meat alternatives

[Guest guest]

Thank you to everyone for your catsup and tomatoe paste recipes! There were

many replies so I didn't want to send a thank you to each.

 

This email actually is about vegan food, not really a recipe, sorry about

that. I am just having problems figuring out what counts as a meat

alternative when getting your 4 food groups (aside from tofu/soy based

alternatives). I know that beans of all sorts count but if I eat too many of

those I get a lot of gas ) Are there any others?

 

I have a couple recipes for meat alternatives when cooking make from wheat

gluten but I think that would count as a bread then right? Are there things

I can add to my foods in small doses that will get my meat alternative count

up to where it is supposed to be?

 

Also I bought nutritional yeast, does this count as a meat alternative when

I sprinkle it into my foods?

 

Thanks!

-Abbey =)

 

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[Guest guest]

Abbey, my best recommendation to you would be to forget food groups and getting so much of this and that... I would also get far away from trying to have "meat" like foods. My reason for saying this is that generally those things are higher in fat than you probably want, but also why not take all those opportunities to enjoy more and different fruits, vegetables, and grains.

 

Those are just my two beans worth...

 

Eric

 

[Guest guest]

Abbey,

 

Meat alternatives are generally anything that is high in protein. Wheat gluten

(seitan) is high in protein and thus could count as a meat alternative. Other

meat alternatives are things made from soy or beans. Nutritional yeast doesn't

really fit into any of the food groups...it is really high in B viatmins and low

in calories. B vitamins are found in meat, so I guess it could count as a meat

alternative, but I think of it more as a tasty nutritional supplement. I don't

really worry about food groups. The original four food groups were not based on

sound nutrition anyway, they were invented by the dairy industry to get people

to eat more dairy products. Eat a variety of fruits, vegetables, grains, and

beans, take a multivitamin if you are concerned, and you should be fine. If you

want more infromation about food groups you could check out the four new food

groups by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (socially

responsible vegan doctors group).

 

http://www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/vsk/VSK9.html

 

Happy eating!

Wendy

 

Abegael Drake [djrockitgirl]

Mon 1/26/2004 12:01 PM

Cc:

meat alternatives

 

 

 

Thank you to everyone for your catsup and tomatoe paste recipes! There were

many replies so I didn't want to send a thank you to each.

 

This email actually is about vegan food, not really a recipe, sorry about

that. I am just having problems figuring out what counts as a meat

alternative when getting your 4 food groups (aside from tofu/soy based

alternatives). I know that beans of all sorts count but if I eat too many of

those I get a lot of gas ) Are there any others?

 

I have a couple recipes for meat alternatives when cooking make from wheat

gluten but I think that would count as a bread then right? Are there things

I can add to my foods in small doses that will get my meat alternative count

up to where it is supposed to be?

 

Also I bought nutritional yeast, does this count as a meat alternative when

I sprinkle it into my foods?

 

Thanks!

-Abbey =)

 

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