I just gave up meat. What can I get protein from?!
I have heard soy and beans are good sources!. Anything else!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
congrats!
ive been a vegetarian for practically my whole life!.
i love being a vegetarian! food is delicious and extremely healthy!.
well!. try beans, stringbeans, corn, carrot, tomatoe, lettuce, cabbage, etc!. all vegetables are great!
use soy sauce or salt to season!.
i like veggie burgers, i mean somepeople ask me why i want to eat imitation meat!. they dont understand!. im not eating it b/c it reminds me of meat!. im eating it cause its delicious and healthy, cause its made of soy products!. boca and morning star are brands for veggie burgers!. they are great!!!
thats my advice!. also, protein shakes are good too! milk and some fruits and the blender makes miracles!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
ive been a vegetarian for practically my whole life!.
i love being a vegetarian! food is delicious and extremely healthy!.
well!. try beans, stringbeans, corn, carrot, tomatoe, lettuce, cabbage, etc!. all vegetables are great!
use soy sauce or salt to season!.
i like veggie burgers, i mean somepeople ask me why i want to eat imitation meat!. they dont understand!. im not eating it b/c it reminds me of meat!. im eating it cause its delicious and healthy, cause its made of soy products!. boca and morning star are brands for veggie burgers!. they are great!!!
thats my advice!. also, protein shakes are good too! milk and some fruits and the blender makes miracles!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Myth: Soy foods provide complete protein!.
Truth: Like all legumes, soy beans are deficient in sulfur-containing amino acids methionine and cystine!. In addition, modern processing denatures fragile lysine!.
Myth: Fermented soy foods can provide vitamin B12 in vegetarian diets!.
Truth: The compound that resembles vitamin B12 in soy cannot be used by the human body; in fact, soy foods cause the body to require more B12
Myth: Low-fat diets prevent breast cancer!.
Truth: A recent study found that women on very low-fat diets (less than 20%) had the same rate of breast cancer as women who consumed large amounts of fat!. (NEJM 2/8/96)
Myth: A vegetarian diet will protect you against atherosclerosis!.
Truth: The International Atherosclerosis Project found that vegetarians had just as much atherosclerosis as meat eaters!. (Lab Invest 1968 18:498) Myth: Animal fats cause cancer and heart disease!.
Truth: Animal fats contain many nutrients that protect against cancer and heart disease; elevated rates of cancer and heart disease are associated with consumption of large amounts of vegetable oils!. (Fed Proc July 1978 37:2215Www@FoodAQ@Com
Truth: Like all legumes, soy beans are deficient in sulfur-containing amino acids methionine and cystine!. In addition, modern processing denatures fragile lysine!.
Myth: Fermented soy foods can provide vitamin B12 in vegetarian diets!.
Truth: The compound that resembles vitamin B12 in soy cannot be used by the human body; in fact, soy foods cause the body to require more B12
Myth: Low-fat diets prevent breast cancer!.
Truth: A recent study found that women on very low-fat diets (less than 20%) had the same rate of breast cancer as women who consumed large amounts of fat!. (NEJM 2/8/96)
Myth: A vegetarian diet will protect you against atherosclerosis!.
Truth: The International Atherosclerosis Project found that vegetarians had just as much atherosclerosis as meat eaters!. (Lab Invest 1968 18:498) Myth: Animal fats cause cancer and heart disease!.
Truth: Animal fats contain many nutrients that protect against cancer and heart disease; elevated rates of cancer and heart disease are associated with consumption of large amounts of vegetable oils!. (Fed Proc July 1978 37:2215Www@FoodAQ@Com
You can mix and match the following:
- different types of grain (cornmeal, bulgur wheat, barley and oats)
- nuts (almonds, cashews, pecans and walnuts)
- seeds (sunflower, sesame and pepitas/pumpkin seeds)
- peas
- beans (navy, black, pinto and kidney, fava beans etc)
- low fat dairy products
- eggs (unless you're a strict vegan)
When buying rice, go for whole grain unbleached rice!. The same should apply to bread too!.
Many grocery store carry tofu based food like tofu burgers, sausages etc!. If you like Chinese food, they also carry tofu marinated in various sauces!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
- different types of grain (cornmeal, bulgur wheat, barley and oats)
- nuts (almonds, cashews, pecans and walnuts)
- seeds (sunflower, sesame and pepitas/pumpkin seeds)
- peas
- beans (navy, black, pinto and kidney, fava beans etc)
- low fat dairy products
- eggs (unless you're a strict vegan)
When buying rice, go for whole grain unbleached rice!. The same should apply to bread too!.
Many grocery store carry tofu based food like tofu burgers, sausages etc!. If you like Chinese food, they also carry tofu marinated in various sauces!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
soy, legumes, nutsWww@FoodAQ@Com
I love beans!.!.!. Such a large variety and all so deliciousWww@FoodAQ@Com
Sea food in addition to the above!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
nutsWww@FoodAQ@Com