Old Time Vegetarian and Newbies--I hope this doesn't offend

[Guest guest]

I agree that becoming a vegetarian is an adventure and acquiring a new

lifestyle. When I began the process of becoming a vegetarian in 1976,

I began a new life. And it is a process. The food change was only

one part of it.

 

I learned, really learned about nutrition. I am now always appalled

at how little my fellow humans know about nutrition because they rely

on how food was always prepared and served in their families and in

the media. As a vegetarian, we must walk a different path.

 

Non vegetarians think that we just eat vegetables--vegetarians eat no

more vegetables than anyone else who eats a healthy diet. I cannot

tell you how many restaurant staff have offered me a salad when the

menu was especially empty--I don't even particularly like salads , but

I do eat them because they are healthy.

 

There are subtle changes that occur when you quit eating critters. My

meditations improved tremendously. I became more sensitive

emotionally to everything in life, including the poor among me and my

responsibility as a human being as part of that. I became more aware

of the presence of all animals and have tried to respond to them. For

example, I can no longer visit the animals at the County Fair because

I can feel the pall of early impending death hanging over them.

 

I can go on and on, but it continues to be quite a journey.

 

Kathleen

Eureka CA

 

 

> We tend to forget that when we are used to eating reg. home cooked

> meals with 'meat' we are at first confused by becoming

Vegetarian/Vegan. We think we will have nothing to eat but salad. I

like to advise people that if their favorite , sometimes ethnic meal

> is spaghetti,chili,chow mein, or whatever. Create the recipe exactly as

> you like it but leave out the meat. You will feel comforted by what is

> familiar to you. Then try some of the different recipes in the files

and you will find that there isn't enough hours in the day to eat all the

> wonderful grains, fruits, and veggies. Being a Vegetarian/Vegan is a

lifestyle not a diet.

[Guest guest]

I am appaled and dismayed by how little the average doctor knows about

nutritian. My doctor is a good doctor and a really good guy, but he told me

that the fact that my arteries and heart have healed in the past 2 years is

because I lost 10 pounds, not because I became a vegetarian. He could not wrap

his mind around the fact that I will live because I became a vegetarian because

it doesn't say that in his medical text books.

He did tell me 3 years ago to lower my cholesterol, but when I asked how to do

that, he did not have any idea.

Katie

 

" Kathleen M. Pelley " <kmpelley wrote:

I agree that becoming a vegetarian is an adventure and acquiring a new

lifestyle. When I began the process of becoming a vegetarian in 1976,

I began a new life. And it is a process. The food change was only

one part of it.

 

I learned, really learned about nutrition. I am now always appalled

at how little my fellow humans know about nutrition because they rely

on how food was always prepared and served in their families and in

the media. As a vegetarian, we must walk a different path.

 

Non vegetarians think that we just eat vegetables--vegetarians eat no

more vegetables than anyone else who eats a healthy diet. I cannot

tell you how many restaurant staff have offered me a salad when the

menu was especially empty--I don't even particularly like salads , but

I do eat them because they are healthy.

 

There are subtle changes that occur when you quit eating critters. My

meditations improved tremendously. I became more sensitive

emotionally to everything in life, including the poor among me and my

responsibility as a human being as part of that. I became more aware

of the presence of all animals and have tried to respond to them. For

example, I can no longer visit the animals at the County Fair because

I can feel the pall of early impending death hanging over them.

 

I can go on and on, but it continues to be quite a journey.

 

Kathleen

Eureka CA

 

> We tend to forget that when we are used to eating reg. home cooked

> meals with 'meat' we are at first confused by becoming

Vegetarian/Vegan. We think we will have nothing to eat but salad. I

like to advise people that if their favorite , sometimes ethnic meal

> is spaghetti,chili,chow mein, or whatever. Create the recipe exactly as

> you like it but leave out the meat. You will feel comforted by what is

> familiar to you. Then try some of the different recipes in the files

and you will find that there isn't enough hours in the day to eat all the

> wonderful grains, fruits, and veggies. Being a Vegetarian/Vegan is a

lifestyle not a diet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

I am in nursing school and am frustrated by the misinformation about nutrition

and

vegetarianism that is being taught!!! I had a class, where the prof said that

you had to

drink milk for calcium. When I explained that one did not need to drink cow's

milk for

calcium, she said " oh, it can be skim milk " Huh??? I think people have a very

hard time

letting go of what they were taught as children or what their " theory " of

nutrition is.

melissa

 

 

 

, Katie M <cozycate wrote:

>

> I am appaled and dismayed by how little the average doctor knows about

nutritian. My

doctor is a good doctor and a really good guy, but he told me that the fact that

my arteries

and heart have healed in the past 2 years is because I lost 10 pounds, not

because I

became a vegetarian. He could not wrap his mind around the fact that I will

live because I

became a vegetarian because it doesn't say that in his medical text books.

> He did tell me 3 years ago to lower my cholesterol, but when I asked how to

do that,

he did not have any idea.

