How to become a vegetarian. What are vegetarians eat

Many factors may be the desire to become a real vegetarian: a reverent attitude towards animals, care of the environment, religious beliefs and outlook on life. But, before becoming a vegetarian, one should understand the reason and properly prepare for this serious stage of your life.

How to become a vegetarian: moral training and tips with loved ones

If, after long thoughts, your decision to become a vegetarian is final, then the time has come to prepare morally not only yourself, but also your relatives, close friends. Indeed, from this moment on vegetarianism will become not only part of your life, but also the society around you. Therefore, it is very important to talk about your new preferences, share recipes for vegetarian dishes and books.

How to behave during such a conversation:

1. Bear more on the benefits of vegetarianism. Here it is necessary to emphasize the dignity of vegetarianism in the protection of animals, religious aspects, issues of morality and ethics.
2. Do not try to justify yourself in making your decision. But give reasoned arguments that would allow your relatives and friends to ask you fewer compromising questions.
3. Show politeness and patience, even if your beliefs are unacceptable to others.
4. Often such conversations can lead to disputes. Some relatives can perceive your decision as a political aggression or even consider it as a personal insult.
5. If loved ones are still unhappy with your decision, try to convince them. To do this, it is sometimes enough to prepare a delicious vegetarian dish and let it taste, talk about a diet for vegetarians.

Products for novice vegetarians

In many supermarkets you will find a wide variety of vegetarian products, and in some of them there are even entire departments. You should also not forget about farm markets, where the quality of products is much better, and sometimes cheaper than in supermarkets.

The main list of products for novice vegetarians:

1. Soy products can be the replacement of familiar meat. In many stores, they are sold with the taste of meat, fish. There are even special vegetarian hot dogs and burgers. Their taste, color and even smell differs from classic fast foods of dishes, so not many novice vegetarians like such substitutes.
2. Little by little, include exotic types of fruits in your diet that you have not previously tried or rarely used: papaya, pomegranate, roma, grapefruit, karambol, etc.
3. You should also pay great attention to Zlakov and it is also preferably for those that you used to use or have not at all at all. Among such cereal crops, one can distinguish: millet, barley, alfalfa, kuskus, cinema.
4. Excellent substitutes for meat products will be Tofu, Seytan and pace. They are much cheaper than meat, and the taste and variety of dishes with them are not inferior.

How to become a vegetarian: we get rid of the use of meat products gradually

At first, you should not completely abandon meat products. When using vegetarian food, get rid of meat in the following sequence:

1. Low -fat types of meat (veal, chicken) and fish.
2. After about a week, we exclude pork from the diet.
3. A week later, forget about red meat (lamb, beef).
4. If these stages are successfully overcome, then in two weeks we refuse seafood.

Many novice vegetarians are unable to get rid of the habit of eating at least a piece of meat. If this happens to you, you involuntarily break down at the initial stage - do not despair. Try to just control yourself. Each person gets used to vegetarianism differently. Some forget about meat products in a week, and many need a much more time. The main thing is zeal. Try to keep yourself from meat for a couple of weeks, excluding completely dishes with it. Believe me, after several weeks of such abstinence, your craving for meat products will gradually weaken and you will no longer want to eat them.

Even after that you break down and still eat occasionally, try to adhere to a vegetarian menu for a couple of days a week. Gradually, the amount of exclusively vegetarian diet should be increased until a complete rejection of animal foods. But, and even if you continue to use meat products, then most likely you can safely write you in the category of former vegetarians.

How to become a vegetarian: the types of vegetarianism and their differences

There are a number of varieties of vegetarianism, each of which is characterized by a set of permitted and prohibited products.

• Lacto-Sovo-Vegetarianism is one of the most common types of vegetarianism. It includes the use of dairy products, eggs, honey, plant foods. Such a power supply system of vegetarians is also an excellent diet for people who want to lose weight.

With this type of vegetarianism, the use of meat, seafood and fish is strictly prohibited. Under the ban, there are also cheeses, during the preparation of which the Sychug (glandular stomach) of animals was used.

