I want to go vegetarian? Help?!

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These days its easy to become a vegetarian. By being one you'll be saving one hundred animals each year.

You dont have to worry about protein, its found in all vegetarian foods.

There are a lot of options out there for vegetarians.

Good luck.

My best friend is a vegetarian and my sister has Celiac disease (allergic to Gluten/wheat/etc), so this is a great question for me. =) Whole Foods has tons of brands and types of Vegan food, and most are pretty good. A great meal to make is just spaghetti and sauce- no meat, of course. It's easy, and pretty good. Tofurkey is also good, it tastes just like real turkey, I thought she was tricking me when she told me it was tofurkey for the first time. There are also meatless sausages, veggie burgers, etc, and different brands, some people have a preference for different brands, so look around a bit. Also, Silk milk is great, milk would also give you the nutrients/calcium, but if you don't want to eat or drink anything that comes from animals, Silk is a great dairy-free alternative, it comes in Original, Vanilla, Chocolate, etc. Nutella is a great snack, Vegan and has chocolate and hazelnut. Very good. Need more? E-mail me. =) But keep in mind, if you just want to be a Veg because someone else is, and you love meat... but I get you'd be disgusted by... I don't even like saying it. You might need to take calcium chews, iron, etc for nutrients, but talk to your doctor about that. Hope this helps and good luck! (Ask your doctor for more suggestions too!)

Personal Experience

i've been a vegetarian for almost 5 years now. i started when i was 15. it was easy for me because i never really liked meat all that much to begin with. however, since you do like meat, i would recommend the protein packed meat substitutes like boca burgers. other things that are good are the morningstar farms breakfast sausage patties, their bacon is decent, and soy crumbles (essentially a substitute for ground beef). the soy crumbles are great for tacos, spaghetti sauce, etc. beans are a must to keep you getting enough protein. add them to your salads and soups for easy integration. another way to get protein is through nuts. snack on cashews. peanut butter has more protein than chicken. be sure to eat things like spinach for iron. i personally don't take vitamin supplements, but you might want to. if you don't, be sure to have blood work done regularly to check for anemia. good luck!

How you become one is to read and understand. I've included a bunch of links to very good solid websites that explain about it. There are links to two books you might want to find if your local library can get for you. And make sure you read the last link first ok?

http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/teennutriti…
http://www.kidzworld.com/article/3002-be…
http://www.amazon.com/Teens-Vegetarian-C…
http://www.amazon.com/Teens-Guide-Going-…
http://www.savvyvegetarian.com/vegetaria…
http://www.vrg.org/family/kidsindex.htm

Craig, one of ur answerers, said that by becoming a vegetarian u will save like 100 animals a year. He lies. They'll die anyway but u won't eat them so they will either be eaten by someone else or thier meat will rot and they'll have been slaughtered in vain for no reason.

Me. A veggie hating meat-lover (besides potatoes I luv potatoes)

Vegetarian diet is good for health ,go to below link and read what is good for you

http://www.aitvoice.com/2010/06/vegetari…

if you don't like killing animals, then bugs are included too, and if you have squished a bug (probably you have), then too bad.

bugs are animals too.
proceed with including meats in your diet

I honestly don't think you are going to get very accurate answers here. Go tell your mom to take u to a doctor and talk to them about what u should do. It's they only way ur gonna get a good answer.