Not a vegetarian diet is synonymous with “slimming diet” or start taking a vegetarian diet guarantees you to lose weight. In fact, a poorly raised vegetarian diet does not even why be healthy if it is full of processed products to the detriment of food or if your macro nutrients are not balanced.
In many cases, a person who starts with a vegetarian diet without proper advice (by a dietitian-nutritionist) or without informing himself about it, usually gains weight and has a poor diet. Know the most common mistakes in vegetarian diets and avoid them.
Change animal proteins exclusively for flours and cereals
Perhaps the most common mistake when become vegetarian is that of introducing flour and cereals instead of food of animal origin. So that we all understand: where we used to eat meat or fish, to replace them only with pasta and rice.
It is a common mistake when we are not informed about what should be the macronutrients present in our food or when we abuse processed foods. The pasta, very helped and simple to prepare, happens to be the main contribution of calories in our diet, all coming from flours.
- What can we do to solve it? The main protein source in vegetarian diets must always be legumes, prepared in different ways. We can prepare dishes of spoon like this cream of pumpkin and lentils, cold dishes included in this salad beluga lentils or make new and original preparations, how are you salty pea pancakes with chickpea flour.
Abuse products that, even being vegetarians, are not healthy
This usually happens especially when we are at a party, a gathering of friends or when we go out to eat out. What kind of processed products, suitable for vegetarians but which are not healthy, we use? A most ultraprocesados sweet or savory snacks .
If we are at a party at friends’ houses and we have nothing vegetarian on hand, it is very possible that we will grind on the chips, kikos, doritos or trinkets. They are all suitable options for vegetarians and vegans (do not contain elements of animal origin) but in no way are healthy : huge amounts of salt, ultraprocesados and large amounts of sugar or glucose syrup (in the case of sweets) are present in these products.
- What can we do to fix it? What I have learned after almost two years of vegetarian diet is that when I go to a party, I have either talked to the hosts before to make sure I have something for dinner or I have something prepared of my own harvest. The hummus, cheese or homemade guacamole can be good options when pecking veggie and healthy way among friends.
Abuse of the accused instead of eating real food
A food based on processed foods, however vegetarian it may be, is far from a healthy diet. At a minimum we should read the nutrition labels of the products we buy to be aware of what we are bringing to the mouth and, based on that, decide whether to enter into our shopping cart or not. This simple look at the label should already dissuade to buy many of the products that enter our home every day.
If you can not read nutrition labels, you do not have time or simply do not want to read, there is a simple option to eat healthy: eat real food, not processed foods. Most of the processed products, even if they are suitable for vegetarians, are loaded with sugars and trans fats, which are not beneficial to our health. Buy food instead of products and cooking what you eat.
- What can we do to solve it? Make buying on the market : it is the easiest way to purchase food rather than processed products. If you think it is more expensive (junk food is certainly very cheap) consider it an investment in your health in the long term.
Finally remember that adopting a vegetarian diet is generally deeper than weight loss motivation , that after all is temporary: the defense of animals or concern for the environment are powerful reasons that can lead us to adopt A vegetarian diet no longer leave it aside in the long run.
If you have questions about this type of food, always consult a dietitian who can help you design a healthy, balanced vegetarian diet.
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