The co-founder of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX pleaded not guilty to a seven count indictment charging him with wire fraud, securities fraud and money laundering.

An attorney for FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried said in federal court Tuesday his client has to subsist on bread, water and peanut butter because the jail he’s in isn’t accommodating his vegan diet.

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      1 year ago

      I reeeaaally wish people would stop drawing a direct line between eating vegan and eating healthy.

      Just cause I don’t want to eat animals that doesn’t mean I don’t want to stuff my face with good food.

      Most restaurants just throw a salad at you or something.

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      1 year ago

      To be fair, there are lots of unhelthy vegan foods. Just because “veg” is in the name of your dietary preference doesn’t mean you can just eat oreos all day

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        1 year ago

        Same for gluten free diets. Some people think eating gluten free is healthy (it isn’t), but cram your face with GF pizza, pasta, cookies and candy and you’ll be as fat as anyone else. As for health, my kids are celiac so I frequently peruse the ingredients of these products and even simple GF breads can have dozens of ingredients to give it texture, bubbles, elasticity & taste similar to regular wheat bread.

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      1 year ago

      You can make vegan cakes, cookies, fried shit. Vegan doesn’t mean healthy

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        1 year ago

        And unhealthy doesn’t automatically mean fat, either. It’s all about calories in, calories out. You can eat all the junk food you want and still be skinny, so long as you’re burning more calories than you’re consuming.

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            Dietary veganism differs from vegetarianism in that vegetarians may choose to consume some animal-derived foods such as milk, eggs, and honey on the grounds that animals do not need to be slaughtered to obtain these products. Veganism is motivated by a variety of reasons, including personal health, animal rights, environmentalism, and ethics.

            sure sounds like it’s a diet for some people