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Being a vegetarian?

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CJHski
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Don't get me wrong, I do love meat, but being a poor/busy college student I don't find myself eating much meat unless I go out to eat or am visiting my parents.  I feel like I could be a vegetarian, and I kind of want to challenge myself I guess....and the meat packing industry is pretty cruel and fucked up.

Anyone here a vegetarian?  Any advice on foods to supplement the nutrition you get from beef, chicken, etc.?
Jul 9 2011 9:08PM
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biglurch
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i dont know my friends mom is one and i was eating this shit i thought was chicken at his house, turns out it was some freaky protein shit.

id reccomend a diet of meat and alcohol if you are trying to impress the ladies
Jul 9 2011 9:09PM
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los.pinguinos
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i went without meat for a while, wouldn't recommend it, this comment could be taken the wrong way, please don't
Jul 9 2011 9:10PM
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PJS.
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Kill and eat your own moose.
Jul 9 2011 9:20PM
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idskithat
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makes your penis smaller








but in all seriousness it would prolly be good for you, as long as you get enough protein
Jul 9 2011 9:26PM
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Stickerbrush
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From the experience with my older brother who has been vegetarian a long time:
Just make sure to eat different things and get a vegetarian cookbook. Usually there's a lot of good and healthy stuff in there. I don't know how it is where you live, but there are also lots of vegetarian restaurants that offer really tasty food but unfortunately it's not always cheap.
You should probably eat cerreals for the vitamin b12, you may have enough in you body reserves, but just to be safe.

If you want to be a "legitimate" vegetarian you have to relinquish gelatine and that kind of stuff aswell. But i guess that's not the case.
Jul 9 2011 9:40PM
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PurpleDino
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I've been wanting to become a vegetarian but it's real hard when your used to having meat 3 or 4 days of the week.  I've read a lot about dairy being bad for you, at least it can actually cause allergies.  And it also makes more sense to get your protein from a direct source like a plant instead of a secondary like a cow.  Think of the way energy moves in energy pyramids.  In every transfer or transformation, only 10% of the energy is moved on.
Jul 9 2011 10:02PM
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anashyo
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I'm a vegetarian and I love it! personally it wasn't hard for me to stop eating meat and its easy for me to maintain the vegetarian diet. to get the proper amount of protein I eat a lot of nuts, beans, oats and grains like granola and oatmeal and lots of yogurt, specifically chobani greek yogurt because its loaded with protein.and of course I eat a ton of fruits and vegetables. but I wish you the best of luck with vegetarianism!.
Jul 9 2011 10:18PM
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californiagrown
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99.99% of plants provide an incomplete Amino profile in their proteins. Meat is a better protein source.


If people want to be healthy, just eat a very diverse range of foods. Learn to love to try new things.
Jul 9 2011 10:38PM
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skithedirt
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My girlfriend is a vegetarian and has been for a year and a halfish, and I actually stopped eating processed/unhealthy meats for about 6 months.

My advice is, find a reason why you would want to do it and what drives you to do it and fuel yourself with that. If you dont have a base of what to think/stand on about why youre doing it then you wont follow through with it.

As for nutrition, you get a lot of protein through beans, eggs, peanut butter and a lot of other stuff. If thats not enough drink milk, and if thats not enough add protein powder to it (muscle milk, GNC brand, etc.).

Most restaurants have a lot of veggie options, Bdubs now has black bean burgers and I know chile's does too now. Burger King has Boca burgers and Tbell has a lot of veggie options (cheesy bean and rice burrito, 7 layer burrito, cheese quesadilla). But yeah, go for it man!
Jul 9 2011 10:53PM
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yeahno
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this
Jul 9 2011 10:59PM
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saucybiscuits
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tried it once. i lasted 3 hours. then i wanted some bacon so i caved

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Jul 9 2011 11:00PM
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JakeAssBeatClap
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Hmmmmmmmm. OP's sexuality is questionable
Jul 9 2011 11:05PM
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geteducated
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meat is affordable for a student. just don't buy sirloins or de-boned chicken breast...

