
Many people want to become a vegetarian but don't know how to plan to succeed. Eating a healthy vegetarian diet takes more than simply not eating meat. If you fail to eat enough protein, you can experience a form of protein-energy malnutrition (PEM). PEM leads to muscle loss and subsequent feelings of weakness that are often accompanied by head and muscle aches.
This problem can be avoided by dietary changes. If you are experiencing PEM, you should either:
* find out what foods contain what amino chains, so you can combine them to form complete proteins
or
* Start consuming larger amounts and more diversified sources of protein, such as nuts, soy milk, and yogurt.
If you're protein deficient, you're often iron-deficient as well. Vegetarians can only consume non-heme iron which is more sensitive to iron inhibitors. You may not consume enough to maintain healthy blood-iron levels. This can cause pervasive weakness and even anemia.
Many people just stop eating meats without knowing what to replace them with, let alone how to prepare the things in ways that actually taste good to them. Make sure that you get all of your nutrient requirements: fats; proteins; carbohydrates; fiber; enzymes; vitamins; minerals; beneficial bacteria & soil based organisms [to help your body breakdown and use the nutrients you take in].
2 comments:
yes its good for the health indeed
i also have written a post on vegetarianism
http://earthymsjen.blogspot.com/2010/03/vegetarians-and-protein-intake.html
hope we can link...BTW, where did you get your layout/theme? i can't seem to make my tabs for differing pages work...your help will truly be appreciated, thanks.
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