Vegetarian, Now So Lifestyle

Being a vegetarian is a lifestyle, rather than follow a particular religion-related flows. The main reason being a vegetarian is usually for the sake of health. However, in some developed countries, had been shifted into the reasons for the environment and ethics.

While in Indonesia, as stated Coordinating Center for Energy Studies University of Atma Jaya Yogyakarta (UAJY) Prasasto Satwiko, vegetarian many considered to be related to a particular religious doctrine. Not to be viewed as a lifestyle.

The new vegetarians in developed countries now place as environmental and ethical reasons, he said Thursday (10 / 7). Environment is used as an excuse for the use of energy to produce meat very expensive and destructive nature.

While the ethics associated with humans should respect animals as fellow. In the frame of humanity, that animals should not be treated unjustly. The attitude of impunity, including killing animals brutally, will affect the behavior.

Lifestyle is not about people who smakan vegetables and fruit for not fond of eating or buying meat. "But about the people who eat fruits and vegetables because they like and benefit," said Prasasto who is also a vegetarian.

The process of killing animals and humans familiarity to see the suffering of animals, especially animals, consumption of more or less impact on behavior. Reality proved more vegetarians can maintain emotional stability rather than people who eat meat.

Vegetarian lifestyle, delivered Prasasto, in recent years, has become a trend in developed countries such as Britain and New Zealand. However unique, New Zealand is a country exporting beef to many countries, including Indonesia.

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When Little Vegetarian

IF your child is a vegetarian is very important to convince that he should eat a varied, balanced and healthy diet. Here are some things that you can use for guidance by the U.S. National Library of Medicine:

* For children aged up to a year, the Water Mother milk or soy milk fortified formula is the main source of nutrients that must be given. * Do not restrict dietary fat for children aged under 2 years.

* Children should drink plenty of milk or a drink / meal replacement else already fortified with calcium, protein, vitamin D and riboflavin, vitamins and minerals so it needs guaranteed.

* Give children a vitamin B12 supplement if no animal food ingredients that can be consumed.

* Make sure your child gets adequate iron from many foods such as spinach, cereal, juice, or nuts.

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7 Reasons So Vegetarian

There are many reasons a person chooses to be vegetarian. One of them may be equally or even inspire you.

1. For Animal's Sake
Your animal lover? This could be one reason to be vegetarian. Many people decide to become vegan because it could not bear to see animals slaughtered for food. This is why ethics is the much-vaunted Western people.

2. More Living Colour
Vegetables and fruits have many colors. The more color the healthier your food. For example, vegetable and fruit orange and green, rich in beta carotene. Benefits, not only a powerful ward off free radicals, but also keep the body from cancer cells. Meanwhile, vegetables and fruits reddish, bluish and purple as plums, cherries, peppers, blueberries, and black beans, contain antisianin. Benefits, preventing oxidation processes that occur early and cause degenerative diseases.

 

3. Healthy Longer
By being a vegetarian, we avoid all animal fats. We know that animal fat is a source of cholesterol to be one of the triggers of heart disease and cancer. In addition, the body will also get lots of fiber from vegetables and fruits. This food is a very useful source of antioxidants for health. Oh yes, if only for eating vegetables, fruits and nuts, do not be afraid of osteoporosis. Calcium intake can be satisfied from the nuts, tempeh, tofu, soy milk and dark colored vegetables like spinach and broccoli.

4. Weight Stable
Because the intake of animal fat is reduced, you no longer need to fear fatness. However, do not be afraid of hunger. Healthy foods like vegetables, nuts, seeds and fruits really enough to meet all the needs of the body. It could even help you get the ideal body weight. Diligently to eat vegetables and fruit, and the body we eat lots of fiber. Guaranteed, digestion will be smooth and toxins in the body can come out every day.

5. Saving
We know meat and dairy products, including food that is expensive. Reducing meat consumption and replace it with vegetables and nuts, that means you have to save per diem expenses or rations lunch money. Try to compare it when you eat at food stalls by using meat as a side dish and use tofu or tempeh as a side dish. Your expenses would have been much different.

6. Prevent Global Warming
Do not be surprised once, let alone laugh! The facts revealed by the FAO in 2006 explained that the meat is a commodity highest emitters of carbon dioxide (20%). It even surpassed the number of combined emissions from all vehicles in the world. How? Apparently the cattle industry has resulted in 9% of toxic carbon dioxide, 65% nitrooksida, and 37% methane. In addition, the livestock industry also requires a lot of energy to turn livestock into meat ready for consumption. To produce 1 kg of meat just for example, produced 36.4 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions. Wow!

