I'm thinking of becoming a vegetarian, but am not sure that I would fit in with that crowd? Can you help me?!
I want to do what is healthy for my body and appearance!. So the vegetarian lifestyle sounds like it could help!. But so many of the guys I date eat gross disgusting 'flesh-burgers' and make fun of vegetarians!. I DO want to have a social life!. What's a girl to do!?
On the other hand, the guys who are vegetarians just don't seem very manly to me sometimes and a lot of them seem to think they are superior to the meat-eating public!. I don't want to be stuck dating weird guys!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
On the other hand, the guys who are vegetarians just don't seem very manly to me sometimes and a lot of them seem to think they are superior to the meat-eating public!. I don't want to be stuck dating weird guys!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
Well, hun!. You can find wimpy and disgusting creepy guys no matter what sort of lifestyle you choose!. I figure you may as well be true to your own inclinations and not worry about whether your social life fits in with your dietary lifestyle!.
Plenty of nice manly guys are vegetarians!. Plenty of nice and polite manly guys follow a traditional diet!.
Go with your conscience!. Keep in mind though, that whenever you get involved in a behavior style or belief system that is outside the norm, you are more likely to run into folks on the fringe or perhaps elitists who are close-minded and rude to people who have opinions that differ!.
Sadly, I was recently emailed directly by a vegan who insulted me and called me ignorant because I had responded to someone in the vegetarian questions and suggested they needed to make wise choices for protein if they went that route!. There are plenty of wonderful people who choose this lifestyle and i have the utmost respect for the ones who are able to stick with it, even enjoy it, without becoming an elitist!.
Best of luck however you decide!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Plenty of nice manly guys are vegetarians!. Plenty of nice and polite manly guys follow a traditional diet!.
Go with your conscience!. Keep in mind though, that whenever you get involved in a behavior style or belief system that is outside the norm, you are more likely to run into folks on the fringe or perhaps elitists who are close-minded and rude to people who have opinions that differ!.
Sadly, I was recently emailed directly by a vegan who insulted me and called me ignorant because I had responded to someone in the vegetarian questions and suggested they needed to make wise choices for protein if they went that route!. There are plenty of wonderful people who choose this lifestyle and i have the utmost respect for the ones who are able to stick with it, even enjoy it, without becoming an elitist!.
Best of luck however you decide!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I don't know about you, but I'm not willing to limit myself to dating only vegetarian guys!. I'd like to find someone who's vegetarian, but there are plenty of meat-eaters who are accepting of vegetarians as long as you don't try to change their own diets!. I've dated meat-eaters and even a fisherman, even though I believe fishing is cruel!. It can work!.
So I wouldn't worry about whether you fit into the vegetarian crowd!.!.!. just weed out the people who are very hostile towards vegetarians!. If someone is really interested in dating you, he should be able to accommodate the fact that you're vegetarian!. Good luck!Www@FoodAQ@Com
So I wouldn't worry about whether you fit into the vegetarian crowd!.!.!. just weed out the people who are very hostile towards vegetarians!. If someone is really interested in dating you, he should be able to accommodate the fact that you're vegetarian!. Good luck!Www@FoodAQ@Com
Another healthy path other than becoming a vegetarian is to eat MORE HEALTHY foods all the time!. Like instead of have 3 huge meals during the day, eat alot of little healthy servings through out the day, this will prevent you becoming hungry in between meals!. If you don't like meat just eat less of it in those little meals!. Make sure the mini-meals are something healthy and something form every food group!. Eat salad, proteins, fruits, grains, maybe try more organic foods!. You don't have to forget meat to lose weight!
BE HAPPY!
~StephWww@FoodAQ@Com
BE HAPPY!
~StephWww@FoodAQ@Com
just because you're a veg*n doesn't mean you're stuck only hanging out with other veg*ns!. i'm a vegetarian and don't know a single person who is!.!.!.!.if i only hung out with people that are like me i wouldn't have much of a life!. i also married a man who eats meat, and we do just fine!. don't worry so much about trying to "fit in"!.!.!.!.!.do what you feel is right for your life instead of trying to be part of the clique!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
You don't have to be "vegetarian" just don't eat as much meat as you do now!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Well you have to decide which is more important to you!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
CS!? Skully!?
A girl should eat what she wants to and not worry about what people think!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
A girl should eat what she wants to and not worry about what people think!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Of course you'll fit in!Www@FoodAQ@Com
be a veganWww@FoodAQ@Com
hi friend i am sending u around 49 good reasons for being veg ,,, hope it will help u
Conservation of Fossil fuel!. It takes 78 calories of fossil fuel to produce 1 calorie of beef protein; 35 calories for 1 calorie of pork; 22 calories for 1 of poultry; but just 1 calorie of fossil fuel for 1 calorie of soybeans!. By eating plant foods instead of animal foods, I help conserve our non-renewable sources of energy!.
