Grocery shopping tips?!
I have recently become a vegetarian and would like to make sure I am getting all my needed nutrition and don't want to overload on carbs!. If you have any tips for what do buy at the store or some products you like I'd apreciate it!Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
Vegetarian essentials are
-Fresh fruit and vegetables- the BEST thing in your diet
-Nuts and seeds (Almonds are a great snack, VERY nutritous too!)
-Beans & Lentils (I like Baked beans- they are high in protein, lentils are good for recipes)
-Soy Milk, it is dairy free and great for protein
-Savoury things- couscous & rice are good to buy when you feel lazy and don't feel like cooking much!.
The non essentials:
-Dairy & eggs= you may wish to buy these!. If you do, make sure eggs are Free Range and always buy Organic whenever you can!.
I'm happy to help!Www@FoodAQ@Com
-Fresh fruit and vegetables- the BEST thing in your diet
-Nuts and seeds (Almonds are a great snack, VERY nutritous too!)
-Beans & Lentils (I like Baked beans- they are high in protein, lentils are good for recipes)
-Soy Milk, it is dairy free and great for protein
-Savoury things- couscous & rice are good to buy when you feel lazy and don't feel like cooking much!.
The non essentials:
-Dairy & eggs= you may wish to buy these!. If you do, make sure eggs are Free Range and always buy Organic whenever you can!.
I'm happy to help!Www@FoodAQ@Com
The very best thing you can eat is as many vegetables of as many different kinds as you can find! I make sure we eat at least one dark orange vegetable (carrots, squash, yams, etc!.) each day, and dark green vegetables at every meal! (broccoli, spinach, kale, collards, chard, etc!.) This alone will supply a huge percentage of the nutrients you need!.
Nuts, seeds and beans also provide protein, healthy fats and many micronutrients!. I also recommend that you take some time to do some research over the internet and/or purchase a good book on vegetarian eating/cooking/nutrition!. This will help a lot with future grocery lists!
Good Luck!Www@FoodAQ@Com
Nuts, seeds and beans also provide protein, healthy fats and many micronutrients!. I also recommend that you take some time to do some research over the internet and/or purchase a good book on vegetarian eating/cooking/nutrition!. This will help a lot with future grocery lists!
Good Luck!Www@FoodAQ@Com
If you eat dairy, anything that is kosher (besides meat of course) or kosher dairy has no traces of meat in it!. You can check by looking on the package!. If there is a tiny "k" or "u" in a circle then it is kosher!. If there is a "d" next to it, then it is kosher dairy!. That is usually on the front label!.
Don't just stick with fruits and veggies all the time! Try to represent as many of the 5 food groups as you can!. You don't have to follow MyPyramid exactly, but make sure you get grains, dairy (if you choose to), and beans and lentils, along with your yummy fruits and veggies!Www@FoodAQ@Com
Don't just stick with fruits and veggies all the time! Try to represent as many of the 5 food groups as you can!. You don't have to follow MyPyramid exactly, but make sure you get grains, dairy (if you choose to), and beans and lentils, along with your yummy fruits and veggies!Www@FoodAQ@Com
buy many different kinds of fruit
different vegetables
and various raw nuts!.
the best thing to do is to use this tool - it's at fitday!.com and you put in everything you eat and then it tells you what nutrients you ate that day!. you would be suprised at how much protein vegetables have!.
the salad I ate today at lunch had the following nutrition!.!.
fat 33 294 71%
Sat: 5 41 10%
Poly: 11 95 23%
Mono: 15 134 32%
Carbs: 33 75 18%
Fiber: 14 0 0%
Protein: 11 45 11%
Alcohol: 0 0 0%
this was a huge salad with less than 500 calories!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
different vegetables
and various raw nuts!.
the best thing to do is to use this tool - it's at fitday!.com and you put in everything you eat and then it tells you what nutrients you ate that day!. you would be suprised at how much protein vegetables have!.
the salad I ate today at lunch had the following nutrition!.!.
fat 33 294 71%
Sat: 5 41 10%
Poly: 11 95 23%
Mono: 15 134 32%
Carbs: 33 75 18%
Fiber: 14 0 0%
Protein: 11 45 11%
Alcohol: 0 0 0%
this was a huge salad with less than 500 calories!.Www@FoodAQ@Com