7. Save Energy
Today energy and food crisis spread to the entire face of the earth. Want to save energy? One of them by becoming a vegetarian or at least reduce animal food sources. As described above, animal food ingredients needs more energy consumption in production and supply than plant foods. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, to make one handfuls of hamburger, for example, requires at least 1,300 gallons of water. So, do not be surprised if the food products of animal and junk foods require more energy than by cultivating vegetables, fruit and rice.

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Vegetarian, Save the World and Body

BEING a vegetarian is the easiest solution, inexpensive, and civilized to save the earth from environmental destruction, global warming, as well as for the health and body. The hardest thing to get rid of vegetarian is the suggestion that eating meat is necessary.

Suggestion the most powerful-and concern-that already embedded in the minds of people is that t ubuh will limp if not eating meat. It seemed to deny the fact that daginglah cause many diseases that lower the body's health.
 

"It's very much exposure from official organizations such as the United Nations (UN), and exposure from medical experts that essentially explains the dangers of eating meat," said Prasasto Satwiko, Coordinator of Technology Center for Energy Studies University of Atma Jaya Yogyakarta (UAJY), Tuesday ( 7 / 10).

But he added, information about the meat is not dangerous to society. If man can think clearly, judging by the impact, eating meat is unnecessary. However, the suggestion that put the meat as a meal is important, difficult to change.

Of course, if people suddenly vegetarian, her body feels less powerful, strange, and the brain as less able to think. "But it's like the state of smokers who find it odd that suddenly stop smoking. That is, it's just a suggestion," said Prasasto, a professor who is also Professor in the Faculty of Engineering UAJY this.

In other words, although the meat is not classified as dangerous additives, but the psychological effect of (addictive) is the real exposure. Unfortunately, these conditions seemed to be ignored.

Information about vegetarian still accepted fragmentary, yet in the system. Vegetarian lifestyle are considered only for the sake of health or a particular religious doctrine. And more than that, global warming, environmental destruction, until the extinction of animals, many stemming from the meat, including fish. Related to global warming for instance, reflected from borosnya energy to produce a piece of meat.

The myth that vegetarianism makes people stupid, is also not true. Many important people who changed the world and they are vegetarian, such as Albert Einstein, Socrates, Plato, Leonardo da Vinci, Charles Darwin, to RA Kartini, Prasasto said.

Indra (27), private sector employees in Yogyakarta argues, it is difficult for vegetarians. Very difficult to get rid of the meat from the menu on the plate. It was difficult to find food stalls that provide only vegetables. "Culture is culture of eating meat," he said.

Vegetarianism is still seen Indra limited in order to maintain health. I do not know the relationship vegetarian with global warming. "But I believe that it bergetarian both in terms of anything," he said.

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Vegan Meals for Our Earth

"SAVE The Earth, Go Green, Be Veg", so phrases written on the uniform waitress at a vegetarian restaurant in South Jakarta. The issue of global warming later became the grand narrative-style-also to pack things. Not to forget the lifestyle business in the world consumption. But apparently, the vegetarian lifestyle is truly relevant to the issue. Doing good for the earth can be started from our plate.

What to do with global warming vegetarian lifestyle? Consider the reports the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) entitled "Livestcok's Long Shadow", published 29 November 2006 on the site. Apparently, 18 percent of global warming is happening now "thanks to" the entire livestock industry's role in the world. This figure is greater than the warming due to the whole (species) transport in the world that only 13 percent.

Activity in the livestock sector also accounts for 9 percent of carbon dioxide gas, 65 percent of nitrous oxide, and 37 percent methane. Nitrous-oxide gas produced by livestock waste-296 times more potential greenhouse gas than CO2. These figures do not include contributions to soil and water pollution.

Research by Gidon Eshel and Pamela Martin from the University of Chicago concluded that, by replacing the animal into a vegetarian diet, 50 percent more effective in preventing global warming than switching to an SUV with a hybrid car. Then selorohannya, a vegan driving a Hummer SUV is more environmentally friendly than a meat eater riding a bicycle!

