So, this is a project that I had been working on for my English class,
and I got a 19 for it, maybe you could be the judge of that. So here it is…
“I’m a level 5 vegan—I don’t eat anything that casts a shadow.”
–Character on The Simpsons
Should I go
vegetarian?
You may or may
not have asked that question to yourself, and if you haven't aked that question
to youself, then you have maybe wondered how a person could live without
meat.
According to an
article in vegetariantimes.com, scientific research demonstrates that
there are benefits of a plant based diet, and that 70 percent of all diseases,
including one third of all cancers, such as colon, breast, prostate, stomach,
lung and esophageal, are related to diet. A plant based diet also stops
obesity, coronary artery disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.
Maybe the main
reason why you don’t want to go vegetarian is because you think that you are
only going to eat plants all day long, but there are different types of
vegetarian diets, and you can choose the one that fits the most with you.
The different
types of vegetarian diets/types are:
Pescatarian:
The pescatarian
diet is one that shares many components of the lacto-ovo vegetarian diet, but
also includes fish and shellfish. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines it as:
“one whose diet includes fish but not other meat”. The pescatarian diet is
usually a step on the way to becoming vegetarian. Some notable pescatarian are:
Ben Stiller, Howard Stern, Grace Helbig, Ariana Grande and Johnny Galecki.
*This is not
considered to be a type of vegetarian by the Vegetarian society
Maybe this is the most well-known plant based diet. When you think about someone who is vegetarian you think of someone who is Lacto-Ovo vegetarian. This is a person that doesn’t eat beef, pork, or any animal flesh, but that person does eat eggs or dairy products. Lacto-vegetarian stands for a person who doesn't eat eggs, but eats dairy products. Ovo- vegetarian a person who doesn't eat meat or dairy products, but do eat eggs. Notable vegetarians include Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Natalie Portman and Justin Timberlake.
Vegan:
Raw Vegan/Raw food diet:
A raw vegan is made up by unprocessed vegan food that is not cooked above 46° Celsius. The reason behind this is that raw vegans believe that any food cooked above this temperature looses most of their nutrients and that food is harmful for the body.
Famous people that are raw vegans include Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, Cher and Pierce Brosnan.
Macrobiotic:
A
macrobiotic diet includes unprocessed vegan foods, for example, whole grains,
fruits and vegetables, and sometimes fish, it avoids highly processed food, and
most animal products. People choose this type of diet due to its healthy and
healing qualities, and it has an emphasis in Asian vegetables, and sea
vegetables.
I found this
diet quite intriguing and I searched for a diet and found this one in http://www.bodyandsoul.com.au ;
Making a macrobiotic meal
| Up to 60 per cent of your
main meal should be wholegrains such as brown rice, barley, millet or rye.
| Up to 30 per cent of your
meal should be vegetables and about one-third of those can be raw.
| Use tofu, or tempeh, to
make up 10 per cent of your meals and sea vegetables such as wakame to make up
about five per cent of your diet.
| If you are physically
active you can eat a small amount of seafood, with horseradish, wasabi or
ginger several times a week. But avoid meat, poultry, eggs and dairy.
| You can eat seeds and nuts in moderation.
| Eat a bowl of miso soup every day, perhaps
before your main dish.
| Cook with light sesame oil, corn oil and
mustard seed oil and steam or stir-fry. Never use a microwave.
| Condiments and seasonings include natural sea
salt, shoyu (Japanese soy sauce), brown rice vinegar, umeboshi vinegar,
umeboshi plums, grated ginger root, fermented pickles, gomashio (roasted sesame
seeds), roasted seaweed and sliced scallions (spring onions)
* Tofu: A
food made by coagulating soy milk and then pressing the resulting curds
into soft white blocks. It is a component in many East Asian and Southeast
Asian cuisines.” Wikipedia
* Tempeh: A traditional soy product that
is originally from Indonesia. It is made by a natural culturing and controlled
fermentation process that binds soybeans into a cake form, similar to a very
firm vegetarian burger patty. Wikipedia
There are a lot
of delicious recipes, these are some of my favorites:
Maybe now that
you know the different types of diets you may consider having a plant based
diet, doesn't matter if its either vegan, vegetarian, or any of the others. The
only thing that I would like to recomend to you is that you choose the one that
adapts better to your lifestyle and that is the best for your health. My
recomendation is that you can start by having a meatless day, see how it goes
from there, and if you can survive, then try to do it at least once a week, and
maybe, make a lifestyle without meat.
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