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WiccChick
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posted 02-03-103 01:01 PM
  
greetings, all! After a long conversation with a friend, i have decided to go vegan for one week, just to check it out. Basically, i'm finding that i know what i can't eat, but i need more info on what i can eat. so far, i've been consuming alot of nuts, dried fruits, and leafy greens for iron and protein. i've also been eating alot of fruits, garlic, drinking tea, and taking a multi-vitamin everyday, but i feel as if i could use some more advice. for example, how do i get protein without eating dairy? is there anything i should be concerned with otherwise? i appreciate any advice or suggestions you might have! thanks a bunch, and blessed be! in Love and Light,
WiccChick
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sacredspace
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posted 02-11-103 07:35 AM
Tofu is full of protein..well, all soy products are, soy milk is a good source too. |
blissful
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posted 03-04-103 06:11 AM
hey i wsa vegan for a couple years and then i got pregant so i decided to stick w/ being vegiatrian, but not vegan, although at first it seems like you cant eat anything you really can. i suggest going out and buying a vegan recipe book, they do exsist. i made alot of my own foods, like hummus and pitas!!!! yummy, vegan pizza, which i made a whole wheat crust(vegan mind you) and topped it w/ seasoned tofu, peppers, and walnuts., olive iol, it was delishious and even my family who was not vegan LOVED it, the best thing you can do is get some good cookbooks.
peace out
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Silenceverything
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posted 06-11-104 08:07 PM
I've been vegan for about a year and a half. My advice for someone who is just starting out is to eat what your comfortable with. It can be hard making the transition all at once. Many people seem to have the idea that vegans are missing out, and that we can't eat much at all, which is very untrue. I'd suggest checking out the health food stores, places like that, that sell many great alternatives. I personally love boca burgers and vegenaise! yumm  |
portablekitten
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posted 06-13-104 10:35 PM
I have been vegetarian since the 60's and vegan for quite sometime. All you need to do is type "vegan diet or vegan nutrition" into Google and you will get a ton of results. Also don't spend money on a cookbook, type "vegan recipes" in also and you will get more sites than you will ever be able to try. Here are a few of my favorites.
http://www.soystache.com/links.htm http://www.myhq.com/public/s/u/susanv/ http://www.vegsource.com/
and here are a few recipe sites:
http://www.cookingcache.com/vegetar.html
http://vegetarian.about.com/library/crockpot/blmaindish.htm
If you want any more or need any help just drop me an email or post here and I will be happy to help if I can.
Also, everything you eat has protein to a greater or lesser degree. If you eat a varied vegan diet you will get all the protein you need. One of the biggest problems with the average american diet is that it contains way too much protein. If eating a good selection of healty foods it is almost impossible to be protein deficient. Oh, here is another site, this one by Physicians. I am also a diabetic and manage my diabetes perfectly on a vegan diet.
http://www.pcrm.org/index.html
This is a great site for all those omnivores in your life who want to tell you that a meat based diet is healty and a vegetarian or vegan on is not!
Hope all of this helps. ------------------
To be a vegetarian is to disagree. To disagree with the course of things today. Starvation, World hunger, cruelty, waste, wars. We must make a statement against these things. Vegetarianism is my statement. And I think it's a strong one
-Isaac Bashevis Singer [This message has been edited by portablekitten (edited 06-13-104).] |
sunflower
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posted 07-10-104 09:10 AM
As well as checking out many of the veggie sites out there. Foods such as stuffed tomatoes, aubergines, courgettes, ratatouille, pasta with spinach, tomato, pesto sauces or dressings of olive oil and nuts, flavoured with herbs. Cakes can be made without egg that quite good. Stuffed pitta breads with salad and falafel (chickpea/broadbean deep-fried balls. Veggie soups, the list is endless.
Veggies and fruit offer so many nutrients.
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