Vegetarian & Vegan - July 2007

I want to encourage this change in her eating habits because its healthier. But now I don't know what to cook (most of my recipies are meat based) and when we go out to eat its hard to find a place that we both like (I'm tired of chinese and italian). Most places only offer a veggie burger. Do you know of any good vegitarian restraunts (in the chicago area) and recipies?

2007-07-29 03:47:07 · 25 answers · asked by LOTR grl 4

I got tofu once and it had a strange smell . Does t always smell like that .Doesn't it taste like paneer.

2007-07-29 03:05:26 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Im not talking about a person that just started being one after 20 years of fast food but someone who started young??

2007-07-29 03:01:34 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

ok the veggie burgers (ive had 1 at burger king) are disgusting please tell me the chickn is better i mean realy the ve burger smells like peanuts and taste like vomit! so is the chikn better

2007-07-28 19:30:49 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am trying to convince my new neighbors to stop eating meat, but they told me that it was okay because it was food? That is their only excuse.

I know about what time they get home from work so me and my friends are going to be waiting on them in their driveway when they get home. We spent several hours on some nice signs showing the truth about this so called "food" they think is okay to eat.

My question is this, what approaches have you used on meat eaters to get them to stop eating meat?

2007-07-28 18:53:51 · 72 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-28 17:46:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-28 16:22:58 · 25 answers · asked by Elle 5

OK-I want to be a vegetarian. I already don't eat a lot of meat, so I don't think it would be too hard. But, what do I need to eat in order to get all my vitamins. Or will it be better just to buy vitamins instead? Does anyone know any good recipies that I can make in the microwave? You can also post oven recipies too because we'll be getting our oven fixed soon hopefully.

Thanks ♥

2007-07-28 14:29:03 · 7 answers · asked by ☮♫♥Curious Alice♥♫☮ 6

what are some healthy ingredients but good tasting things to put in a salad? I like to eat salads but now they're getting kinda bland and I'm trying to get rid of my taste for unhealthy foods of all kinds. thank you.

2007-07-28 13:20:18 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-28 13:13:16 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am thinking about getting a juicer...What brand should I buy??? and What are some good mix's to try???...Thanks

2007-07-28 10:04:38 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

will my homing pigeons come to the new address

2007-07-28 09:36:45 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

i just found out at my favorite mexican restaurant that the chips they serve with their salsa are fried in lard and their vegetarian plate which has beans and rice are both cooked in lard. why do they call it vegetarian plate.
o i was soooo pissed! so i just wanted to let you know.

2007-07-28 09:05:27 · 13 answers · asked by nounou 3

I'm just interested in your opinions and philosophies. Please answer any or all of the questions...

1) Why did you convert to being a vegetarian? What was the drive behind it?

2) Did anyone significantly influence you to go veg.?

3) How do you feel about an animal eating another animal? (ex. a snake eating a mouse)

4) Is it proven that a vegetarian's diet is healthier than an omnivore's diet?

5) Do you think that everyone *should* be vegetarians?

~Thanks to all replies!~

2007-07-28 08:32:48 · 22 answers · asked by the cat's pajamas 4

The American Dietetic Association and the Dietetic Association of Canada state that vegetarians can get adequate nutrition with a balanced diet. They are recognized as the foremost authority on nutrition by the health care profession.

So why are some people on YA still spreading misinformation about vegetarianism being unhealthy?

If you want to eat meat that's your choice. I don't really want to debate the philosophical arguments--what motivates someone to make a certain choice is up to the individual. But I must admit it irritates me when people talk as if they are authorities on nutrition and they don't have their facts straight.

I am a 50 year old male, lacto vegetarian for 23 years. I go to my doctor regularly. Why is my blood work within normal limits? Why isn't my doctor telling me I'd better start eating meat? If your answer is "he doesn't know anything"; are you a doctor or licensed dietitian? If you aren't, then you aren't qualified. Plain and simple.

2007-07-28 04:29:05 · 11 answers · asked by majnun99 7

2007-07-28 02:31:26 · 20 answers · asked by Titu 1

I know some people who say they don't normally eat meat, but they would eat it if that was the only choice at a BBQ or something. Are they still considered vegetarians? Can you really say "I'm only 80% vegetarian"? Or either you are a vegetarian or you aren't?

2007-07-27 19:11:08 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have tried many times to become a vegan, I am already a vegetarian. My family and friends are constantly trying to tempt me to eat foods with milk/egg products, although I try to refuse it is difficult. Any suggestions as to what I can do to make it not so difficult? My family doesn't want me to become a vegan so they don't support me in any way. What should I do?

2007-07-27 18:20:37 · 16 answers · asked by De_San_Dan 2

I am just wondering if you thought it was okay if these animals ate meat.

