Vegetarian Primal... Help! page

[Kitbug]

First... I am NOT. vegetarian. I do not want to be (which I feel makes this even harder). But, I still live at home and cannot have meat of any kind in the house (this includes all sea creatures). I try to eat meat from decent places out of the house a couple times a week, but I can't really afford to eat out more than that.

I'm not trying to lose weight -- just be healthier. I feel better when I eat primal. What I'm wondering, though, is your opinions on reincorporating a few meals a week of things like beans and rice? I know they aren't fantastic, but it would help a lot. I worry about not getting enough protein, and although I supplement with protein powder, it's so expensive. And the rice could help bulk up things like veggie stir-fry or I could do Spanish rice with burrito filling.

Should I just try reincorporating some higher starch/carby things that don't contain gluten and just see how my body feels and go by that? Do you guys have specific suggestions? Pretty, pretty please?

[Drumroll]

Do they allow dairy products and/or eggs at your house? If so, learn to love eggs (especially Farmer's Market eggs), plain yoghurt (without added sugars, add your own fresh herbs for flavor), and of course, in small amounts, cheese!

Mark has long said that while vegan is hard to do in a primal sense, it's not impossible to theoretically do the diet as a vegetarian willing to incorporate eggs and dairy for protein sources. It just means a LOT of eggs...

[Kitbug]

I already eat eggs and I make my own organic whole milk yogurt. The problem I then have is variety. So I have yogurt for one meal, and eggs and veggies for another... well... what's meal 3? I haven't made it to where I can IF yet. I haven't even cut out snacks yet. Sometimes I do steamed veggies with home made primal cheese sauce... but I'm suffering from a serious lack of variety.

[zoebird]

I would say that you could make a third meal out of sweet potato "fries" and hollendaise or mayo (home made) which are egg based, will get the fat/protein up, and overall be yummy.

You can use the whites to make macaroons -- there's not much to macaroons. And, it's a nice "treat" really. I have added more coconut flour or coconut flakes in lieu of sugar, so you can always decrease the amount of sweet. I like mine more "coconut" than sugar.

While your carbs might be up -- i don't know what your needs are -- it gives you another way to eat these foods that's not "typical".

And if you want to consume beans and rice, then do.

[EyeOfRound]

Well, I don't know what your ethics are, but mine surely wouldn't prevent me from stocking up on cans of tuna under my mattress.

[Drumroll]

I already eat eggs and I make my own organic whole milk yogurt. The problem I then have is variety. So I have yogurt for one meal, and eggs and veggies for another... well... what's meal 3? I haven't made it to where I can IF yet. I haven't even cut out snacks yet. Sometimes I do steamed veggies with home made primal cheese sauce... but I'm suffering from a serious lack of variety.

Do you have a local salad bar that you can hit up cheaply? I have one and I love it. That could make a good option for a third meal. I mean, not daily, but on occasion. They have shredded tuna as an option to sprinkle on the veggies which could make a good protein source as well as hard boiled eggs and cheese.

[peril]

There are much worse things than beans and rice. Feel free to indulge in those until you have greater control over your meals.

You can improve these by soaking or sprouting ala Weston A Price Foundation recommendations. Perhaps suggest to your gaolers that they buy Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon

[jammies]

There are much worse things than beans and rice. Feel free to indulge in those until you have greater control over your meals.

You can improve these by soaking or sprouting ala Weston A Price Foundation recommendations. Perhaps suggest to your gaolers that they buy Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon

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[js290]

First... I am NOT. vegetarian. I do not want to be (which I feel makes this even harder). But, I still live at home and cannot have meat of any kind in the house (this includes all sea creatures). I try to eat meat from decent places out of the house a couple times a week, but I can't really afford to eat out more than that.

I'm not trying to lose weight -- just be healthier. I feel better when I eat primal. What I'm wondering, though, is your opinions on reincorporating a few meals a week of things like beans and rice? I know they aren't fantastic, but it would help a lot. I worry about not getting enough protein, and although I supplement with protein powder, it's so expensive. And the rice could help bulk up things like veggie stir-fry or I could do Spanish rice with burrito filling.

Should I just try reincorporating some higher starch/carby things that don't contain gluten and just see how my body feels and go by that? Do you guys have specific suggestions? Pretty, pretty please?

Just avoid the bad stuff...

Now let’s compare that “avoid” list with what Kurt Harris refers to as the three neolithic agents of disease—the modern nasties driving many of our health woes:

• Excess fructose
• Excess linoleic acid (typically from high-omega-6 oils like soybean oil)
• Wheat or gluten

Ancestral or “paleo” diets specifically eliminate all three. Incidentally, the near-vegan diets with a track record for fighting disease eliminate the first two. And in many cases, they inadvertently slash wheat intake by promoting a more diverse spectrum of grains, tubers, and legumes than the average person on an industrialized diet consumes (in which grain products are overwhelmingly wheat-based).

Personally, I would avoid all grains because you may not know which one you'll have reactions to. I don't have any obvious problems with wheat, but definitely problems with brown rice and sorghum.

[CaveWeirdo]

If your guardians won't let you buy your own meat, and your own pan to cook it in, with your own money, then you need to move out asap. I respect some people have spiritual/ethical beliefs but they cannot justify forcing someone else to eat in a way that will make them malnourished. You have the right to eat what you want.