For reasons of health, or conscience, or religion, or simply preference, vegetarianism is increasingly popular. It's even easy to be a vegetarian these days with so many meatless food products in the market, along with all kinds of vegetarian cookbooks and magazines.

Date:   1/9/2010 5:20:04 AM ( 14 y ago)

For reasons of health, or conscience, or religion, or simply preference, vegetarianism is increasingly popular. It's even easy to be a vegetarian these days with so many meatless food products in the market, along with all kinds of vegetarian cookbooks and magazines.

Certainly being vegetarian is a boon if one eats healthy rich diet but a bane if one hardly pays any importance to what he or she is eating. Vegetarians are not present in India only but they are residing abroad as well, but there lies a remarkable difference between vegetarians in India and vegetarians in overseas. People abroad mostly become vegetarians for a philosophical and health reasons and therefore are careful that their new vegan diet should be nutritionally adequate and healthful. In India, we, being culturally a predominantly vegetarian since generations, do not pay heed to our diet which is why; despite being vegetarian, we suffer from all those disorders which are in the realm of non-vegetarian diet associated disorders.

An unbalanced non-veg diet is associated with heart disease, cholesterol problems, high blood pressure, cancer, obesity and a vegan diet is supposed to counter these maladies. But the paradox is that an unbalanced pure vegetarian diet can lead to exactly the same! Convenience vegetarian foods can be just as fattening as non-vegetarian foods. In fact some vegetarian products and recipes may contain more fat than meat-based foods. Over-consumption of these high-calorie convenience foods or 'vegetarian' fast-food leads to weight gain just like meat-based foods.

Vegetarian diets were once thought to be lacking in certain nutrients. With a little planning, vegetarians can easily meet all their nutritional needs. Here are some nutrition tips that will balance your vegetarian diet:

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