Vegetables Gardening - Growing Organic Vegetables

Hi Everyone!

I agree that everyone's body and it's needs are a little different. We
need to be in tune with what works for our body's physiology. What
works for some, might not for others.

And I am sure we all realize this, but if a person chooses to be a
vegetarian or vegan, you can get all the protein most bodies need, by
including legumes (beans), grains, & nuts, which is considered part of
that diet. I wonder if those who have suffered from a vegetarian diet,
might be focusing on a very narrow supply of veges, or fruits, over a
long period of time, instead of enjoying the wide range of legumes,
grains, nuts, fruits, & vegetables... Even many veges contain at least
some protein... but need to be supplemented with legumes, grains, &
nuts, through out each week, to create a "complete" protein.

Also, the Standard American Diet (SAD ;), I have heard, tends to contain
way too much protein, which can leach calcium from our bones, among
other things....

(Thanks Carmen! Jacob Mittleider was a strict vegetarian and lived to 87. And the thing that killed him had nothing to do with nutrition, so far as I know - JK)

Something to think about.... :D

Happy Gardening!
Carmen in zone 9

--- In MittleiderMethodGardening@yahoogroups.com, Kathy Mayeda
<klmayeda@...> wrote:
>
> The message is not to be a vegetarian or vegan, but to limit the
amount of
> meat. I too feel like I need meat protein. But vegetables offer a
lot in
> the form of nutrition and fiber, and all meat eaters will benefit by
eating
> more veggies.
>
> K.
>

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