I’m trying to get into vegetarian cooking and while there are a lot of sites and books out there, I’m really looking for a good general primer (either online or offline) recommended by some vegetarians out there.

I’m not for nor against vegetarians or vegans. I have heard plenty of vegetarians preach over and over again the many reasons why vegetarian or veagan is better, and I’ve heard them out. Now I want to know some fact on how it can be bad, healthwise and economically. Thanks!

I am planning on becoming a vegetarian but I would like to know if anyone thinks that is good method to loose weight? What are the bad and good things about it? What are the types of food for vegetarians I know it’s no meat so what can we eat ?

Is it a healthy way to live? Also is it easy to stick with or do people usually go back to meat ? Thanks

Here’s an idea:

If i was raising 2 children, both the same age, health, and genetics, and i raised one on a vegetarian diet, and one on a non-vegetarian diet; What would be the health outcome of the both?

What do studies say? Do vegetarians live longer? Or, are non-vegetarians the healtheir ones?

What is your personal opinion? Would you base your life style upon that opinion?

I say vegetarian only because vegan is a myth.

It seems like vegetarians are snippy, at least here. Are they getting too little or too much of something to cause this?

Ex. Adding too much salt for flavor or too much salt in store bought prepared vegetarian foods causing high blood pressure which results in irritability.
blackbyrus—I agree. With written words, the READER supplies the inflection more than the writer.
sherry—-vegan is a myth. You cannot ride in or on any vehicles nor eat any commercially grown produce and be a true vegan. Rendered animals are used in the production of those things and that is non-vegan. The best anyone can do is grow their own veges and never use a vehicle. Not even a bicycle. “Trying to be a vegan” is as close as they can get but short of cutting out those products, calling themselves “vegan” is inaccurate.

Yeah, I’ve decided I want to go vegetarian or at least try it out for a while. I think it would be a pretty easy transition from one to the other. I want to do it for health reasons; I’d still eat meat if it was served to me at a guest at someone’s house. The problem is, I still live with my family for the time being. They are very NOT interested in even trying that. It would be too complicated to cook two different meals in the same kitchen at the same time. Plus, there would be more (or at least different) groceries to buy. If I wasn’t with my family I’m pretty sure I could do it no problem, but what can I do in the situation I’m in? Surely some of you Vegetarians have come across a dilemma like this. I need some advice!

I’m absolutely love eating meat. Plus, I’m very active and need to eat filling meals.

However, I’ve been reading a lot about how eating meat is bad for world food supplies and the environment. For example, it takes 6 pounds of grain to make 1 pound of meat.

Basically I’m interested in becoming a vegetarian or at least cutting back on my meat intake. I’m asking this to vegetarians who have big apetites and used to be carnevours: How difficult is the transition? Also, what are some good vegetarian meals?

My cooking skills are fairly limited, most of which are for non-vegetarian meals. What cookbooks are good for beginner vegetarians?

A couple of my friends are vegetarians and they both lose a ton of weight immediately, so I was just wondering because I also know two adults who have gained weight becoming a vegetarian.
I know that vegetarians can still eat carbs, cake, brownies, ice cream, and all sorts of junk food.

people will ask me why i am vegan. and i am just dying to tell them about what happens to that piece of animal muscle they have on their plate.but i also am very aware that the #1 thing omnivores dislike about vegans/vegetarians is that they try to convert them. as any one who felt strongly about a certain cause would want to do, i want to send the message out about the horrible reality that comes with the meat/dairy/egg industry that many many people don’t realize. but i dont want to give people the message that all veggies do is try and brain wash them. where is the happy medium?

(i mean if i was an environmentalist, i would want to explain to people what could be done to help the earth. its the same thing with wanting people to understand vegan/vegetarianism, you know?)

please no rude answers. only helpful ones.