We're opening a restaurant and want to have at least one completely vegetarian item on our menu. I know vegetarians have a hard time dining out because most places offer very little, if any, vegetarian sandwiches. We want something delicious and flavorful!What is the most delicious vegetarian sandwich?
This is my favorite...all vegan yet it tastes eerily close to tuna salad:
Chickpea Salad Sandwich
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
2 slices whole wheat bread
chickpeas
mustard
soy mayonnaise
pickle relish
lettuce, optional- i like the spring greens mix
tomato slices, optional
fresh ground pepper
Directions:
When I became vegetarian, i missed the weirdest things, and one of those things was chicken and tuna salad sandwiches. This is a good substitute, because with the mustard, mayonnaise, and relish, you can hardly tell what the main ingredient is anyway. Non-vegetarians will like it too!
Put the chickpeas, mustard, mayonnaise, and pickle relish (or whatever you would typically make meat salads with) in a bowl and mash with a fork into a lumpy consistency (should have texture, not smooth like hummous). Put cheese on one slice of vegan bread spoon chickpea salad over it. Top with lettuce and tomato slices and add pepper to taste. Put other slice of bread on top to close sandwich and slice in half from corner to corner. Yummy... enjoy!
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More vegan recipes here: http://vegweb.com/
I'm a vegetarian, and I'm always disappointed at veggie burgers at restaurants that don't specialize in vegetarian food. It's like they buy pre-made patties somewhere. The burger is something everyone can relate to, and a good veggie burger can, more than any vegetarian food, persuade meat lovers to give veggies - and maybe someday vegetarianism - a try, and can put a big smile on most vegetarians' faces. So, in my opinion, find a good recipe on the Internet, or from a cookbook, or from somewhere, for veggie burgers. Find several recipes perhaps, try them out, then choose one. Serve them with or without cheese; many vegetarians eat dairy. Serve your veggie burger with the same flare as you do your meat burger. Sorry, I don't have recipe. I've lived in Asia for the last 10 years and eat/cook local food. Good luck with the restaurant!What is the most delicious vegetarian sandwich?
Vegan fried "fish" sandwich.
1/2 block of firm or extra firm tofu, cut into 1 cm slices,
2 tsp minced ginger
1 tsp ginger powder
1/2 tsp mustard powder*
1 tsp onion powder*
1 tsp miso paste (I used mellow white miso)
1 tsp lime or lemon juice
1 tsp of brown sugar
1 Tbsp soy sauce
1 clove garlic, minced* or 1 tsp garlic powder*
2 tsp flaked seaweed* (1 tsp for marinade, 1 tsp for flour)
olive oil
flour
soymilk, plain
panko breadcrumbs
First, steam the tofu slices for about 7-10 minutes.
While tofu is steaming, prepare marinade. Add 1 tsp. flaked seaweed to the marinade. Mix to form a paste then add olive oil until fairly liquid. Taste and adjust seasonings so it's not too salty or tangy.
Remove tofu from steamer, coat in marinade and leave for a few hours.
Heat a shallow amount of olive oil on medium heat in a saucepan while you do the following:
Get three bowls ready. Fill one with flour. Add the other tsp. of the seaweed to the flour and mix to combine. Fill the next bowl with about 1/2 cup soymilk. Fill the last bowl with panko. Dip tofu slices into flour, then soymilk, then finally in crumbs, making sure each side is completely covered.
Gently pan fry tofu until browned on both sides. Serve hot.
Note: To make flaked seaweed, I took a nori sheet and pulverized it in the blender!
Easy Tartar Sauce
1/2 cup Vegenaise or any brand vegan mayo
2 tsp sweet relish
1 tsp dijon mustard
2 squirts of lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste
Combine all ingredients and chill for a while.
A great vegetarian sandwich is:
Roasted Capscium
Mushrooms
Avocado
Feta or Harvarti Cheese
Baby Spinach Leaves
Sprinklesliced olives
Another great tasty spread is this one. Also lovely cubed into salads. I add chilli to mine.
Tomato Nut Cheese
1 can tomato soup
Large onion, chopped finely
陆 cup cornflour
Thyme, salt
2 T tom sauce
2 eggs
2/3 cup peanut butter
Blend all together, steam one hour.What is the most delicious vegetarian sandwich?
I have to agree on that Chickpea Salad Sandwich. It is phenomenal! I also like a simple Crunchy Vegetable Wrap:
4 Tbsp. Tofutti cream cheese, your favorite flavor (or any nondairy cream cheese)
4 10-inch flour tortillas
1 cup shredded spinach
1/4 cup alfalfa sprouts
1/2 cup shredded red cabbage
1/2 cup sliced avocado
1/4 cup chopped tomatoes
1/2 cup diced cucumbers
2 Tbsp. finely diced red onion
Salt and pepper, to taste
鈥?Spread one tablespoon of cream cheese over each tortilla. Sprinkle an even amount of the remaining ingredients on each wrap; roll up.
It's yummy :D
"B"LT- make a BLT but with fake bacon and also offer a choice of vegan mayonnaise and cheese
Smart Deli Sandwiches- Smart Deli brand lunch foe meat is good its just a classic lunch meat sandwich. It comes in turkey and ham I think there may be more but I'm not sure.
Field Roast Sandwich- Field roast is a great vegan sausage I would recommend the Apple Sage. Put 2 sausages on bread (rye is good with this) then some sauerkraut and what ever topping you want.
Amy's Burgers- Amy's burgers are a great vegan hamburger. Just put it between a toasted buns and any toppings you want and your good to go!
Smart Deli Bar BQ sandwiches- Smart Deli's Shredded bar B Q is great on a sandwich
Those are some of my favorites. Check on http://www.veganessentials.com and look at their meat-free choices they have the tastiest food! And find different recipes to make Stan recipes. Seitan is better tasting than tofu and is great tasting! Also check out different vegetarian restaurant's menus online to get some ideas like The Chicago Dinner. Good luck with your restaurant and I'm so happy you thought about us vegetarians! I want to eat at your restaurant! Where is it?
Here's a few of my favorites:
-Falafel with baby spinach, tomato, cucumbers, feta cheese and tzatziki sauce in a pita pocket
-Spinach, roasted red peppers, hummus, tomatoes, sprouts, cucumbers, and sharp cheddar cheese, with some olive oil and vinegar on whole grain bread
-peanut butter and jelly (simple, but so good) you can jazz this up with natural peanut butter and small batch gourmet jams, maybe throw some banana slices and/or honey on there, too
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Butter-Bean鈥?/a>
This is my all time favorite. It is very easy to prepare and even my meat eating boyfriend asks for me to make this one over and over, not to mention he doesn't like vegetables :P.
But all of the texture and garlic and flavor of this makes it really yummy, I put this one on a hamburger bun or potato bread. And personally I took out the jalapenos and onions, I use onion powder just bc I don't like raw onions or spicy foods.
I'm not too fond of sandwhiches myself, since I am a vegetarian and all. But, something that is good and I do like is meatless deli. Taste like meat and it is all natural but no meat its awesome
Panera Bread's Mediterranean Veggie Sandwich:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?鈥?/a>
^sandwich ingredients, not a plea for answers to my question.
Roasted vegetable panini with feta or smoked mozzarella drizzled with balsamic vinegar on a cibatta roll.
You should try a BLT made with fake bacon.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Does being vegetarian make you lose you ability to tan better?
I've been vegetarian for a year and a couple of months now, but this is my first summer meatless. I've notice I haven't been getting much color from the sun like i always did (I'm sicilian so genetically darker skin and tan very well) but this summer, already two months in I haven't received a tan and I lay out side all the time. COuld being vegetarian effect that?Does being vegetarian make you lose you ability to tan better?
Heck no. I've gotten more color as a vegetarian and vegan than ever before that. Not like I can tan all THAT much anyway...but for someone who can't tan, I've gotten color.
No, not at all. I've been a vegetarian for about five years now and have never been tanner.
I was always pale, it took some effort (over years of careful sun bathing using good sun screen) to slowly get my skin used to the sun without burning and having to start at square one. Now I can look at my shoulders and see sun kissed skin. That was mostly achieved during my years as a vegetarian using the sun only (no tanning beds).
@ Kerfuffle: that explains a lot!Does being vegetarian make you lose you ability to tan better?
no. im pretty gingery so i dont tan much anyway, but if anything ive gotten more color since going veg. its also really not good for you to lay out and tan, you dont want your skin to be all f*cked up when youre older. sunscreen is important!
Like someone else said, you're probably not getting enough nutrition or something.
As far as I know, being a Vegetarian doesn't have an effect on how much you tan.Does being vegetarian make you lose you ability to tan better?
I have not found that problem; however I am irish, so I don't tend to tan anyway.
Increase your intake of beans, seeds/nuts, and eggs, that should help.
Good luck!
No.
Actually studies show that eating more vegetables (than someone who is not a vegetarian) increases ability to tan.
Lack of nutrition, maybe. But not specifically being vegetarian.
