How Do You Become A Gradual Vegetarian?
The decision to become a vegetarian is sometimes easy; sometimes difficult. To become a vegetarian overnight is the hardest way to go, especially if you’ve been a meat eater all of your life. Whether you are becoming a vegetarian because of social conscience or because of health concerns, the easiest way is to do it gradually. Even if you never make it to a full vegetarian lifestyle, these tips will help you along your way. Step 1 Decide first if you wish to become a vegetarian or a vegan. A vegan excludes all dairy and eggs from their diet, while a vegetarian may eat one and not the other or happily eat both. Step 2 Start your journey by eating one quick to fix vegetarian meal a week. This should be a dinner, not lunch or breakfast. Step 3 Replace an additional red meat dinner with either chicken or fish. Step 4 Approach week two the same way. This week make two vegetarian dinners and at least one vegetarian lunch. Drop another red meat dinner. Step 5 Continue this plan until all of y