How do i become a vegetarian.?

Question

I love animals. and i have been raised eatin meat. and ive always wanted to become a vegetarian. i always feel bad about eatin meat. :/ i tried once before but i started gettin sick. what are some tips on tryin to be a vegetarian. like good meals. and good ways to stay healthy to. please help now that im older and can actually choose what i eat i really wanna become a vegetarian and my parents said i could try as long as i dont start gettin sick again. yeah so please help.

Answer 1

Self motivation, Self confidence and Will power will help you to be vegetarian.

Answer 2

Christ. I know one way. Watch one of the videos on peta.org and you wouldn't want to be eating meat for weeks. You'd be tooo busy stuffing your face with veggie egg rolls. Well, thats what I did.

Answer 3

Visit a beef production plant or watch those videos on utube about how cattle in the US are treated just before they're butchered. I swear. You'll stop eating it.

Answer 4

not at my house ! BEEF.......it's what's for dinner !

Answer 5

Like everyone else has said, keep up your protein and iron levels with other foods high in those nutrients.

Quorn is FANTASTIC.  It tastes sooo good as well :)  

See this link:

http://www.quorn.co.uk/CMSPage.aspx?ssbi...

It's well worth getting.  That is one of the best ways to keep your protein levels up.

Mushrooms, nuts, dairy products (milk, eggs, cheese), etc.

Again, like someone else suggested, take a multi-vitamin every day as well.

Not eating meat doesn't have to mean you have to get sick or be limited in your choice of foods.  There are tons of good vegetarian cookbooks out there too, good luck :)

Answer 6

As long as you plan your meals, you shouldn't get sick again. Legumes (beans, chickpeas, lentils) contain tons of iron/protein, so try to eat plenty of them. They work well with pasta and rice.

Most vegetables will contain some sort of iron/protein, particularly leafy vegetables such as spinach and broccoli contains a lot of good nutrients and vitamins as well.

Meat substitutes generally have a lot of iron/protein/other nutrients, and they taste really good. You can get substitutes for pretty much anything from burgers to sausages to schnitzel.

Nuts are also a good source of vitamins, and walnuts have a lot of Omega3.

Soy milk and tofu are also good sources of iron/protein/B12 (if the soy milk is fortified). Also soy is a "complete protein" that contains all 8 amino acids needed for muscles. Peanut butter on bread is also a complete protein.

Hope this helps

:)

The following websites have a lot of recipes:

www.vegcooking.com

www.fatfreevegan.com

And this website has tons of info about vegetarian nutrition:

http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/nutshell.htm

Answer 7

Don't grow a v****a -thats meat isn't it?

Answer 8

You sound a lot like I was before I made the decision to become a vegetarian.

Anyway, if you have the right balance of things, you could be just as healthy, or even more healthy than you were as a meat eater.

I'd suggest lots of beans, nuts, eggs, milk, spinach, wholegrains (try switching to wholegrain bread, you'll barely notice the difference), pastas and rice, as well as buying some multi-vitamins and / or iron tablets, which you can take once a day. It won't matter as much if you eat a lot of beans (kidney beans, etc;), but if you don't like them, it's pretty important.

There are tonnes of websites with vegetarian recipes, but here are a few of my favourites-

http://www.goveg.com/

http://www.peta2.com/

http://www.vegsoc.org.au/recipes.asp

http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/collecti...

The first two were really helpful when I started, so I'd spend a little longer on those, just checking out stuff they've got.

Also, you might have cravings for stuff you're used to eating, like hamburgers, so if you find yourself looking for faux meats, Veggie Delights and Fry's Vegetarian are the best brands.

I hope that helped, and if you need any further advice, give me your e-mail, and I'd love to help. (:

Answer 9

The most important is health.

Answer 10

being a vegetarian means that you will be cutting out all the good stuff for your body that you get from meat. like protein, so you will need to use a vegetarian substitute, like Quorn. which is made in the form of chicken, sausages, mince, chicken nuggets, but is completely vegetarian and tastes really nice!

Answer 11

since you have been raised as a meat eater, what you could do is slowly take it off meaning you could have salad with a few chicken strips.. the more the veggies it has you'll enjoy it. it would be a process to take off meat one at a time from your taste glands.

when you go to the supermarket, go to the veggies and fruits aisle. try as much as possible to avoid passing by the meat aisles.

have a garden planted with vegetables if possible. the more you take care of the greens, you'll find them tasty once you harvest them.

you could also try volunteering at the zoos, so you'll appreciate animals rather than eating their meat.

just think of it this way.. it has been always a choice of a person whether to take something in or not.

take one step at the time and i'm sure you'll make a good vegetarian someday. goodluck.

Answer 12

Same with me! Except for the sick part... I was raised eating meat and now I'm vegetarian. You may be getting sick because you're body suddenly is lacking protein (which there is a lot of in meat) Try drinking a lot of milk, or other things that have a lot of protein, like nuts. You could also take protein vitamins or something... If you still get sick after that, try going to the doctor and asking about you're problem.

Answer 13

do you want to be a vegetarian?

simple,

DONT - EAT - MEAT

Answer 14

can eat whatever you want really just make sure you get Iron and protein.

take vitamins

plenty of soy products out there as well.

Answer 15

To cut out meat, you must integrate more beans (soy, chick peas, etc) into your diet to make up for lost protein and iron.  You can not get exactly the same nutrients as those in meat, but billions of people around the world live long, healthy lives not eating meat.

Personally, I have been a vegetarian for nearly 3 years, but I kept fish, eggs, and dairy to maintain healthy nutrient levels in my diet.  I also take a multi-vitamin daily and my blood work always comes back normal.

I hope this helps!  Good luck. :)