No. I always tanned well and still tan well...and I'm a vegan. In fact, I hold onto my tan a lot longer now.
vege-tarian, not Idonteatmeatbuteatjunkfood-tarian, u neef to eat better
Heck no. I've gotten more color as a vegetarian and vegan than ever before that. Not like I can tan all THAT much anyway...but for someone who can't tan, I've gotten color.
No, not at all. I've been a vegetarian for about five years now and have never been tanner.
I was always pale, it took some effort (over years of careful sun bathing using good sun screen) to slowly get my skin used to the sun without burning and having to start at square one. Now I can look at my shoulders and see sun kissed skin. That was mostly achieved during my years as a vegetarian using the sun only (no tanning beds).
@ Kerfuffle: that explains a lot!Does being vegetarian make you lose you ability to tan better?
no. im pretty gingery so i dont tan much anyway, but if anything ive gotten more color since going veg. its also really not good for you to lay out and tan, you dont want your skin to be all f*cked up when youre older. sunscreen is important!
Like someone else said, you're probably not getting enough nutrition or something.
As far as I know, being a Vegetarian doesn't have an effect on how much you tan.Does being vegetarian make you lose you ability to tan better?
I have not found that problem; however I am irish, so I don't tend to tan anyway.
Increase your intake of beans, seeds/nuts, and eggs, that should help.
Good luck!
No.
Actually studies show that eating more vegetables (than someone who is not a vegetarian) increases ability to tan.
Lack of nutrition, maybe. But not specifically being vegetarian.
No. I always tanned well and still tan well...and I'm a vegan. In fact, I hold onto my tan a lot longer now.
vege-tarian, not Idonteatmeatbuteatjunkfood-tarian, u neef to eat better
How would you advize an ex-vegetarian on how to deal with their veggie peers who judge them for eating meat?
im an ex-vegetarian who struggled on a vegetarian diet for many yrs and have now been forced to eat chicken and fish again for medical reasons.after trying numerous times to remain vegetarian and finnally being so weak,sick and deficient in proten that i nearly killed myself due to my ideals,but still i have veggie people accuse me of being brainwashed by the meat industry or that there is no reason for eating meat,or saying that killing animals for food is wrong.What if u were so sick u HAD TO EAT MEAT TO REGAIN STRENGTH IS THAT WRONG???IF U SAY YES THEN U NEED HELP,im so tired of having my posts removed from vegan sites,or having veggie people try to debate with me its hard enough to change without the harrassment and the pain!How would you advize an ex-vegetarian on how to deal with their veggie peers who judge them for eating meat?
Just tell them what you said: it is really difficult for you to consume enough protein that is necessary for your body to function when you're allergic to most of the foods that vegetarians eat for protein.
If your friends still don't understand that and still accuse you of "cruel," then it might be time to find other friends who understand your situation.
Good luck! :)
It probably bothers you a lot more than it does your "friends". Tell them that what worked before works no more, and end of discussion.
You owe no more than that to real friends.
Good luck and hope you feel much better soon.How would you advize an ex-vegetarian on how to deal with their veggie peers who judge them for eating meat?
Tell them to mind their own business and get on with your life
I would say nothing just devour my turkey burger and let them talk.How would you advize an ex-vegetarian on how to deal with their veggie peers who judge them for eating meat?
Remind yourself that they are the ones with a mental illness, not you, and of course they have to chastise you in order for themselves to feel normal.
Just explain to them that vegetables are living organism and they are killing these precious vegetables just so they can survive. Tell them they should start eating non living things like rocks and dirt.
Just ignore them.
Nobody is completely free of criticism if you look hard enough, but that takes too much energy and life is too short.
people come on...forced to eat chicked for medical reasons? fish too? there are so many synthetic products today to replace whatever u get from dead animals, you do not need to eat them...fish oils are copied, and protiens, im guessing, from dead chickens are reproduced as well..go to a local health food store, do your homework and go back to a non viloent way of eating...meat is murder!
If I'm assuming incorrectly please forgive me.
It sounds like you were part of a very close
nit group within the veggie sub-culture and
that now you feel as though your friends
have turned their back on you. My advice
is to find new friends who won't judge you.
Keep the friends that are understanding
if there are any. If you really want to remain
friends with vegetarians that can't stand the
sight or smell of meat then don't bring meat
around them. As a vegetarian/vegan that's
the best advice I can give.
They don't sound like very good friends to me. Besides, its not like you're being a total hypocrite like Beebs who talks radical vegan in one thread then admits to eating meat in another.
god, what did u eat all those years? i think its fine that ur no longer a veggie, especially if u don't eat red meat. i say, the chickens already dead when u get it, why waste it? (sorry if that hurt ur feelings) just tell ur peeps to mind their own vegetarian business and let u live ur life
Stop worrying about bullies and people who try to harass you! Your own well being and health is more important than any peer pressure. if they can't accept you for who you are and for your own choices, get rid of them!
I have the same problem exactly. I am allergic to many foods. I eat fish a couple of times a year for protein intake, and yes, I get judged too. I could give a flip less. I will eat whatever I NEED to survive, and anyone who is not signing my mortgage payment can kiss my, well you know. Why do you care what other think-you don't need to justify anything. I cannot eat most of the foods that vegetarians rely on. I am allergic to all wheat, soy, eggs, commercial dairy, tomatoes, avacados and other things. I can't eat the fake meat subs, nor do I want to. I eat mostly grains and rice, the veggies I can tolerate, and when I feel the need, I eat some fish or seafood. I need not justify this to anyone, nor should you. If you need chicken as well, then by all means have it-and don't feel guilty about it. I find that most people want to cram everyone into a neat little box with a label "vegetarian" or "vegan" or "pescatarian" No one, who is not in your shoes has the right to judge you. Just let it roll off of you like water off a ducks back. When someone who wants to judge me takes on paying all of my bills for me, perhaps I might give them some credence. So far, I haven't found anyone with enough convictions to take me on. So, I shall decide for myself what, when, and how I eat. My healing thoughts are with you. You can email me, if you like
i will lend you one of my old doubles barrles shotguns
1 is over - under the other is side by side and we can fill the shells with long grain rice
just give me a call
and welcome back from the dark side
Tell them about your medical condition.
Its also wrong to force someone to suffer.
I was a strict vegetarian for over 4 years, my experience is that it had cleansed my blood and improved my vision. For years no one could convince me to eat meat. But lately I started experiencing cold hands/feet, low thyroid function, and I'm getting worried about possible infertility now that I'm in my 30's. I think I was cutting out the toxins ladden in meat, but also missing some essential ingredients for health. And I had 2 vegetarin friends died of cancer last year... I then came across the works of Dr. Weston Price, (www.westonaprice.org) and it provided me the science as well as the ethics of eating animal products. I now add raw milk, butter, and occassional grass-fed beef to my diet, while continue to eat organic vegetables and nuts. For all the right reasons to be vegetarian, there's also a right way to consume animal products- by chosing from good organic sources, and support humane treatment in animal raising. I used to be ladden with guilt for eating meat, but now that I support farmers that raise organic milk, eggs and meat, it is actually better Karma. Maybe you can sent your friends the link, they can debate among themselves, maybe even be converted. I would still avoid products from animals injected with antibiotics, hormones and raised inhumanely. You don't want to get toxins while you're eating more protein. Good luck.
It must have been hard to start eating meat again after so many years of being a vegetarian. I have been a vegetarian for over twenty years and I can't imagine what it would be like to be forced to eat meat again! I don't know if I would, I have not been placed in that situation. My mother has been though. After a brain hemorrhage the people at the nursing home told her she would have to eat meat again to gain strength. She was very weak and fragile. She had been a vegetarian for fifteen years and she asked me what to do. Even though I'm still not sure if eating meat would help in a situation like that, I advised her to eat meat again. Just for the odd chance that it would help her regaining strength. Well, due to a lot of things she never did and due to her condition she lost the will to live and she died. Nevertheless I am glad that I advised her to start eating meat again. I will never have to think: maybe she would have been alive today if she had eaten meat. How did you get your condition? I wanted to email you but I can't and I would really like to know more about it.
not everyone has a body made to be a vegetarian! i think diet is a very personal choice. some people have to eat some meat.
very judgmental, but some people are also too poor (financially, physically or emotionally) to afford a comfortable vegetarian/ vegan lifestyle. for me, eating meat sometimes provides me with cooking experience and easier meals, since i've eaten meat for more of my life than not.
i think it is 100% ok; i do not eat meat in excess and i feel greatful for what i eat. as long as i eat it in small quantities, eat as much as i can to avoid wastefulness and really enjoy what i eat, i think i should eat it. what made me decide to start eating meat again was a menu at a pizza place: would i prefer a cheaply made salad or a cheaply made blt? i would go with the cheaply made blt any day! i think iceberg lettuce is gross and useless.
If these people are friends they should understand and not judge you. When people start giving you grief just tell them that it is for medical reasons and that you don't wish to discuss your health with them, then ignore them. You have nothing to feel bad about. Personally I feel all people need a bit of meat in their diet to stay strong.