• Lacto-Vegetarianism differs from the previous one with complete exception to the ovation of eggs. The presence of animal food is allowed only if it was obtained by non -violent means. The exclusion of eggs is justified by the fact that it contains a embryo and thus, when eating eggs for food, a person actually kills a living creature.
• Ovo-Vegetarianism allows the use of eggs and honey, but prohibits the inclusion of dairy products in the diet. The use of eggs from the point of view of such vegetarians is easily explained by the fact that the eggs are unfertilized, and, therefore, no murder is committed. This makes it possible for such vegetarians to enjoy almost all types of confectionery, because most of them include eggs.
• Veganism is a classic form of vegetarianism. Unlike all previous species from the menu, all animal products are excluded completely, as well as fish, fish delicacies, seafood and even honey. In addition to such preferences in food, vegans strictly adhere to other beliefs:

1. They will never wear clothes, accessories made of natural fur and animal skin.
2. Vegans do not buy drugs, products that include animal substances.
3. Strictly avoid the purchase of cosmetics tested on animals.
4. They despise the brutal entertainment related to animals: dog battles, Corrida. They actively perform in demonstrations against the circus, zoo, considering it humiliating to keep animals in captivity.

Unlike Vegan, the vegetarian does not adhere to clear foundations regarding the complete exclusion of fur and leather products, cosmetics, as well as animal drugs from the wardrobe. The vegetarian does not care what to dress and what cosmetics to apply on himself. The main thing is that he is warm and comfortable. If your friend is Vegan, then it is better not to take him for shopping and boast of a new collection of fur, leather products, otherwise, you risk losing your friend and brutally offend him. In demonstrations, as well as protests on the protection of animals, vegetarians often take part, but still not as actively as vegans.

How to become vegetarianism: Basic rules and recipes for a vegetarian breakfast

The vegetarian breakfast is an important basis for maintaining good health and energy charge for the whole day.

Basic rules and diet of Vegetarian's breakfast:

1. To improve the digestive system and saturate the body with the necessary microelements, you should drink a glass of warm water with lemon juice on an empty stomach.
2. In the morning, it is advisable not to use grainbow crops. They overload the body, thereby provoking uncomfortable sensations in the abdomen. An exception in this case may be buckwheat or oatmeal porridge prepared on water. It is recommended that you add a little linseed oil, dried fruits in oatmeal for better absorption and legend for taste.
3. The most correct menu for breakfast will be fruits. In the summer, it is desirable that it be fresh fruits, and in winter you can completely replace them with dried fruits.
4. If you adhere to lacto-vegetarianism, then in the morning you can drink a glass of yogurt, fermented baked milk, milk. Milk is best to drink until 6 a.m., preferably warm and with spices. A ground cinnamon is ideal from spices.
5. For women, it is recommended to eat sweets for breakfast. Just do not think that cakes and chocolate sweets. They can be replaced with dried fruits, honey sweets and sugared nuts, vegan chocolate.
6. Great energy, nutritious and delicious drinks for breakfast will be smoothies and cocktails from berries, herbs, vegetables, fruits.

Ideal Smusia recipes for breakfast for different vegetarians

Carrot-apelsin smoothie for vegetarians

For the preparation of carrot-obelsin smoothies, you will need:

• peaches - 4 pcs.;
• carrot and orange juice (freshly squeezed) - 200 ml;
• flax seeds - 2 tbsp.;
• fresh ginger root - 1 tbsp.

How to cook carrot-apelsin smoothies:

1. Through the juicer, skip the required amount of carrots and oranges for 400 ml of freshly squeezed juice.
2. In a blender, chop the peeled peaches, ginger root, flax seeds.
3. Add freshly squeezed juices to the resulting mass to the blender and continue to beat everything until a homogeneous consistency is obtained.

Pumpkin smoothie for vegetarians

To prepare pumpkin smoothies, you will need:

• pumpkin - 200 g;
• apples - 100 g;
• honey - 2 tbsp.;
• cinnamon is to taste.