Not surprisingly, Dr Rajendra K Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change / IPCC) in Paris, January 15, 2008, to invite citizens of the world to eat less meat to reduce global warming.

Vegetarian restaurant

Sutrisno, Chairman of the Indonesia Vegetarian Society (IVS), reveals, members of the IVS currently reaches 85,000 people. In fact, a decade ago are still 5,000 people. "Now, vegetarian restaurant in Indonesia alone has about 400 pieces," said Sutrisno.

Not hard to find a vegetarian restaurant in Jakarta. For now at least there are 60 vegetarian restaurants in Jakarta, mostly in the west and north. A number of suppliers or providers store vegetarian food is also available in Jakarta. There are also hospitals that provide only vegetarian meals for patients.

One of the new vegetarian restaurant in South Jakarta is Loving Hut, a waitress uniform reads "Save the Earth, Go Green, Be Veg". Restaurant which is located in Plaza Semanggi 3A floor is owned by Supreme Master Ching Hai Foundation Indonesia. No wonder, because no-profit, the price of food is quite cheap, ranging from tens of thousands of dollars.

"Our mission transmit the vegetarian lifestyle. Minimal eat less meat. Through the choice of food on our plates, we can do something for the planet, "said Mery Kurniawan from Loving Hut.

Uniquely, this restaurant is not included information in order to capture the nonvegetarian vegetarian. Loving Hut serves vegan cuisine, with no element of any animal, including eggs and dairy animal. Even so, taste the cuisine is very impressive. "Many come here for good. However, just found out that vegetarian food, anyway, "said Miko (33), visitors.

Tri Ratna restaurant in Lima Bridge area, West Jakarta, is a vegetarian fast-food restaurant. Visitors can also buy vegetarian food here. Yuli, a visitor, a new feel impressed with satay meal. "Funny, no fiber. Like real meat, "chatter.

The results of his own concoction

About five years ago in Jakarta and its surroundings is not easy to find vegetarian food menu, while the followers of the vegetarian started a lot.

There are several vegetarian restaurants stand, but limited. Veg Padmanadi Estate Restaurant Mitra Bahari, Jalan Pakin No. 1 Block A, North Jakarta, is an example of an old vegetarian restaurant in Jakarta. However, because the location is quite far from their home in Tangerang, couples Suharjo (43) and Linda Kasno (40) began to make their own vegetarian meals. Understandably they and their three children a pure vegetarian.

"Initially we eat vegetarian menus in restaurants. Luckily my wife has a right to know the advantages of the cuisine's flavor. I got home and he tried to make my own, "said Suharjo.

Results cuisine and they serve to family and relatives, it turns out they praised the cooking herb women from Langsa, Aceh, it is.

As it gets compliments, Linda increasingly eager to make a new menu of various plant materials. "I've made about 400 recipes vegetarian food," said Linda.

The husband and wife and opened a vegetarian restaurant Tehe at Metropolis Mall, London, 2003. His business success, then opened the restaurant in PRJ Kemayoran and Mangga Dua Square. "Later, because of busy, I closed the restaurant in Tangerang," continued Suharjo.

Innovation vegetarian foods seem to be growing, given the interest in eating these foods is increasing. Business affairs as well as for the sake of a healthy earth can apparently run parallel.

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Protein Meat Substitute for Children Vegan

CHILD-child who underwent a vegetarian diet is recommended to fill the shortage of regular consumption of protein found in red meat, fish, and livestock products. They can eat soy, fortified soy milk and nuts. All the material is a source of protein, iron, zinc, calcium, and vitamin D are normal children obtained from meat in general.

Nutritional yeast, which usually taste the cheese-can be used to meet the needs of vitamin B12. Raw foods are called Flaxseed (seed or grain rice similar) are also rich in linoleic acid.

Vegetarian kids who still eat eggs and dairy products mostly not to be deprived of one of the macro nutrients they need. However, those who become a vegan (pure vegetarian) needs to be smarter longer regulate his diet, said Dr. David Ludwig, a child nutrition specialist from Children's Hospital Boston.

"It needs more attention so that children are not pure vegetarians malnutrition," explains Ludwig.

Children can begin to be a vegan since birth, obviously Sarah Krieger, a spokesman for the American Dietetic Association who is also registered as a dietitian at All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.

Sarah said, Mother's Milk (milk) or formula fortified with iron is needed during the first six months of toddlers from birth. Soy formula can also be an option.

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