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The Power of Going Vegetarian

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healthy, light, less carbon and usually less pricey. explore a veg cuisine

If you've thought about going vegetarian or have leanings, this lens
will give you the latest research for healthy diets and lifestyles,
introduce you to communities, recipes and tools to get started and make
the transition easy and engaging.

Get The Facts.

Is it really safe? How do you get protein and some essential vitamins into your diet? What if you're an athlete? Here is some important background about living a vegetarian lifestyle.

Vegetarianism in a Nutshell: Includes information on nutrition as well as useful links for those wanting to become vegetarian.
Vegpledge: Free vegetarian/vegan starter kit for changing eating habit for 60 days.
How To Be A Vegetarian In 10 Easy Steps: Also provides contact information and related links.
Veggie Revolution: Guidance for busy omnivores who would like to become vegetarians. Gives reasons for giving up meat, nutritional information, recipes, and suggestions for dealing with eating out and other social situations.
The Vegetarian Starter Kit: Includes health articles written by physicians, as well as "The 3-step way to go vegetarian.
Vegetarian Times: Article about becoming vegetarian at an older age. Includes a bibliography and a related article on dinner substitutions. Tips on handling the transition are also given.
Going Vegetarian: The Vegetarian Society offers tips and frequently asked questions.
Ten Steps to Going Vegetarian: Offers tips that gradually approach the conversion process.
Vegetarian Centre: England-based educational site about vegetarianism, discussing food and nutrition issues, animal experimentation, and hunting.
Savvy Vegetarian: Support for vegetarian lifestyle. The site features life coaching, courses, educational articles, reviews, recipes and resource guide.
Love those Veggies: A mother provides general information and as well as tips to make vegetarian meals for children.

Inspirational Recipes

Veg Web: A host of information including updated and seasonal recipes.
Tastebook Meatless: Fabulous recipes from the best editors on the web or in print on veggie meals.
101 cookbooks: Heidi Swanson's continuous and compelling adventures in vegetarian and healthy cooking. Fabulously creative and easy to follow recipes with her gorgeous photos!
Indian Veggie Recipes: Here's a collection of recipes for all three meals and with a suprising amount of diversity.
Post Punk Kitchen: Fun recipes that will delight and suprise.
From Vegan Mania: For those who are vegan or want to explore a vegan menu.
Indian Veggie Recipes: A collection of Indian recipes from the North and South.

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Top Veggie Athletes

Top Performance: All Veg: Famous, high performing athletes who manage their rigorous training schedule on vegetarian or vegan diets.

2 Tomatoes Walk Into A Bar...Veggie Humor

Happy Cow: a few famous quotes, zippy one liners and other silly stuff.
Veggie Rhapsody: may frighten true vegetarians if watched close to a meal!
Veggie Cartoons: okay, here's a collection of vegan, veggie, animal rights and other cartoons on the general theme. yes, it's a stretch!

Learn From Others: Vegetarian Communities Online

Vegetarian Community: Find other folks who have found creative solutions for eating on the road, cooking for meat eaters, etc.
Cool Vegan: A good directory for finding vegan communities both physical and online.
Be Vegan In Hawaii: This is a physical community of 50* families who have chosen a vegan lifestyle on the big island.

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