Water Conservation!. It takes 3 to 15 times as much water to produce animal protein as it does plant protein!. As a vegetarian I contribute to water conservation!.
Efficient use of grains!. It takes up to 16 pounds of soybeans and grains to produce 1 lb!. of beef and 3 to 6 lbs!. to produce 1 lb of turkey & egg!. By eating grain foods directly, I make the food supply more efficient & that contributes to the environment!.
Soil conservation!. When grains & legumes are used more efficiently, our precious topsoil is automatically made more efficient in its use!. We use less agricultural resources to provide for the same number of people!.
Saving our forests!. Tropical forests in Brazil and other tropic regions are destroyed daily, in part, to create more acreage to raise livestock!. By not supporting the meat industry, I directly reduce the demand to pillage these irreplaceable treasures of nature!. Since the forest land "filters" our air supply and contains botanical sources for new medicines, this destruction is irreversable!.
Asthetics!. Decaying animal parts, whether in a freezer case or served in restaurants, can never be as asthetically pleasing to the senses as the same foods made from wholesome vegetable sources!. Only habit can allow one not to perceive this: a change in diet makes this self evident!.
Personal Health
No deficiencies!. There is no nutrient necessary for optimal human functioning which cannot be obtained from plant food!.
High fat plus cholesterol!. Animal foods are higher in fat than most plant foods, particularly saturated fats!. Plants do not contain cholesterol!.
"Carb" deficient!. Meat is deficient in carbohydrates, particularly the starches which are so essential to proper health!.
Vitamin deficient!. Except for the b-complex, meat is largely deficient in vitamins!.
Agricultural Chemicals!. Being higher on the food chain, animal foods contain far higher concentrations of agricultural chemicals than plant foods, including pesticides, herbicides, etc!.
Exposure to livestock drugs!. There are over 20,000 different drugs, including sterols, antibiotics, growth hormones and other veterinary drugs that are given to livestock animals!. These drugs are consumed when animal foods are consumed!. The dangers herein, in secondary consumption of antibiotics, are well documented!.
Pathogenic Microorganisms!. There are a host of bacteria and viruses, some quite dangerous, that are common to animals!. When I eat meat, I eat the organisms in the meat!. Micro-organisms are present in plant foods too, but their number and danger to human health is by no means comparable to that of those in meat!.
Worms and other Parasites!. Ditto on # 13!
Shelf life differential!. Plant foods last longer than animal foods!. Try this experiment: Leave out a head of lettuce and a pound of hamburger for 1 day, which will make you sick!?
Organoleptic Indications of Pathenogens!. Plant foods give tell-tale signs of "going bad"!. Ever hear of someone getting sick from "bad broccoli"!?
Heart Disease!. Meat eating increases the risk of heart disease, this country's #1 killer!. The correlation is an epidemiological fact!.
Cancer prevention!. Of all the natural cancer prevention substances found: vitamin C, B-17, hydroquionenes, beta carotene, NDGA, - none has been found to be animal derived!. Yet most meats, when cooked, produce an array of benzenes and other carcinogenic compounds!. Cancer is infinitely easier to prevent than cure!. Soybeans contain protease inhibitor, a powerful anticancer compound!. You won't find it in useful quantities in animal based food!.
Disease Inducing!. The correlation between meat consumption and a wide range of degenerative diseases is well founded and includes!.!.!.!.!.
Osteoporosis
Kidney Stones and Gallstones
Diabetes
Multiple Sclerosis
Arthritis
Gum disease
Acne!. Aggravated by animal food!.
Obesity!. Studies confirm that vegetarians tend to be thinner than meat eaters!. Obesity is considered by doctors to be a disease within itself!.
Intestinal Toxemia!. The condition of the intestinal flora is critical to overall health!. Animal products putrefy the colon!.
Transit time!. Wholesome food travels quickly through the "G!.I" tract, leaving little time to spoil and incite disease within the body!.
Fiber deficient!. Fiber absorbs unwanted, excess fats; cleans the intestines; provides bulk and aids in peristalsis!. Plant food is high in fiber content; meat, poultry and dairy products have none!.
Body wastes!. Food from animals contain their waste, including adrenaline, uric and lactic acid, etc!., Before adding ketchup, the biggest contributors to the "flavor profile" of a hamburger are the leftover blood and urine!.
Excess protein!. The average American eats 400% of the RDA for protein!. This causes excess nitrogen in the blood that creates a host of long-term health problems!.
