My mom won't let me be a Vegatarian! I dont eat meat, except for some seafood occasionaly.?!

My mom won't let me be a Vegatarian! I dont eat meat, except for some seafood occasionaly.?

What vitamins do I need to take to keep me healty if I'm to become a Vegatarian? Is pasta and rice safe to eat? I mean is it Veg Safe. Is there a website that has safe stuff and bad stuff? Or can someone tell me?
Please and Thanks
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3 days ago
She buys a lot of meat at the grocery store. She wont buy stuff that i eat and like 4 days out of the week is meat meals, and i have to eat with the "Family", so that means i have to eat what she cooks or not eat anything at all.

3 days ago
Also, I am really muscular. I play an instrument, amd play the drums in Band. And if i lived on my own and bought my own grocerys, then i would be vegan, and vegatarian. But since she wont let me have a job, then i have no money, and she wont let me go grocery shoppin wit her. when i do then anythin she doesnt like(which is everythin i like), she puts back or wont let me put it in the cart. When i say i want a job she says "then go to work with me." She cleans yards and houses, which im ok with. But she "pays" me 5$ an job or yard/house, and then most of the time she says she doesnt have the money to give me.

3 days ago
She wont let me have a discussion with her. it's always. Nows not the time, i dont have the time for this, im an adult and ur a child(15, 16 in 3monthes), u need to control ur emotions, and she always screams(bcuz She wants to), but when i do it means I"M not incontrol of my emotions.

If your mom actually screams at you about it, then I would recommend you never mention it to her again. Don't even continue a discussion that she initiates until she proves to you that she can speak like an adult.

Some people take vitamin supplements, veg*ns and omnivores alike, but if you eat a mostly plant-based diet that is varied and balanced you will get everything that your body needs.
http://www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/vsk/f...

Pasta and rice are definitely safe. Only if you are vegan, do some pastas not belong in your diet. Unless you are thinking of Rice-A-Roni, some of those have chicken or other meat ingredients as flavoring.

The amount of information regarding veg*nism may be daunting at first, but the longer you stay committed, the easier it all becomes. Eventually you feel like you've been veg your entire life. If you want to learn more, please read on.


If you want to become a lacto-ovo vegetarian, the transition should be quite simple. Almost all meats have widely available commercial replacements. All that you have to do is replace any flesh in your diet (beef, pork, poultry, seafood) with meat analogs or just leave it out altogether. (Don't worry because your mom probably won't buy you any fake meat, its not actually an esential part of anyone's diet.

Technically the term does imply that you don't consume anything that comes from the body of an animal that requires killing it. Many ingredients such as gelatin and glycerin are found in many candies, Fig-Newtons, and many of other foods as well as rennet found in many cheeses.
http://www.happycow.net/health-animal-in...
The best thing to remember is to take your time so that for example: when you are comfortable not eating beef and pork you can then give up chicken when you are sure you can make the commitment permanently.
Depending on your age or reliance on parents or regional options, it may not be best to give yourself a label. The important thing is to do your best to make progress and be committed to your compassion towards animals. Never put your focus onto what you or other people use to describe you.

You should keep in mind that a journey such as this this can be quite short but should just be the beginning of a longer one to a plant-based diet with no animal products. This is because of the reality of factory farming in which animals that are kept alive to produce milk, eggs, etc suffer much more than animals that are raised to a certain weight and then slaughtered.http://www.veganoutreach.org/whyvegan/...
Some people use the word "vegan" in reference to this idea, but be aware that that applying that label to yourself should always come with the inclusion of wise activism and advocacy.http://www.veganoutreach.org/advocacy/in...
Two extremely important examples of this are that you should never speak to someone about vegetarianism/veganism without their consent and genuine interest or as a comment on what they are eating AND your dietary beliefs should never be used as an introduction or explanation of who you are as a person. Veg*ism should be something that comes up AFTER people get to know you and they offer you a situation that makes it confusing to withhold the information/dicussion. Also, if you are presented something that you choose not to eat or you are
ordering food/eating together somewhere/picking the best place to eat.

When you you hold off on the subject until it's necessary and then act like it isn't a big deal at all, people are usually surprised and WAY more interested and curious than if you were to bring it up when someone's eating or just using it as a conversation starter.

Just to clear things up, the vegetarian/vegan diet is not composed of salads, vegetables, fruit and fake meat.
A balanced plant-based diet includes grains(breads, pasta, rice,cereal), legumes(soy, beans, peas, lentils), fruit and vegetables.
http://www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/vsk/f...
http://www.peta.org/accidentallyvegan/...
http://www.veganoutreach.org/whyvegan/ea...
Being vegan can be an art, one whose challenge is to take things that involve the suffering of the innocent and change them into something free of cruelty.

If you meet someone that talks down to people for eating meat, dairy, etc or to you because they think they are "more veg" than you, laugh in their face and tell them they are a disgrace to the entire philosophy. People like this only hurt the idea of veg*ism AND the animals. The point of all of this is to live compassionately and and as free from cruelty as you can, all the while maintaining your health and a positive attitude. People who don't maintain either, need not open their mouths and represent our beliefs.

If you actually choose to read all of this, I hope it helps. If not, feel free to e-mail me if you have questions.