Just ignore these people who criticize you. Obviously, they do not have your best interests at heart. I am a vegan myself, however I *do* recognize that some people need to eat meat in order to survive and help with certain medical conditions. I would recommend finding a small family farm someplace that can give you fresh chicken, but where you know the chickens were treated humanely.
Here is something you can try, though, to limit your intake of meat but still get enough protein: look for Primal strips. It is setian (no soy) jerky and tastes very good, and has a very high protein level per strip.
I am hypoglycemic and I often find it difficult to get enough protein during the day, so I will eat those, along with beans and rice which also contain complete protein.
Good luck!
explain that you need protein and you are allergic to the alternatives. Also, why do you care what other people think? Your life your choice, your body. Not all vegetarians are complete vegan. I'm not.
You tried and for severe reasons you coud not do it. You still know it's wrong to eat meat but you have to. Just ignore their comments. I am a veggie and I am not mad at you for eating meat. Good Luck.
If you're ever looking for another source of protein, give hemp protein powder a try!
What a crappy situation! I realized a long time ago that the very worst thing to do for the vegetarian cause was to harp on people who were eating meat. I've certainly put veganism in a more positive light for my friends by debunking the "militant vegan" idea - they can sit with pounds and pounds of wings and I don't bat an eye. Maybe try to express that sentiment to your friends and explain how they are portraying all vegetarians very negatively?
They have doubtless had people initiating debates with them over their diet, and have probably gotten really frustrated because people have no right trying to interfere, so they should already know that what each person eats is their own business and theirs alone.
They are being completely disrespectful - perhaps some new friends are in order.
If those people won't respect your decision after seeing your struggle to be veg, they are not friends. Try reminding them that no one has the right to be the "Veggie Police", we all do what we can and that's what matters.
Even though you have very strict food restrictions you can help animals other ways, like by purchasing animal friendly/vegan products. Every little bit helps, just remember that. :)
Just tell them what you said: it is really difficult for you to consume enough protein that is necessary for your body to function when you're allergic to most of the foods that vegetarians eat for protein.
If your friends still don't understand that and still accuse you of "cruel," then it might be time to find other friends who understand your situation.
Good luck! :)
It probably bothers you a lot more than it does your "friends". Tell them that what worked before works no more, and end of discussion.
You owe no more than that to real friends.
Good luck and hope you feel much better soon.How would you advize an ex-vegetarian on how to deal with their veggie peers who judge them for eating meat?
Tell them to mind their own business and get on with your life
I would say nothing just devour my turkey burger and let them talk.How would you advize an ex-vegetarian on how to deal with their veggie peers who judge them for eating meat?
Remind yourself that they are the ones with a mental illness, not you, and of course they have to chastise you in order for themselves to feel normal.
Just explain to them that vegetables are living organism and they are killing these precious vegetables just so they can survive. Tell them they should start eating non living things like rocks and dirt.
Just ignore them.
Nobody is completely free of criticism if you look hard enough, but that takes too much energy and life is too short.
people come on...forced to eat chicked for medical reasons? fish too? there are so many synthetic products today to replace whatever u get from dead animals, you do not need to eat them...fish oils are copied, and protiens, im guessing, from dead chickens are reproduced as well..go to a local health food store, do your homework and go back to a non viloent way of eating...meat is murder!
If I'm assuming incorrectly please forgive me.
It sounds like you were part of a very close
nit group within the veggie sub-culture and
that now you feel as though your friends
have turned their back on you. My advice
is to find new friends who won't judge you.
Keep the friends that are understanding
if there are any. If you really want to remain
friends with vegetarians that can't stand the
sight or smell of meat then don't bring meat
around them. As a vegetarian/vegan that's
the best advice I can give.
They don't sound like very good friends to me. Besides, its not like you're being a total hypocrite like Beebs who talks radical vegan in one thread then admits to eating meat in another.
god, what did u eat all those years? i think its fine that ur no longer a veggie, especially if u don't eat red meat. i say, the chickens already dead when u get it, why waste it? (sorry if that hurt ur feelings) just tell ur peeps to mind their own vegetarian business and let u live ur life
Stop worrying about bullies and people who try to harass you! Your own well being and health is more important than any peer pressure. if they can't accept you for who you are and for your own choices, get rid of them!
I have the same problem exactly. I am allergic to many foods. I eat fish a couple of times a year for protein intake, and yes, I get judged too. I could give a flip less. I will eat whatever I NEED to survive, and anyone who is not signing my mortgage payment can kiss my, well you know. Why do you care what other think-you don't need to justify anything. I cannot eat most of the foods that vegetarians rely on. I am allergic to all wheat, soy, eggs, commercial dairy, tomatoes, avacados and other things. I can't eat the fake meat subs, nor do I want to. I eat mostly grains and rice, the veggies I can tolerate, and when I feel the need, I eat some fish or seafood. I need not justify this to anyone, nor should you. If you need chicken as well, then by all means have it-and don't feel guilty about it. I find that most people want to cram everyone into a neat little box with a label "vegetarian" or "vegan" or "pescatarian" No one, who is not in your shoes has the right to judge you. Just let it roll off of you like water off a ducks back. When someone who wants to judge me takes on paying all of my bills for me, perhaps I might give them some credence. So far, I haven't found anyone with enough convictions to take me on. So, I shall decide for myself what, when, and how I eat. My healing thoughts are with you. You can email me, if you like
i will lend you one of my old doubles barrles shotguns
1 is over - under the other is side by side and we can fill the shells with long grain rice
just give me a call
and welcome back from the dark side
Tell them about your medical condition.
Its also wrong to force someone to suffer.
I was a strict vegetarian for over 4 years, my experience is that it had cleansed my blood and improved my vision. For years no one could convince me to eat meat. But lately I started experiencing cold hands/feet, low thyroid function, and I'm getting worried about possible infertility now that I'm in my 30's. I think I was cutting out the toxins ladden in meat, but also missing some essential ingredients for health. And I had 2 vegetarin friends died of cancer last year... I then came across the works of Dr. Weston Price, (www.westonaprice.org) and it provided me the science as well as the ethics of eating animal products. I now add raw milk, butter, and occassional grass-fed beef to my diet, while continue to eat organic vegetables and nuts. For all the right reasons to be vegetarian, there's also a right way to consume animal products- by chosing from good organic sources, and support humane treatment in animal raising. I used to be ladden with guilt for eating meat, but now that I support farmers that raise organic milk, eggs and meat, it is actually better Karma. Maybe you can sent your friends the link, they can debate among themselves, maybe even be converted. I would still avoid products from animals injected with antibiotics, hormones and raised inhumanely. You don't want to get toxins while you're eating more protein. Good luck.
It must have been hard to start eating meat again after so many years of being a vegetarian. I have been a vegetarian for over twenty years and I can't imagine what it would be like to be forced to eat meat again! I don't know if I would, I have not been placed in that situation. My mother has been though. After a brain hemorrhage the people at the nursing home told her she would have to eat meat again to gain strength. She was very weak and fragile. She had been a vegetarian for fifteen years and she asked me what to do. Even though I'm still not sure if eating meat would help in a situation like that, I advised her to eat meat again. Just for the odd chance that it would help her regaining strength. Well, due to a lot of things she never did and due to her condition she lost the will to live and she died. Nevertheless I am glad that I advised her to start eating meat again. I will never have to think: maybe she would have been alive today if she had eaten meat. How did you get your condition? I wanted to email you but I can't and I would really like to know more about it.
not everyone has a body made to be a vegetarian! i think diet is a very personal choice. some people have to eat some meat.
very judgmental, but some people are also too poor (financially, physically or emotionally) to afford a comfortable vegetarian/ vegan lifestyle. for me, eating meat sometimes provides me with cooking experience and easier meals, since i've eaten meat for more of my life than not.
i think it is 100% ok; i do not eat meat in excess and i feel greatful for what i eat. as long as i eat it in small quantities, eat as much as i can to avoid wastefulness and really enjoy what i eat, i think i should eat it. what made me decide to start eating meat again was a menu at a pizza place: would i prefer a cheaply made salad or a cheaply made blt? i would go with the cheaply made blt any day! i think iceberg lettuce is gross and useless.
If these people are friends they should understand and not judge you. When people start giving you grief just tell them that it is for medical reasons and that you don't wish to discuss your health with them, then ignore them. You have nothing to feel bad about. Personally I feel all people need a bit of meat in their diet to stay strong.
Just ignore these people who criticize you. Obviously, they do not have your best interests at heart. I am a vegan myself, however I *do* recognize that some people need to eat meat in order to survive and help with certain medical conditions. I would recommend finding a small family farm someplace that can give you fresh chicken, but where you know the chickens were treated humanely.
Here is something you can try, though, to limit your intake of meat but still get enough protein: look for Primal strips. It is setian (no soy) jerky and tastes very good, and has a very high protein level per strip.
I am hypoglycemic and I often find it difficult to get enough protein during the day, so I will eat those, along with beans and rice which also contain complete protein.
