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Post by Black Dove on Jul 18, 2009 14:28:10 GMT -5
I really want to be a vegetarian! Any tips are extremely welcome! I was thinking about going to a nutritionist, is that a good idea, or would they say its not healthy for a 14+ girl to be a vegetarian? And how do I get necessary things,like protein, iron, b12, etc.? Would vitamins help? I'm a wreck!  Please help! |
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Post by AnimalAvenger on Jul 18, 2009 17:37:26 GMT -5
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Post by dynastygal on Jul 24, 2009 2:34:41 GMT -5
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kcares
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Post by kcares on Jul 24, 2009 9:17:39 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm right there with you! And I'm definitely not going to see the doctor/nutritionist...I did that before and the both jumped down my throat. I'm using a multi-vitamin that has everything but the protein in it, just to be safe. You should try that
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Post by dynastygal on Jul 24, 2009 12:40:18 GMT -5
Most doctors I know don't even know what a vegan is, and one said to me that if we were meant to be vegan we'd all have four stomachs...*rolls eyes*...his anatomy was wrong, as well as his knowledge of herbivourous animals.
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Post by Linn on Jul 24, 2009 16:15:58 GMT -5
I just went vegetarian a couple months ago too, and it's really hard when you first start out. Espically if you love meat, or live with a family of carnivores. I never went to a nutritionist or a doctor, I just decided one day that I'd had enough (that and Angela showed me that horrible "Meet Your Meat" video... ;_; ). So I looked up a vegetarian food pyramid on Google Images, printed it out, and kept it as sort of a guide. That kinda helped. Next I made a list on MS Word of what I need. Protien, Iron, Calcium, etc. And I put examples under each one of foods that would give me that. I used Google a lot ("What foods can a vegetarian eat for calcium?") and eventually made a pretty good list. The website that helped me out a lot was this e-book. Hope anything I said helps, and good luck. ^^ |
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Post by kcares on Jul 24, 2009 18:54:45 GMT -5
The e-book you mentioned was amazing!
A MUST READ!!!!
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Post by AnimalAvenger on Jul 24, 2009 19:10:25 GMT -5
Be sure to check the ingredients of multi-vitamins.
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Post by Black Dove on Jul 31, 2009 20:10:47 GMT -5
Thankyou everybody! These are all great resources! Especially the nutritionist advice. I almost saw one. *Wipes forehead dramaticly* I have come up with an agreement with my parents, and this is as far as I could get it to be anywhere close to veg. I will eat a vegetarian meal when its offered and if not it will be chicken or fish. No turkey no cow no veil even though I never ate it and no lamb. So just chicken and fish and hopefully it will become just fish and then completely vegetarian! Yay! Thanks again everyone!
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Post by AnimalAvenger on Jul 31, 2009 20:16:21 GMT -5
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Post by Black Dove on Jul 31, 2009 20:28:22 GMT -5
Okay I definitely will. And you are right about that. My parentals can't shove anything down my throat lol.
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Post by Black Dove on Aug 9, 2009 20:58:40 GMT -5
Thanks everybody for all your help! I am now what is called a semi-vegetarian. I (only if needed) will only intake chicken four times a week, and the rest vegetarian.
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Post by AnimalAvenger on Aug 9, 2009 21:00:07 GMT -5
That's good . I hope you don't have to eat any chicken at all. Chicken is pretty disgusting. Every time I see meat, I think of the animal it came from. It makes me want to puke. |
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Post by kb3animal on Aug 13, 2009 10:27:27 GMT -5
A good way to be educated and start yourself on becoming a vegetarian is to go by "the three R's" (reduce the number of animals you eat, refine which animal products you eat, and replace animal products with veg options). I had really good results with it (even if it's a gradual adjustment). A good resource for more information about veg eating is: www.humaneteen.org/?q=node/41 |
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Post by streamofpassion on Aug 13, 2009 14:55:43 GMT -5
Not trying to be offensive, but there really is no such thing as a semi vegetarian.. otherwise every general meat-eating omni you see can also be called a "semi vegetarian"(=meat eater).. so saying that you're "semi vegetarian" really doesn't mean much..
Anyway, I really hope that you could get off of the chicken eating habit soon. There is absolutely no reason that someone would have the eat the flesh of a chicken to get proper nutrition, and chickens actually tend to have it the worst in the meat(and egg, of course) industry..
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