Oceag Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 Due to the quality of the food here at work I have not eaten any meat for the last week and suprisingly feel alot more healthier for it. I am concidering giving up meat full time (except special occaisions). What I am after is some advice as I am aware that I will be giving up a good source of iron, B vitamins, protien and other important stuff. Also can anyone recommend any good cook books for vegetarians. I would like to stress that this is purely because I feel healthier and have no problem with killing and eating animals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marman Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 hi there i have been vegetarian since i was about 7. ive never had any health issues by giving up meat. i think this is mainly because i eat alot of the Quorn and Linda Mcartney range so can get protein and things like that from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubáiyát Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 You could try here Oceag.. http://www.vegsoc.org/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 Do you have the space to grow your own vegetables ? If so then get growing :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptor Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 when you give up meat don't you just replace it with cheese and lentils ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprogg Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 Advocados are very good for you. Organic veg are better if you can afford it. Oragnic Spinach is a great source of iron (mass produced has less than a 6th of the amount). Take up drinking Guiness, that helps fill you up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.G Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 Vegitarians are as wrong and unnatural as homosexuals ! EAT MEAT ! Cows and sheep are here for a reason. If we don't eat them then they'll take over the planet:eek: Not that that would be much of a worry for the Welsh. Perhaps more of a dream come true for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Fly Zone Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 Wotcha Oceag! My missus is pescarian (eats fish but no meat) so I eat very little meat apart from organic stuff now and again and boy does it taste so much better than the cheap stuff. Anyway, her indoors has bought a zillion veggie/low-meat cookbooks and they are all the same really apart from one. The Gillian McKeith "You are what you eat" book. (I bought it for £2 from the book people who turn up at your work). The green/second one on here is where you want to start. http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/Y/yawye/books.html Watch the program a few times and see if you like her style. She tells you what to eat, and more importantly - why. Don't be put off by the seriously obese people in the program. I've been changing my diet bit by bit and I feel so much better for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oceag Posted March 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 Checked out the web site posted by Rub. Just what I was looking for, thanks. And thanks for the book advice NFZ will look into that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eifion Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 Vegitarians are as wrong and unnatural as homosexuals ! EAT MEAT ! Cows and sheep are here for a reason. If we don't eat them then they'll take over the planet:eek: Not that that would be much of a worry for the Welsh. Perhaps more of a dream come true for them. Exactly. If God didn't want us to eat animals, why did he make them out of meat? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oceag Posted March 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 I would like to refer you guys to the last bit of my first post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauriethepigeon Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 elizabeth david and sarah brown books, they have lots of vegetarian stuff in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.G Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 Exactly. If God didn't want us to eat animals, why did he make them out of meat? ;) Yeah! glad someone took it on ! Set it up and thought I was going to have to say it myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marman Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 people are animals... so how come its wrong to eat them? after all... we are just meat on the food chain... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornsea flyer Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 but we are the top preditor:cool: people are animals... so how come its wrong to eat them? after all... we are just meat on the food chain... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippy Tim Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 Anyway, her indoors has bought a zillion veggie/low-meat cookbooks and they are all the same really apart from one. The Gillian McKeith "You are what you eat" book. Not wishing to contradict NFZ (or hijack this thread) but I'm a pescetarian (not a pescarian ?) and I find Gillian McKeith pretty offensive. Not her actual book so much but the fact she brazenly lies about her qualifications - she paid for a doctorate in the US and it came from an organisation not recognized by the US authorities (news article at the bottom of this page). Seems pretty irresponsible to me and pretty rude to actual doctors. John Garrow, professor emeritus in human nutrition at London University, has said that "In my view Dr Gillian McKeith is a charlatan". Of course that doesn't make it a bad book, but quite a lot of people (including real doctors) have criticised her dressing up of basic common-sense information with nonsense pseudo-science, and some fairly well qualified people feel that following some of her advice (colonic irrigation anyone ?) could be dangerous (google is your friend). Check the reviews on the book's amazon page. Having said that she's become very popular (?) and probably very rich, but I don't want to further line the pockets of someone who's lying before she gets off the front cover. And she looks weird . Rant over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marman Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 but we are the top preditor:cool: try telling that to shark attack victims Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doh Posted March 20, 2006 Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 Not wishing to contradict NFZ (or hijack this thread) but I'm a pescetarian (not a pescarian ?) and I find Gillian McKeith pretty offensive. Not her actual book so much but the fact she brazenly lies about her qualifications - she paid for a doctorate in the US and it came from an organisation not recognized by the US authorities (news article at the bottom of this page). Seems pretty irresponsible to me and pretty rude to actual doctors. John Garrow, professor emeritus in human nutrition at London University, has said that "In my view Dr Gillian McKeith is a charlatan". Of course that doesn't make it a bad book, but quite a lot of people (including real doctors) have criticised her dressing up of basic common-sense information with nonsense pseudo-science, and some fairly well qualified people feel that following some of her advice (colonic irrigation anyone ?) could be dangerous (google is your friend). Check the reviews on the book's amazon page. Having said that she's become very popular (?) and probably very rich, but I don't want to further line the pockets of someone who's lying before she gets off the front cover. And she looks weird . Rant over. also check www.badscience.net ,run by a real doctor that likes to totally rubbish people like mckeith by using facts, science and comedy. she had to stop calling herself doctor after he was able to obtain the same qualifications she has for his dead cat. sorry don't have any advice for budding veggies out there but remember the linda mc's etc is still processed food full of cr@p. If god didn't want us to eat animals why did he make them so tasty. Meat is dinner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oceag Posted March 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 If god didn't want us to eat animals why did he make them so tasty. Meat is dinner! In general I agree with this statement but you try eating the slop we are served here every day. There is no QC on the animals or the way they are butchered. The cooks are completely useless as well. chicken drum sticks have splinters of bone in them, pork chops are cooked until almost crispy. beef is tougher than my work boots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewing Posted March 20, 2006 Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 http://theworstpageintheuniverse.com/images/animal_shirt2.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Fly Zone Posted March 20, 2006 Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 I can't say I'm suprised by the Gillian McKeith comments because she is a bit hardcore in places and the TV show is entertainment. You get good and bad points about anything discussed in life. The best strategy is to get a few viewpoints and do what everybody agrees on. Some of her advice I wouldn't follow ... colonic , vegatable drinks (not gone that far yet) ... but nuts, pulses, vegetables, fruit smoothies, oil rich fish - nobody would disagree with that surely. I did say watch the TV show to see if you like her style ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eeyore Posted March 20, 2006 Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 Steak = yum Bacon = yum wild boar = yum Fresh meat from quality butchers is the best food..... ever! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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