how do you become vegterian?

Question

i know you stop eating meat but why do youstop dont you have to eat meat once

Answer 1

Here are tips:

1. Take your time - my journey from meat eater took about a year.
2. Start out using some basic substitutes for the meat you are used to in foods where you won't even notice - ground meat replacements are available in the frozen food sections.
3. Leave meat off things that don't need it - pizza, salad, spag, etc.
4. Get some good cookbooks when you are ready to branch into more interesting foods - Moosewood books and New Farm Vegetarian are two of my favorites.
5. If you are worried about what to eat check out the book "Diet for a New America" it will cover many of the health questions.

A good start is to pick one or two nights a week as "veggie" night. Then work your way from there stopping wherever you feel most comfortable which might be 2 nights a week or 7 nights a week up to you.

Answer 2

I stopped eating meat because I did not want to be a part of the cruelty the food animals go through. There are very few cruelty-free or humane meat processing companies.
I'm not sure what you mean by "don't you have to eat meat once". You have to have an alternate source of protein, if that is what you mean.

Answer 3

Apparently you do not have to eat meat to survive. My sister has been vegetarian for about 14 years now. She doesn't eat meat at all and only rarely eats eggs or dairy.

She eats a lot of beans, legumes and tofu to get her protein.

She stopped because she couldn't stand the thought of animals being slaughtered just so she could have a steak.

Answer 4

No, you can very well do without any meat. Just a little research will explain it all for you. However, there is a bigger personal picture to ponder. Consider this: I recall a scene where someone I knew ordered french fries and a Whopper-without-the-meat at a local B.K. drive-thru.(!) Yes, this is a vegetarian meal!

I only mean to offer PERSPECTIVE. Look at it from other angles, in light of what it means to you and what you really want.

Answer 5

One of my good friends is a vegetarian and she hasent eat meat in a long time, instead she eats tofu burgers. She has ate meat before and she says that the tofu burgers taste almost the same. She also will not eat or use any thing that causes the animal harm, like animal tested products and stuff like that.

Answer 6

Well, you answered you own question, to become a vegetarian you stop eating meat.

If you are seriously considering it, you should read up a bit on nutrition, and make sure you know what foods are high in protien and iron, and various other things you will not be getting once you cut meat from your diet.

Beans and other pulses work well, in combination with a carbohydrate such as rice or bread, soya protien or tofu are also high in protien too...

Have a search on the net and see what you can find.

Answer 7

Some people don't like meat. It's easy to replace protein w/ beans and legumes. But, most vegetarians are REALLY salt-itarians or sweet-itarians, not eating a healthy balance of foods.

Answer 8

There are millions of people in the world that never ate meat and are life vegetarians.

Answer 9

well if you cant stand not eatin meat then maybe you shouldnt condsider being a vegterian .. go to peta.org for some helpful tips and recipes

Answer 10

Meat Rules!!!