Is your vegetarian diet really healthy?

So you have decided to go vegetarian for healthful reasons or because of your love of animals. Maybe you just buy into the misinformation about red meat and meat in general, but whatever your reason is you’re now a vegetarian. You’re not eating meat, so you don’t get as must iron as you once did. Your B12 levels are low, and your amino acids are incomplete. That’s on the inside. On the outside you’re pointing out to all your friends that you’re losing weight, but that’s the thing, you’re losing weight and not fat; there is a big difference between losing weight and losing fat. With weight loss you lose muscle, and your goal and focus should be fat loss.
The problem in your quest to be a vegetarian is you failed to learn the importance of protein and fats, including saturated fats, but wait you say, I’m getting my protein from soy, and that is a major problem. The health risks of American soy products are well hidden by the soy makers and the FDA. The adulterated soy that is sold in this country is an endocrine disruptor and possibly more harmful than BPA’s. Included in this quest of yours to be a vegetarian is eating the boxed soy meals in the frozen section of your grocery store. That’s great; too bad you replaced healthy meats with chemicals. Sorry, but eat a bunch of chemicals, and vegetarian it makes you not. Eating pizzas and bean burritos from taco bell without meat on it also does not make a vegetarian out of you; that makes you a crappy eater. Far too many people that choose the vegetarian lifestyle eat foods that promote an unhealthy diet such as chips and sugar-filled snacks.
So what is a vegetarian to do? Well, you need to learn some basics about complete proteins and how to mix your foods to get that full amino acid, protein profile for muscle building and use supplements to get your Omega-3 fatty acids. Almonds, walnuts, and pecans are great sources of fats. For proteins, hemp protein, rice protein, and pea protein are excellent choices, but the key is to stay away from non-fermented soy. If you can get fermented soy, that is good since the phytoestrogen are removed.
The three most important steps in becoming a healthful vegetarian are:
• Learn how to make a complete protein out of incomplete proteins
• Stay away from non-fermented soy
• Learn the importance of supplements and EFA (Essential fatty acids).