I would like to become a vegitarian?

Question

are there certain foods you need to eat to replace meat? A friend of mine tried vegitarian diet and became very weak.

Answer 1

Ok, first thing, please, please, please, with a cherry on top don't believe that being a vegetarian is bad for you. You just have to know how to go about it. There is a free veggie kit here:
http://www.goveg.com/order.asp
They will help get you started! :)
Personally, I find the easiest way for me to get protein is from beans, eggs (if you're not vegan), and new is Special K cereal with extra protein (10mg/bowl!). I find these have the most protein; there is of course protein in your morning star foods (which are excellent) and tofu (which is great, once you learn how to cook it lol). I think it's great you want to make this change and wish you the best of luck! :)

Answer 2

Yes and NO. This is a difficult question in the 1st part becuase it so much depends on your current diet. In the second part.. (why your friend became so weak) is the actual question... and how one might transition to a vegatarian diet with out getting weak.

there is a withdrawl from meat like any drug.. it works in the body as a stimulant do to the abundance of adrenaline and hormone that shoot through the body of an animal in death... this can cause weakness and even sickness when a person attempts to stop eating it

all a human body can assimilate of protien in a day is 18 - 23 grams... the recomended daily allowance for meat is 4oz. that is a peice of meat as big as a deck of cards

less that 50 almonds

the greatest source of protien is blue green algea and/or spirulina

the 1st plants to ever exist on the planet - the first source of food

a perfect whole food

tibetan gogi berry

the best way to make a nutritional transformation is not by giving up one for another..

it is to add in new foods with the current dishes..

this way over the period of a year we learn what we like and what works for us without upsetting our current matabolisms..

then when a new apprectiation and relationship with the new lifestyle has been well formed and patterned we can less and less eat from our past pallet

also in this way the toxic overload that happens when we rest from our past ways of eating will not overwhelm our system and cause us to get weak and lose faith in what we are doing.

i encourage you to take your time in this.. you have your whole life to explore the difference you can make through altering your relationship with the food that you eat...

Answer 3

As long as you educate yourself about the nutritional content of your chosen foods, you can remain healthy. An unbalanced diet will make you sick and you will become weak, but if done correctly, you can have wonderful tasting food, be healthy and have great looking skin, and enjoy being a vegetarian. Most of our social activities involve food in some way and you need to know it's difficult to follow a vegetarian diet in social settings of people who don't consider that everyone doesn't eat the same thing. Here's some sites I found to help you educate yourself:

http://www.tryveg.com/cfi/toc/

http://www.brown.edu/Student_Services/Health_Services/Health_Education/nutrition/veg.htm

http://www.youngwomenshealth.org/vegetarian.html

http://www.vegcooking.com/?c=126

Enjoy your new lifestyle. I was a vegetarian for 3 years and I stayed very healthy. However, I found it too restrictive for my social life. There are tons of cookbooks for you so you will never be bored when eating. You can also call your local library or go on line and find your local library's website and see what vegetarian books they have to check out. Some of the above sites include recipes.

Answer 4

In order to become a vegetarian and continue a healthy diet, you need to make sure to get enough protein and calcium, along with the other vitamins and minerals. This shouldn't be too hard if you eat enough fresh fruits and vegetables, along with nuts, peanut butter, and soy products.
It's often easiest to transition to a veg diet by taking one meat item out of your diet at a time. Start with one you don't like as much (e.g. ham). Then continue this every week until you have eliminated all the meat products (including fish). There are lots of great websites and support groups online, if you search Google or Yahoo. Good luck!

Answer 5

Well obviously you would have to eat more vegetables and you'd need three servings a day of lentils and beans to keep up with your protein levels. Your friend sounds like she/he didn't find out what it takes to be a vegetarian, and was malnourished as a result. Ignore people who say that you won't get enough protein - people these days are getting too much protein and that's bad for you (it can lead to osteoporosis and kidney troubles). If you want to become vegetarian then GRADUALLY smake the transition so that you can adjust to not eating meat. Make sure you do heaps and heaps of research so that you don't get weak like your friend. Take vitamin supplements whn you first start off, and then find out what vegetables it will take to replace them. Being a vegetarian is a good thing - it will be beneficial to your health and you'll have save animals in the process. Who wants to eat rotting flesh anyway???/
Don't listen to people who tell you that humans were meant to eat meat - meat eaters have claws, sharp teeth and they perspire through their tongue - herbivours sweat through their pores, have flat molars for grinding and they have a longer intestinal tract, unlike the meat eaters. This means that when you eat meat, it starts to decay before it passes out completely. Good luck.

Answer 6

No supplement is as good as a food source for vitamins, minerals, and proteins. Consult a nutritionalist for more complete information about which fruits and vegetable offer the most nutrition and what supplements you can take to help. Fish is not vegetarian. If you just want to cut out red meat and continue eating poultry and fish, that is more heathful, but not vegetarian.

Answer 7

TVP, tofu, peanut butter, garden burgers, bean, cheeses, seeds/nuts, protein shakes/bars are all good for protein.
Morningstar makes some good vegetarian food (vegetarian steak/chicken strips, hotdogs, burgers). Check the items out---they're in the frozen foods aisle (green packaging) at Wal-Mart.

You can become very week if you don't get the right amount of nutrients. Be sure to start on a good vitamin and do lots of research.
Good luck!

Answer 8

Well if your going to become a vegetarian you will need to eat fresh things not things that come in a bag or from a fast food restaurant. I think you will also have to find a alternative source of protein to help heal your muscles after a work out...I think being a vegetarian would also be more expensive if your looking for a variety of taste...

Answer 9

to become a vegetarian is a very hard thing for a non- vegetarian

but a person can become by following some religion from different part of the world or make frinds from country that are vegetarian.

such as hinduism or budhism or jainism.

make friend from country such as india, bhutan, nepal, which are vegetarian.

think if non-vegetarian people have these many thing to eat. vegetarian people also have discovered many things that a vegetarian can it.

believe me. i am also a vegetarian. it's good for health.

Answer 10

Yes. Actually the meat is not good for you. It only has the protien & vitamins because of the grass the animal ate. You can find all the nutrition you need from the veggies. If you go to : www.hallelujahacres.com you will find all the info you will possibly need.