going Veggie and Conjugated Whey Protein

since I eat fish on some occasions I am not a vegetarian. I do not eat red meat, fowl or any dairy. I also avoid sugar or artificial sweetener. I exercise an hour to an hour and a half a day.

6 months ago my B12 level was tested and it showed to be very low so for the last 6 months I have taken 1000 MCG of B12 on a daily basis. The level was just retested and my B12 level is on the high side so now I am taking a thousand MCG every other day.

Resulting from this lifestyle my cholesterol and LDL levels are very low while my HDL number is high.  My weight is within the normal range.

I've read that vegetables and fruits unlike Meats are nutrient-rich and also contain protein;  that is the fallacy that a vegan diet does not contain sufficient protein. There is a book Eat to Live by Joel Fuhrman that discusses this subject in detail. I suggest that you may wish to read this book. Another book that I recommend is The China Study by T Colin Campbell that also discusses the benefits of a vegan based diet based on an international study that was done among the population of the Chinese mainly emphasizing rural towns.

To add, I only take two different vitamins; b12 & d-3

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Wild-caught fish tends to be healthier and even within this group there are better choices (Alaska salmon, Alaska halibut, albacore tuna to mention a few) and worse choices (bluefin tuna etc).

Farmed fish and farmed shrimp tend to have higher levels of mercury and other toxins.

Just a few caveats from a vegetarian turned vegan turned pescetarian vegan turned whateverarian now. NO GMO Genetically modified. Its not that it will harm you... The genetic modification is faster growth cycle with greater yield. This results in very low nutrient and mineral absorption by the plant leaving it void of important nutritional value... sort of Cream of Plastic, or Steelcut Styrofoam, if you will.  This may be a boon for third world scarce resource communities, but for a prosperous nation like this, it is increasing profit but not delivering the product to the consumer.

I don't eat ANY processed or red meat or pork because of the additives and hormones, but one more important point. Have you ever been to or seen a video of slaughterhouses? The cruelty is gruesome and I am not going to describe the killing methods, but they TRAUMATIZE the animal AS IT IS BEING KILLED. The strange result is that the fight or flight fear and trauma response sends emergency hormones into the animals body. There they remain because the heart stops pumping after this traumatic death. When we eat those animals we consume those hormones and the chemical is common to cattle, swine and humans. In case you wonder why we are such an enraged society, always on a short fuse to violent emotions, it is very likely that we are taking in large amounts of adrenaline and other trauma hormones when we eat animal flesh and our body is experiencing the accompanying response EVEN THOUGH WE ARE NOT IN A TRAUMATIC CRISIS. AND, our bodies are only meant to experience that emergency hormonal response for very SHORT bursts to escape the crisis, but with our diet we are putting our bodies through a constant crisis mode which can wear out functions.

Getting the picture?

This is why the Bible and Jewish culture does kosher butchering. In kosher killing, you cut the vein and let the animal bleed out. This keeps the animal from experiencing severe trauma, but also what little trauma hormones are emitted, they do not circulate through the flesh of the animal through the bloodstream as it is being bled out.

So if you insist on cow or swine or lamb or whatever, I would 1) Raise or hunt your own to avoid additives. One dietician said that "preservatives" do not "preserve" ANYTHING. That is a misnomer because they are in fact REPELLANTS. They repel organisms like bacteria and mold by making the food inhospitable to the micro organisms. Think "OFF" insect repellant, and you have an idea what "preservatives" actually are.

THEN you should go all ORGANIC. Traces of glyphosate are showing up in ordinary  products like crackers, bread, etc. Monsanto made glyphosate as a weed killer, but they discovered a new use for it. Killing the crop plants. Why? Because they found that killing the crop plants will speed up the plants' cycle of reproduction. When the plant is killed prematurely, it sends all its final burst of living energy to its reproduction, meaning the wheat kernels, or the seeds, or whatever. So they can get two or more growth cycles in one growing season, greatly increasing yield for that season.

Not to mention herbicide and insecticide residue left on plants. You can hope your root vegetables are OK since they are underground, but what if the rain washes the residue off the plant into the soil where it gets absorbed by the roots?

Monsanto of course claims glyphosate is not detrimental to humans or animals. That's fine if I am using Roundup on the weeds in my driveway, but I STILL don't want to eat it. 

And if its made in, grown in, or farm raised in China, dont put it in your mouth, throw it away.

Hey,

I found this website while looking into various aspects surrounding cancer. My mother has lung cancer - but then, she has smoked most of her life. However, many cancers appear to be related to lifestyle.

I was, however, brought up vegetarian, and have never eaten meat. There are now many studies linking aminal protein to cancers and other diseases, so I guess avoiding them as much as possible is the best way forward.

People assume that unless you are consuming animal protein, then you are not getting enough. This is totally incorrect. The key is eating combinations of plant based foods to reach your protein requirements. 

Unless you are engaging in heavy resistance based exercise, or are a highly active individual, protein requirements won't actually be that high. There is a calculator online which shows how much protein should be consumed, and also describes complete an incomplete proteins. There is a link to another site where you can enter the food source, and if it is not a complete protein, will recommend other foods that will compliment the amino acid profile.

It should be possible to hit your protein needs without supplementation, to be honest. And can all be done on plant based diet, therefore reducing risks of cancer.

Hope this is helpful

It is a bit of a meal replacement not just Whey protein.  I actually mix it 50-50 with your reference to Optimim Nutrition Gold Standard Whey cmadroit.