Good luck!
explain that you need protein and you are allergic to the alternatives. Also, why do you care what other people think? Your life your choice, your body. Not all vegetarians are complete vegan. I'm not.
You tried and for severe reasons you coud not do it. You still know it's wrong to eat meat but you have to. Just ignore their comments. I am a veggie and I am not mad at you for eating meat. Good Luck.
If you're ever looking for another source of protein, give hemp protein powder a try!
What a crappy situation! I realized a long time ago that the very worst thing to do for the vegetarian cause was to harp on people who were eating meat. I've certainly put veganism in a more positive light for my friends by debunking the "militant vegan" idea - they can sit with pounds and pounds of wings and I don't bat an eye. Maybe try to express that sentiment to your friends and explain how they are portraying all vegetarians very negatively?
They have doubtless had people initiating debates with them over their diet, and have probably gotten really frustrated because people have no right trying to interfere, so they should already know that what each person eats is their own business and theirs alone.
They are being completely disrespectful - perhaps some new friends are in order.
If those people won't respect your decision after seeing your struggle to be veg, they are not friends. Try reminding them that no one has the right to be the "Veggie Police", we all do what we can and that's what matters.
Even though you have very strict food restrictions you can help animals other ways, like by purchasing animal friendly/vegan products. Every little bit helps, just remember that. :)
How can libs claim that vegetarianism is peaceful when Hitler himself was a vegetarian?
Doesn't that cancel out the theory put forth by the libs that vegetarianism is a peaceful alternative. The sickest mass murderer of all time was a vegetarian, so much for your theories about vegetarianism and a more peaceful world. Now excuse me while I enjoy my steak and don't go out and kill six million Jews. Once again, libs caught in a lie!How can libs claim that vegetarianism is peaceful when Hitler himself was a vegetarian?
Hitler also NEVER drank or smoked and was highly against any of them and wanted them all banned.
So wouldnt it be a good idea to START SMOKING AND DRINKING!!
wow... how "logical" %26gt;.%26gt;
This is an idiotic argument. Hitler also ordered millions to be sent to gas chambers and he created a culture where a Jewish person's skin in some cases were cured and made into a suit.
I am not a vegetarian and I am not a "lib" but I hate bullies like you who exploit a tragedy that hapened more than 50 years ago in a different nation to make your idiotic ideaological point. It makes no sense and it waters down a real tragedy. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF.
I spent several years in central Europe and worked and visited with many survivors of the concentration camps... I know people (Jewish and non-Jews) that suffered in those camps and I won't sit here and let someone on this site make such an imbecilic argument.
Your argument is like saying that ANYONE who loves dogs is like Hitler (Hitler loved dogs, you idiot.. I guess you would say that anyone who owns a German shepherd is just like Hitler). Or maybe you can say that anyone who has a nose is like Hitler because afterall Hitler had a nose! Juvenile and idiotic to make a question like this.
You should delete this question and never compare anyone to Hitler just because you hate a ideaology. Save your stupid face and stop watering down a REAL tragedy (and being annoyed by "libs" is not a ******* tragedy).
Hitler was no vegetarian. You should do more research before attempting to bash vegans with a silly argument that is untrue.
Hitler reduced the meat in his diet, but it is historical fact that one of his favorite dishes was stuffed squab.
Squab is neither a veggie nor a fruit.
And even if your nonsense was true, vegatarianism isn't why he viewed Jews as evil.How can libs claim that vegetarianism is peaceful when Hitler himself was a vegetarian?
Because some really smart professor told them how liberally intelligent it is, but he didn't yell them that a true vegetarian has to get special protein shots, because the human body has to have animal fats and protein. That my Friend is just one more indication of the stupidity and and stubbornness of a liberal to blindly prove a point. It is a sickness.
Because it is.
Hitler also enjoyed painting. I guess all artists are murdering madmen.
He also loved to dally with blonde women. I guess all single men are insane.
He also enjoyed Wagner. I guess Der Ring des Nibelungen is Nazi propaganda.
Sorry, your logic is faulty. It's like saying that ice cream is evil, because Hitler liked it. Simply doesn't follow.
This is a fabulous example of false logic.
I hope you're kidding.
"Now excuse me while I enjoy my steak and don't go out and kill six million Jews. "
lol
pure gold
Hitler also NEVER drank or smoked and was highly against any of them and wanted them all banned.
So wouldnt it be a good idea to START SMOKING AND DRINKING!!
wow... how "logical" %26gt;.%26gt;
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How can libs claim that vegetarianism is peaceful when Hitler himself was a vegetarian?This is an idiotic argument. Hitler also ordered millions to be sent to gas chambers and he created a culture where a Jewish person's skin in some cases were cured and made into a suit.
I am not a vegetarian and I am not a "lib" but I hate bullies like you who exploit a tragedy that hapened more than 50 years ago in a different nation to make your idiotic ideaological point. It makes no sense and it waters down a real tragedy. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF.
I spent several years in central Europe and worked and visited with many survivors of the concentration camps... I know people (Jewish and non-Jews) that suffered in those camps and I won't sit here and let someone on this site make such an imbecilic argument.
Your argument is like saying that ANYONE who loves dogs is like Hitler (Hitler loved dogs, you idiot.. I guess you would say that anyone who owns a German shepherd is just like Hitler). Or maybe you can say that anyone who has a nose is like Hitler because afterall Hitler had a nose! Juvenile and idiotic to make a question like this.
You should delete this question and never compare anyone to Hitler just because you hate a ideaology. Save your stupid face and stop watering down a REAL tragedy (and being annoyed by "libs" is not a ******* tragedy).
Hitler was no vegetarian. You should do more research before attempting to bash vegans with a silly argument that is untrue.
Hitler reduced the meat in his diet, but it is historical fact that one of his favorite dishes was stuffed squab.
Squab is neither a veggie nor a fruit.
And even if your nonsense was true, vegatarianism isn't why he viewed Jews as evil.How can libs claim that vegetarianism is peaceful when Hitler himself was a vegetarian?
Because some really smart professor told them how liberally intelligent it is, but he didn't yell them that a true vegetarian has to get special protein shots, because the human body has to have animal fats and protein. That my Friend is just one more indication of the stupidity and and stubbornness of a liberal to blindly prove a point. It is a sickness.
Because it is.
Hitler also enjoyed painting. I guess all artists are murdering madmen.
He also loved to dally with blonde women. I guess all single men are insane.
He also enjoyed Wagner. I guess Der Ring des Nibelungen is Nazi propaganda.
Sorry, your logic is faulty. It's like saying that ice cream is evil, because Hitler liked it. Simply doesn't follow.
This is a fabulous example of false logic.
I hope you're kidding.
"Now excuse me while I enjoy my steak and don't go out and kill six million Jews. "
lol
pure gold
Is being a vegetarian hard at times..?
I'm not actually talking about the fact of giving up animal products because obviously that's a matter of will power and such, but it seems like so many people are against vegetarians. I've been researching a bit because I've recently decided to cut meat from my diet and a lot of people can't accept that it's just food and we can each choose to eat what we want no matter what our reasons are. Vegetarians seem to be stereotyped as pushy and annoying which is the polar opposite of me, I'd never try to force my values onto someone else because it's not in my nature, I'm also not one for preaching things to people because it's always accompanied by some backlash. So I'm just wondering if people give you a lot of grief over your food choice? Does the stereotype annoy you? ect.|||It all depends on your environment. I grew up in a small, conservative town, and everyone was very much against vegetarianism. I used to deal with kids telling me I was stupid, waving meat at me, etc. My family gave me hell for choosing not to eat meat.
Now that I'm out of high school and living on my own I don't have to deal with those things anymore. The people I associate with all eat meat but they are old enough and wise enough to understand that people aren't all the same, and don't all eat the same way. I can't even remember the last time I was criticized.
It's mostly just internet trolls and sheltered people who label vegetarians as pushy etc. so I don't let it get to me. Granted some people may have only encountered obnoxious militant veg*ns but if they have half a brain they will see that you're not like those people, as opposed to lumping you in with them before they even get to know you.|||i don't care what people eat because it's their business and not mine and i'm not against anyone for anything. i just wonder in my mind sometimes what's wrong with meat? and my thoughts goes to chicken soup. during the depression, didn't FDR say to the usa when he was running for president, there will be a chicken in every pot if i win the election for president? i think it was him that said that. we the people are free, eat what you want to eat.|||Yes, being a vegetarian is hard at times. I am a vegetarian because I believe it's wrong to kill animals for food. I stick with that and I don't care what anyone else thinks.|||its sometimes hard Ive been a vegetarian for four years im 14 and i cant have meat or fish as it makes it easier|||no. not hard at all. it's easier.|||no cuz it gives me a chance to educate meat eaters|||I guess I am a bit different than most... because I am a bit of a loner.I have always been different with clothes and always liked punk and goth music, and never gave much though to what people said about me. So, my food choices are no different. I make choices based on my beliefs. I don't care what other people eat, nor do I push the vegetarian thing on people. It is kind of weird because the vegetarian thing has become such a part of me I feel it is part of my own personal religion. It isn't hard for me, it is just who I am, if that makes sense.|||No, I don't find it hard. Once you make up your mind about it and you are determined then that's that. What is hard is when restaurants just don't take it seriously. Some really do try hard and offer a choice of two or three dishes but it really annoys me when there is nothing on the menu and you have to ask - and they call it the veggie choice. Choice?! There is no choice. It's that or nothing, while meat eaters can choose between 7 or 8 dishes. Also some menus for Sunday lunch offer pasta as the veggie option! So boring and unimaginative. Why can't vegetarians have an option which means they can have the roast veg with everybody else. Having said that I can usually find something I can eat but it all gets a bit samey and boring.|||Depends on how serious you are about the Diet
as you continue your diet it becomes a life style.
