Does anyone have advice and/or a credible link on how to safely become a vegetarian? I have heard one shouldn't stop eating meat all at once. I would need help on a vegetarian diet that has all the nutritional requirements. I appreciate your answers.
2006-09-13 04:02:15 · 9 answers · asked by icastarr 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
The only reason NOT to stop eating meat immediately is that some (by no means all) people need to adjust gradually to the increase in beans that most vegetarians eat. To be blunt, if you switch from a meat based diet to a bean-based diet abrubtly, you may have a lot of gas for a couple of weeks. But if you switch to a diet with dairy as a chief protein source and increase your bean consumption over a period of time, that will not be a problem. That would be my advice - once you start being vegetarian, meat will no longer taste good to you, so you might as well start your healthy veggie diet right away.
If you eat dairy and/or eggs, there are no special nutritional concerns. If you are vegan, you will need to find a source of Vitamin B12, which is abundant in meat, milk, and eggs, but scarce in plants. The best source is a tiny pill that you dissolve under yout tongue.
If you eat nothing but cheeze doodles and froot loops, you will have a nutritionally inadequate diet. If you eat a variety of foods such as grains, beans (including tofu), peanut butter, fruits and vegetables, plus possibly some dairy and/or eggs, you will have a diet that is more than adequate for all your requirements. And getting rid of the meat in your diet will open up whole worlds of new possibilities - try ethnic foods from India and Thailand, where there is a strong vegetarian tradition, for example.
Soon your health will start to improve - but it takes time, just as it took years of eating meat to develop poor health. But now at least you will be heading the right direction!
2006-09-13 05:02:57 · answer #1 · answered by Maple 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Best vegan nutrition advice: www.veganoutreach.org
Recipes: www.vegweb.com
Streaming video of credible doctors who support whole food vegetarian diets: www.vegsouce.com
Whole food vegan diet info (must buy book and DVD): www.ravediet.com
You can stop eating meat all at once so long as you don't turn into a junk food vegetarian. (Don't live on cookies and chips and soda)
PETA will send you a vegetarian starter kit for free as will vegan outreach.
2006-09-13 15:28:05 · answer #2 · answered by Joyce T 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Buy the book Vegitarianism For Dummies. It has all the info you need on how to become a vegetarian and all the different vegitarian diets as well as recipes and places to shop.
2006-09-13 04:19:58 · answer #3 · answered by S G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I became a vegetarian while i replaced into 8 and my mum and dad have been continuously very supportive (i'm now 30 and nevertheless a strict vegetarian) which i'm specific your son will savor! The British Vegetarian Society and the yank Vegetarian Society post books geared in the direction of babies and could additionally provide you various nutritional advice. foodstuff habitual smart it rather is lots much less complicated than it was once, there are vegetarian sausages, burgers and so on interior the freezer. i could purchase a veggie cookbook, see what your making and the thank you to adapt it.
2016-11-07 05:58:27 · answer #4 · answered by sikorski 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
EB Gal gave you a perfect answer.
I gave meat up all at once and have not found my diet lacking in the 20 years since. Variety is key!
2006-09-13 07:42:02 · answer #5 · answered by mockingbird 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Google The Vegetarian food pyramid. It's all there.
2006-09-13 06:28:29 · answer #6 · answered by KathyS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slowly decrease your meat intake and increase your veggie intake. Basically start by eating salads or something with alot of meet then slowly decrease the amount of meet.
2006-09-13 12:29:23 · answer #7 · answered by Marines Girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Increase your intake of lentils and pulses. Lots of fresh vegetables and fruit. Dairy products as well.
2006-09-13 04:04:54 · answer #8 · answered by Sharm 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
try looking into http://www.vegetarian-society.org
lots of things abt vegetarian
2006-09-13 06:45:05 · answer #9 · answered by Western 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