Question by Katie♥♫: I want to be vegetarian but my mom says i need to “research” it first. What does she mean?
I want to be vegetarian but my mom says I need to “research” it first…What does she mean, and how can I research being a vegetarian?
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I think what your mum means is that you wants you to learn more about vegetarianism . A few weeks ago i decided to become a vegetarian and decided to do my own research . I searched online to find more information on the topic and came across this free report called 7 Pillars To Starting A Vegetarian Lifestyle http://www.docstoc.com/docs/124050331/7-Pillars-to-starting-a-Vegetarian-Lifestyle it has helped me so much. I thought i would share this with you as it is really good and you can show it to your mum too.
http://www.ppk.com
Your mom is concerned about your nutrition. A lot of people are skeptikal about vegatarianism. Even my doctor is. Any vegatarian can tell you it’s all about balance. Just like omnivores. Protein is most people’s concern. You can get it from nuts, beans, vitamin supplements. It’s important to know your options and if you don’t cook for yourself it is tougher. Try not to get the processed stuff because it may have stuff you don’t want in it. It’s more about eating smart! Good luck. Feel free to email me for advice.
She is right. You know how to make the transition correctly and get all the nutrients you need. Click on this link:
http://vegetariantimes.com/section_display.cfm?section_id=94
she wants you to be infomred about this subject. to know what your getting yourself into. i’ve learned plenty from the source link. check it out! i’m proud of you for considering this!
oh yeah-on peta you can order a ‘vegetrian starter kit’ that may be helpful and it’s full of facts!
my mom made me do that to when i became a vegetarian. first off, she probably wants you to reasearch what kind of vitamins you will need to be consious of. you will also have to know what kind of vegetarian you want to be.
im a lacto-ovo vegetarian which means i dont eat fish, red meat or puoltry but i do eat dairy and eggs. vegans dont eat any animal products at all (including huney) or use animal product like wool. semi vegetarians or pesco vegetarians dont eat red meat. ovo vegetarians dont eat any meat or dairy but do eat eggs and lacto vegetarians eat dairy products but dont eat any meat or eggs.
the way i researched it was i just typed in teen vegetarians on a search based sight (i used google, yahoo and ask.com). there are so many sights that tell u the things u need to look out for and the things you can eat. they helped me a lot!
She want you to really know what you’re getting into. You can’t just eat plants and think you’re going to be healthy, same thing for meat eaters. She want you to know how to be vegetarian and be healthy. Once you know what you need to eat and how to prepare it, then she’ll listen too you.
Good luck
If your thinking about being a vegetarian then you have an open mind and should probably think of other things beneficial to your health… like smoking. Studies have shown smoking helps you lose weight and since obesity is the biggest killer in America, cigarettes are the perfect cure. Also if your a vegetarian and smoke you can have that sex appeal of chalky skin and black rings under your eyes from lack of nutrition and your gasps for air and smokers cough will play right in to that sexiness! Or just go eat a cheeseburger, and try to save the animals some other way… join PETA!
I’ve been a vegetarian for 2 years and you need to make sure that you can do it. You need to eat a variety of foods to get everything your body needs, or take vitamins and stuff. It’s not hard, I recommend it.
You can find some information at plenty of sites, but here’s peta.org’s vegetarian starter kit (it’s free):
http://www.goveg.com/order.asp
And here’s vegetarian 101, haha: http://www.goveg.com/vegetarian101.asp
It’s important to seriously research any life altering decision and becoming a Vegetarian is life altering. It will effect family outings, Thanksgiving meals, big banquets (I attended a huge banquet earlier this year where special vegetarian meals had to be ordered for just the 3 of us Veggies) and long vacations (there are some cultures that thrive on meat and finding meals that don’t contain some kind of meat is nearly impossible).
It’s also important that you gear up to eat healthy. Because you are thinking of cutting out meat, you may need to alter your diet. More beans, peanut butter, brocoli, good leafy veggies like fresh spinach and mushrooms need to be implemented into your diet to make up for the lost of protein. A good Vegetarian cookbook with simple recipes is a veggie’s best friend.
Before I became a vegetarian, I studied it for a year. Even so, my mom asked me to go to a nutrionist. It was a good idea. With the nutritionist’s help, I was able to plan the best meals for my new lifestyle. Even four years later, I am glad I went.
Do the research. It will help you make the most informed decision possible.
Becoming a veggie is not as simple as just cutting out meat and fish.
These provide us with proteins, vitamins and iron which we need to obtain from other sources, the best being beans (kidney, borlotti, butter, black eye etc), pulses (lentils, chick peas, quinoa etc) and leafy green veg. These are the things you need to look at before deciding….read a couple of nutrition books which should point you in the right direction.
Best wishes.
she says that so you can see the advantage and dis advantages of being a vegetarian
If you are used to eating meat it will be a big change to become a vegetarian, I stopped eating meat when I was 12 years old, I am 19 now and proud of it! you will need to learn about alternatives to meat and learn to make good meals. There are lots of choices out there you just have to look! I will give you some good sites to chek out. Good luck and welcome to the wonderfull world of vegitarianism, you will be glad you have made this choice. You won’t beleive what animals have to go through just so we can enjoy the taste of theyer flesh, its foul!! and all the other things raising large numbers of animals does to our planet. Not to mention all the health reasons (= What I have given you should be enough information to let you begin your journy on the path of a vegan!
I think what your mom means is that she wants you to know what you are getting into before you decide to become a vegetarian. You should be aware of what you will need to do in order to eat a healthy vegetarian diet. You can’t just cut the meat out of your diet – you must include other foods you may or may not be familiar with. Become familiar with beans, legumes, nuts, tofu, etc. Educate yourself.
I would strongly recommend either “Becoming Vegetarian” or “Becoming Vegan”, depending on what your goals are.
Read the ADA’s position on vegetarian diets (link below) so you are aware of the issues surrounding vegetarian diets. Provided you don’t become what I call a ‘junk food vegetarian’ and eat a wide variety of healthy foods, a vegetarian diet has many health benefits!
Good luck
Yes, I think she wants you to have more information. On-line would be a good place to start. You could use your search engine
and type pro con vegetarian and you will have lots in info to read.
It also may be helpful if you could talk to some vegetarians and I would not do that chatting on the computer. A local health food store would, most likely, have some very knowledgeable people.
My nephew is a vegetarian and he is not able to eat family meals & must cook for himself. It’s also a bit of a hassle for him going out to eat. In order not to be the center of attention whenever we were going out to dinner as a family, he would just make do with choices on the menu or request plain salad.
In the olden days, like when your mom was in school people used to think you had to have special knowledge to get “complete protein” and had to eat certain things together.
If you do research now you will see that it turns out that wasn’t true. Your body can make all the amino acids. You should do some research and show her just so she won’t be worried about your health. The library or the internet should have lots of stuff.
tell your mom it’s a reversible decision and you can always eat meat in the future if you change your mind.
There are different levels of vegetarianism. There are some that just won’t eat meat. There are others that won’t eat anything that come from an animal.
She probably wants you to look at all your options and how to eat to make sure you are getting the nutrition you are going to be lacking when you stop eating meat.
The more you know the better the decision you can make. As well as a deeper level of understanding and commitment to being a vegetarian.
Learn about how unhealthy it is. People were meant to eat meat. That’s why we have meat chewing teeth. You can survive eating only vegatables, but you have to work hard at making sure you get enough protein, and all the different amino acids. Vegans and vegetarians all look sickly to me, they’re pale and wasting away.
She probably wants you to make an informed decision and does not feel you currently know enough about the subject. . . or she really does not want to learn how to cook something different. That last part is the cynic in me.