instead..flank steak and chicken legs/thighs.
Jul 9 2011 11:08PM
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little_boo
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I've been a pescatarian(eat only fish/seafood, and not too often) for about 7 years now, and I love it. I feel great, and have pretty much lost the taste for meat. The biggest piece of advice I would give is if you want to become a vegetarian, do it the smart way. Don't just stop eating meat one day, it's much better if you wean your body off of it. And make sure you get your protein and B12 of course. Legumes are a high source of protein, as are soy, nuts, yogurt. B12 can be found in a variety of things, including fortified cereals.
Like I said, vegetarianism is great, just be smart about it so your body gets the nutrition it needs!
Jul 9 2011 11:08PM
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geteducated
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beans too.. protein and carbs in a 1:3 ratio usually.
Jul 9 2011 11:11PM
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saucybiscuits
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red beans and rice when eaten together provide the body with all 22 essential amino acids. i learned something in biology this year!!
Jul 10 2011 12:23AM
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californiagrown
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can...but its way harder. not to mention much less tasty.
Jul 10 2011 1:01AM
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_steffen_
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I think im the first actual vegetarian to post. I say do it its a great conversation starter and its not nearly as difficult as people make it out to be. I carry around delicious sacks of mixed nuts pretty much all the time i recomend it or else your gonna be very very hungry for awhile. Ummm also you will miss fast food but bk has a veggie burger and chipotle is awesome. Uhh what else, bitches love it. And after a while meat truly does stop looking like food. Your male friends will call you gay this is unavoidable. Uhh ill answer any questions its just really not that much different.
Jul 10 2011 1:20AM
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406
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congrats you fucking homo
Jul 10 2011 2:11AM
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CJHski
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Much love to all the intelligent people on NS with the well constructed and sensible comments.  The other 1/2 (or more) ding dongs that responded with the very ignorant responses, please just please educate yourself, do it for yourselves ...do it for mankind for jesus fucking god damn satan loving christ!!!!
Jul 10 2011 2:12AM
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406
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i hope a cow comes a tears your shit apart fairy boy
Jul 10 2011 2:19AM
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CJHski
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hey, fuckhead!  sounds like you're extremely ignorant.  I'm from Montana(406) too, please explain to me why someone eating morally and healthy makes him a "homo"?  People like you disgust me and you give MT a bad rapp.  Go read a book, if you can't read (learn how, then read some real literature), go watch a documentary about the meat packing/dairy industry.  I'm Montana born and raised, and you morons, you are representing Montana with "406"(how original by the way) in a terrible way.
Jul 10 2011 2:25AM
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CJHski
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I just came all over the place, no livestock involved.
Jul 10 2011 2:32AM
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406
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i rest my case tryhard
Jul 10 2011 2:34AM
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alex.bgk.
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there are 9 essential amino acids that your body needs in order to function. your body can break down the protein from meats into all 9 essential amino acids. the protein from lentils and soybeans (highest vegetables in this category) can only be broken into 7 or 8. what he's saying is that meat can provide the only complete protein as a single source (in terms of essential amino acids). however that problem is easily solved by variety

source: alton brown - good eats! haha
Jul 10 2011 2:39AM
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seemeski
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I'm a vegetarian. I love vegetables and legumes etc so much I don't miss being a carnivore at all. I could eat vegetables for the rest of my life and be happy. I tried meat a year ago but didn't like the texture/flavor at all and my stomach hated me.

I don't care if people eat meat, its natural. But I do think that people need to eat less meat, perhaps once a day...
Jul 10 2011 2:43AM
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alex.bgk.
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nah people just need to get their asses on a treadmill
Jul 10 2011 2:45AM
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CJHski
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how many edumacation degrees have you obtain, super smarty?

Jul 10 2011 2:52AM
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naturday
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i was for a year in high school it sucks and is dumb, eat your meat.
Jul 10 2011 3:15AM
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seemeski
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Yes and no. People need to eat less meat. Not no meat, just less, and also exercise more.
Jul 10 2011 3:24AM
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los.pinguinos
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everyday's a naturday?
Jul 10 2011 3:24AM
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JakeAssBeatClap
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I respect vegetarians. Frankly i don't give a fuck what people eat or how they eat. I'm a fan of all foods. So it's kinda whatever. I'm actually kind of a i don't care as long as you're happy type of guy. If your gay cool man you're happy being gay. If you're muslim cool man im glad you found a religion thats right for you. If you're a vegan sick man you're happy so thats tight. I really don't care as long as people are happy thats good.
Jul 10 2011 3:24AM
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Rossberger
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Alton always knows his shit. He taught me salt could be used as a sweetener.
Jul 10 2011 3:26AM
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seemeski
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Same but I'd like the world to consume less meat. It would be a better place.
Jul 10 2011 3:30AM
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AOTEAROA
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I'm post vegetarian. I now inhumanely slaughter and process slaughterhouse owners for my consumption. They're fucking tasty.
Jul 10 2011 3:33AM
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JakeAssBeatClap
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How so? Like not trying to argue at all hahah just curious how would it be better? Like less animal cruelty and what not or less fatty mc fat fats?
Jul 10 2011 3:41AM
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Stickerbrush
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Same here I respect vegetarians and they're doing the right thing, BUT I'm sick of people telling how I'm a murder for eating meat and how everything I do is wrong. Personally I've put a lot of thoughts in this topic, and yet, a lot of vegeterians and vegans think they know better then me, because they saw a stupid ass peta video on youtube. Whoever thinks he has to start an argument about me being not a vegetarian can fuck off, because it's annoying.
Same goes with religion and everything.
Jul 10 2011 3:54AM
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disastertourism
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Spinach will really help you get all the iron you'll be missing from meat.
Just do a lot of reasearch into how to get all your vitamins and protein, and a lot of things you think are vegetarian aren't (like some beers and random foods)

I used to be vegan and doing the research helped alot
Jul 10 2011 7:12AM
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knows_butter
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My bitch cunt sanctimonious vegetarian flatmate is one of these.

