Downside of Eating Meat The downside of eating meat are as
following:
1.Obesity from over
eating of protein and fat.
2.Hypercholesterolemia
from saturated fat.
3.Hypertension from
artheriosclerotic blood vessels.
4.Ishemic heart disease
from occluded cardiac arteries.
5.Depleted brain function
or even paralysis from cerebrovascular accident.
6.Gout from overloaded
purine.
7.Degenerated arthritis
from absorbed putrifractive toxin.
Allergy from foreign protein absorption.
9.Asthma related to
chronic constipation.
10.Renal disease from
overloaded amine.
11.Cancer
12.Depleted immune function.
Vegetarian is the answer
for the better health.
Pitfalls of Wrong Doing Vegetarianism
There are two trends
of wrong doing vegetarianism.
1.Over restricted, often
practiced in Chinese elderly. Eating well polished rice with some
salted cucumbers. It leads to malnutrition. Some other Chinese vegetarianism
practiced at the temple, eating white rice with over cooked food.
Most recipes are very oily with great amount of tofu. It leads to
unproportional nutrient supply. High fat, high protein very low
vitamins and phyto-chemical. Most vegetarian in this wrong way suffer
from obesity, hyperlipidemia, heart disease etc. like those meat
eaters.
2. Luxurious vegetarian,
become very popular in these few years at the even of ten days Chinese
vegetarian festival. This style of food contains of many meat imitated,
oily menus. Very few overcooked vegetables. Some meals in Chinese
restaurant are taken without rice. Ofcourse, artificial flavors,
food additive, sugar and MSG[monosodium glutamate] are used unlimited.
Obesity, high blood fat, high blood sugar, allergy, joint pain are
the aftermatch of Chinese vegetarian festival. Eating vegetarian
at the right way is more important than convincing people to accept
vegetarianism.
Three principles
The right way to be
vegetarian should prepare oneself as following:
1.Prepare the mind.
Vegetarian is not just the way to eat. It means the way of thinking
and the way of life one is living for. Human being is not the only
creature that can survive in this world by oppressing and destroying
all the other creatures or even the world environment. To be a good
vegetarian should be appreciated to this philosophy. So he should
be kind to everyone. He has plain living and high thinking. For
those Buddhists, they should clink to the law of Panjasila.
2.Prepare the body.
Vegetarianism is away to lead a healthy life. It means that one
should know how to take the appropriate nutrient and get rid of
toxins out of the body. Therefore one should eat natural food, fresh
and clean. No junk food allowed. Eat at the certain amount that
one feel enough, but not at the full stomach. One should do the
fasting for health program to detoxify oneself too.
3.Prepare the kitchen.
Vegetarian at the right way should prepare the food of high quality
and appropriate nutrients. Do it as the following regimens.
Six Regimens
1.Eat brown rice. Brown
rice contains complex carbohydrate, vitamin B, fibers, selenium,
protein and even some unsaturated fat. Complex carbohydrate and
vitamin B go together into the energy producing cycle to generate
energy. Fibers fill up stomach to prevent over eating. They also
clean up the bowel along the way they pass. Eating brown rice can
have a good bowel habit, which prevent many disease such as allergy,
asthma, joint pain and even cancer. Vitamin E and selenium work
with other vitamins as antioxidants. Brown rice has protein too.
It supplies appropriate proportion of essential amino acid, just
only lycine which is a little bit lower. It can be compensated by
taking some other whole grain or even tofu. Whole wheat bread is
also savoury.
2.Eat beans and soy
products and some other whole grains. Beans, nuts and many various
kind of whole grains are encourages as healthy vegetarian foods.
Soy bean is most savoury for its complete combination of essential
amino acids, even though it has just a little bit low amount of
methionine. This can be compensated by taking brown rice. Tofu is
the most popular soy products. It is a valuable food, containing
of protein, soluble fibers, important mineral such as calcium and
many phyto-chemical substances. Tofu can be used as main protein
supplement. Soluble fibers prevent constipation. Calcium in tofu
is higher than cow milk. One serving of tofu [100 gm.] supply 250
mg. calcium, equal to calcium supplement from a cup of milk. All
soy products consist of genistine, a kind of super-antioxidants
to prevent degenerative change. It has phytoestrogen which can regulate
menstrual function, protect ovarian, breast and prostatic cancers.
3.Eat fresh fruit and
fresh vegetables. Fresh fruit and fresh vegetables have vitamins,
minerals, hormones, enzymes and vital energy. Cooking destroys many
vegetables factors. Eating vegetarian at the right way has to maintain
5 serving of fresh fruits and vegetables per day. 1 serving = fresh
fruit juice 250 ml. = 1 apple medium size or other fruit at same
amount = 100 gm. salad. Various kind of vegetables are good source
of iron such as bean sprout, water crest, spinach etc.
4.Take grounded black
sesame. Black sesame is a good source of calcium 1,452 mg./100 gm.
Taking 1 table spoon of black sesame with meal, 3 times/day get
650 mg. calcium. take 3 spoonful of sesame plus 100 gm. of tofu
can reach the mineral daily requirement of calcium.
5. Take vitamin B12
tablet. Vitamin B12 is essential in red blood cell production and
neuromuscular function. In vegetarian food vitamin B12 is scarce.
Some bacteria can synthesize this vitamin. So there is some report
that fermented soy source may have some, nevertheless long term
vegan are usually found deficiency of vitamin B12. Anemia, lastitude,
anorexia are most common symptoms. To prevent this one should take
vitamin B12 supplement [100 mcg. tab] according to how many decade
one has taken vegetarian as following: Less than one decade = no
need, one decade = 1 tab./week, two decade = 2 tab./week and so
on. Chew the tablet before swallowing in order to enhance absorption.
This is the recommendation for European, who are usually found to
be lack of intrinsic factor to absorb B12 from the gut. For Asian
people, who usually have such factor to absorb B12 may not be so
strict to this rule. But one should be aware by observing some suggestive
symptoms. If so vitamin supplement is recommended.
6. Take essential fatty
acid supplement. Essential fatty acid [EFA] like gamma linolenic
acid-GLA [Omega-6] from evening primrose oil and eicosapentaenoic
acid-EPA and dicosahexaenoic acid-DHA [Omega-3] from marine products
have been proved to be essential in cells metabolism. Long lasting
deficiency of this group of nutrient leads to many ailments ie.
inflammation, joint pain, migraine, dysmenorhea, increase rate of
pletlets aggregrasion. Long term vegetarians may have very low level
of serum cholesterol. This is the early laboratory finding of EFA
deficiency, which reflex the malfunction of liver. To prevent this
problem one should have blood test every 6 months. If serum cholesterol
level lower than 150 mg.% , one should take EFA of any form such
as fish oil 2 gm./day or evening primrose oil 2 gm./day. Take it
until the serum cholesterol has been raised to the normal level
at 150-200 mg.%
Vegetarian who strict
to the 3 principles and 6 regimens can expect to live a long healthy
life.