Modified vegan diet

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Deceased sea creatures are an important part of a modified vegan diet. So is beer.

A modified vegan diet, also known as a loosely vegan diet, is a regular vegan diet with permission to occasionally eat bits of animal, especially during tiring business trips.

Casey Serin invented the term loosely vegan diet^[1] as a haughty way of saying that he eats the same foods as everyone else, but still has the right to use the vegan label.

Timeline Guy started to use the term modified vegan diet^[2] in his satiric descriptions of Casey's daily activities, and a catchphrase was born:

Just as I turned on the stove I remembered my modified vegan™ lifestyle and quickly shaped the ground beef to look like carrots. It was very tasty and I think the pseudo beta carrotine will do my body good.^[3]

[edit] Casey Serin on Veganism

In January 2007, Casey recapped his dietary goals for the previous year:

Hold to a vegan diet - primarily plants, no dairy, exceptions: fish and occasional eggs/meat/honey (moderate success).^[4]

Questioned further, Casey went on to explain that when he says "vegan" he really means "vegan except when I don't feel like it":

I said "Vegan diet plus fish and eggs". Meaning I stuck to the vegan diet more or less - eliminating animal products including dairy. I made an exception on fish and eggs (and honey). With eggs I bought mostly the organic eggs from cage-free chickens. With fish I tried to stick with wild fish as apposed to farmed. With honey I bought organic raw kind. I also made an exception on In-n-Out burgers a few times because they seem to have higher quality meat. Also I would eat organic meat when I can find it and afford to buy it.^[5]

Casey then proceeded to full-blown defensive revisionism:

I shouldn’t have said “hold to a vegan diet” because everybody just focused on that part and ignored the exceptions. So I corrected myself in my post above to make it more clear:

“Hold to a loosely vegan diet - primarily plants, no dairy. Exceptions: fish and occasional organic eggs/meat/honey”.

I just don’t want to put crap in my body and I want more energy. Going organic vegan is the best way. However, to make it a more reasonable life-style I also allow the exceptions. Fish is good for the beneficial fats and when I have a craving for meat it works. Eggs - I love omelets and they are good for protein. I put honey on stuff as a healthy alternative to eating sweets, cake, donuts, etc. If I can get my hands on organic or naturally raised meat then I eat that stuff too to support that industry and enjoy occasional meat.

And yes every once in a while I do enjoy an In-n-Out Burger with no cheese and no spread, as well as a Chipotle burritos with naturally raised pork carnitas. As far as fast food goes, these places offer much healthier food than any other options for a quick bite on the run.^[6]

A later post went on to describe the essential components of the modified vegan diet:

[...] an occasional wheatgrass shot at Jamba Juice, soy latte at Starbucks, naturally-raised carnitas burrito at Chipotle, semi-healthy burger at In-n-Out or my new favorite whole-grain pasta with artichoke and grilled salmon at Macaroni Grill.^[7]

[edit] References

1. ↑ 2006 Review, IAFF, January 2nd 2007
2. ↑ I have tried to keep to my modified vegan™ diet..., comment on IAFF by Timeline Guy, March 14th 2007 at 10:48 am
3. ↑ Just as I turned on the stove.., comment on IAFF by Timeline Guy, April 30th 2007 at 9:44 am
4. ↑ 2006 Review, IAFF, January 2nd 2007; Casey later edited the post to specify "loosely vegan" and "occasional organic eggs/meat/honey".
5. ↑ I stuck to the vegan diet more or less..., comment on IAFF, January 2nd 2007 at 1:51 am
6. ↑ Every once in a while I do enjoy an In-n-Out Burger..., comment on IAFF, January 2nd 2007 at 6:16 pm
7. ↑ Casey Serin Facing Foreclosure on Wikipedia - a Defense, IAFF, March 14th 2007