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Eat vegetarian - can it make you thin? We all need to eat more fruit and vegetables. America and France recommend 9 and 10 portions of fruit and vegetables every day. How do you do this if you're planning on eating a "normal" diet? If you're planning on eating a bowl of cereal, a sandwich, a cooked meal and snacks you're going to have to do a bit of jigging about to get the fruit and vegetables included as well as making sure you eat wholegrain foods too. would being vegetarian help? If you're a healthy vegetarian eating a diet rich in veggies, fruit and nuts then you'll probably not have a weight problem. However if you eat lots of fried foods, nuts, cheese, and not so much veggies then you'll have to be careful not to put weight on.
Compare the meat and veg calories per 100g. Its easy to see why cutting out meat could save tou loads of calories. Whether you stay within a strict vegetarian diet or just include a few vegetarian main meals to replace meat centred meals then you'll be increasing the veg count. Changing meals - Breakfast is one of the easiest meals to make totally vegetarian. Even a cooked breakfast can be veggy. Eggs, beans, mushrooms, tomatoes, fried bread (I'm not keen!) veggie sausages and even veggie bacon. Loads of hot toast and you're away. The weetabix week ads on tv are trying to promote the addition of fruit (and other stuff) to your morning weetabix. This is a good idea to start off your day by eating a portion or two of fruit. You can add sliced fruits such as apple, strawberries, berries, bananas, whatever your favourites are. You can also add raisons, sultanas or other dried fruits. Use yoghurt instead of milk too.
Vegetarian books at play - with free delivery Lunch - sandwiches always seem tricky once you remove meat - but you can have salads, dips, cheese, mixed salads, cous cous, anything you can pack into a lunch box! Think how you can add more veg to your meals to replace meat. Lasagne is easy - replace the mince with lots of different vegetables.
Why should you stop eating meat? Meat provides protein - but this can
be be gotten from cheese, eggs and beans and pulses. The vegetarian society recommends this list of what You Should Eat Every
Day on a Vegetarian Diet: You should also mention to your GP (No need for a special visit though) that you're vegetarian. A varied and healthy balanced diet should provide all the stuff you need
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