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not eating meat
I'm going to try to become a vegatarian. I just want to try it out and see if I can live without meat. I heard it helps lose weight. I AM NOT GOING TO BE ANOREXIC! I'm just not going to eat meats. I know meat has a lot of protein, so besides meat what are some healthy foods that have protein?
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eggs, beans, peanut butter also has protein so i assume nuts and stuff like that
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Well I think if becoming a vegetarian is something you want to do then you should. As far as other foods that have protein some foods are:eggs, fish, dairy products, beans, veges. To name a few. If you want to find out some more I suggest that you go on a website like google and look up some foods that have protein in them.
Alli
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Proteins are funny because unless they're a complete protein with all essential amino acids, they're really useless. For natural food, there is no better protein source than eggs- they contain all of the essential amino acids needed to form complete peptide bonds and insure muscle tissue growth and repair. Vegetarians have it tough because they need to learn how to combine protein sources to make what is called a Complete Protein. Some ideas are-
-Rice & Beans
-Spaghetti & Cheese
-Cottage cheese & Fruit
-Fruit & Yogurt
-Eggs with any other good protein source
There is one thing on a vegetarian's side unless they are Lacto-ovo-vegetarians and that is their option to eat fish. Other than eggs, fish contains the best protein for a natural food source. Tuna, salmon, lobster, clams- they're all good and contain good Omega 3 and 6 fats that we all need. Vegetarian or not, you need to supplement with a protein source that comes from animals such as Milk. Now would be a good time to also invest in a good multi vitamin and a protein powder for further supplementation of protein and nutrients. Can't live without protein and you might as well take advantage of modern advances in nutritional supplementation.
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Quorn is a meat substitute, it's probably the biggest meat substitute brand (and contains lots of protein). If you're looking away from like meat products then you should eat lots of nuts and pulses,these are high in protein :)
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theres a LOT of food that has protien and ISNT meat. like for example nuts have a lot of protiens in it Almonds have 7 grams of protien per (1/4 cup) peanuts have 8 grams per (1/4 cup) and soynut has 10 grams per (1/4 cup) all nuts usually have a lot of protiene another thing that has protiene is white rice and brown rice...as for vegetables peas have 4 grams of protiene per 1/2 cup
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I'm a vegetarian/transitioning vegan. I have a lot of recipes and that sort of thing for future reference.
now. fake meats are often made to have the nutritional content of real meats. a lot of them contain more balanced amounts of protein than real meat. they're also low-fat alternatives. get to know them. a lot of them taste exactly like meat. my favorites are boca burgers (having never liked real burgers), smartdogs, and practically everything made by veggie patch. I've heard a lot of negative reviews of tofurkey products, but I have one friend who swears by them.
rice, beans, and spinach all contain partial proteins. you need combination foods to gain the same type of protein as from real meat. rice and beans together is a good choice. get to know beans. they're really really good and can be prepared in thousands of ways and very few people really know them as well as they should. I have a lot of really great bean soup recipes I can give you if you're interested. spinach replaces the iron content you'll be lacking and it's not as bad as most people think. My favorite spinach products are veggie patch spinach nuggets and Amy's frozen spinach pizza. I could live off of spinach and beans. seriously.
finally, being a vegetarian does not help people lose weight unless they stick to strict food allotments and exercise. as a vegetarian I've lost six pounds (in 4 months). my mom, who is also dieting and casaually eating meat, has lost about that much every month. my dad has actually gained weight. I cook for the family and I don't use meat (so around here we don't buy meat anymore). consider low-meat dieting and exercise if you're more serious about losing weight. and remember to take several months to transition into vegetarianism. your body needs time to learn to cope with massive amounts of beans (that you'll be eating if you're like me) where it once got easy-to-digest fats in meat. that's why I'm transitioning into total veganism. I need to have time to get used to soy milk and soy cheese. I need time to eliminate eggs in my diet. my transitioning plan included a few days every week where I could eat meat and a few days where I would eat only vegetarian-safe foods. I set myself a date (april 1st, 2006) where I would completely stop eating meat and other smaller dates where I would quit eating beef or chicken or fish. the key to doing it safely is taking a lot of time to change.
edit in response to MikeCFT: Lacto-ovo vegetarians DO NOT eat fish. pescotarians are vegetarians that allow themselves to eat fish. pellotarians refrain from red meat only.
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Get vitamins that have protein in them, and you will get exactly what you need. =]
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I tried the same thing a couple years ago..(but i failed--- im a TOTAL carnivore)If your looking for sorts of protein there are manyyyy things. Any thing that comes from animals has alot of protein.... For example cheese, yogurt, milk, etc... Also, p-nuts and bread/pastas/cereal had quite alot of protein. Plus there are many multi-vitamins that have protein in them. Hope you found my information helpful! If you have anymore questions feel free to ask!
♥Camilian247
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Fish has a LOT of protein, same with egg whites. I hope MikeCFT answers this question, he knows a lot about fitness and nutrition, I'm sure that he'll help you out a lot. Cheese also has lots of protein.
Also, check out this site:
fatfreekitchen.com/nutrition/high-protein-foods.html
It has a list of common foods and how many grams of protein each item of food has.
Hope I helped!
♥ SiMA
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Peanut butter
protien shakes
eggs
i will answer more to this when i can find more answers for you (my father is a body builder so i will ask him)
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