Vegetarian and Vegan living tips

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Comment by JR on November 13, 2008 at 11:05pm

Greetings lovable,
I am exploring whether I have gluten allergies.
This is interesting, last week I cooked vegan cuisine for some friends and one of them had an allergic reaction to the food. He didn't know he was allergic to gluten (after eating he suddenly used the toilet and had blood in his stool).

Today, I wanted to pay attention to how I feel after I ate gluten-meat (seitan and a vegetarian meat sausage) and found myself very mentally disoriented.

Comment by Tata on November 11, 2008 at 6:06am

The georgians (country in caucasus) are fasting for three months a year and never use the soy or tofu in their meals -a great way of being vegan or vegeterian without soy and tofu!!!

Comment by Vanessa Lizeth on November 4, 2008 at 2:10am

It is amazing, and I'm greatful for that.
I jus learned about soy and tofu..

Comment by JR on November 3, 2008 at 9:52pm

I had been wondering about how much carbs, proteins, and fats are required for daily nutrition. The book, becoming vegan had some precise details to my question.

Nutrients	Minimum Recommended adult Intake	1,600 Calorie Menu	2,200 Calorie Menu	2,800 Calorie Menu	4,000 Calorie Menu
Protein, grams	45-70 or more	71	85	115	143
Fat, grams	20-50	33	64	91	128
Omega-3 fatty acids, grams	2	3.6	4.1	8.6	2.09
Carbohydrates, grams	180-315 or more	280	362	420	618
Fiber, grams	Approx. 25-54 or 15-22g per 1,000 cal	45	58	59	55

Comment by JR on November 3, 2008 at 9:14pm

Hooray Nessa, happy cocreating your body and health. It's amazing how we get guidance from books, people, and the universe and then we become vegetarians, billionaires, writers and etc. Amazing.

Comment by Vanessa Lizeth on November 1, 2008 at 1:49pm

Hi all, so I became a vegearian about two weeks ago and I must say I feel fantastic, it's a lot easier than I thought.
I thought Iwoul be craving meat often but I find that's not the case, I may crave foods that contain meat but not the meat itself .. so I could still eat those meatless foods and enjoy them even more & tofu has become a good friend of mine. :)

Comment by JR on October 28, 2008 at 6:35pm

Hooray Violet,
You are welcome here. I've been a vegan since labor day, 1 week shy of two months. It's been a good journey. Some people in this group have been vegans/vegetarians for over 15 years.

Many happy experiences to you and your vegan journey. The universe gives us wisdom as we ask. I have learned a lot about nutrition, a whole lot from this CCor lovable community. --namaste, jr

Comment by JR on October 26, 2008 at 8:59pm

Thank you Tabitha, Andie and all CoCreators for our feedbacks.
Yesterday I did my vegan shopping and solved my soy and protein dilemma, (while walking back and forth in the whole foods shopping aisle). Tabitha, thank you for mentioning the soy and thyroid issue. I had been overly depending on soy/tofu/tempeh meatless products to get my protein, in addition, I was also drinking two glass of soy milk daily.

Now, I have switched the bulk of my protein from soy to gluten based meat seitan, and hemp seed. I now make my yummy breakfast oatmeal dish with hemp seed protein powder (15 g proteins), mixed in fortified (vitamin a, d, b12) almond milk (1 g protein).

Now I am trying to figure out how much protein and carbohydrates that a body needs per day and per meal. For example, a beef burger has 30 grams of protein, hence, I guess that my vegan alternative should be the same 30 grams of protein. Question, how do you figure your protein and carbohydrate daily and per meals needs?

the article below posits, 1 gram of protein per ones body weight, and perhaps not more than 30-40 grams of protein per meal, since the body can only digest only 30-40 grams of proteins per meal.
http://www.tomvenuto.com/asktom/protein_grams_per_meal.shtml

This experience is great that I am caring about finding out what my body needs and seeking to provide for it. This is purely an effect of having taking the 100 day cocreating my reality challenge. I am so grateful that at 32 yrs old, I started to care about my nutritional health. Thank you, thank you, thank you, universe and all you lovely ones. --namaste, jr

Comment by Beth Miller on October 17, 2008 at 7:19pm

Thanks, Tabitha! I actually just received a copy of the "Raw Food Detox Diet" today and it says exactly what you are saying. I really appreciate your input on this. I started a semi raw foods program about a week ago and have lost 2 pounds. I am looking forward to getting more and more into raw and completely unprocessed foods as I have had friends do really well with it. I am already noticing better energy levels. Thanks again! :-)

Comment by Tabitha on October 17, 2008 at 7:13am

Hi Beth,
According to my research, soy is high in goitrogens which suppress thyroid function. Sounds right to me - goitre being a thyroid condition. Soy products also contain very high levels of eostrogen, thus are a feminising food. They encourage the growth of 'man boobs' in men as well as the early onset of puberty in girls (some as early as five years old!) among other things. Like every other industry, the soy industry is driven by profit rather than concern for consumers welfare. I personally avoid soy like the plague - there are a myriad of tasty and interesting foods without touching soy or tofu (which by the way is apparently very dense and very difficult for our bodies to digest (added to the fact that it tastes like cardboard anyway!) Visit these sites for some great free info and tasty, nutritious ways of staying vegan/vegetarian without consuming soy: www.healthbooksummaries.com
www.rawkathon.com
www.rawpower.com.au
www.greensmoothiechallenge.com

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