2007-07-27 17:37:18 · 14 answers · asked by Rachel 3

If it is successfully grown. Please tell me why as well. I'm just curious, and don't want to offend anyone. Thanks!

2007-07-27 16:13:55 · 11 answers · asked by A Random Stranger You Meet 4

or if the meds contained animal by products because he/she felt the meds were immoral?
What prompted this question, you may wonder? Well, groups in Wash. state are stating that the new law requiring pharmacies to sell Plan B is wrong, and the ones that don't want to carry Plan B say it is against their morals/religion. I am just wondering what people think of this and other things that could cause a pharmacist to deny medications, and if the pharmacists should have a right to allow their morals to interfere with their job. In all honesty, I just don't get why someone with moral/religious objections to medical procedures or medicines would even go into the medical field as a doctor or a pharmacist, but that's just me(if you can't tell, I think that a pharmacist or a doctor shouldn't be allowed to let their morals/religion interfere with the job they chose to go into knowing they would be faced with things that go against their morals/religion, they have an obligation, IMHO).

2007-07-27 14:44:25 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

As if there isn't enough disguisting junk to throw on salads anyway.

2007-07-27 13:21:54 · 12 answers · asked by Wonderment 4

Okay. So I know the whole thing about "saving the animals."
Thats honestly the stupidest thing ive ever heard, no offense.

But I mean, COME ON.

If we didnt eat animals, the world would be OVER populated SO much with animals that we would have to KILL them for no reason. Would you rather feed starving people with animals, and have meat in your body, which happens to be good for you, or do you want to just KILL them for no reason and have nothing to do with them?

I don't understand. I could see if youre doing it for like, losing weight or somthing. But I don't understand if you do it to save the animals.
Its stupid and useless.

2007-07-27 12:53:12 · 13 answers · asked by kdj f 1

I buy my dogs "K-dog" vegetarian dog food because I have done the research and science can actually prove that dogs are vegetarians. If you have ever observed wild dogs in nature (and I have), they eat vegetables (not meat).

People who force meat on their dogs will witness a dog eating meat only because that dog doesn't have a choice. If you put broccoli in one dog bowl and a steak in another dog bowl, that dog will go for the broccoli everytime.

Why do people insist on feeding dogs meat when they were never meant to eat meat?

2007-07-27 06:26:15 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was staying with my dad and his wife to finish up my junior year of high school and when I went there, I was vegetarian. They said they'd respect it when I went vegan (most dairy products were making me sick, anyway, so I had already cut out a lot of dairy from my diet by then), but my dad and his wife refused to see to it that I had food that I could eat - they provided me with soy milk - only because regular milk made me sick - but other than that, their attitude was that if I didn't like what was in the kitchen, too bad for me (and they weren't big on fruits and vegetables, so we didn't have much of those). Even when I began dropping a lot of weight (135 to 115 lbs in 2 weeks) from living off of little more than soy milk and oatmeal, they didn't care. On top of things, I'm hypoglycemic (low-blood sugar; opposite of diabetes, for those who don't know) and they still refused to buy anything I could eat, even though it wouldn't have added much to their grocery bill. Was that right?

2007-07-27 05:29:45 · 15 answers · asked by Kit 1

Can I be a vegetarian even though I care less whether an animal gets eaten?? I'm not trying to be mean...just asking for an honest opinion. Is there anyone out there that is a vegetarian and not crazy about animal life???

2007-07-27 05:02:06 · 20 answers · asked by Angel06 2

What are names of vegan shoe companies. Could you also tell me if they are sold in a store that I could go to.

2007-07-27 03:08:06 · 7 answers · asked by Who Knew? 4

But I have some special circumstances. For health reasons I can not give up dairy and I am allergic to mushrooms. Any advice?

2007-07-27 02:18:28 · 8 answers · asked by beatlegirl 2

http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/advocacy_933_ENU_HTML_(Draft).htm

The American Dietetic Association says that vegetarian (including vegan) diets are healthy for people of all ages. Why do some people keep arguing that vegetarianism is unhealthy [often without evidence] when faced with this?

2007-07-26 20:40:06 · 13 answers · asked by PsychoCola 3

I'm 16 years old and I don't like to eat meat or any other food that has come from an animal. When I look at it on the plate or in the box it looks gross to me and I always imagine that it used to be part of a moving, living animal, and that just creeps me out. I talked to my mom about being a vegetarian but she is against it. She told me that I need meat, chicken, beef, etc to grow and maintain a healthy body.

So, is that true? Am I too young to be a vegetarian?

2007-07-26 20:21:17 · 29 answers · asked by Robert S 1