Reply #115: I agree that if you can get the nutrition you need .. [View All]

[gleaner]

from plant sources you should use them first. I don't think that you can generalize based on one study of a closely knit religious community that vegetarians overall are happier because they are vegetarians.

It would be like saying all of us old Quaker women wear little bonnets and dress in gray. Before you can draw a conclusion, you need to see many studies of a wide variety of people. Most people do not see or use nutritionists. I have both MS and Diabetes, so I had to see a Nutritionist. I was told that it was very difficult to manage Diabetes on a strictly vegetarian diet.

However for anyone I recommend going through the Vegan products in your market. I have found salad dressings, soy products and a wide variety of imitation cheeses that I can use. They taste good, they have no cholesterol and I can use them well in my exchange diet. My problem with them now is that they are too expensive for me to afford. My husband and I are on a fixed income and really have to stick to the basics.

Another good thing to do for vegetarians or anyone is to grow a vegetable garden. There is an online store that specializes in natural pest controls like diatamaceos earth, ladybugs, lacewings, encarsia and praying mantis. You can also use Safer Soap which is potassium salts. I had to give up the garden when my husband and I both got too sick to care for it, but it was good while it lasted.