Becoming a vegetarian..?

Question

Whats the easiest way you can explain to me how to how to become a vegetarian? I'm pretty much only a chicken eater right now, and I wanna scratch that out too.

Whats the safe, and best way to do it?

Answer 1

You should include a tiny bit of meat in your diet, as people who don't eat meat can develop mental problems.

Answer 2

The best way to go vegetarian is to just do it!! Pick a day and go "cold tofu". If you take your time and slowly reduce the amount of flesh you consume than you are placing more emphasis on it and turning it into something special.

A vegetarian diet is very healthy but like anyone else you should check that you are getting the essential nutrients you need.

The most important nutrients to watch in a vegetarian diet are iron, B12, and omega-3 fatty acids. Calcium and protein intake is usually not an issue in vegetarian diets.

Iron:

Good plant-based sources of iron are cereals, legumes (peas, beans, chickpeas, lentils etc), tofu, and collard greens.

B12:

Bacteria are responsible for producing the vitamin B12 and so plant foods don't contain B12 unless they have been contaminated. Animal products (including milk and eggs) are good sources of B12 as they come from animals which eat contaminated foods. Nutritional yeast is a good non-animal source of B12, as are fermented drinks such as Kombucha.

Many foods are also fortified with B12 (such as yeast extracts, textured vegetable protein, breakfast cereals).

Omega-3 fatty acids:

Vegetarian sources of Omega-3s include flaxseeds and flaxseed oil, olive oil, walnuts, canola (rapeseed) oil, avocado, and eggs.

Calcium:

Sources of well-absorbed calcium include Blackstrap molasses, calcium-fortified soy milk, calcium-set tofu, soybeans, bok choy, broccoli, collard greens, chinese cabbage, kale, mustard greens, and okra. Legumes also contain some calcium.

Be aware that although cows milk contains calcium, absorbency of this calcium is low. This is possibly due to the calcium leeching effects of the high amounts of protein in milk.

For an explanation of how high protein diets lead to calcium leeching visit: http://milk.elehost.com/html/why_does_ca...

Protein:

Beans, nuts, legumes, grains, tofu and more are all fantastic sources of protein. Most vegetarians, while meeting their recommended protein intake, do not consume excessive amounts of protein. This not only decreases calcium leeching as mentioned above but recent research suggests a low-protein diet could protect against cancer.

http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/news/ng...

For a full list see of foods and their protein content visit: http://www.vegparadise.com/protein.html.

As you can see there are many plant-based sources of essential vitamins and minerals - it is easy to be a healthy vegetarian :)

Answer 3

eat lots of beans

Answer 4

vegitarian is real healthy cos i reckon u start eating more variety.for me before it was alwasy some meat/chicken and potatoes or something plain like that and i was ALWAYS iron deficient.ive been vegetarian for a year and my iron is at an all time high.

beans yeah and pastas

i think chickens only good cos it soaks up flavour so u can do wat u wud usually do to ur chicken with tofu.

i like rediburgur too.go check out ur health food isle at ur supermarket and ull get ideas too