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There are plenty of reasons to consider feeding vegetarian cat food to your kitty. We all know cats and dogs to be carnivorous animals that need meat to survive in the wild. The reason for this is that cats and other domesticated animals don't have the access to information that we do. Meat natrually provides them with the essential nutrients, fat and energy their bodies need to survive.Many vegetarian animal activists are switching to vegetarian cat food, in an effort to completely stop supporting commercial meat production and animal testing. Not everyone will agree with this line of thinking, but some people feel it's hypocritical to keep an animal as a friend on one hand, while supporting other products (cow farming, pet food manufacturing, etc) on the other. Cats only need a couple of key nutrients from meat in order to maintain health.If you're going to switch your cat to [Read More..]

As with all other food options, healthy vegetarian cooking is dependent on the right types of food. In other words having solely vegetarian food and not have the right nutrition is like consuming copious quantities of animal foodstuffs devoid of the necessary vegetables.As with the meat eater, vegetarians call for the diversity and the correct combinations of foods to be healthy. The best place to begin is the food pyramid.The foundation of the pyramid is what you should eat most of. In the instance of vegetarian cooking this foundation is made up of grains, foods made from cereals, fruits and vegetables.Grain foods feature wheat, rice, barley, corn, oats, rye, millet and buckwheat. These foods from grain can be pasta, bread and whole grains.The next tier of the pyramid for vegetarians are foods which should be eaten in moderation. These are dairy food, legumes, nuts and eggs.Dairy products like milk, yogurt [Read More..]

It is hard enough to change your lifestyle and not eat meat. However, shopping for food and recognizing non-meat foods can be challenging as well.The first thing you should do is to find substitutes for your favorite foods. Of course the main source in a non-meat diet is vegetables but that is not the only food you can eat. There are actually many non-meat foods and veggie alternatives. Remember that you don't have to eat bland food just because you have chosen not to eat meat.Vegetarians need to eat foods that contain protein because plant proteins are hard to digest. While a nutritional label may tell you that the pasta has 5 grams of protein per serving you may only be getting 2-3 grams of protein, which means you need other sources of proteins.Vegetarians have to look for "protein-fortified or artificially infused protein. Now supermarkets offer a variety of protein [Read More..]