Your Vegetarian Pregnancy – A Month-by-Month Guide to Health and Nutrition
There’s no question that a vegetarian or vegan diet is just as nutritionally sound during pregnancy as one that includes animal protein. In fact, vegetarian nutrition offers pregnant women valuable health benefits that you simply won’t find in a nonvegetarian diet, such as higher levels of folic acid, lower cholesterol, and an abundant variety of essential minerals, vitamins, and nutrients. Whether you are already vegetarian or you simply want to reduce the amount of meat in your diet, making the right dietary choices to support you and your baby is the key to a safe, healthy pregnancy.

Fulfilling every nutritional guideline recommended by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Your Vegetarian Pregnancy is the Read more…

The Healthy, Natural, Gluten-free Chinese Vegetarian Recipes, With A Lot Of Photos To Showing The Steps Clearly, Which You Can M.

From: The Desktop of Janice Hoo

Dear Vegetarian Friend,

Hi! I’m Janice!

If you’re reading this page, you’re probably practicing vegetarian and meatless diet now.

Or if you’re planning to, this is a good start! Here are some reasons why you would want to consider vegetarian and meatless diet:

	If you’re a vegetarian, you’re much less likely to be fat than those who are not. (Meaning, if you want to lose weight for good, this could be your solution!)
	According to the Surgeon General, about 300,000 Americans die each year because of diseases related to being over-weight, e.g. heart disease, hypertension, kidney disease, osteoporosis, arthritis and adult-onset diabetes. (Avoid been added to the statistics!)
	Studies have proven that you will win against cancer naturally, including gender-related cancers such as breast cancer, uterine cancer, and prostate cancer, if you are on vegetarian diet, because the death rate from cancer is much lower for those on vegetarian diets than others.
	You’ll have stronger immune system, due to higher number of vitamins found in vegetables, grains, and legumes.

More>>> Vegetarian Recipe: The Chinese Way.

“vegetarians”

Many people think of vegetarians as one homogeneous group that just doesn’t eat meat. But nothing could be further from the truth. There are different categories of vegetarians as diverse as the reasons for going vegetarian in the first place.

A vegetarian is generally defined as someone who doesn’t eat meat. But someone who is vegetarian could conceivably eat dairy products such as milk, eggs and cheese. A lacto ovo vegetarian doesn’t eat meat, fish or poultry, but does consume eggs, milk or cheese. A lacto vegetarian consumes milk and cheese products, but doesn’t consume eggs.

A vegan is someone who doesn’t consume any animal product or by-product, including dairy food. They eat only vegetables, fruits, nuts, grains and legumes. They also don’t use animal products, such as leather. Vegans also don’t use white sugar because it’s often processed with a substance derived from animal bones that whitens the sugar. Read more…

“Vegetarian”

If you’ve made the commitment to becoming vegetarian yet finding it difficult to make the transition in your diet and your lifestyle, here’s some suggestions on how to make the switch a smoother ride. 

Start out with committing to be a vegetarian for three days per week for the first couple of weeks.  Start substituting ingredients in your favorite dishes to make them truly meatless.  Throw in mushrooms to that marinara sauce to take the place of meatballs, or try some textured vegetable protein (TVP) in that lasagna recipe.  Making simple replacements in your tried and true recipes can inspire you to stay on the vegetarian track once you see how delicious they can be. Read more…

“Dairy Products”

Many Americans, including some vegetarians, still consume large amounts of dairy products, but here are several strong reasons to eliminate dairy products from your diet. Milk has long been praised as a ‘weapon’ in the war against osteoporosis, but recent clinical research shows that it actually is associated with a higher fracture risk, and there’s been no protective effect of dairy calcium on bone.  Increasing your intake of green leafy vegetables and beans, along with exercising have been shown to help strengthen bones and increase their density.

Dairy products are also a significant source of fat and cholesterol in the diet, which can increase your risk for cardiovascular disease.   A low-fat vegetarian diet that eliminates dairy products, as well as adequate amounts of exercise, proper stress management and quitting smoking not only will help prevent heart disease, but could also reverse it. Ovarian, breast, and prostate cancers have been linked to dairy product consumption.  Read more…