Turning Vegetarian.

[aww yea]

Meat is a chemical requirement for the human system. There is no alternative. To have a healthy diet, you must eat meat.

to be honest i agree with this

but then your not giving up meat to be healthy, so just find all the cliche meat replacements you can

or take the uber challenge and eat only celery

spoiler: it doesn't work

 

[konor77]

link the post i must know what this video that can turn you of meat is
mmmmmmmmmmmm meat

 

[Cmwissy]

link the post i must know what this video that can turn you of meat is
mmmmmmmmmmmm meat

I linked it - look up from this post.

 

[konor77]

watched the video meh
i was/am actually eating while i watched it

 

[Hippobatman]

Meat is a chemical requirement for the human system. There is no alternative. To have a healthy diet, you must eat meat.

Humans need nutrients like protein, fat, calcium etc. These are easily attained from alternative sources or pills.

As long as you vary your meals you can get by as a vegetarian. It's reallyh no challenge. I know because my aunt's family are actually vegans, and she makes great food.

 

[Ghonzor]

Buy a vegetarian cook-book. Simple as that

Pretty much.
I for one couldn't do it.
Mainly because I enjoy stuff like bacon and steak waaaaaaaaaaaay too much.

 

[DuplicateValue]

what could make anyone turn from meat
mmmmmmmmmmmmm meat

Incredibly helpful...

Hey, it was a valid opinion.
I concur.

 

[Gildan Bladeborn]

You have to go out of your way to supplement, or you're going to have deficiencies in your diet - there are some things you simply cannot get from an exclusively vegetarian diet (or not nearly enough of it if you can). I would seriously recommend looking just about anywhere other than a gaming forum for those sorts of details, expecting to find expert advice on nutrition from us strikes me as rather akin to panning for gold in your own shower in terms of unwarranted optimism.

 

[A Random Reader]

Here is is - I warned you.

That didn't put me off my dinner, but one question; do they package (and sell) the chicken after doing that? if so eww.

 

[Zombie_Fish]

I'm not a vegetarian but I'd find some of those meat replacement food things. It's like fake meat for veggies.

This is what my family does a lot of the time. They do serve as a good way of getting into vegetarian food and you can usually mix them in with various vegetables to make some quite tasty dishes. Quorn is usually a good one to start off with, as it isn't as much of a pain in the ass to cook as Tofu and you can get lots of variations it which work well as meat replacements (the chunk type usually tastes like chicken). EDIT: Forgot to say this, don't expect it to taste like meat. Quorn products don't and the brands that usually try to taste like meat don't taste like meat. At all.

From there you can just try different things and see how it works out. Get a vegetarian cook book and just see what there is that you would like to try and make at some point. Also try to think carefully about what extent of a vegetarian you would like to become. Some vegetarians eat fish, some will eat gellatine (though you can get vegetarian alternatives) and some will eat dairy products like eggs, cheese and milk. Think about that before deciding to give up eating all animals.

 

[dietpeachsnapple]

I am curious as to what caused the change, though I won't pry.

I was vegetarian for a while simply to lower my calorie intake.

Allow yourself some variety for one.

Stir-fry steam veggies one night, bean and cheese burritos another night, Ceasar salad the next night, etc.

Stock up on cheese and spices. Meat adds a ton of flavor to food and you will want to compensate for that. I would recommend johnny's seasoning, cayenne pepper, old bay, black pepper, and chipolte.

Careful with veggie foods that try to be meat (e.g. veggie burgers.) They do not taste like meat, and if you expect them to, you will only suffer disappointment.

 

[TheodoreLuke]

That makes me want to go to Popeyes and get some fried chicken.

For the confused that video is to show how they drain pus from live chickens who become infected or have sores.

 

[KosherGreenBean]

I went vegetarian last year, and it was (and still) hard to give up eating meat because I love chicken. Plus I'm the only one in my family who doesn't eat meat. My advice is to figure out how to make vegetarian alternatives of things that have meat. Morningstar makes some good food.

 

[RatRace123]

I respect the non-hippy vegetarians, so I will assist you.

First off, it's been said, tofu tofu tofu, get used to the stuff.
Secondly, uh that's about it.
Avoid steakhouses, burger joints, and chicken places. And you'll probably not want to visit countries where meat is a dietary staple.

 

[Caligulove]

Hello fellow Escapees; Up until now I have been a meat-eater; I've drifted along eating like everyone else and not giving a second thought.


A while back I saw ......something...that made me feel a little disgusted and now I feel ill whenever I even think about eating meat.

I'm not one of those pretentious hippies who go on and on about how 'animals are people too' as I understand that animals need meat to function (Are lions ignorant and fat?)

But this has really got to me and I feel really disgusted; So to all the Vegetarian escapists -


what would be a good way to change my diet without getting major cravings or feeling ill; I understand it wont be easy - but what did you do, how did you change your diet, what foods did you eat to help change from a Meat-eater to a vegetarian?

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: This is the Video - if it is somehow against the rules - I apologize sincerely.

I used to be a vegetarian[footnote]kudos to you btw for not doing it because of hippie reasons..[/footnote].... until I realized cooking without real meat was boring and realized I was missing that kind of flavor in my food, and I missed that.

I would encourage you to make meals that revolve around other kinds of protein as it will be the one thing that will be missing primarily from your diet. The good thing about the winter is that its a good time to make things like soup and other hot foods that require not as much time and focused more on stewing or simple slow cooking. A lot of really good food to be made.

I have a lot of good veg. recipes (and I work in a kitchen, with veg orders every now and then) feel free to message me if you want some, or any help I could give

 

[AngloDoom]

You'll need a veggie cook-book, probably.

Beans and lentils are a good source of the things you'll miss out. A good failsafe is just to get some multivitamins. Girl I know stopped having as much iron (I believe it was iron) due to her veggie diet and she turned into Satan without it. Multivitamins are the way to go.

 

[Desert Tiger]

A cist? More value for my money.

 

[Flos]

I'm not a vegetarian, so I don't have much advice.

Stay away from processed soy products. The type sold to westerners is typically not good for you, at least compared to the alternative. If you're shopping for soy, get it from a local Asian market, rather than a chain grocery store.

 

[Nerf Ninja]

If anything that video seemed to me to be some sort of veterinarian training guide. It certainly didn't put me off meat, It made me laugh actually.

 

[Dragoonit]

make sure your compensate for the lack of protein in your diet....there are specific proteins that come from meat, so do some research as to what type of other foods will suffice as a substitute