Longevity!. To increase ones risk of getting degenerative disease means decreasing ones chance to live a naturally long healthy life!. Huzas and other peoples with large centenarian populations maintain lifestyles that are relatively meat free!.
Well Being!. I just feel better since "giving up" meat and becoming vegetarian!.
Personal Finances
Health care costs!. Being healthier on a vegetarian diet means spending less on health care!.
Food costs!. Vegetarian foods tend to cost less than meat based items!.
Ethics
Love of animals!. I love animals as I love myself!. I have no desire to kill them or cause them harm!.
Stance against Factory Farming!.!. I cannot make a statement against factory farming if I myself eat animals!.
Respect for Sentient Life!. I show gratitude to my Creator(s!?) by eating as low on the food chain as possible!.
"Economic Vote"!. I show support of the meat industry and the way they operate when I purchase and use their products!.
Small sacrifice The sacrifice I make is nothing compared to the animals, its life!.
Natural diet!. Our hands, teeth, feet, intestinal tract!.!.!.even our body chemistry is that of an herbivore!.
Reciprocity!. If I partake in the slaughter of animals, I will have to repay my contribution to that act!.
"Protecting the Temple"!. "Whatever affects the body has a corresponding effect on the mind and soul" (E!.G!. White)
I believe in nonviolence!. Slaughter isn't!.
World Peace!. There can never be peace among men while men are declaring war on other highly developed life forms!.
Clear conscience!. I know what I'm doing is right!. I feel good inside about my decision to remain "meatless"
Example!. To live this way is to protect the underlying values of those around me!.
Easy substitutes!. There are vegetable based substitutes for every meat product imaginable!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Conservation of Fossil fuel!. It takes 78 calories of fossil fuel to produce 1 calorie of beef protein; 35 calories for 1 calorie of pork; 22 calories for 1 of poultry; but just 1 calorie of fossil fuel for 1 calorie of soybeans!. By eating plant foods instead of animal foods, I help conserve our non-renewable sources of energy!.
Water Conservation!. It takes 3 to 15 times as much water to produce animal protein as it does plant protein!. As a vegetarian I contribute to water conservation!.
Efficient use of grains!. It takes up to 16 pounds of soybeans and grains to produce 1 lb!. of beef and 3 to 6 lbs!. to produce 1 lb of turkey & egg!. By eating grain foods directly, I make the food supply more efficient & that contributes to the environment!.
Soil conservation!. When grains & legumes are used more efficiently, our precious topsoil is automatically made more efficient in its use!. We use less agricultural resources to provide for the same number of people!.
Saving our forests!. Tropical forests in Brazil and other tropic regions are destroyed daily, in part, to create more acreage to raise livestock!. By not supporting the meat industry, I directly reduce the demand to pillage these irreplaceable treasures of nature!. Since the forest land "filters" our air supply and contains botanical sources for new medicines, this destruction is irreversable!.
Asthetics!. Decaying animal parts, whether in a freezer case or served in restaurants, can never be as asthetically pleasing to the senses as the same foods made from wholesome vegetable sources!. Only habit can allow one not to perceive this: a change in diet makes this self evident!.
Personal Health
No deficiencies!. There is no nutrient necessary for optimal human functioning which cannot be obtained from plant food!.
High fat plus cholesterol!. Animal foods are higher in fat than most plant foods, particularly saturated fats!. Plants do not contain cholesterol!.
"Carb" deficient!. Meat is deficient in carbohydrates, particularly the starches which are so essential to proper health!.
Vitamin deficient!. Except for the b-complex, meat is largely deficient in vitamins!.
Agricultural Chemicals!. Being higher on the food chain, animal foods contain far higher concentrations of agricultural chemicals than plant foods, including pesticides, herbicides, etc!.
Exposure to livestock drugs!. There are over 20,000 different drugs, including sterols, antibiotics, growth hormones and other veterinary drugs that are given to livestock animals!. These drugs are consumed when animal foods are consumed!. The dangers herein, in secondary consumption of antibiotics, are well documented!.
Pathogenic Microorganisms!. There are a host of bacteria and viruses, some quite dangerous, that are common to animals!. When I eat meat, I eat the organisms in the meat!. Micro-organisms are present in plant foods too, but their number and danger to human health is by no means comparable to that of those in meat!.
Worms and other Parasites!. Ditto on # 13!
Shelf life differential!. Plant foods last longer than animal foods!. Try this experiment: Leave out a head of lettuce and a pound of hamburger for 1 day, which will make you sick!?
Organoleptic Indications of Pathenogens!. Plant foods give tell-tale signs of "going bad"!. Ever hear of someone getting sick from "bad broccoli"!?
