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Tips for turning vegetarian (part 2)

To continue the tips from the AM NY article…

3. Tell family and friends - They may not understand or approve, so be ready to explain your reasons. [ Remember, you were probably drawn to a vegetarian diet for ethical or medical reasons, perhaps environmental reasons. Growing up, my dad inspired me to be careful about the foods I was eating - he always preached about the evils of refined sugar and flour like 20 years ago when no one was paying attention. Including me! However, he wasn’t so understanding about the veggie diet plans - I think his words were ‘if you want to kill yourself, go ahead’. ha! When I visit my folks, I always prepare some yummy veggie meals and he never complains then. ]

4. Don’t go cold turkey - Two strategies are to eliminate one type of meat a week - red meat first, say, followed by chicken, pork and seafood - or to swap in a vegetarian meal each week. [ I had no problem skipping the red meat and chicken - it’s the bacon and the serrano ham on my tapas that I miss. ]