I'm going vegitarian, what can i use for energy safely that would replace the energy i got from meat?

Question

my doc said anything like coffee or soda for caffeine is very unhealthy. any suggestions for vegitarian food that will give me the energy to get me through the day?

Answer 1

Fruit snacks, fresh fruit, green tea...that's what my afternoon "power snack" usually consists of.

Good luck!!!

P.S. I drink one cup of coffee in the morning and one in the afternoon...my doc doesn't have a problem with it.

Answer 2

Mostly all foods contain calories, ergo, energy. If you are avoiding meat, then you need to compensate by eating additional foods with protein. Legumes (beans), protein additives, and various other foods rich in protein would do the trick. Eggs are another wonderful substitute, a few in the morning will do the trick. Also milk. You will go through a transition period of maybe a few weeks, so "things" may get rough. Try not to grab too many snacks lacking in nutritional content to satisfy your hunger pangs (keep plenty of carrot sticks handy). For lunch, you might try a "big" salad with maybe ranch dressing. For dinner, another big salad with maybe some brown rice and other raw vegatables.
You may end up getting the shakes. Try drinking OJ when that happens and avoid the candy. There are thousands of books out there to guide you, but the basics are pretty simple... keep the protein up, the cholesterol down, avoid sugary/fatty foods. You'll even see a blurb in there somewhere to make sure you drink plenty of water. Good luck.

Answer 3

Energy comes from three major sources:

Sugars, carbohydrates and fat.

They are quick burning, medium burning and slow burning respectively. A good meal will contain correct portions of all these things to carry you through to your next meal without a dip in energy or blood sugar.

Caffeine is a stimulant and is not actually an energy source. It just stimulates your body to use what energy it's got (sugars, carbs and fats) faster.

"Energy from meat" implies meat's got a special kind of energy that nothing else has, which is untrue. All the "energy" you get from meat is the same energy you can get from other sources. Protein is what meat is very high in but it not actually an energy source but more of a building block to replenish and build muscle tissue.

Something easy (but not the best) to tide you over would be I a low-salt trail mix, one with nuts (fats), oats (carbohydrates), dried fruit (sugar) and maybe a few chocolate bits (fats and sugar) mixed in. You'll still need fiber, vitamins and minerals that you can get from fresh veggies, legumes and grains. A balanced vegetarian diet will take care of your energy needs without meat.

Answer 4

In ur lunch and dinner u can use "Udid Daal" this is an indian agricultural product, which gives as much strength as meet. This daal is required to becooked for about 20 minutes. Then fry it with a little ediable oil, little chillypoweder and boil for 10minutes. U can drink about 100 m.l. every day, depending upon ur digestion system.This type of food is having vitamins just like meat, mutton or chicken.
2. U can use a poweder of wheat grass, which u can order in india, for which I can help u. By taking 3 grammes of poweder in a little hot water, mix it and to be takenin early morning in the emty stomouch. U should not eat or drink anything else upto half an hour, after taking this drink. It is a very supportive food and anty deasese, diebetic evn useful in cancer too.

Answer 5

Flesh:Protein energy is long term. Replacing it with legumes, nuts, cheese will provide it for you.
Quick energy is gotten from Fruit, & other Carbs like Rice Patatoes, Corn.
To keep that blood sugar up, small meals eaten at regular intervals..2 to 3 hours apart will do it. Caffeine & over sugar products add spikes very high to very low to energy but are short lived & then you feel worse. The key is balance.

Answer 6

I would suggest making sure you have plenty f complex carbohydrates such a wholemeal bread and wholemeal pastas and brown rice. Also beans and legumes are good for energy. I have put some simple recipes below for veggie meals using some of these. Hope it helps!

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Double Homous Sandwiches
Ingredients

thinly sliced cucumber pieces
thinly sliced tomato pieces
homous
vegan cream cheese
sun dried tomato paste
4 slices of wholemeal bread

On the first slice of bread spread with cream cheese and put your on the top cucumber . Then place another piece of bread on top and spread thickly with homous. Then add another slice of bread and spread with sun dried tomato paste and then place on your tomato. Finally add the last piece of bread and cut up.

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Spaghetti Bolognaise

Ingredients

2 cloves garlic
2 shallots
1 tbs olive oil
4 tbs frozen vegemince
4 large mushrooms
1/2 red pepper
1/2 tin tomatoes
1 tbs tomato paste
1 tsp sun dried tomato paste
mixed herbs
100g wholemeal spaghetti
black pepper
vegan parmazan cheese

Finely chop the garlic and slice the shallots. Put in a pan with a small amount of oilve oil and cook for 2 minutes over a medium heat. Add the vegemince, chopped mushrooms, chopped red pepper and cook for a further 5 minutes stirring regularly.

Add the tin of tomatoes, tomato paste, sun dried tomato paste and herbs. Simmer for 10 minutes.

Meanwhile boil the spagetti. When the spagetti is ready dish out the ingredients and add black pepper and vegan parmazen cheese to the top.
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Rice Pudding
Ingredients

2oz brown pudding rice
1 pint soya milk
cinnamon or nutmeg

Put the rice into the bottom of an ovenproof bowl and pour the soya milk over it. Sprinkle the spice over the top and cook in a moderate oven for two hours.

Leave to cool a little before serving so that it fully thickens.

Answer 7

Dr. Adiel Tel-Oren (renowned organic vegan raw foodist) asserts that, as long as you are getting fresh organic greens every day, you won't have to worry about anything you were missing from meat, including protein. I've found it the healthiest way to eat, and have read that this way of eating gives your body what it needs to fight off even very agressive cancer!

Answer 8

Protein bars that you get at healthfood stores will give you energy. My husband and I are just now trying a low fat mostly veggies diet and I need protein for low blood sugar. I'm taking protein bars to work to snack on.

Answer 9

Dont do it!!!!! Step away from the light!!!! Meat is good, its delicious and juicy and makes you want to lick the plate clean. Steak, Chicken, fishies, hamburgers, Carne asada! You dont get off to a plate of salad and tofu (yuck) Well....at least you waited til after Thanksgiving, hope you ate enough turkey to last a lifetime.

Answer 10

You have to look for Vegan recipes and find replacement proeteins like beans and lentils and nuts. Investigate it completely before you start because you need to have a balanced diet from the start.