Heart Disease!. Meat eating increases the risk of heart disease, this country's #1 killer!. The correlation is an epidemiological fact!.
Cancer prevention!. Of all the natural cancer prevention substances found: vitamin C, B-17, hydroquionenes, beta carotene, NDGA, - none has been found to be animal derived!. Yet most meats, when cooked, produce an array of benzenes and other carcinogenic compounds!. Cancer is infinitely easier to prevent than cure!. Soybeans contain protease inhibitor, a powerful anticancer compound!. You won't find it in useful quantities in animal based food!.
Disease Inducing!. The correlation between meat consumption and a wide range of degenerative diseases is well founded and includes!.!.!.!.!.
Osteoporosis
Kidney Stones and Gallstones
Diabetes
Multiple Sclerosis
Arthritis
Gum disease
Acne!. Aggravated by animal food!.
Obesity!. Studies confirm that vegetarians tend to be thinner than meat eaters!. Obesity is considered by doctors to be a disease within itself!.
Intestinal Toxemia!. The condition of the intestinal flora is critical to overall health!. Animal products putrefy the colon!.
Transit time!. Wholesome food travels quickly through the "G!.I" tract, leaving little time to spoil and incite disease within the body!.
Fiber deficient!. Fiber absorbs unwanted, excess fats; cleans the intestines; provides bulk and aids in peristalsis!. Plant food is high in fiber content; meat, poultry and dairy products have none!.
Body wastes!. Food from animals contain their waste, including adrenaline, uric and lactic acid, etc!., Before adding ketchup, the biggest contributors to the "flavor profile" of a hamburger are the leftover blood and urine!.
Excess protein!. The average American eats 400% of the RDA for protein!. This causes excess nitrogen in the blood that creates a host of long-term health problems!.
Longevity!. To increase ones risk of getting degenerative disease means decreasing ones chance to live a naturally long healthy life!. Huzas and other peoples with large centenarian populations maintain lifestyles that are relatively meat free!.
Well Being!. I just feel better since "giving up" meat and becoming vegetarian!.
Personal Finances
Health care costs!. Being healthier on a vegetarian diet means spending less on health care!.
Food costs!. Vegetarian foods tend to cost less than meat based items!.
Ethics
Love of animals!. I love animals as I love myself!. I have no desire to kill them or cause them harm!.
Stance against Factory Farming!.!. I cannot make a statement against factory farming if I myself eat animals!.
Respect for Sentient Life!. I show gratitude to my Creator(s!?) by eating as low on the food chain as possible!.
"Economic Vote"!. I show support of the meat industry and the way they operate when I purchase and use their products!.
Small sacrifice The sacrifice I make is nothing compared to the animals, its life!.
Natural diet!. Our hands, teeth, feet, intestinal tract!.!.!.even our body chemistry is that of an herbivore!.
Reciprocity!. If I partake in the slaughter of animals, I will have to repay my contribution to that act!.
"Protecting the Temple"!. "Whatever affects the body has a corresponding effect on the mind and soul" (E!.G!. White)
I believe in nonviolence!. Slaughter isn't!.
World Peace!. There can never be peace among men while men are declaring war on other highly developed life forms!.
Clear conscience!. I know what I'm doing is right!. I feel good inside about my decision to remain "meatless"
Example!. To live this way is to protect the underlying values of those around me!.
Easy substitutes!. There are vegetable based substitutes for every meat product imaginable!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Choosing a vegetarian lifestyle doesn't automatically make you a social leper!. I'm living proof of that - I'm the only vegan in my circle of friends!.!.!.I don't disrespect them for eating meat and they don't disrespect me for not eating it!.
You don't have to "fit in" to any particular "crowd"!. People will like you for who you are if they are truly friends!. If the guys you date would not respect your decision, then they are not good boyfriend material anyway!.
You don't have to exclusively date vegetarians!. I've dated meat-eaters since adopting a meatless lifestyle and we got on well because we understood and accept where the other stood on the dietary issue!. It's not that complicated!. You don't have to run out and join a vegetarian colony or anything like that!. You can still have a social life!Www@FoodAQ@Com
You don't have to "fit in" to any particular "crowd"!. People will like you for who you are if they are truly friends!. If the guys you date would not respect your decision, then they are not good boyfriend material anyway!.
You don't have to exclusively date vegetarians!. I've dated meat-eaters since adopting a meatless lifestyle and we got on well because we understood and accept where the other stood on the dietary issue!. It's not that complicated!. You don't have to run out and join a vegetarian colony or anything like that!. You can still have a social life!Www@FoodAQ@Com