Stand your Ground!
So
Not at all. Unless you let the people around you boss you around.
I've been a vegetarian for 2 years. when i finally decided to to tell my family (aunts uncles etc) they freaked and started Giving me all the B.S about how its not healthy meanwhile these People are diabetic and obese -_- Wow
my parents are pretty supportive
they didnt think i was gonna stick with it
but after i talked with them and told them i was serious they started buying products that are considered Vegan!!!
and i'm not even a vegan yet|||The only time it's difficult is when you're not really into it.
I have many reasons for being a vegetarian: it's cheaper, it's healthier (when done right), I firmly believe humans are not evolved to eat meat the way we do, and I have a severe problem with the slaughter industry.
The automatic assumption is that people are vegetarian without cause, which is often the case. A girl I used to work with watched some documentary and decided that meat was gross, and she and a friend of hers became vegetarians for about a week. Because they had no real reason to be vegetarian outside of trend and temporarily being grossed out, it didn't last. So for them, yes, it was very difficult to be vegetarian.
For someone like me, however, who is very staunch in their beliefs, and used to having to put up with harassment for it, it's not so tough. Especially once you reach a certain point and you realize you're not really missing anything, and the people who are giving you grief don't know **** about being a vegetarian.|||The only times when it's hard for me is when I either go to someones house and the only thing to eat is steamed vegetables ( and you usually just have to work around the butter or cheese ), going to restaurants and all you can order is french fries and when I'm with people who are confrontational about it. That doesn't normally happen in real life, more on yahoo answers lol, but it has happened.
Another thing that is hard sometimes is dating someone with different beliefs. If the subject of kids ever comes up even if you both respect each others decisions, it can be a battle. If you are a vegan and animal rights activist and say they want to go to Sea World...that can be tough lol But they are things you will eventually deal with and get over.
As long as you are firm in your beliefs, these problems are only hard for a minute. :) And besides you are vegetarian so you have way more options food wise at places. Anything can have meat taken out of it or off it and you don't have to worry about ; does this have eggs in it? does it come with cheese? is it on whole grain? lol|||Well yes the stereotype annoys me but all stereotypes have some truth to them. It's not the majority of vegetarians or vegans. Like I said in my last answer, it doesn't take, nor has it ever taken any will power for me to give up eating meat. The mere thought of eating it makes me cringe. A week ago I was eating some fried out of my boyfriend's takeout and mistook a piece of bacon for a burnt french fry (I love burnt fries). I bit into it and spent 2 minutes dousing my mouth with water, it was revolting. =(
Now that I'm out of high school and living on my own I don't have to deal with those things anymore. The people I associate with all eat meat but they are old enough and wise enough to understand that people aren't all the same, and don't all eat the same way. I can't even remember the last time I was criticized.
It's mostly just internet trolls and sheltered people who label vegetarians as pushy etc. so I don't let it get to me. Granted some people may have only encountered obnoxious militant veg*ns but if they have half a brain they will see that you're not like those people, as opposed to lumping you in with them before they even get to know you.|||i don't care what people eat because it's their business and not mine and i'm not against anyone for anything. i just wonder in my mind sometimes what's wrong with meat? and my thoughts goes to chicken soup. during the depression, didn't FDR say to the usa when he was running for president, there will be a chicken in every pot if i win the election for president? i think it was him that said that. we the people are free, eat what you want to eat.|||Yes, being a vegetarian is hard at times. I am a vegetarian because I believe it's wrong to kill animals for food. I stick with that and I don't care what anyone else thinks.|||its sometimes hard Ive been a vegetarian for four years im 14 and i cant have meat or fish as it makes it easier|||no. not hard at all. it's easier.|||no cuz it gives me a chance to educate meat eaters|||I guess I am a bit different than most... because I am a bit of a loner.I have always been different with clothes and always liked punk and goth music, and never gave much though to what people said about me. So, my food choices are no different. I make choices based on my beliefs. I don't care what other people eat, nor do I push the vegetarian thing on people. It is kind of weird because the vegetarian thing has become such a part of me I feel it is part of my own personal religion. It isn't hard for me, it is just who I am, if that makes sense.|||No, I don't find it hard. Once you make up your mind about it and you are determined then that's that. What is hard is when restaurants just don't take it seriously. Some really do try hard and offer a choice of two or three dishes but it really annoys me when there is nothing on the menu and you have to ask - and they call it the veggie choice. Choice?! There is no choice. It's that or nothing, while meat eaters can choose between 7 or 8 dishes. Also some menus for Sunday lunch offer pasta as the veggie option! So boring and unimaginative. Why can't vegetarians have an option which means they can have the roast veg with everybody else. Having said that I can usually find something I can eat but it all gets a bit samey and boring.|||Depends on how serious you are about the Diet
as you continue your diet it becomes a life style.
Stand your Ground!
So
Not at all. Unless you let the people around you boss you around.
I've been a vegetarian for 2 years. when i finally decided to to tell my family (aunts uncles etc) they freaked and started Giving me all the B.S about how its not healthy meanwhile these People are diabetic and obese -_- Wow
my parents are pretty supportive
they didnt think i was gonna stick with it
but after i talked with them and told them i was serious they started buying products that are considered Vegan!!!
and i'm not even a vegan yet|||The only time it's difficult is when you're not really into it.
I have many reasons for being a vegetarian: it's cheaper, it's healthier (when done right), I firmly believe humans are not evolved to eat meat the way we do, and I have a severe problem with the slaughter industry.
The automatic assumption is that people are vegetarian without cause, which is often the case. A girl I used to work with watched some documentary and decided that meat was gross, and she and a friend of hers became vegetarians for about a week. Because they had no real reason to be vegetarian outside of trend and temporarily being grossed out, it didn't last. So for them, yes, it was very difficult to be vegetarian.
For someone like me, however, who is very staunch in their beliefs, and used to having to put up with harassment for it, it's not so tough. Especially once you reach a certain point and you realize you're not really missing anything, and the people who are giving you grief don't know **** about being a vegetarian.|||The only times when it's hard for me is when I either go to someones house and the only thing to eat is steamed vegetables ( and you usually just have to work around the butter or cheese ), going to restaurants and all you can order is french fries and when I'm with people who are confrontational about it. That doesn't normally happen in real life, more on yahoo answers lol, but it has happened.
Another thing that is hard sometimes is dating someone with different beliefs. If the subject of kids ever comes up even if you both respect each others decisions, it can be a battle. If you are a vegan and animal rights activist and say they want to go to Sea World...that can be tough lol But they are things you will eventually deal with and get over.
As long as you are firm in your beliefs, these problems are only hard for a minute. :) And besides you are vegetarian so you have way more options food wise at places. Anything can have meat taken out of it or off it and you don't have to worry about ; does this have eggs in it? does it come with cheese? is it on whole grain? lol|||Well yes the stereotype annoys me but all stereotypes have some truth to them. It's not the majority of vegetarians or vegans. Like I said in my last answer, it doesn't take, nor has it ever taken any will power for me to give up eating meat. The mere thought of eating it makes me cringe. A week ago I was eating some fried out of my boyfriend's takeout and mistook a piece of bacon for a burnt french fry (I love burnt fries). I bit into it and spent 2 minutes dousing my mouth with water, it was revolting. =(
Any ideas for vegetarian backpacking foods?
while ive been camping many times since i went vegetarian, i am just now finally going backpacking. the trouble is, i used to rely on MREs for food, even though they are big and heavy. while they do make vegetarian MREs, they are not easy to find, especially in the quantities that i need, and i was wondering if anyone had any good ideas for lightweight food. ones that last long are a plus as well.Any ideas for vegetarian backpacking foods?
Hopefully you'll have access to a pot to cook with and water to boil? If so, a bag of dried beans (or any other legume) would be a MUST. Rice would also be a good idea, but amaranth, quinoa, or buckwheat would be better because of their higher protein contents. Tofu jerky would also be good. I'd bring along a pouch of nuts and/or seeds for each day, and maybe some granola or cereal as well. Popcorn would be light, but unpopped kernels would take up less room. Either way, popcorn is a great starter for a filling trail mix. Be sure to bring some dehydrated fruit or fruit leather (make it yourself if you don't want that processed sugary crap.) Soup would be good too, probably in a dry-mix form since liquids are pretty heavy and you've already got water to contend with.