Sometimes I rub my raw meat (go on, make a joke) before I cook all over her fruit and veges as revenge.
Jul 10 2011 7:23AM
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Static
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the animals are probably sick of being eaten, probably just want to get bestiality laws repealed and mow down on some trash
Jul 10 2011 7:40AM
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B.Aussie
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You drunk bro? haha

And I would suggest taking a multi vitamin at the start to make sure you're getting all you need and try it for a couple of months and then get your iron levels checked it's possible you'll need to go on iron supplements to stay completely healthy.
Jul 10 2011 7:45AM
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TechnoPotamus
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Jul 10 2011 9:15AM
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PurpleDino
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Yeah, that's the other thing.  Imagine how much less meat people would eat if they knew where it was coming from.  If I had to go slaughter a cow and cut it up to eat for meat I know I wouldn't want to be doing it.  We have natural resources available so why not use them.  Also, meat takes a lot longer for a human to digest than vegetables.  I think it's something like 1-2 days to digest meat and 4-6 hours to digest  vegetables.  In a way we are not meant to be eating meat
Jul 10 2011 9:20AM
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B.Aussie
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It's actually 20-30 minutes to digest fruit. (Watermelons to Apples, Pairs etc.)
30-60 minutes to digest vegetables (Raw salad vegetables Cucumber to the more complex potatoes and corn)

Concentrated Carbohydrates 90- 180 minutes (Grain, legumes to seeds and nuts)

Dairy Skim Milk (Ricotta) 90 minutes
Whole Milk (Cottage Cheese) 120 minutes
Hard Cheeses 300 minutes

Egg 45 minutes
Fish 30-60 minutes
Chicken 90-120 minutes
Beef 180 minutes

It's equivalent the complex protein foods take around about the same time to digest. It's not dependent on meat vs vegetables and cell structure of each rather their nutritional value in protein and fats. Generally the higher the Protein or the Fat content the slower the digestion time due the complexity rather then whether we were supposed to eat it or not.
It's part of evolution for the hominids to eat meat. I'm not saying it's bad for people to be a vegetarian however it's not bad to eat in meat in a physiological sense. If it was we never would have evolved to eat meat in the first place. As someone said meet gets broken down into more amino acids then any vegetable can be. The only problem with meat as you said is the toll towards the animals and the environmental toll in the process of actually raising and slaughtering the meat.

Jul 10 2011 9:56AM
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*monsterskier*
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all I can say is, soy and tofu has a lot of protein which you can miss from meat
Jul 10 2011 10:15AM
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PagesHouse
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I was a vegetarian for something like 6 or 7 years and in that time I've also tried veganism. NSG is the most terrible place to talk about things like this due to the overwhelming number of extremely young hormonal boys, so if you have questions feel free to PM me.
Jul 10 2011 11:21AM
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seemeski
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Eating less meat will lead to a lower demand for meat -> less cows, pigs, chickens being raised for slaughter -> less farmland used to raise animals and food for them -> use that farmland to grow food for people (eliminating the 10% loss in energy when you move down the food chain once) -> animals can be raised in less crowded farms, hopefully eliminating the need to pump them full of antibiotics, also we don't have to cut the rain forest down in S. America to make it into farmland to make your McBurgers possible.

All of that is in my perfect world. I refuse to watch Food Inc because I don't need to see mistreated animals, but the dude said if people eat the equivalent of five less hamburgers a day it would help the earth a lot.
Jul 10 2011 11:45AM
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seemeski
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Also to the OP, I a supporter of not eating supplements. If you have a good diet you shouldn't need to take supplements. I do have this organic rice protein powder that I almost never eat, seitan is a good meat substitute. Its pretty good, I know die hard carnivores who've liked it. Don't get all your protein from one type of food.
Jul 10 2011 11:49AM
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T.R.
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listen man, i have no bias against people's nutritional choices, but dear god. Why are vegetarians convinced that everyone else is interested in the fact that they are. No one cares. It's food, we all eat. It's slightly less interesting than the weather. Just trying to help you out.
Jul 10 2011 11:50AM
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