One of the biggest injustices that the vegetarian movement has endured is that in popular culture, the image of a vegetarian is that of a fanatic hippy or cult member who is “off the deep end” and cannot think about anything else besides “saving a cow” and pushing vegetarianism on everyone he meets.  The truth [...]

Sometimes the real obstacle of making that big change in your life to becoming a vegetarian is not the “why” of making this big change in your lifestyle but the how.  Its not hard to find good reasons to eliminate meat from your diet.  There are moral reasons, spiritual reasons and above all health reasons [...]

Sometimes the only thing really holding you back from making the big step of becoming a vegetarian is to come to a firm grasp of what good you will get from it.  Too often we see eating right and cutting meat from our diet as a drudgery and something we “should do” but we don’t [...]

If anything could be considered the heart of great vegetarian cooking it would be the soup.  Because soup gives the cook so much freedom to combine various vegetables and herbs, the variety of tastes and consistencies is virtually endless.  And because soups capture almost all of the nutrients of the cooking process in the soups [...]

“I can’t become a vegetarian because I don’t have the time to work up complicated vegetarian meals.” That is a common misconception about what it means to life the lifestyle of a vegetarian.  Oh yes, it is possible to become a fanatic about exotic vegetarian meals or to become so extreme about limiting not only [...]

Sometimes the biggest obstacle you face when you make a decision to become a vegetarian is not adapting to your new diet.  It could be that an even bigger challenge is how to deal with your relationship with friends, family and coworkers as you make your new devotion to a vegetarian lifestyle known to them.  [...]

Most people who don’t know anything about the vegetarian lifestyle think that is must be pure drudgery being a vegetarian and giving up meat.  That is a misconception because even though meat is not a part of a vegetarian diet, it isn’t about what you are going without, it is what is in your diet [...]

Becoming a vegetarian is about a lot more than just a change to your diet.  It is a lifestyle choice that influences many aspects of your life separate from just what you put into your body for food.  This is why the path from when you first considered taking on the life of a vegetarian [...]

Becoming a vegetarian is about a lot more than just changing what you eat.  That said, there is no question that making the transition to vegetarian eating is one of the most positive things you can do for your body from a diet perspective.  It will take some adjustments to make sure your vegetarian diet [...]

“Guess what mom and dad, I’m a vegetarian!” If those words would strike terror in your heart if it came from your child, this article is for you.  While we all are aware that vegetarians walk amongst us, when someone we love becomes a vegetarian, its easy to fear they have fallen in with some [...]

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