I'm sure I'm missing something, but this seems like a decent start to a list.
Ham sanwiches with moss on it.Any ideas for vegetarian backpacking foods?
humus, cheese, a bag of mixed organic herbal salad, a small cucumber, fruit, wheat crackers, wheat bread, hard boiled free range eggs (leave in the shell until you are ready to eat them), olives, etc. Can you eat fish? I take wild salmon as well.
PB%26amp;J, hummus and veggies, trail mix, granola bars, quick oats/oatmeal, etc.
This site might help you out as well: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0鈥?/a>
Hope that helps!Any ideas for vegetarian backpacking foods?
bring oat meal packets for sure with nuts, seeds and dried fruits. almond butter and apples, individual cartons of soy or rice milk, cereal and check out this article and website
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0鈥?/a>
http://www.packlitefoods.com/
I would go with beer, peanuts, and a gun. No meat there bro.
Make your own trail mix with a variety of nuts, sunflower seeds, raisins and dried cranberries
Hopefully you'll have access to a pot to cook with and water to boil? If so, a bag of dried beans (or any other legume) would be a MUST. Rice would also be a good idea, but amaranth, quinoa, or buckwheat would be better because of their higher protein contents. Tofu jerky would also be good. I'd bring along a pouch of nuts and/or seeds for each day, and maybe some granola or cereal as well. Popcorn would be light, but unpopped kernels would take up less room. Either way, popcorn is a great starter for a filling trail mix. Be sure to bring some dehydrated fruit or fruit leather (make it yourself if you don't want that processed sugary crap.) Soup would be good too, probably in a dry-mix form since liquids are pretty heavy and you've already got water to contend with.
I'm sure I'm missing something, but this seems like a decent start to a list.
Ham sanwiches with moss on it.Any ideas for vegetarian backpacking foods?
humus, cheese, a bag of mixed organic herbal salad, a small cucumber, fruit, wheat crackers, wheat bread, hard boiled free range eggs (leave in the shell until you are ready to eat them), olives, etc. Can you eat fish? I take wild salmon as well.
PB%26amp;J, hummus and veggies, trail mix, granola bars, quick oats/oatmeal, etc.
This site might help you out as well: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0鈥?/a>
Hope that helps!Any ideas for vegetarian backpacking foods?
bring oat meal packets for sure with nuts, seeds and dried fruits. almond butter and apples, individual cartons of soy or rice milk, cereal and check out this article and website
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0鈥?/a>
http://www.packlitefoods.com/
I would go with beer, peanuts, and a gun. No meat there bro.
Make your own trail mix with a variety of nuts, sunflower seeds, raisins and dried cranberries
Sunday, January 29, 2012
My 11 year old wants to be a vegetarian?
She has a cousin who is 18 and is a vegetarian and every time we see her (which is around the holidays) my daughter wants to follow the same eating habits. It has always been a phase but this time she seems more serious. I'm worried about a couple of things ~ her health is the main thing and no one else in our house eats this way.My 11 year old wants to be a vegetarian?
I became a vegan at a very early age. I went into it not knowing exactly what my body needed as I was growing. To this date I got so sick that my doctor said if I didn't revert to an omnivorous diet, he would seriously consider admitting me to hospital.
There are plenty of well-written vegetarian cookery books out there that let you know exactly what is in food and what you need to remain healthy. I would suggest buying her one of these and letting her read it, to better prepare herself for the work required.
While I believe that one can stay healthy on a vegetarian diet, she needs to know that it needs a lot of work. I would also suggest telling her that she can prepare her own meals (most kids can't be bothered and would revert to what ever is being cooked for the rest of the family).
I would keep an open mind though. If, this time, she is more serious about it, perhaps she is willing to put in the work.
One last thought, please let her know that stopping eating meat straight away is a very dangerous thing to do. When starting on a diet like this, you must slowly decrease the amount of meat or animal by-products you are consuming over a few weeks.
Hope that helps. :)
I am a nutritionist
there is no reason you would need to "take it slow"
there are no negetive effects from cutting meat out of your diet "cold turkey" although starting slow may help you adjust to your daughters new diet, it will have no effect on her
I am 11 and I am a very healthy vegetarian! I say let her try it! It is very healthy to be a vegetarian and it isn't as hard as people make it sound. But you, as her parent, need to make sure that you buy her foods that give her the nutrients she needs. I would reccomrnd buying a good vegetarian cook book with recipes that are appealing to the entire family. And there are plenty of resources online that give all the information and stuff that you need.
http://www.petakids.com/
http://www.bryannaclarkgrogan.com/page/p鈥?/a>
http://www.vegsoc.org/info/goingveg.html
http://www.giveusahome.co.uk/articles/ve鈥?/a>
http://www.vegetarian-diet.info/vegetari鈥?/a>
http://www.britishmeat.com/49.htm
GOOD LUCK!
Convince her to just eat the right things (low fat, low calorie, high protein, fiber, etc.) Her body needs certain nutrients that a vegetarian diet will not provide. My 17 year old daughter did it for a while and while she lost weight, she was miserable. She lost energy (she runs for school and her times went down) and her body craved protein. Tell her to just eat smart.My 11 year old wants to be a vegetarian?
If she wants to be a vegetarian then I'd say good for her! I'm not a vegetarian and don't know anyone who is, but I think it's a great thing to be a vegetarian. If I didn't think I'd die without my bacon cheeseburgers then I'd go for it too :-)
Anyway, if this is what she wants then encourage her. Vegetarian is the way God intended it!
I don't know if it's a good idea for a growing, developing person to eliminate heme protein (the complete protein found only in meat products) from her diet altogether. I know vegetarians believe that eating two incomplete proteins together makes a complete protein like that found in meat products, but these are not used as efficiently by the body as heme protein. If I were you, I would do a lot of research on vegetarianism--not just from the point of view that supports vegetarianism, but also discussions of what is missing from the body that has no meat in its diet. And talk to her pediatrician about whether this is a good idea.
Maybe you can reach a compromise with her whereby she cuts out certain less healthy pork and beef products, but continues to eat chicken and fish. After all, people are omnivores for a reason. Good luck!
My mom is a vegitarian, and so is one of my best friends. It isnt unhealthy, and it brings a lot of different cultures and reciies to the dinner table. She can eat rice, soybeans, and a lot of cookbooks have things like veggie chilie and stuff.
my whole fam ily is vegetarian except me. they are perfectly healthy. you get protein from beans and carbs from bread and calcium from yogurt and vitamins from fruit...it will not affect your health adversely...
One word: Nutritionist!
If she wants to follow the "trend" of her older cousin, then allow her to explore the lifestyle of vegetarianism in a healthy way. I have been a vegetarian and it is REAL EASY to get a defenciency such as low iron or protein. There is nothing bad about being a vegetarian, and it is definately a great path to take. Good luck!
That's the same age I was when I stopped eating meat. Just make sure she still eats all of the daily recommendations on the food pyramid, instead of meat, she can have beans, nuts, or tofu. Make sure she doesn't go on the become a junk food vegetarian. If this is what she really wants, help her make the right decisions and be supportive, there is nothing wrong with becoming a vegetarian, its a very healthy lifestyle. I haven't eaten meat for over half of my life now.
im 13 and im a vegetarian plus i play like 4 sports and i have enough energy to get through the day one this is that when i first began i lost some weight and i have kept it off
You don't have to worry.I'm a vegetarian and started at 12.I'll be 13 next week.Being a vegetarian is healthier than being a meat eater because heart disease starts as a child and a vegetarian diet reduces the risks.Also the child will need alot of special foods like Tofu and protein since she won't eat meat.There is also a difference between being a Vegan and vegetarian.Vegan like myself don't drink milk or eat fish.Vegetarian's eat fish and drink milk/dairy.Soy milk is not regular milk.My parents and friends worry about me but they shouldn't because I do my research.If you go to Pet2.com then you can find out some facts.If you need more e-mail me at Vegi_tarian@yahoo.com.
I would first make her research it so that she knows exactly how and what she can eat in order to stay healthy. Then if she still wants to try it, let her. But monitor what she's eating, and you may need to change or add foods to your family menu in order to satisfy her nutritional needs.
No matter what your reasons for eating a more vegetarian diet, there鈥檚 no denying the obvious health benefits that are derived from removing of red meat from your diet. On average, vegetarians have lower levels of the blood fats, cholesterol and triglycerides than meat eaters of similar age and social status. High levels of blood fats are associated with an increased risk of heart disease. Lacto-ovo vegetarians, those who eat eggs and dairy products, which contain cholesterol-raising saturated fats and cholesterol, have higher cholesterol levels than vegans. But even among lacto-ovo vegetarians, cholesterol levels are generally lower than they are among meat eaters.
