How long have you been vegetarian?

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Just noticed this question.

 

I stopped eating pork and beef in 1969,

 

.... chicken and turkey around 1980

 

.... fish in the 1990's. Did eat fish once in a blue

moon when traveling, like scampi in Rome, just a

taste.

 

I became a complete vegan a few months ago, switching

the milk I use in coffee to soy milk, and occasionally

eating soy cheese, tofutti " cream cheese " [excellent

on cranberry bread!]

 

I never eat sugar. Well, I occasionally sneak a taste

of a dessert at an expensive restaurant for a birthday

or a bite of wedding cake to be polite, but I'm very

careful to check anything I eat for " cane syrup " ,

fructose corn syrups, etc. No fake sugar or aspartame,

anything like that.

 

I use toasted sesame oil, especially hot chile toasted

sesame oil to enhance flavors in everything. My new

addiction! Highly recommend it.

 

I've never had a cavity, never had major surgery, and

am quite healthy at 57. I attribute my health to my

diet, absolutely and unconditionally.

 

 

--- bernermom1994 <bernermom1994 wrote:

 

> Been vegetarian since 1994 and have not eaten any

> meat since then.

>

> Liz

> Orlando, FL

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> , lawanna

> <lawannasoul wrote:

> >

> > Hello to all you lovely members,

> > I would say I tried it a few times and failed.

> This

> > time I have it right. It's been 3 years. I would

> > miss my soul food and fall off the wagon, then I

> > decided I could try black-eyed peas and greens and

> > cornbread in vegetarian versions. I like them

> even

> > better. I really didn't have a hard time

> adjusting

> > once I made my mind up to it.

> > No one has to transition overnight. Pace

> yourself,

> > get recipes together, try different grains, beans

> and

> > vegetables you normally wouldn't try. Make veggie

> > burgers and freeze them, make up batches of veggie

> > meatless meatballs and freeze to use in spaghetti

> > sauce or in meatball sandwiches, very inexpensive

> and

> > tasty. Talk with your partner and family, make

> sure

> > you work a plan that works for everyone. You have

> a

> > wealth of information within this special group

> and

> > plenty of recipes to try.

> > Good luck to all the newbie vegetarians, remember

> you

> > can do it. Have faith in yourself.

> > Dear Judy I certainly appreciated reading the

> response

> > to this question.

> >

> > Lawanna

> >

> > Injustice anywhere is a threat to

> > justice everywhere.

> > " Martin Luther King, Jr. "

> >

> >

> >

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