How to cook pumpkin smoothies:

1. Remove the peel from apples, carefully peel them of the core and seeds, cut the peeled apples with cubes. The small part of the pumpkin also peel, remove the seeds and cut it.
2. Send the chopped ingredients to the blender, grind them until a homogeneous mashed potatoes are formed.
3. In the finished fruit and vegetable puree, add honey, mix. Pour the smoothies into a cocktail glass or glass.
4. If it turned out to be too thick, you can dilute it with a small amount of water.
5. It is recommended to send ready -made smoothies for half an hour to the refrigerator or add ice cubes to it, seasoning with the cinnamon at will and taste.

Strawberry-banana smoothies for vegetarians

For the preparation of strawberry-banana smoothies, you will need:

• strawberries (fresh or frozen) - 6 pcs.;
• bananas - 2 pcs.;
• orange juice (preferably freshly squeezed) - 200 ml;
• flax seeds - 1 tbsp.;
• ryazhenka - 200 ml.

How to cook strawberry-banana smoothies:

1. We clean the bananas from the peel, remove the tails from strawberries. In winter, we defrost strawberries.
2. Grind chopped bananas and berries in a blender along with flax seeds until a homogeneous consistency is obtained.
3. In the resulting mass, add low -fat fermentation, orange juice, mix everything.

How to become a vegetarian: a vegetarian lunch

Of the first dishes, vegetarians prefer to eat soups and stews prepared exclusively on vegetable broth.   From the usual first dishes are ideal: soup from lentils, chickpeas, beans, peas, as well as mushroom soup and soup-puree.

To give piquancy and saturated taste, it is recommended to add flax, spices, and spices in soups.

As a side dish and the main second dish, welded or baked potatoes are ideal. You should also not forget about cereals cooked on the water. Especially pay attention to the porridge of barley, rice, millet, oatmeal, wheat and cerebral. It is recommended to serve vegetable salads to the side dish. Instead of meat cutlets, prepare vegetables using not eggs as a fixing ingredient, but semolina. Second dishes can also be seasoned with vegetable oils: cedar, linen, olives. In sand-vegetarianism, it is allowed to use fish from animal products. Therefore, such vegetarians can afford to eat fish delicacies as a second dish with a vegetable side dish.

How to become a vegetarian: a balanced protein dinner of a vegetarian

The dinner of a real vegetarian in its composition should contain a lot of plant protein, not to be too dense and high -calorie.   For such a dinner, dishes of Masha, chickpeas, peas, lentils and beans prepared on water or fried along with aromatic herbs, onions, and spices are ideal.

You can add vegetable salads, casseroles and pies from dried fruits, nuts, vegetable cutlets and dishes of stewed vegetables to legumes.

To obtain the necessary protein, regularly prepare legumes for dinner. To avoid swelling of the abdomen or increased gas formation, use chickpeas as the basis for the preparation of legumes and dishes. Vegetarians who use dairy products are recommended to prepare such a salad with the addition of goat cheese.

If possible, as many vegetables as possible should be included in the evening diet, with the exception of dishes with potatoes and tomatoes, since such vegetables are heavy foods.

Vegetarianism for children: benefits or harm to health

Nowadays, the trend of vegetarianism is not uncommon among children, therefore, in modern society, you can find such a term as Vegetarian children. Good or bad, you should still figure it out.

A children's body for growth and development is necessary for regular eating that containing iron, zinc, calcium. Most of these nutrients are contained in animal products. Extremely the amino acids necessary for the child in early and adolescence is almost impossible to get exclusively plant products.

The most important vitamin necessary to maintain good health, hemoglobin and health - B12. Its deficiency leads to rapid overwork, frequent headaches, a decrease in appetite. In large quantities, this vitamin is contained in meat products.

Therefore, parents should not be so actively introducing a child from an early age exclusively to plant foods. Let it be his adult conscious choice.

But, and if, nevertheless, the child himself refuses to use meat products, do not despair. They can be replaced by fish, eggs, dairy products. With their regular use, the child will fully receive the necessary vitamins and trace elements he needs.

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