> Katie

>

> " Kathleen M. Pelley " <kmpelley wrote:

> I agree that becoming a vegetarian is an adventure and acquiring a

new

> lifestyle. When I began the process of becoming a vegetarian in 1976,

> I began a new life. And it is a process. The food change was only

> one part of it.

>

> I learned, really learned about nutrition. I am now always appalled

> at how little my fellow humans know about nutrition because they rely

> on how food was always prepared and served in their families and in

> the media. As a vegetarian, we must walk a different path.

>

> Non vegetarians think that we just eat vegetables--vegetarians eat no

> more vegetables than anyone else who eats a healthy diet. I cannot

> tell you how many restaurant staff have offered me a salad when the

> menu was especially empty--I don't even particularly like salads , but

> I do eat them because they are healthy.

>

> There are subtle changes that occur when you quit eating critters. My

> meditations improved tremendously. I became more sensitive

> emotionally to everything in life, including the poor among me and my

> responsibility as a human being as part of that. I became more aware

> of the presence of all animals and have tried to respond to them. For

> example, I can no longer visit the animals at the County Fair because

> I can feel the pall of early impending death hanging over them.

>

> I can go on and on, but it continues to be quite a journey.

>

> Kathleen

> Eureka CA

>

> > We tend to forget that when we are used to eating reg. home cooked

> > meals with 'meat' we are at first confused by becoming

> Vegetarian/Vegan. We think we will have nothing to eat but salad. I

> like to advise people that if their favorite , sometimes ethnic meal

> > is spaghetti,chili,chow mein, or whatever. Create the recipe exactly as

> > you like it but leave out the meat. You will feel comforted by what is

> > familiar to you. Then try some of the different recipes in the files

> and you will find that there isn't enough hours in the day to eat all the

> > wonderful grains, fruits, and veggies. Being a Vegetarian/Vegan is a

> lifestyle not a diet.

 

> Never Miss an Email

> Stay connected with Mail on your mobile. Get started!

>

>

[Guest guest]

To some people, " milk " means only one thing, the white stuff that comes out of a

cow. For years I was the same way. When I was almost due with my first child

someone ask if I was going to breast feed. I had no idea what she was talking

about, I did not een know that a womans breast could make milk. Most people

aren't that dumb, but the idea of goats milk or nut or rice milk just doesn't

compute. Milk is milk is milk, except when it isn't.

Katie

 

Melissa <mapalicka wrote:

I am in nursing school and am frustrated by the misinformation about

nutrition and

vegetarianism that is being taught!!! I had a class, where the prof said that

you had to

drink milk for calcium. When I explained that one did not need to drink cow's

milk for

calcium, she said " oh, it can be skim milk " Huh??? I think people have a very

hard time

letting go of what they were taught as children or what their " theory " of

nutrition is.

melissa

 

, Katie M <cozycate wrote:

>

> I am appaled and dismayed by how little the average doctor knows about

nutritian. My

doctor is a good doctor and a really good guy, but he told me that the fact that

my arteries

and heart have healed in the past 2 years is because I lost 10 pounds, not

because I

became a vegetarian. He could not wrap his mind around the fact that I will live

because I

became a vegetarian because it doesn't say that in his medical text books.

> He did tell me 3 years ago to lower my cholesterol, but when I asked how to do

that,

he did not have any idea.

> Katie

>

> " Kathleen M. Pelley " <kmpelley wrote:

> I agree that becoming a vegetarian is an adventure and acquiring a new

> lifestyle. When I began the process of becoming a vegetarian in 1976,

> I began a new life. And it is a process. The food change was only

> one part of it.

>

> I learned, really learned about nutrition. I am now always appalled

> at how little my fellow humans know about nutrition because they rely

> on how food was always prepared and served in their families and in

> the media. As a vegetarian, we must walk a different path.

>

> Non vegetarians think that we just eat vegetables--vegetarians eat no

> more vegetables than anyone else who eats a healthy diet. I cannot

> tell you how many restaurant staff have offered me a salad when the

> menu was especially empty--I don't even particularly like salads , but

> I do eat them because they are healthy.

>

> There are subtle changes that occur when you quit eating critters. My

> meditations improved tremendously. I became more sensitive

> emotionally to everything in life, including the poor among me and my

> responsibility as a human being as part of that. I became more aware

> of the presence of all animals and have tried to respond to them. For

> example, I can no longer visit the animals at the County Fair because

> I can feel the pall of early impending death hanging over them.

>

> I can go on and on, but it continues to be quite a journey.

>

> Kathleen

> Eureka CA

>

> > We tend to forget that when we are used to eating reg. home cooked

> > meals with 'meat' we are at first confused by becoming

> Vegetarian/Vegan. We think we will have nothing to eat but salad. I

> like to advise people that if their favorite , sometimes ethnic meal

> > is spaghetti,chili,chow mein, or whatever. Create the recipe exactly as

> > you like it but leave out the meat. You will feel comforted by what is

> > familiar to you. Then try some of the different recipes in the files

> and you will find that there isn't enough hours in the day to eat all the

> > wonderful grains, fruits, and veggies. Being a Vegetarian/Vegan is a

> lifestyle not a diet.

 

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