World Vegetarian Day coming tomorrow
Categories: Nutrition & Supplements
Tomorrow is World Vegetarian Day, and veggie lovers the world over will be singing the praises of their chosen lifestyle. Is that a bad thing? Not at all -- education is an important part of finding out why some choose to become a vegetarian.Although many people I know are Vegans (different than just eating vegetarian products), I know only one person who is a vegetarian. And, hat person is one of the happiest people I know. Coincidence? Who knows.
Have you ever tried just eating grains, pulses, fruit and vegetables with no meat, fish or poultry? How did you fare after a few days or a week?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
UH2L 9-30-2007 @ 5:42PM
Now you know two vegetarians. I didn't know about this holiday, but it's good to get some publicity for the cause.
Whether you belive in vegetarianism or not, I would say that people who have the self-discipline to control themselves are generally healthier. I've never seen a vegetarian 700 lb man on one of those specials and I've noticed on vegetarian dating sites that the women tend to be thinner.
Atul
http://www.thingsivenoticed.com
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top weight loss site 9-30-2007 @ 6:11PM
There is really nothing bad about not eating meat but not getting the protein needed is a problem. Many people get diabetes or become overweight because of the lack of protein in their diet. Protein speeds up the metabolism while slowing down digestion. Protein is needed.
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Carmen 10-01-2007 @ 4:37AM
Hi, it's really cool eating vegetables. I am not a vegetarian as yet but I am cutting down on eating meat due to health reasons. I suffered Eczema and am going thru some traditional chinese therapy and the first thing that i need to do is to limit meat intake to 20%. And so I am venturing into eating more vegetables.
Stumbled upon your blog and tot of saying hi.
Carmen
http://www.carmenatuymg.blogspot.com/
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Laura 10-01-2007 @ 1:42PM
"Where do you get your protein?" is one of the first questions veg*ans get asked, and it's a completely spurious issue. Vegetarians and vegans get plenty of protein, from nuts, legumes, beans, tofu, tempeh, wheat gluten, seitan, etc, etc.... More information is here:
http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/protein.htm
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