Vegetarians: How do you manage to get the vitamins and nutrients that are found in meat and animal bi products

Answer 1

The protein scare is the biggest misconception about vegetarian diets. There are quite a bit of misconceptions so here are some web sites I think will help. The first is a list of vegetables with protein and how much the second are calcium sources in raw veggies. The third is an article about B12. It is actually a microbe found in soil and is abundant in seaweed, tempeh, miso, and root veggies. The last one is a list of foods with iron and how much.

http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/protein.htm

http://health.rutgers.edu/factsheets/iron.htm

http://www.carrotcafe.com/f/calevel.html

http://www.pamrotella.com/health/b12.html

Answer 2

A healthy balanced diet is the best way, but since most people don't eat as well as they should, a multivitamin is a great idea for everyone, vegetarian or otherwise. Just make sure you get a vegetarian formula multivitamin, which will be free of animal sourced ingredients and have more of the vitamins vegetarians need. Fortified products like soy milk and cereal are also a good way to get extra vitamins.

Answer 3

Well I'm vegan and have never taken any supplements. You really don't need to unless you have a pre-existing medical condition. The idea that vegans can't get the proper amount of nutrition without supplements is ridiculous. Anyways, as for the question, we get it through fruits vegetables. As for things like riboflavin and vitamin B12 that are thought to only be found in meat are actually found (in adequate quantities too) in both cereal and soy milk, along with many other essential vitamins and nutrients such as calcium, iron, etc.

Answer 4

By going to the source and eating plant food (generic term for all veggies, fruits, grains, etc.) rather than having my plant food be assimilated into an animal's body and then eating their flesh to get the same nutrition. People will often argue two almost valid points about things you can get from meat that aren't in plant food:
a) amino acids: It is true there are amino acids (proteins)found in meat that you can't get anywhere else. The way it works is cows eat plant food that contain amino acids. Those amino acids work together in their bodies to create new amino acids and viola they have all the animo acids they need to live healthfully. So now their flesh contains not only the amino acids they ate but also the amino acids their bodies made. We work the same way. We eat plant food amino acids, our bodies make the rest of the amino acids we need, viola. So those amino acids found in animal flesh that people are always going on about how we can't find them in nature...um, that's because our body makes them for us! I don't need to eat amino acids from flesh that my body already makes for me. That arguement does not hold water. period.
b) B-12: *sigh* All B-12, whether it's found in a supplements, on nutritional yeast, or in animal flesh comes from bacteria. The reason it's in animal flesh is because animals eat grain that has this bacteria on it. Most plant food has this bacteria on it. But we wash our food much better than our ancestors. we wash away the B-12. Therefore, if we stop eating meat we may not get all the B-12 we need to be healthy. Oh, yeah, unless we just go to the source. B-12 is fortified into many foods and a popular vegetarian source is nutritional yeast flakes which is used sort of like a spice (it's yummy).

I like the mental image of the following: If you wanted water, would you have an animal drink it first and then drink it's pee or would you just drink the water yourself? It's the same way with food. There's nothing you can get from eating animal products that you can't get from non-animal sources. Except cholesterol. Only animal products have that!

Answer 5

(sigh) This question has obvious answers, but I'll try my best to elaborate anyway.
If one eats a well-balanced vegetarian or vegan diet (one that consists of a healthy amount of beans/legumes, fruit and vegetables), it is more than sufficient to provide the body with vitamins, minerals and nutrition.

Many of the so-called vitamins, minerals and proteins found in {dead} animal and animal by-products are actually not good for the body.
Cow's milk for example does not contain naturally-occurring vitamins. The calcium and vitamin D that are touted to be in milk are actually added during the pasteurizing process. That doesn't happen by nature. Many dairy products are VERY high in fat and it's the wrong kind of fat - saturated. Animal protein is hard for the human body to digest. It has been known to cause kidney stones and stomach cancer.

Consuming too much {dead} animal and its byproducts is dangerous. It is much easier for the stomach to absorb and process plant proteins as well as the vitamins and minerals found in the plants b/c it occurs naturally.

Answer 6

Every necessary vitamin and nutrient can be found in non-animal sources.

Answer 7

the main to a healthful vegetarian food plan is to consume a super sort of meals which permits confirm which you get the needed food and different ingredients that sell reliable well being. Protein:Vegetarians who consume eggs or dairy products have assets of protein. different assets contain soy products, meat substitutes, legumes, lentils, nuts, seeds and entire grains. Calcium: Low-fat dairy meals and darkish green vegetables, which includes spinach, turnip and collard vegetables, kale, and broccoli, are reliable assets of calcium. Tofu enriched with calcium and fortified soy milk and fruit juices are different concepts. nutrition B-12: (to offer pink blood cells and stop anemia) stumbled on purely approximately completely in animal products, alongside with milk, eggs and cheese. Vegans can get nutrition B-12 from some enriched cereals, fortified soy products or by using taking a complement that is composed of this nutrition. Iron:an important component to pink blood cells; Dried beans and peas, lentils, enriched cereals, entire-grain products, darkish leafy green vegetables, and dried fruit are reliable assets of iron. to help your physique take in nonanimal assets of iron, consume meals wealthy in nutrition C — which includes strawberries, citrus end result, tomatoes, cabbage and broccoli — on the comparable time you consume iron-containing meals. Zinc: mandatory component to many enzymes and performs a place in cellular branch and in the formation of proteins; entire grains, soy products, nuts and wheat germ. have self assurance me, living in a progressed united states and getting all your food in spite of a vegetarian food plan is easier than it form of feels = ) i in my opinion consume fairly some lentils with the aid of fact they're a staple of an Indian food plan...and being waiting to consume lentils and milk products covers lots

Answer 8

The same way the cow does, I just skip the middle man...er, animal.