The Vegetarian Low Carb Diet: The Fast, No-hunger Weight Loss Diet for Vegetarians

The Vegetarian Low Carb Diet: The Fast, No-hunger Weight Loss Diet for Vegetarians
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Customer Review: Would not recommend this approach
I am vegetarian and I eat healthily. After following the guidelines of this low carb diet for a couple of weeks I did loose weight but felt that my diet was far from healthy ! Being advised to avoid foods like oranges while being able to eat almost unlimited amounts of eggs and processed vegie food seemed wrong and unnatural to me. *I did loose weight but I gained most of it when I tried to re-introduce carbs ie fruit and vegetables *I felt light-headed for most of the time *I am sure that the calorific value of the meals was so low that I would have lost weight on that level anyway - low carb or not. *any diet that requires you to take supplements cannot be healthy *the only real way to being a healthy weight is to take a lifelong aproach to eating healthily, exercising and monitoring / managing that calorific balance
Customer Review: GREAT BOOK! But Non-Vegitarians be aware…
This is a fantastic book! If you are searching for a successful way to lose weight - this is definitely a method that I recommend! After years of checking food labels of calories and fat intake - I never really lost any weight without starving myself (which I knew was a BIG mistake!) However, after buying this book I noticed that by eating, my weight seeemed to be disappearing. I have a few minor things to mention though… 1) If you are NOT vegitarian (like me) then do NOT strictly attempt the vegitarian diet as you lack meat as well as carbs which you are use to. I thought vegetables were healthier and I love vergitarian food so I thought it wouldn’t be a problem… but unforuntaly it was. I fainted on the tube, and friends also in the same situation experienced severe headaches and painful cramps! After switching to foods we were use to (i.e. meat), we experienced less problems. 2) It takes about a week on about 30g of carbs a day for 11st (+/- a stone) people to have a smaller appetite. I have however slightly broken the rules by having a glass of wine a night, a bite of a biscuit or so and still managed to lose 9lbs in two weeks! A very comforting start to the diet! (People I know on this diet have alos lost a substantial amount of weight in the first stage of the diet!!) 3) Remember to drink LOTS of water. Even after drinking 2 litres of water a day, I usually still feel thirsty and dehydrated. 4) TAKE YOUR MINERALS & VITAMENS! It is essential to take your minerals to ensure you get the essentials in your body as you are cutting out foods (like fruit) that have the ingredients your body needs. I do however like the food in this book! I am a fan of cheese, but I particularly like the yogurt breakfast, the scrambled egg on mushroom breakfast, the vegi-burger dinner and I have yet to try the muffins! Hope you find this usefull & good luck with your diet! x

Essential Enzymes - Vegetarian 120 Caps ( Bio-Aligned Formula ) by Source Naturals
Essential Enzymes is a Bio-Aligned Formula, designed to ensure that you absorb the full nutritional value of your food. Essential Enzymes supports your body’s systems for digestion of multiple food groups: carbohydrates, protein, fat and fiber. Each capsule contains 500 mg of an all-vegetarian, high-potency, broad-spectrum blend of the purest grade food enzymes. This comprehensive formula contains enzymes, in the following optimal proportions, for breaking down a typical meal.
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The Vegetarians of Love
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Healthy Boy Thai Soy Sauce with Mushroom / vegetarian - 23.5 oz bottle x 2
A very high quality soy sauce, Healthy Boy brand, is now available. Great substitute for fish sauce, also used as a vegetarian subsitute for oyster sauce. Naturally brewed from selected soybeans and mushrooms. Add a few drops to your soup or stir fry and enhance the flavor of any dish. Product of Thailand, made using the natural fermentation method in a modern facility with ISO9002 certificate. Additional images, recipes and detailed description at ImportFood.com.

Sesame Garbanzo-Cucumber Salad
2 large cucumbers

1- 15 oz. can cooked garbanzo beans (chickpeas), rinsed well

3 tablespoons toasted-sesame oil

1 tablespoon tahini

3/4 cup seasoned rice vinegar (or same amount of regular or balsamic vinegar mixed

with 3 tablespoons of brown sugar)

1/2 fresh green pepper

1/4 small sweet onion

Peel the cucumbers, and cut into quarters, lengthwise. Slice into 1/4-inch pieces.

Mince1/2 green pepper and 1/4 small sweet onion into very small pieces. Combine

cucumbers, green pepper, onion, and garbanzo beans in a bowl. In a separate bowl,

mix sesame oil and tahini thoroughly. Add oil and tahini combination and vinegar to

the vegetables. Mix well, and allow to sit at room temperature for at least 15

minutes. Serve.