Researchers have found that older men who eat meat six or more times a week are twice as likely to die of heart disease as those who abstain from meat. Among middle-aged men, meat eaters were four times more likely to suffer a fatal heart attack, according to the study. As for women, who are partly protected by their hormones and generally develop heart disease later in life than men do, the risk of fatal heart disease has been found to be lower only among the older vegetarians. In a 1982 study of more than 10,000 vegetarians and meat eaters, British researchers found that the more meat consumed, the greater the risk of suffering a heart attack. Though eliminating meat from the diet is likely to reduce your consumption of heart-damaging fats and cholesterol, substituting large amounts of high-fat dairy products and cholesterol-rich eggs can negate the benefit.
To glean the heart-saving benefits of vegetarianism, consumption of such foods as hard cheese, cream cheese, ice cream and eggs should be moderate. And the introduction of more vegetables, fruits and raw foods will definitely enhance the benefits of abstaining from eating meat.
If your child wants to be a vegetarian let her you should support her on anything she wants to do.Actually being a vegetarian is a lot healthier then you think that means she will get to eat more vegetables and fruits then she thinks.There are many recipes you and your whole family can enjoy without meat,poultry,and milk.Soy milk is recommended for a vegan.
Let her do it, nothing wrong with vegetarian, but may be you have to help your sister by browsing to the net, find good food and health advice for vegetarian
I say let her do it! Now I LOVE meat!!! But if she really wants to eat that way then why not? I WOULD however make her do research on the best way to get all of her dietary needs taken care of!!! Good luck.
being a veggi is not unhealthy, i have been 1 since i was 10, and i am heathier than ever.but my only warning is u will get stomachaches 4 about 1 week while ur body is adjusting to the change. it is also flushing out all the meat toxins. i am glad to go veggie and would never change back.sum suggestions r try the only meat u eat is poltry or fis or ham. thats wat i do. i still eat fish(the truth is i couldent give it up). if she doesnt like beans or nuts eatin 1 meat is a good idea.try getting her a good veggie cook book like: the essential vegetarian cookbook by diana shaw.book like this will give yummy ways to get all the nutrients.or 4 christmas wrap up a book and anownce u will let her go veggi.if no 1 in the HISTORY of our family(yes i checked) has gone veggi until i came around. GO VEGGI IT IS GOOD. but i'm not 1 of those 'every 1 in the world should be veggis' person- i belive there should be a healthy balence between the 2
Insist on a visit to the doctors office for a discussion with him/her!
Then maybe a nutritionist- if you have health insurance this should be covered- if you don't allow her to explore this option now she will rebel at every opportunity
hey that reminds me of, me. yeah my cousin made me a vegetarian,but after like a two years i stopped. i was trying to follow my cousin cuz she said that eating animals is nasty and hurting them just for food. she made me stop eating meat, but i got over it. i dont insist on ur daughter to be a vegi, its bad and u eat less and less
I am a nutritionist
Being vegetarian is a great way for your child to improve her overall health! If it is something that she is really interested in encourage her to make appropriate meal plans for herself and to keep a food diary so you can assess that she is eating correctly.
If you need help you are welcome to contact me.
I would also recommend a free vegetarian starter kit http://www.goveg.com/order.asp
Everyone is different, and it is normal for her to have her own opinions on stuff, and you should support her on that. It may last her whole life, or it may just last a couple days, she is young yet it is probablly just a phase.
If she wants to be a vegetarian she needs to eat properly. Have her read books on healthy eating, and ask her how she is going to eat a balanced diet. She will have to eat more than just the vegitables from the dinner that you cook. She can learn to cook vegetarian dishes for herself. It's a much healthier way to eat, but she has to do it right. Also, make an appointment with her doctor so she can discuss any health concern you or her doctor may have with her new diet.
If she wants to be a vegetarian, tell her that it is not easy. She will need to give up hamburgers, chicken, fish, etc. Tell her that she will have her health at stake too. I used to want to be a vegetarian, but when I found out all the things I needed to give up, I was like, forget about it. Vegeterians have a good cause, not to kill animals, but God intended for us to eat meat, or else he wouldn't have given it to us. I mean, killing animals like tigers and elephants are different, but chickens and sheep and cows, we're supposed to eat it. You know what I mean?
so let them be. there is no harm. if she wants to be let her be. it just might be phase. there is no harm in being a vegetarian.
let her. she is old enough to make her own eating habits. im 11 and a vegetarian. there is a lot of good meatless food,like Boca burgers. they r yummy and more healthy than reg meat. im proud of ur daughter for making that choice.just make sure she has vitamins and healthy foods to make up for no meat.
Let her become a vegetarian, people who don't eat meat have fewer health problems and it also lowers your risk of certain cancers. Just make sure that she eats other proteins and irons in other foods that she may be lacking in a vegetarian diet. And make sure she takes a multi-vitamin everyday and she will be healthy. I have been a vegetarian for 9 years now, and I feel better than I ever have. I am also the only vegetarian in my family so far, it is pretty easy to adjust to.
well first i would tell her that you don't get all the things you need to grow tall and ask her if she is sure if she really dose let her do it she will get tired of it eventually
mabye you should let here be a vegatarian if she pays for her special foods, and since health is an issue mabye you should make her eat chicken or fish once a week just so that her calcium level stays up.You could also try asian foods more it tastes great she gets her vegatarian and you get to try somthing new. you could also make like a rice and vegatarian dish and a meat dish. you get what you want she gets what she wants!
indian food has great vegatarian foods.
its a good idea- america is obese and the children are veryyyy obese but make sure she gets nutricien (sp) such as beans and such.
Being a vegetarian is not bad for your health, as long as she gets enough vitamins that she lacks from food in a daily multi-vitamin. If she doesn't want to eat meat, don't force her. You might even speak to a nutritionist at your local hospital on recommendations for vegetarians. Learn more about it before you refuse to allow her to be one. Best of luck to you!
no, we are omnivores she is growing and needs meat.
when she has her own household she can eat what she wants until then , she eats with the family
apart from it may be harmful to her development it means more work fo ryou, two menus two sets of buying she has no right to demand that of you
for everyone below if they want her to be a vegitarian let them cook for her, let them buy for her
great of them to offer advise that means more work for you
I became a vegan at a very early age. I went into it not knowing exactly what my body needed as I was growing. To this date I got so sick that my doctor said if I didn't revert to an omnivorous diet, he would seriously consider admitting me to hospital.
There are plenty of well-written vegetarian cookery books out there that let you know exactly what is in food and what you need to remain healthy. I would suggest buying her one of these and letting her read it, to better prepare herself for the work required.
While I believe that one can stay healthy on a vegetarian diet, she needs to know that it needs a lot of work. I would also suggest telling her that she can prepare her own meals (most kids can't be bothered and would revert to what ever is being cooked for the rest of the family).
I would keep an open mind though. If, this time, she is more serious about it, perhaps she is willing to put in the work.
One last thought, please let her know that stopping eating meat straight away is a very dangerous thing to do. When starting on a diet like this, you must slowly decrease the amount of meat or animal by-products you are consuming over a few weeks.
Hope that helps. :)
I am a nutritionist
there is no reason you would need to "take it slow"
there are no negetive effects from cutting meat out of your diet "cold turkey" although starting slow may help you adjust to your daughters new diet, it will have no effect on her
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My 11 year old wants to be a vegetarian?I am 11 and I am a very healthy vegetarian! I say let her try it! It is very healthy to be a vegetarian and it isn't as hard as people make it sound. But you, as her parent, need to make sure that you buy her foods that give her the nutrients she needs. I would reccomrnd buying a good vegetarian cook book with recipes that are appealing to the entire family. And there are plenty of resources online that give all the information and stuff that you need.
http://www.petakids.com/
http://www.bryannaclarkgrogan.com/page/p鈥?/a>
http://www.vegsoc.org/info/goingveg.html
http://www.giveusahome.co.uk/articles/ve鈥?/a>
http://www.vegetarian-diet.info/vegetari鈥?/a>
http://www.britishmeat.com/49.htm
GOOD LUCK!
Convince her to just eat the right things (low fat, low calorie, high protein, fiber, etc.) Her body needs certain nutrients that a vegetarian diet will not provide. My 17 year old daughter did it for a while and while she lost weight, she was miserable. She lost energy (she runs for school and her times went down) and her body craved protein. Tell her to just eat smart.My 11 year old wants to be a vegetarian?
If she wants to be a vegetarian then I'd say good for her! I'm not a vegetarian and don't know anyone who is, but I think it's a great thing to be a vegetarian. If I didn't think I'd die without my bacon cheeseburgers then I'd go for it too :-)
Anyway, if this is what she wants then encourage her. Vegetarian is the way God intended it!
I don't know if it's a good idea for a growing, developing person to eliminate heme protein (the complete protein found only in meat products) from her diet altogether. I know vegetarians believe that eating two incomplete proteins together makes a complete protein like that found in meat products, but these are not used as efficiently by the body as heme protein. If I were you, I would do a lot of research on vegetarianism--not just from the point of view that supports vegetarianism, but also discussions of what is missing from the body that has no meat in its diet. And talk to her pediatrician about whether this is a good idea.
