s true.
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Take for example McDonald’s, Burger King and The Habit. They all sell a veggie burger. But that veggie burger (if the burger itself isn’t entirely plant-based) is cooked in ANIMAL LARD number one and number two, it’s cooked on the same grill that the meat is cooked on (MEAT FROM DEAD ANIMALS).
All meat contains parasites and worms, and the ugliest that you could ever see with human eyes. I know this personally as I have done the personal research (and have been presented with research from Doctah B, Brother Tarik and others in the Los Angeles area) and I have the sickening pictures to show you. TOTALLY GROSS!
Some people thought they were avoiding animal byproducts by eating only fast food restaurant fries, not knowing that most fast food restaurants, like McDonald’s, cook their fries in vegetable oil mixed with beef juice. That’s how it is! McDonald’s adds beef juice to its cooking oil for flavor, as well as spraying the fires with a sugar solution, freezing them and shipping them to McDonald’s franchisees, and after cooking the sugar-drizzled fries in beef juice (oil ), sodium chloride (salt), and has one of America’s most addictive products: McDonald’s French fries!
Take Subway, for example, a place I used to eat often in my early vegan days and while in the corporate world. I had my places to eat and menus to choose from. However, eating out was the exception to the rule rather than the rule, as I usually packed my own lunch. But Subway was right across the street from my place of work and the food was much lighter than the stuff sold at more general fast food outlets.
However, as I became more spiritual and health conscious, it began to bother me to eat at establishments that served vegetarian items along with meat or meat products. I used to order the Veggie Max sandwich from Subway. But the soy-based Veggie Max burger was in a bowl or container next to the bacon (back of the pork). This wasn’t a great distance for microscopic parasites and worms to crawl from the bacon container to the veggie burger container. Also, the veggie burger was cut in two with the same knife used to cut meat. You see, it really doesn’t matter if you’re health conscious or vegan or vegetarian and the person preparing your food (or product) isn’t. To the fast food employee, they are just preparing another product totally alien to the strict principles and ethics of sanitary food preparation.
Another thing to note about the Veggie Max Sandwich or Subway Sandwich is that it was (1) cooked (actually RADIATED) in a microwave oven, (2) cooked or irradiated in the same microwave as the meat or meat products (pork worms cannot be killed by heat due to a heat-resistant shell that forms around the worm at very high temperatures, and the only substance that can penetrate or break that shell is the human body’s hydrochloric acid) .
One day while out on the town with my kids here in Glendale California my daughter wanted Noodles or Chow Mein and I think Vegetable Fried Rice or Egg Rolls from Panda Express I really can’t remember the exact items but I remember giving her I asked the Panda Express employee to prepare an exclusively vegetarian dish: NO MEAT OR MEAT BY-PRODUCTS AT ALL, i.e. Fried Rice with Vegetables, Chow Mein, Steamed Vegetables, and to my utter surprise, the employee honestly told me that NOTHING at Panda Express was vegetarian. Absolutely nothing! I said, “Even vegetable fried rice, noodles, and steamed vegetables?” He said, “That’s right, sir!” With a puzzled look on my face, the clerk told me that Panda Express pours chicken juice on all of their items. So now I’m thinking back to the time when time forced me to get something on the go and I got what I thought was completely vegan from Panda Express.
And, of course, I have also heard similar stories from my good vegan comrades. So if you want to know something, ask. And by all means, don’t brag.
If you think those vegetarian corn dogs at Hot Dog On-A-Stick are vegetarian, think again! They contain egg whites (in the bread dough).
I also used to eat vegetarian burritos at Baha Fresh Mexican Grill. I started having headaches. Why? White flour tortillas cooked on the same grill as the slaughtered meat (meat). So what did I do to cure the problem? I left those burritos alone and have been good ever since.
I look back to my early vegan days in 1997 and 1998 and thought I wasn’t eating any animal parts or by-products at all, only to discover that those black beans I was eating from El Pollo Loco contained bits of chicken. One day while eating these black beans, I noticed a strange substance in them. When I picked up the substance and examined it closely, I was disgusted to have a piece of chicken in my hand. Boy, was I grossed out by this revelation and discovery. I had to let those beans go no matter how good they tasted. I refuse to let taste disillusion me into ill health and an early grave.
Vegetarian does not mean vegan! Vegan means “completely free of animals, including dairy and eggs,” while vegetarian means “meat-free, but not dairy-free or egg-free.” A vegetarian burrito at a fast food restaurant may contain cheese and sour cream (frozen boogers or boogers). Some veggie burgers may also contain cheese. The cheese is from an animal, so how can it be animal free? While many health-conscious people who would be vegans enjoy Boca’s burgers, some brands contain egg whites and cheese, so start by reading the ingredient list on the box.
So even though McDonald’s now has a veggie burger, just know that their veggie burger is cooked in beef oil, plus the fact that the veggie burger is centered between two refined grain white buns, conventionally grown iceberg lettuce (the worst lettuce for to eat and the most nutritionally deficient plant to eat) and genetically modified tomatoes (if you want lettuce and tomatoes on your veggie burger). The same can be said for Burger King and Habit’s veggie burgers.
However, if you’re traveling or hanging out in society and must make the decision to eat something that’s not so unhealthy, it might be a good idea to experiment with a veggie burger from a major fast food chain instead of giving up. to the traditional crap that has been served over the years and that you always bought and ate. However, it’s best (and wise) to research vegan restaurants before you arrive in town (if you’re a health-conscious or vegan person).
I know how difficult it is to be vegan (at first) and not have vegan restaurants so easily accessible, especially if you live in a small town. I am grateful that the greater Los Angeles area and Southern California in general are full of vegan places in the city to eat something healthy and nutritious. The same goes for other large cities in the country, such as New York City, Atlanta, San Diego, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Area, etc.
If you are having trouble locating vegan restaurants across the country, please contact Friends of Animals at [email protected] or (203) 656-1522 for a possible list of vegan restaurants.
If you are in the greater Los Angeles area, you can contact us at http://www.DHERBS.com for a list of vegan (and vegetarian) restaurants.
Eating healthy is a journey, a discipline, and a lifestyle and is not without its challenges in the early stages. However, as you become more health conscious, you’ll discover healthier places to eat while you’re in town.
Thank you for reading! PEACE, LOVE and LIGHT!
This article was courtesy of www.dherbs.com and Djehuty Ma’at-Ra, The People’s Herbalist
