how do I become a vegetarian? and what is the difference between vegan and vegetarian?

Question

I have had a very difficult year and have a need to make some minor changes. I have been getting back to my spiritual roots by meditating, having started yoga, and getting back on an enlightened path. As part of this, I am contemplating turning vegatarian. Everyone I know who is vegetarian is so healthy, and I have a need to do the same. Can someone give me good tips, sites and tell me the difference between vegen and vegetarian? I am also a single mother who is a fulltime student, therefore on a serious budget, so budgeting hints for this endeavor would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

I also have some real meat eaters in my family. How do you let them know without starting a fight?

Answer 1

You should only become vegan/vegetarian if you truley believe so. Now there are many types of vegetarians. There are ovo-lacto-vegetarian, semi-vegetarian, ovo-vegetarian, lacto-vegetarian, vegetarian and of course vegan. Vegetarian is basically an overall of all those groups i mentioned, it basically is someone who dose not eat fish, seafood, meat, or poultry. A vegan is strict--not consuming any animal products or byproducts and some go as far as not eating honey or yeast, and not wearing clothing made from animal products. Hope i helped!

Answer 2

Well first off being a vegitarian doesnt make you automatically healthy. Youll have to have alot of speacil foods so you get your protein and stuff that is in meat and all that stuff isnt all that good in taste. Also these can be quite pricey. I personly havent wanted to become a vegitarian because it isnt something im strong enought to do but your could go to google and see cause google can find many good information. budgeting hint is to look for sales and buy the cheaper stuff. It may not taste as good but still it the same ingredeints almost. A vegan is some one how doesnt eat anyting that was once an animal. A vegan only doesnt eat meat. I hope this helped

Answer 3

Vegans not only abstain from eating anything with any form of animal in it, they do not use or wear any personal products that contain animal in it, down to the shampoos and soaps they use to the clothes they wear. Stella McCartney has a high fashion line of clothing that is vegan, or so I heard. Gotta have bucks though.

There are such things as unhealthy vegetarians. I watched Discovery's National Body Challenge last night and there was an overweight vegetarian family. They were so because they constantly snacked on chips and baked goods.

Since you are on a budget you might consider being a vegetarian, and not a vegan. You have to go to a lot of specialty stores to get purely vegan items, and veganism is so much more strict and bothersome. There is lacto-ovum vegetarians, which I am. It means you allow yourself to eat dairy products and eggs. I don't have a problem with eggs and dairy because I don't think it harms the animal to extract those products from them. This will keep things easier for you, and possibly more affordable, since things like veggie burgers and veggie dogs can be pretty expensive, and you don't really get a lot for your money.

You have to be creative as a vegetarian. The good thing is, beans are pretty inexpensive, and there are plenty of varieties of beans and recipes to go along with them that can keep things interesting. Learning to cook with tofu is probably a good idea too, and I don't find tofu to be extremely expensive. I go to the Asian markets in my neighborhood, and I can usually get a decent sized hunk of tofu for about 99 cents. For me, being a vegetarian has improved my finances. I used to buy chicken breast and lean beef, and that would always set me back. I feel so much more energetic and clear headed since becoming one too. It may be psychological, but it's there nonetheless. Good luck.

Answer 4

Visit this website: http://www.imagesofone.com/cmd.asp?af=533658

There are e-books on this site... Go to the left of the page and towards the bottom of the list of e-books there is one called Diet Liberation. This book made me a vegetarian...

A vegan is someone who does not eat anything made from an animal such as milk or cheese.... A vegetarian who is not vegan will not eat meat, but will have milk or cheese or ice cream, etc....

There are substitutes such as vegeburgers and gardenbergers.... they are comparable in cost... also if you eat fruits and vegtables and no meat....it works out to be cheaper as a vegetarian..trust me...as a full-time student I know about the money crunch...

Good Luck

Answer 5

Vegan is when you odnt have ANY dairy products of products from animals. Like milk, butter yogurt. Veggtarian is when you dont eat meat. but you have milk and whatnot.