I’m not sure if most of you know but I have recently become a vegetarian although I didn’t eat much meat only around the holidays I am now a vegetarian. However, I love fish and still do so it’s been difficult to give up but I know it’s not good for my body because our waters are so contaminated. However, if I’m at a restaurant and it’s not a vegetarian one then I’ll probable eat fish which makes me a Pesco-vegetarian. I was on this strict vegan diet but as soon as the second week came along I didn’t know what to eat so I did more research and found that there are different types of vegetarians, hurray. That’s how I discovered I’m a Pesco-vegetarian and my husband is a Semi-vegetarian since I don’t eat meat anymore I won’t be cooking it either lol.
The first week I became a vegetarian was really hard because I thought vegetarians didn’t eat any kind of animal products which included cheese so I tried to go food shopping at Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s and it was really hard finding things for vegans OMG….I love shopping at those stores but never really read the ingredients of the stuff I was buying until now. What was really hard was almost everything had some kind of animal bi-product when I read the labels. I must have been at Whole Foods and then Trader Joe’s for hour’s lol. Although, I have to say Whole Foods had more vegan stuff. I’ll just take it one step at a time because starting off too strict was not the correct way of starting this healthy live style. Eventually I’ll become a Lacto-ovo-vegetarian which means no fish and then hopefully a Vegan meaning I won’t eat any animal products or any animal bi-products.
Some Health Benefits:
Some vegetarians have been found to live a lot longer by eating unprocessed foods and choosing not to eat meat.
Something that’s really disgusting:
Rennet can be found in cheeses and that is the stomach acid of a cow. Yuck! My advice buy organic cheese or just eat soft cheese most soft cheeses don’t contain rennet only hard/dried cheeses
Chao!
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