Diet Vegetarian

Am I the only one who thought the Atkins diet was totally perverse? What the hell? You’re going to lose weight by eating nothing but the most calorific protein-rich foods, ie meat, that you can get? Jeez. Does it work? I don’t know. Lots of people testified to its power. But I still think it’s perverse. And it sure as hell can’t be healthy in any sense other than the perceived weight-loss factor. Not to mention the expense of buying truckloads of meat.

Here’s an idea. Instead of following some bizarre meat-only diet that you can only do for a limited time period due to health hazards associated with it, and the fact that it burns a hole in your pocket, why not take on an easy, manageable, low fat, nutritionally-sound, healthy vegetarian diet that will save you money and help you lose weight at the same time.

But don’t just think cutting out meat will immediately lead to weight loss. You need to have an idea of what kinds of vegetarian foods to eat. In other words, you need a diet plan.

Long before I gave up meat I had a friend who was vegetarian. He was around average height and average build. At least that’s what I thought until we were taking in some sun. Without a t-shirt I could see that actually he was pretty hefty, especially around the middle. I couldn’t understand this at the time – I mean, he was a vegetarian. But then I got a look at his take on a vegetarian diet. He seemed to eat nothing but pre-packed freezer food. This stuff’s nice from time to time but it’s basically laden with fat, sugar and salt so if you eat it regularly, you’re going to put on weight. You might as well stick to sausages.

But you don’t need to take on the whole joyless detox diet with it’s dubious benefits, you can eat really well and your body will detoxify the natural way. The fact is that our bodies are not really built to cope with the quantities of meat that we consume. When we lived in caves, meat would have been the exception rather than the rule, compared with modern day consumption which is frankly off the radar – and hence all the health issues that are cropping up increasingly in the news. It’s no wonder you feel sluggish on your way to work.

The first step towards a vegetarian diet plan is, obviously, to cut out red meat. Red meat is so incredibly bad for you that this should be a no-brainer. And the agricultural over-production of beef is totally unsustainable and contributing heavily to climate change.

Next there’s reconstituted meat. Do you really want to know what’s in that? No I didn’t think so. Get rid of it and you won’t miss it.

Beyond that, make your own choices. A lot of vegetarians would say that eating fish isn’t really vegetarian at all and of course vegans won’t eat any animal or dairy produce. It doesn’t matter. Cutting out meat and following an organised vegetarian diet plan will be the single most healthy thing you could do for your body.

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