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    Being a Vegetarian by Choice: A Natural, Healthier Alternative
    Being a Vegetarian by Choice: A Natural, Healthier Alternative
    Being a Vegetarian by Choice: A Natural, Healthier Alternative
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    Being a Vegetarian by Choice: A Natural, Healthier Alternative

    By Dueep Jyot Singh

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    Table of Contents

    Introduction
    Arguments for Vegetarianism
    A Little Bit about Religious Fasting
    Reasons to Grow Your Own Food
    “Bon Marche-Bargain Prices”
    Different Beliefs about Vegetarianism
    Some home truths about a non-vegetarian diet (told to me by a Doctor)
    Fishy Tales
    Eggs. Eggs. Eggs...
    Conclusion
    Author Bio
    Publisher

    Introduction

    A couple of months ago, a number of my friends were talking to me, about different lifestyles and food choices, and when I told them that I was thinking of turning vegetarian after more than four decades of being a thorough carnivore and omnivore, the derisive laugh that went up was enough to nearly shatter sensitive eardrums.

    And then the ribbing started. See that holy pious cat, going on a pilgrimage after downing down a thousand rats. I told them that it was not necessary for them to follow in my footsteps and they could continue chomping down on their juicy barbecues, hamburgers, and steaks, but I had decided to follow a vegetarian lifestyle to see how it affected my health in the long run.

    Many people may think that this response is a bit too much but the real reason is that the fixed nature of our habits and the unwillingness to change our lifestyles to something else is inherent in the majority of us.

    I come in that category. So naturally when I decided to change my diet choice, my friends were skeptical. And naturally so because they could not think of changing their own dietary habits of a lifetime to try something else, especially a totally vegetarian diet.

    All right, let me admit it. I turned semi- vegetarian in 1999, up to 2004, and I must say that I was never more healthy, more energetic and even I must admit more “good-looking”, ever in my life.

    My hair and skin shone and glowed. Now I understood the secrets of the ancient ladies, who never ate meat, because according to them, that was a diet best left for the men.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMendon Cottage Books
    Release dateSep 17, 2017
    ISBN9781370752485
    Being a Vegetarian by Choice: A Natural, Healthier Alternative

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      Being a Vegetarian by Choice - Dueep Jyot Singh

      Being a Vegetarian by Choice

      A Natural, Healthier Alternative

      Dueep Jyot Singh

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      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Arguments for Vegetarianism

      A Little Bit about Religious Fasting

      Reasons to Grow Your Own Food

      Bon Marche-Bargain Prices

      Different Beliefs about Vegetarianism

      Some home truths about a non-vegetarian diet (told to me by a Doctor)

      Fishy Tales

      Eggs. Eggs. Eggs…

      Conclusion

      Author Bio

      Publisher

      Introduction

      A couple of months ago, a number of my friends were talking to me, about different lifestyles and food choices, and when I told them that I was thinking of turning vegetarian after more than four decades of being a thorough carnivore and omnivore, the derisive laugh that went up was enough to nearly shatter sensitive eardrums.

      And then the ribbing started. See that holy pious cat, going on a pilgrimage after downing down a thousand rats. I told them that it was not necessary for them to follow in my footsteps and they could continue chomping down on their juicy barbecues, hamburgers, and steaks, but I had decided to follow a vegetarian lifestyle to see how it affected my health in the long run.

      Many people may think that this response is a bit too much but the real reason is that the fixed nature of our habits and the unwillingness to change our lifestyles to something else is inherent in the majority of us.

      I come in that category. So naturally when I decided to change my diet choice, my friends were skeptical. And naturally so because they could not think of changing their own dietary habits of a lifetime to try something else, especially a totally vegetarian diet.

      All right, let me admit it. I turned semi- vegetarian in 1999, up to 2004, and I must say that I was never more healthy, more energetic and even I must admit more good-looking, ever in my life.

      My hair and skin shone and glowed. Now I understood the secrets of the ancient ladies, who never ate meat, because according to them, that was a diet best left for the men.

      Yes, for the first six months, I had a really hard time resisting those delicious juicy pieces of roasting meat on the barbecue, but I persevered. But then, in 2004, I slid back because I was posted to a high-altitude area, and our chief said that all of us needed to have some extra proteins in order to survive. This applied for all of posted there, irrespective of gender, age, and religious beliefs,, up there in the mountains. And that is why chicken soup was given to all of us twice a day, for lunch and for dinner, without fail, by our cooks. And all the meals had a diet with at least one dish of either chicken, meat, pork, veal, and sometimes even game.

      No wonder we decided that it was no fun being vegetarian, especially when the Christmas geese and other reserved-for-Christmas table fare looked so fat and juicy, especially when we saw the cooks feeding them with a very liberal hand, with anything left over in the kitchen or in the cook pots.

      Even diehard vegetarians had decided that they would turn vegetarian, when they came back to the plains. As long as their family members did not know that they were chomping on chicken, they could get away with What the Heart Does Not Acknowledge, the Spirit Does Not Sorrow over. Many of these officers had never eaten meat before, because of religious conventions, beliefs and upbringing.

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