Soy?

[Guest guest]

Hi! I'm new to the group and I've been a vegetarian for 2 monthes.

Also I have a question, what soy products do you like best, does any

1 have any reccemendations?

[Guest guest]

I really like TVP. It is pretty easy to use, and very easy to store, since it is dry. I like Lumins food "meat" too. I don't much care for tofu, but everyone else in my house likes it, so I am always experimenting with it, trying to find a way I like it the best. spongebobs_cool17 <spongebobs_cool17 wrote:

Hi! I'm new to the group and I've been a vegetarian for 2 monthes. Also I have a question, what soy products do you like best, does any 1 have any reccemendations?

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[Guest guest]

My two cents worth is that I use very little soy product. It really is not a necessity in your diet. When I prepare dishes that would normally call for ground animal, I generally substitute brown rice. I'm not really a fan of the burgers, nuggets and the like because of their high calories, fats, etc., so I don't miss anything there. I really do not like tofu.

 

The one way I do get the benefits of soy is in milk. It is a hit and miss thing to find the brand suited to different tastes, so keep trying and don't assume because one was bad they all are. In my house, one of us likes one brand and I don't care for it at all, so it can really be up to taste.

 

I think the bad wrap vegetarians get re: not getting proper nutrition all comes from teenage girls who think they will be vegetarian so they only live on potato chips and sodas and end up with this or that imbalance. I don't think it very likely that anyone will ever end up deficient much in these days of improved quality and quantity of foods and the varieties we consume. Not to a life or death degree at any rate.

 

Okay, so that was more than two cents, but inflation...

 

Eric

 

 

[Guest guest]

Eric, I'm calling you on this. I have known teenage BOYS who went veg and lived

on white bread and cheese- and undoubtedly ignorant vegetarians have in small

part contributed to the ludicrous idea that it's difficult or impossible to

achieve good nutrition on a veg diet, but the main part of the blame for that

idea belongs to ignorant people in general- not to ignorant vegetarians in

particluar and ABSOLUTELY NOT to the female sex in particular.

 

-m

 

 

HotMail <sseric57

Mar 4, 2005 6:37 AM

 

Re: Soy?

 

I think the bad wrap vegetarians get re: not getting proper nutrition all comes

from teenage girls who think they will be vegetarian so they only live on potato

chips and sodas and end up with this or that imbalance.

 

Eric

[Guest guest]

HotMail wrote:

> I think the bad wrap vegetarians get re: not getting proper nutrition

> all comes from teenage girls who think they will be vegetarian so they

> only live on potato chips and sodas and end up with this or that

> imbalance.

 

hey there,

i was one of these teenage vegetarians (only i am a boy) that lived

on junk food only. i ended up fainting and falling down the steps at a

friends house. hurt my self pretty badly and started eating meat again.

then 2 years later gave it another go, only ate a little better this

time lol. that was over 10 years ago.

peace

jeff

[Guest guest]

You're right. I just found a report that says it isn't neccessary especially

if you drink the soy. Too much protein is redundant and could be unhealthy if

taken from one source. A combination of grains and beans give us all the

essential amino acids we need. Dark, leafy greens help us top it all off.

 

HotMail <sseric57 wrote:

 

My two cents worth is that I use very little soy product. It really is not a

necessity in your diet. When I prepare dishes that would normally call for

ground animal, I generally substitute brown rice. I'm not really a fan of the

burgers, nuggets and the like because of their high calories, fats, etc., so I

don't miss anything there. I really do not like tofu.