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vegetarian diets
ifyoucantfixit:
My grandaughter has become a vegetarian this year...Its been about four months now. She is
liking it a lot.
I keep nagging her to be sure she is getting her needed amount of protein. She is taking supplements,
lots of nuts. Soy, and such...She said she feels great She is looking wonderful too...So far so good.
She eats eggs, and such, just no meat. Not even chicken, or fish. Which she never ate before..She
hates fish, and it makes her sick just to smell it.
brokeplex:
The nuts, soy products and eggs should stand her well. You are correct that one the major problems vegetarians face is getting enough balanced proteins. Most vegetarian foods have proteins in them, but they are usually a protein of only one category or the other. The secret is to consume a combination of foods which in aggregate have sufficient proteins. Examples are balancing brown rice with soy, or balancing corn with beans. Each of the elements alone does not provide a complete balanced protein, but eaten together they are protein complete.
My favorite example from native American diets is balancing blue Indian corn tortillas with frijoles. top that with a little cheese and a green salad on the side, and you have a complete meal !
Right now I am sitting in a skiing lodge in the mountains in N Mexico. I just finished eating an excellent bowl of turkey chili with blue corn tortillas!
Shasta542:
Right now I am sitting in a skiing lodge in the mountains in N Mexico. I just finished eating an excellent bowl of turkey chili with blue corn tortillas!
That setting -- WOW!! The lunch sounds good too. ;) Where's D.L.? On the slopes?
brokeplex:
He is out on the slopes, trying to ski. He usually falls down bruised, but the boy has stamina! He just gets right back up, squarely in the face of the evidence that he can't ski, and tries again. I plan to hike up the side of the mountain after lunch, meanwhile I am enjoying a warm fire and a beautiful view outside.
Kelda:
a stone is 14 pounds..
sorry I have had computer problems - I'll move this over now.
Can you explain tuerey chilli to me? This is vegetarian? Or its cos you eat white meat? I'm confused! In the US you give some foods funny names!!!!
:P
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