Nowadays, it's very common if we heard someone say he or she is a vegetarian. I am a newbie too! =) At first, i did search for the explaination for vegetarian. i got confused when my dictionary noted that vegetarian is a person who does not eat meat or fish. And the explanation for vegan is a person who does not eat meat or any other animal products at all. Hmm...are we miss used the word vegetarian if we are a totally no meat eater and consumer? After double checked via internet, i have got a better answer for it. I found out that there are three basic types of vegetarian which categorized into Lacto-ovo vegetarian, Lacto-vegetarian, and Vegan. Refer to wikipedia, Lacto-ovo vegetarian is a vegetarian who does not eat beef, pork, poultry, fish, shellfish or animal flesh of any kind, but is willing to consume cheese, butter, yogurt and eggs. Lacto-vegetarian is similar to the lacto-ovo group in that they eat milk and milk products, but they do not consume eggs, meat, poultry and fish. While Vegan does not eat any animal based foods including dairy products or eggs, while many also eliminate use of all other animal products such as leather, wool and silk from their lifestyle. I'm a vegetarian that will still eat eggs and use other animal product but i'm not consuming any food such as cheese or butter that are made of animal. Wondering which group i am in...?
Why i choose veggie?
There are lots of reason why people choose to be vegetarian. The usual reasons are for health, religious, and moral. In these times, even beauty centre started to encorage their customer to go for vegetarian. Many vegetarian diet plan have offered by those slimming centre for the purpose of losing weight. It is getting popular seems many other health benefits including lower cholesterol levels, less heart disease, a lower risk of cancer, low blood pressure, decreased weight and strong bones can be obtain by keeping this diet plan.
A vegetarian can also conserve the environment indirectly. I remember one of my friend did told me that the animal bones remaining at the end of the meal by a normal person for their whole life can gathered as high as a small mountain! It's unbelievable! Maybe someday our planet will full of animal bones. Sigh*
There are three main reasons that made me a vegetarian which are my mom, health and moral factor ^.^
Me! =D
- ng siew siew
- I'm a kampong girl from a small town called Kuala Terengganu. I like travel, music, dancing, make new friends & yeah! sport!! 1 more secret that is no more a secret start from this moment...i'm not a good girl :p i like to drink a lot! Dont judge a person by their outlook ya! Hah! Life is wonderful and challenging for me! i wish i could brings happiness for everyone!
2 comments:
I am not ready to become a vegetarian yet though I hope to be. I'm reducing of meat intake now and I love the veg flavour now. Could you tell me how you become an vegetarian?
I'd planned to become a vegetarian long time ago! =) My mom is the one who encourage me on this. But at that time, i always think that it's wasteful to start vegetarian on such a young age! There are SO many gorgeous food waiting for me out there,hah! But try to think from the other perspective. Our time is short and unexpectable. Thus, we should make good use of time to start immediately doing what we think is good for us.
There is no fixed way to start vegetarian. You did a very good start by reducing the amount of meat you have taken everyday. I am an intense person. For me, i'll start doing something i had already planned straight away rather than get started it step by step. But i didnt noted that our body's systems will go haywire if we restricting ourselves immediately. I had vomited and felt dizzy as a results. But when you have determination to do it, nothing can stop you.
Here are some examples of what i've eat:-
For breakfast - Oat cereal, milk, fruit, wholemeal bread.
For lunch - Mix rice, fried mee, spaggetti. (Of course they are vegetarian type which can easily found at any vegetarian restaurant.)
For dinner - Biscuit, fruit, instant oatmeal.
It's very important to make sure that you wont destroy your vegan plans although if you are dining out. I'm confirm that most restaurants have at least one vegan option available. If you can't find it in the menu then don't be afraid to ask for the waitress to change something on their menu into vegetarian style. I'm doing it all the while and it works! ;)
Just keep your determination then everything will be as easy as abc! :) I'll update more info about what we need to focus on ASAP so that we can stay healthy and be a smart vegetarian togather :)
Wish you luck!
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