Maybe you can reach a compromise with her whereby she cuts out certain less healthy pork and beef products, but continues to eat chicken and fish. After all, people are omnivores for a reason. Good luck!
My mom is a vegitarian, and so is one of my best friends. It isnt unhealthy, and it brings a lot of different cultures and reciies to the dinner table. She can eat rice, soybeans, and a lot of cookbooks have things like veggie chilie and stuff.
my whole fam ily is vegetarian except me. they are perfectly healthy. you get protein from beans and carbs from bread and calcium from yogurt and vitamins from fruit...it will not affect your health adversely...
One word: Nutritionist!
If she wants to follow the "trend" of her older cousin, then allow her to explore the lifestyle of vegetarianism in a healthy way. I have been a vegetarian and it is REAL EASY to get a defenciency such as low iron or protein. There is nothing bad about being a vegetarian, and it is definately a great path to take. Good luck!
That's the same age I was when I stopped eating meat. Just make sure she still eats all of the daily recommendations on the food pyramid, instead of meat, she can have beans, nuts, or tofu. Make sure she doesn't go on the become a junk food vegetarian. If this is what she really wants, help her make the right decisions and be supportive, there is nothing wrong with becoming a vegetarian, its a very healthy lifestyle. I haven't eaten meat for over half of my life now.
im 13 and im a vegetarian plus i play like 4 sports and i have enough energy to get through the day one this is that when i first began i lost some weight and i have kept it off
You don't have to worry.I'm a vegetarian and started at 12.I'll be 13 next week.Being a vegetarian is healthier than being a meat eater because heart disease starts as a child and a vegetarian diet reduces the risks.Also the child will need alot of special foods like Tofu and protein since she won't eat meat.There is also a difference between being a Vegan and vegetarian.Vegan like myself don't drink milk or eat fish.Vegetarian's eat fish and drink milk/dairy.Soy milk is not regular milk.My parents and friends worry about me but they shouldn't because I do my research.If you go to Pet2.com then you can find out some facts.If you need more e-mail me at Vegi_tarian@yahoo.com.
I would first make her research it so that she knows exactly how and what she can eat in order to stay healthy. Then if she still wants to try it, let her. But monitor what she's eating, and you may need to change or add foods to your family menu in order to satisfy her nutritional needs.
No matter what your reasons for eating a more vegetarian diet, there鈥檚 no denying the obvious health benefits that are derived from removing of red meat from your diet. On average, vegetarians have lower levels of the blood fats, cholesterol and triglycerides than meat eaters of similar age and social status. High levels of blood fats are associated with an increased risk of heart disease. Lacto-ovo vegetarians, those who eat eggs and dairy products, which contain cholesterol-raising saturated fats and cholesterol, have higher cholesterol levels than vegans. But even among lacto-ovo vegetarians, cholesterol levels are generally lower than they are among meat eaters.
Researchers have found that older men who eat meat six or more times a week are twice as likely to die of heart disease as those who abstain from meat. Among middle-aged men, meat eaters were four times more likely to suffer a fatal heart attack, according to the study. As for women, who are partly protected by their hormones and generally develop heart disease later in life than men do, the risk of fatal heart disease has been found to be lower only among the older vegetarians. In a 1982 study of more than 10,000 vegetarians and meat eaters, British researchers found that the more meat consumed, the greater the risk of suffering a heart attack. Though eliminating meat from the diet is likely to reduce your consumption of heart-damaging fats and cholesterol, substituting large amounts of high-fat dairy products and cholesterol-rich eggs can negate the benefit.
To glean the heart-saving benefits of vegetarianism, consumption of such foods as hard cheese, cream cheese, ice cream and eggs should be moderate. And the introduction of more vegetables, fruits and raw foods will definitely enhance the benefits of abstaining from eating meat.
If your child wants to be a vegetarian let her you should support her on anything she wants to do.Actually being a vegetarian is a lot healthier then you think that means she will get to eat more vegetables and fruits then she thinks.There are many recipes you and your whole family can enjoy without meat,poultry,and milk.Soy milk is recommended for a vegan.
Let her do it, nothing wrong with vegetarian, but may be you have to help your sister by browsing to the net, find good food and health advice for vegetarian
I say let her do it! Now I LOVE meat!!! But if she really wants to eat that way then why not? I WOULD however make her do research on the best way to get all of her dietary needs taken care of!!! Good luck.
being a veggi is not unhealthy, i have been 1 since i was 10, and i am heathier than ever.but my only warning is u will get stomachaches 4 about 1 week while ur body is adjusting to the change. it is also flushing out all the meat toxins. i am glad to go veggie and would never change back.sum suggestions r try the only meat u eat is poltry or fis or ham. thats wat i do. i still eat fish(the truth is i couldent give it up). if she doesnt like beans or nuts eatin 1 meat is a good idea.try getting her a good veggie cook book like: the essential vegetarian cookbook by diana shaw.book like this will give yummy ways to get all the nutrients.or 4 christmas wrap up a book and anownce u will let her go veggi.if no 1 in the HISTORY of our family(yes i checked) has gone veggi until i came around. GO VEGGI IT IS GOOD. but i'm not 1 of those 'every 1 in the world should be veggis' person- i belive there should be a healthy balence between the 2
Insist on a visit to the doctors office for a discussion with him/her!
Then maybe a nutritionist- if you have health insurance this should be covered- if you don't allow her to explore this option now she will rebel at every opportunity
hey that reminds me of, me. yeah my cousin made me a vegetarian,but after like a two years i stopped. i was trying to follow my cousin cuz she said that eating animals is nasty and hurting them just for food. she made me stop eating meat, but i got over it. i dont insist on ur daughter to be a vegi, its bad and u eat less and less
I am a nutritionist
Being vegetarian is a great way for your child to improve her overall health! If it is something that she is really interested in encourage her to make appropriate meal plans for herself and to keep a food diary so you can assess that she is eating correctly.
If you need help you are welcome to contact me.
I would also recommend a free vegetarian starter kit http://www.goveg.com/order.asp
Everyone is different, and it is normal for her to have her own opinions on stuff, and you should support her on that. It may last her whole life, or it may just last a couple days, she is young yet it is probablly just a phase.
If she wants to be a vegetarian she needs to eat properly. Have her read books on healthy eating, and ask her how she is going to eat a balanced diet. She will have to eat more than just the vegitables from the dinner that you cook. She can learn to cook vegetarian dishes for herself. It's a much healthier way to eat, but she has to do it right. Also, make an appointment with her doctor so she can discuss any health concern you or her doctor may have with her new diet.
If she wants to be a vegetarian, tell her that it is not easy. She will need to give up hamburgers, chicken, fish, etc. Tell her that she will have her health at stake too. I used to want to be a vegetarian, but when I found out all the things I needed to give up, I was like, forget about it. Vegeterians have a good cause, not to kill animals, but God intended for us to eat meat, or else he wouldn't have given it to us. I mean, killing animals like tigers and elephants are different, but chickens and sheep and cows, we're supposed to eat it. You know what I mean?
so let them be. there is no harm. if she wants to be let her be. it just might be phase. there is no harm in being a vegetarian.
let her. she is old enough to make her own eating habits. im 11 and a vegetarian. there is a lot of good meatless food,like Boca burgers. they r yummy and more healthy than reg meat. im proud of ur daughter for making that choice.just make sure she has vitamins and healthy foods to make up for no meat.
Let her become a vegetarian, people who don't eat meat have fewer health problems and it also lowers your risk of certain cancers. Just make sure that she eats other proteins and irons in other foods that she may be lacking in a vegetarian diet. And make sure she takes a multi-vitamin everyday and she will be healthy. I have been a vegetarian for 9 years now, and I feel better than I ever have. I am also the only vegetarian in my family so far, it is pretty easy to adjust to.
well first i would tell her that you don't get all the things you need to grow tall and ask her if she is sure if she really dose let her do it she will get tired of it eventually
mabye you should let here be a vegatarian if she pays for her special foods, and since health is an issue mabye you should make her eat chicken or fish once a week just so that her calcium level stays up.You could also try asian foods more it tastes great she gets her vegatarian and you get to try somthing new. you could also make like a rice and vegatarian dish and a meat dish. you get what you want she gets what she wants!
indian food has great vegatarian foods.
its a good idea- america is obese and the children are veryyyy obese but make sure she gets nutricien (sp) such as beans and such.
Being a vegetarian is not bad for your health, as long as she gets enough vitamins that she lacks from food in a daily multi-vitamin. If she doesn't want to eat meat, don't force her. You might even speak to a nutritionist at your local hospital on recommendations for vegetarians. Learn more about it before you refuse to allow her to be one. Best of luck to you!
no, we are omnivores she is growing and needs meat.
when she has her own household she can eat what she wants until then , she eats with the family
apart from it may be harmful to her development it means more work fo ryou, two menus two sets of buying she has no right to demand that of you
for everyone below if they want her to be a vegitarian let them cook for her, let them buy for her
great of them to offer advise that means more work for you
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