Vegetarians ( and Vegans ) Thread!!!

[kuntrygirl]

Most of that sounds okay to me. I might look up tocopherols but everything else seems good.

Thank you!!!!! I appreciate your reply. I will do as you say and look it up.

 

[kuntrygirl]

I may be repeating something, but how do you all get protein?

I think it's pretty easy to get protein on a vegetarian diet. I like to lift weights and I follow the "Eat Clean Diet" principles of a protein and complex carb at every meal/snack. My menu as an example yesterday-


(I follow the same breakfast 99% of the time. Some type of berry every day. I switch up the oatmeal for teff sometimes, and I change the method I cook the eggs)
1/2 c oatmeal cooked in 1 c organic skim milk with a T ground flax and 1T wheat germ thrown on top.
handful raspberries
2 eggs (sometimes eat 1 yolk, usually none)

mid morn snack
1/2 apple
small handful almonds

lunch
ezekial wrap
home made hummus
1 1/2 c raw brocolli, 1/2 c sliced radishes

afternoon snack
ryvita crackers
hard boiled egg whites
couple cucumber slices

supper
spicy tempeh
mixed vegetables
salad of romaine, purple cabbage, avocado, and a few black beans.

after supper snack/workout shake ( i do my exercising in the evening)
I whizzed together 3/4 c unsweetened almond milk
scoop protein powder, splash vanilla
T raw pumpkin seeds, T ground flaxseed
2 c greens, spinach and watercress this time

I like your list of meals. Yummy!

 

[Kevin565]

This is my favorite cereal and I want you all to take a look at it and let me know if it's clean to eat.
http://www.naturespath.com/products/whole-grain/pumpkin-flax-plus-granola
INGREDIENTS: Rolled oats*, evaporated cane juice*, soy oil*, brown rice flour*, pumpkin seeds*, flax seeds*, oat syrup solids* (oat syrup solids*, tocopherols), sea salt, molasses*, cinnamon*. *Organic. Contains soy. Produced in a facility that uses wheat, peanuts or tree nuts.
High Fiber
Contains 20% or more of the Daily Value (DV) to describe protein, vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber, or potassium per reference amount.
No Trans Fat
There are no (zero grams) trans fats present in this item. Trans fats are formed when liquid oils are made into solid fats (shortening and hard margarine).
Vegetarian
Produced without using any ingredients sourced from meat, fish, fowl or eggs, in accordance with the founder’s philosophy and lifestyle.
Whole Grain
Whole grains or foods made from them contain all the essential parts and naturally-occurring nutrients of the entire grain seed.

It sounds clear to eat to me

 

[Kevin565]

I may be repeating something, but how do you all get protein?

Many vegetarian meat has quite a bit of protein in it. Most of my daily value of protein is consumed by "Fake Meats" or various vegetables. Also many vegetarians still take supplements.

 

[debilorrah]

I thought vegetarians didn't eat any animal products. Or is that Vegans?

 

[featherz]

I thought vegetarians didn't eat any animal products. Or is that Vegans?

That would be vegans. Vegans get protein from veggies/soy/beans/grains. A vegan would not eat milk/egg products and most will not eat things like honey either.

 

[Kevin565]

I thought vegetarians didn't eat any animal products. Or is that Vegans?

Only vegans eat no products. Also depending on the vegetarian class certain products will not be eaten.

 

[WooingWyandotte]

When I was ten I tried being a vegetarian because I was a picky eater. But then I discovered how yummy well-cooked, grass fed beef can be, then when my mom brings out the turkey sausage....

 

[chicklover16]

I'm not 100% vegan, I'm 50%, maybe someday I will be 100%

 

[yomama]

I'm wondering if I could get some advice for my preteen daughter. She has been vegetarian for going on 5 months now. Started with chicken, when she saw a film in social studies class on how chicken nuggets were made. Then, she decided to go full vegetarian, when finally becoming aware of how factory farms treated their animals. Even though I am not a vegetarian, I am in full support of her decision. I am very proud of how she has stuck to her morals. I've adapted to her vegetarianism no problem. However, we are now dealing with not drinking or eating anything that has milk in it. A while ago, on the news, they showed a dairy farm that cuts off the bottom half of its cows' tails, so they didn't get caught in the milking machines. They did this to an adult cow, no anesthetic or anything. It was hard to watch. The news stated how it was common practice in many commercial dairy farms. Well, something reminded my daughter of that the other day, and now she refused to drink milk, or eat anything that has milk in it, unless she knows it comes from a cruelty free farm. Soooo..... my question is: Does anyone have any suggestions of how to go about finding out which dairy farms are not only organic, but cruelty free? Also, does anyone know how to find out where certain products get their milk ingredients from? I'm not worried about my daughter's nutrition. She eats alot of fake meat, which has tons of protein in it. She also eats lots of veggies, with alot of the dark greens giving her calcium. We even found some children's vitamins that have calcium and vit D in them. I really want to be supportive of her decisions, but man it is hard to find things that don't have milk in them!
Thanks so much!