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What are tips for fighting temptations?. Under stress/high anxiety or extreme hunger eating meat sounds (sadly) appealing to me. I don't want to give in. Help

There's no shame in that! Sometimes craving meat is your body telling you you're missing out on certain nutrients, so try to then eat something high in iron, protein, etc. See the FAQ for a list I made like three years ago with foods high in important nutrients.

Otherwise, every once in a while you may just be craving junk food (ie. stress eating) and though I should probably advise against this I don't see harm in having something comparable to meat (I think most fake meat stuff is gross but you can make it work, chick'n nuggets with whatever sauce was your favorite on real chicken, a veggie burger but with the cheese and toppings of whatever you used to put on burgers). I find that if I'm craving meat I'm just craving things about meat--I want something warm, or I want something crunchy and fried, or I want something with a certain kind of sauce. And french fries solve all of those problems. And that is an issue I need to face.

What its your favorite place to shop for your food ? And what are some restaurants you could recommend if any?

I'm in college now so my fav places to shop for food are the CVS across the street from my dorm and the vending machine in the basement

But at home I do most of my shopping at Publix. Fresh Market is a whole lot better for vegetarian and vegan stuff but its really expensive. Also, my favorite restaurant is just a local vegan place that also has a totally vegan grocery. Do some research on your specific city, I had no idea that little gem existed until the year I moved to college, so.

I'm a pescatarian. Fish are not as sentient.

how interesting, mind sending me the source on that I'd love to read about it

What is your view on eating invertebrate? Like scallops, oysters, and shrimp? I've read that they don't actually feel pain.

they are sentient, so they are not vegetarian

I was thinking about becoming vegetarian and I heard that some vegetarians could eat chicken/fish is this true

You CAN eat whatever you want and call yourself a vegetarian

But by definition the vegetarian diet does not consist of any animal products in any amount

I'm a 13 year old girl and thinking about going vegetarian. Do you have any tips on converting and still keeping my health normal like my iron levels etc?

The FAQ is the best place to look for questions like this! There are currently about a hundred messages in my inbox exactly like this one--or asking about protein, vitamins, etc. The information on the FAQ is super helpful or at least offers a good starting point for dietary tips

When I first went vegetarian my periods got really irregular but I found out that that's normal if you drastically change your diet (like going vegetarian overnight).

Morning star isn't eggless

IMPORTANT

Are morning star products tasty?

Some of them! It's all acquired. I don't like the veggie burgers that actually look like burgers, I have vegetarian friends who love them. I hate the fake chicken, people can't get enough of them. I like the fake corndogs, some don't. Give em a try! BUT eat them sparingly, paired with lots of grains and fruits and veggies. You can't get a full meal just out of fake meat, and you shouldn't overuse those products as they can be high in sodium

I've been vegetarian for about 3 months and I want to keep it up but I've been craving chicken and turkey. Have any advise?

Okay so call me a bad vegetarian for endorsing this, but those overpriced weird looking morningstar tofurky roasts in the fridge section at the supermarket? Surprisingly really good! They get a lot of hate but my mom made me those around the holidays and for a couple of special occasions and I genuinely like it a lot. May not be the healthiest thing in the world, but its not bad and it tastes good! Use the leftovers for sandwiches, etc. Also I personally don't like imitation chicken products but those are an option.

Most importantly- a lot of the time when you crave meat your body is telling you that you are missing something! Make sure you are eating healthfully and that your diet is not low in protein, iron, or other important nutrients

What do you think about vegans and their diet?

respect, more power to 'em

is there such thing as egg-less breakfast food that doesn't taste like dessert? I am so tired of muffins, potatoes, and oatmeal for breakfast.

Well there’s always soy breakfast meats? I’ve never tried them but morningstar makes veggie sausages and whatnot (psa: always watch how much soy fake meat product you are consuming as they are high in sodium and are not enough to constitute a healthy vegetarian diet)

Other than that, wow, grits? I’m from the south, I don’t know how popular those are everywhere else but yeah grits are a thing. Use tofu and veggies to make a breakfast scramble! Throw it in a tortilla and call it a breakfast burrito

EDIT: morningstar breakfast products contain eggs

I'm a new vegetarian & my grandma was getting mad & being just so rude telling me all vegetarians eat fish. Correct me if I'm wrong but fish is meat right?

Fish is meat yes

How long should I wait to consider myself a vegetarian? Haha kind of a dumb question but I feel kinda weird saying it out loud to people

Just as a sweeping piece of advice: don't get so caught up on labels guys!

I would say the second you make the decision not to eat meat you can call yourself a vegetarian. Or, if you feel weird, give yourself a 30 day waiting period.

What's the difference between whey, rennet and gelatin? Also are these 3 ingredients listed on the ingredients labels of foods?

Whey is used a lot of the time as a protein enhancing agent and it is made as a byproduct of dairy production, it should be listed in ingredients as whey.

Rennet is essentially the stomach lining of cows and pigs and it is used in the production of cheese, so it is found in a lot of cheese products. It is listed as "enzymes" in most ingredient list.

Gelatin is made from the discarded bones, cartilage, and skin of cows and is used as a thickening agent. It should be listed in ingredient lists as gelatin.

I was going through your answered questions and decided to watch the Earthlings documentary, and I'm halfway through but holy shit it's like food, inc. on steroids. I was a vegetarian before but I've already decided not to eat eggs or milk anymore. At the moment I can't go full vegan but thank you so much for sharing the documentary it's incredibly eye opening.

Far and away the best documentary on the meat industry I've seen! More comprehensive and hard-hitting than food, inc imo. EVERYONE WATCH EARTHLINGS

Hey! So I don't know if you know anything about this, but I recently went vegetarian. I'm good about still getting alternate sources of fats and protein. I've been vegetarian for almost a month now, but I missed my period. I looked online if this is normal, but I'm not really getting a clear answer. Would you happen to know if missing my period is something more or less normal when you go vegetarian?

I'm not sure how normal that is BUT I would say that that is something worth seeing a doctor about if the problem persists. Make sure you are eating balanced and healthfully, and just making an educated guess, watch your iron levels? Beans, legumes, dark and leafy greens, and eggs are all high in iron

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