Welcome to the July 26, 2010 edition of “A Vegetarian or Vegan Diet Carnival”. Every two weeks I will be publishing this carnival with the best submissions from other blogs. Here is the information, in case you would like to submit a post to a future edition of the carnival. Anything related to vegetarian/vegan topics [...]

I have been on a vegan weight loss plan for 6 weeks now, and I have lost 8 pounds. I think that is really good. It is an average of a little over a pound a week. It is not good to lose weight much more quickly than that. I have lost the weight without [...]

It is easy to make low calorie vegetarian meals to help with your weight loss. There are many vegetarian cookbooks around that will give you easy to prepare recipes. Here are a couple to get you started: 20 Minutes to Dinner: Quick, Low-Fat, Low-Calorie Vegetarian Meals 1,001 Low-Fat Vegetarian Recipes: Delicious, Easy-to-Make, Healthy Meals for [...]

There are several different types of vegetarian diets.  Here are some of them: Pollo-Vegetarians.   All vegetarians have in common that they don’t eat meat, but some define meat differently than others.  Pollo-Vegetarians will eat poultry, chicken, for example. photo credit: Hejl Pesco-Vegetarians or Pescatarians. They don’t eat any “meat”, but they do eat fish. Lacto-Ovo-Vegetarians.  [...]

Late Summer Fruit Recipes – Here are some really yummy fruit recipes!! Why You Shouldn’t Eat Processed Foods – Ugh – no wonder processed foods are so bad for you. The Healthy Lunch Box – 5 Ideas For A Week Of Healthy Lunches For You And The Kids – I like these snack ideas 7 [...]

I believe that a vegetarian diabetic diet plan can be one of the best plans you could consider if you have diabetes. Especially the diet plan by Dr. Neal Barnard that I discussed in a previous post. I myself have reduced my blood sugar levels with Dr. Barnard’s diet. I think you do have to [...]

What is the relationship between being a vegetarian and weight loss? Well, the two do not necessarily go hand in hand. photo credit: Bob B. Brown You would think that all you would have to do would be to become a vegetarian to lose weight, but it is not guaranteed to work that way. You [...]

Can you lose weight on a vegan diet? You bet you can! In fact, it is very easy, as I am experiencing myself. As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I have already lost 6 pounds, and I have only been doing this diet for a month so far. photo credit: Muffet The trick to losing [...]

I just read a great book on a vegan diet for diabetics. It is called “Dr. Neal Barnard’s Program for Reversing Diabetes”, by Neal D. Barnard, MD. In fact, this is the book that got me started on a vegan diet. I was already on a vegetarian diet, but I was not losing any weight. [...]

Here are some great tips for going vegetarian, for those of you that are hesitating: photo credit: joannapoe Start by not eating meat every day.  Start having a few meatless days to help you get used to eating vegetarian meals. Write down some vegetarian meals that you like.  This way, you will have ideas for [...]