how do vegetarians ensure they receive a balanced diet?

Question

1.A slightly overweight friend decides to go on a crash diet. She/he tells you that she/he is only going to eat grapefruit and drink black coffee for two weeks. What advice would you give your friend?
2.The body cannot digest fibre. Why is it still important in our diet?
3. Explain the need for our Diet to contain: carbohydrates; sodium chloride; fresh fruits and milk.

Answer 1

For one, being a vegetarian means you don't eat meat, and a crash diet of just fruit and black cffee is worse than not dieting at all. Eat low fat foods, youghurt is okay, because you are not vegan, and milk is the same, vegetables are a good soursce of protein, as well as bread, rice, pasta, and for protein, you can buy suppliments which work just as well instead of meat.

The fact that you put She/he tells me that you are talking about yourself, but trying to draw everyone away into thinking you are tlaking about a friend of yours, which is the only reason why I said "You" instead of She/he.

Answer 2

1. Eating grapefruit is good for health and it will give the required calories for survival however black coffee is not good and is only a stimulant and he/she is taking the same for boosting their morale thats all.
2. The body does not digest fibre is not fully correct some amount of fibre do gets into the blood stream and this prevents the narrowing of the blood vessels and prevents heart attact and hence it plays an important role in our diet.
3. Carbohydrates for energy, sodium chloride for assymilation & digestion & absorbtion of our food, fresh fruits contain natural vitamins and mineral required for our body and milk is a great soother & nourisher to the body.

Answer 3

It is absurd to go on fad diets. One cannot sustain them and the results cud also be disasterous. Fibre helps in movement of the of food in the digestive system.

Eat nourishing food that too only when hungry and not more than three times a day unless diabetic. U shud take water only in between the meals. Chew each morsel of food at least 32 times so that ur brain generates a command to u to indicate that u have had enough. Take light exercise and brisk walks regularly. U will be able to attain ur ideal weight within a reasonable time gracefully and effortlessly w/o any side effects.