Friday, July 23, 2010

I'm giving up seafood in September. There, I said it. I can do it! :D I just need to head over to Whole Foods or something and pick up some vitamin supplements to replace what I lack in my diet.

I don't think Mikey will be happy about it, though. :(

For reference:

Omega-3 Fatty Acids: walnuts, ground flax seeds, flax oil, hempseed oil, canola oil, and supplements

Vitamin B-12: B-12 supplement, or fortified cereals or soymilk

Protein: almonds, black beans, brown rice, cashews, garbanzo beans (chickpeas), kidney beans, lentils, lima beans, peanut butter, pinto beans, seitan, soybeans, soymilk, sunflower seeds, textured vegetable protein (TVP), tofu, vegetarian hot dogs and burgers

Calcium: almonds, black beans, broccoli, calcium-fortified orange juice, collard greens, great northern beans, kale, kidney beans, mustard greens, navy beans, orange juice, pinto beans, sesame seeds, soybeans, soymilk, textured vegetable protein (TVP), tofu

Iron: black beans, bran flakes, cashews, Cream of Wheat®, garbanzo beans (chickpeas), GrapeNuts®, kidney beans, lentils, navy beans, oatmeal, pumpkin seeds, raisins, soybeans, soymilk, spinach, sunflower seeds, tofu, tomato juice, whole wheat bread

One of the most common (mind-boggling imo) questions any person who doesn't eat red meat encounters is "HOW THE HELL DO YOU GET PROTEIN?!" to which I just want to slap them and direct them to fucking Google.com. One simple search and you can see how many different foods supply protein!

1 comment:

Eden said...

Yey! Finally another full vegetarian ♥

Get lots of Annie's Burritos, it's a vegetarian brand and they're hella good. Full of beans and all sorts of protein too :)
Annie's is a good vegetarian brand in general actually.