Foods to watch out for?!
Foods to watch out for?
What foods have animal ingredients in them that I should watch out for? EX: Cheese, rennet, (the baby cow's slaughtered stomach) or EX: Jell-O, gelatin, (broiled animal hooves, bones, and flesh.)
Because I am a lacto-ovo vegetarian and do not want to eat any part of an animal.
Answers:
There is a really great book called "Animal Ingredients A to Z" by EG Smith Collective.
There are a lot of companies that use animal by-products but list them as chemicals in the nutrition section of their labels. This book will help you weed out the bad but it will make you read more then you have in your life...lol I can't pick up something in a store without checking in the book to see if it's ok.
Another rule of thumb is "If you can't pronounce it - don't eat it" Part of being vegi is being healthier, you can't do that if your scarfing down crap with a ton of chems in them.
PS...If you don't want to eat animals, you might want to stop eating eggs. Also try drinking and eating soy products. If you have a hard time switching over because the flavor, try cooking with it, then work your way up.