Anyone a Vegan or a Vegetarian?!
Anyone a Vegan or a Vegetarian?
I need some advice!
Answers:
It's really cool if you can find some vegans and vegetarians in your area and arrange a potluck. Cooking can be hard, especially vegan fare, but it's worth it to get together to trade recipies!
eat fish and eggs and dairy products.
Vegetarian =) Feel free to email me, I'd love helping you!
I am a vegetarian. I still eat eggs (in things like pastas), cheese, yogurt and drink milk.
I am vegan. What advice u need?
I'm vegeterian, but not vegan yet. I will go vegan eventually=)
First off I suggest that you ask a specific advice.
Here is some advice to get you started:
Recipes for two weeks of Vegan food: http://www.vegcooking.com/veganmenus-13....
Audio about Veganism: http://www.goveg.com/veganism.asp...
Famous vegans: http://www.goveg.com/celebs.asp...
have fun being Vegan...
It's difficult if you live in a small town because a lot of Vegan products aren't available everywhere:(
I wish you luck!
You get points for trying anyways. A lot of people look at you with awe if you say you at least tried being Vegan once:)
Make sure you take Vitamin B supplements otherwise you may feel really tired.
Get Omega 3 supplements -u can get this from flax seeds or flax seed oil (also known as linseeds/linseed oil).
Taking iron supplements is a good idea, not essential though, as I seem to be fine without them, and have a high iron count anyway.
Eat beans, lentils, tofu, cottage cheese, quorn, eggs for protein, instead of meat.
Apart from this, follow normal healthy eating principles that anyone would follow, and you should be fine.
PS: I have been vegetarian for 7 years, and had no problems so far because of diet.
Eat a variety of "whole foods," with plenty of beans, nuts, whole grains, fruits, and vegetables. Avoid unhealthy foods like trans fats, which are usually listed as partially hydrogenated oils. Deep-fried foods often contain trans fats. Choose margarines that use nonhydrogenated oil, like Earth Balance or Smart Balance. Although a diet consisting of Coke and French fries is technically vegan, you can't be healthy if you eat nothing but junk food. Vitamin B12: Vitamin B12 is produced by bacteria, and some experts believe that vegetarians used to get plenty of this vitamin from bacteria in drinking water. Since drinking water is now treated with chemicals that kill the bacteria, it's important to make sure that you get enough vitamin B12 from fortified foods (like most brands of soy or rice milks, some breakfast cereals, and many brands of nutritional yeast,also eggs or milk) on a daily basis or by taking a sublingual B12 tablet of 10 mcg per day
Iron-beans, dark green leafy vegetables (like spinach),whole grain breads, Also eat something with vitamin c when you eat something with iron, it increases absorption
Calcium-dark green leafy vegetables (spinach, broccoli, soymilk)
Protein-Isn't really hard to get, just eat a variety of foods, good sources are beans, brown rice, nuts, whole grain breads, soy foods
Omega-3 fatty acids-flax seeds/oil,walnuts,canola oil
Zinc-pumpkin seeds (best source), beans and lentils, yeast, nuts, seeds and whole grain cereals
Selenium-Brazil nuts are a particularly good source of selenium, so try to eat a couple every day. Eating a small bag of mixed unsalted nuts can be a convenient way to get your daily selenium intake, but make sure it contains Brazils. Bread and eggs also provide some selenium.
Vitamin D- Vitamin D, often called the sunshine vitamin, is another common deficiency in those not drinking vitamin D fortified milk. Synthetic vitamin D is added to both cow’s milk and most brands of soy milk today.
Vitamins A (beta carotene),C, K, E and Folate-variety of fruits and veggies
Iodine-Iodine is a trace mineral that's important for healthy thyroid function. Table salt is the most common and reliable source of iodine in Americans' diets. (However, sodium in processed foods usually does not contain iodine.) If you don't consume table salt, you can get iodine from a multivitamin or from kelp tablets.
I am a vegitarian.
Go to Wholefoods - they have soooo many vegan products.
Feel free to Email me with all of your vegetarian questions. I have been a vegetarian for 2 years and I am trying to go vegan.
Also, you should specify on your question what type of advice you need, then people could be more helpful. :)
But, in general, eat lots of fruits and veggies. Use tofu and Textured Vegetable Protein, etc, when a recipe calls for meat. You can find lots of good frozen veggie meals in the health food aisle of almost any grocery store.
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I've been vegan for 13 years.
Over the years I've met MANY people who "tried vegan" but it didn't work for them. What I learned is that so many people think they can just keep on eating the same foods they were eating, minus the meat and dairy and eggs. NOT!
A whole new world of foods will open up to those who "go vegan". It's superbly fun, and a never-ending adventure.
Because so many people have asked me over the years what I eat, I've created a website that you can check out here:
http://www.vegancoach.com
It's a site that teaches you how to prepare healthy vegan food WITHOUT recipes. I've been getting a lot of great feedback. Hope it helps someone out there!! ;O)
It's still a work in progress as of today (4/2/07), so please know there are A LOT of pages left to add. But you can begin to use the information that's already there.