http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/09/18/soy-can-damage-your-health.aspx

To an extent Dominique is right. To say in the article ‘For most vegetarians, their diet is primarily made up of vegetables, fruits, grains, legumes, seeds, nuts, fish, and dairy products. Some vegetarians will also consume eggs or even poultry. ‘ Is slightly absurd.

Vegetarians do not eat poultry or fish. At all.

If you eat fish but no meat you are a pescetarian.

If you eat the occasional bit of chicken. Well you are an omnivore.

You then have lacto-veggies who consume dairy but no eggs.
Ovo-veggies who consume eggs but no dairy (or which I am aiming for, currently getting rid of dairy out of my diet).

And Vegan who don’t eat ANY animal products, meat, dairy, egg, honey. They don’t use animal products in their toilitries/make-up anything.

Regarding putting on weight as a Veggie. This is something I am personally struggling with. Not eating cheese/milk and meat is making it incredibly difficult. But if you uptake your calories which I am now going to try and do! It should work!

Here’s a second one for you, from the Encyclopedia Brittanica (read the part below “with or without”)
“vegetarianism, the theory or practice of living solely upon vegetables, fruits, grains, and nuts—with or without the addition of milk products and eggs—generally for ethical, ascetic, environmental, or nutritional reasons. All forms of flesh (meat, fowl, and seafood) are excluded from all vegetarian diets, but many vegetarians use milk and milk products; those in the West usually eat eggs also, but most vegetarians in India exclude them, as did those in the Mediterranean lands in Classical times. Vegetarians who exclude animal products altogether (and likewise avoid animal-derived products such as leather, silk, and wool) are known as vegans.”

And a third one (dictionary.com)… (read the part “in some cases”)
vegetarian [vej-i-tair-ee-uhn] ?
noun
1.
a person who does not eat or does not believe in eating meat, fish, fowl, or, in some cases, any food derived from animals, as eggs or cheese, but subsists on vegetables, fruits, nuts, grain, etc.

It sounds silly to hear someone proclaim ONE single definition as *the* definition, of what is an exclusion-based diet, (as opposed to an Omnivore which includes anything and everything and therefore easier to define), that too based on 1 source (American Heritage), and the 1 source that is based in America, where less than 1% described themselves as vegetarian the year it was first published.

“Over the years many people have tweaked the definition (and thus separated non-meaters into mutliple groups, based on certain dependents) to make themselves feel better about their diet, but it’s still tried and true that REAL vegetarians do not consume meat (products).”

Once again, I am not sure what makes you the authority to proclaim a person/(s) REAL vegetarian/(s) as opposed to fake. Almost every person on the face of the earth with free will and choice, chooses a diet that makes himself/herself feel good about their diet, nothing new here. (including meat-eaters who make use the reasons of protein/health/whatever).

Long story short, life is too short to be constrained to absolutes… at least when it comes to diets.

I do agree about fish/seafood though – sources I have found exclude it from a vegetarian diet.

-S

http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/are-biotech-foods-safe-to-eat

GMOs Causing Mass Crop Die Offs, Infertility, and Miscarriages
The USDA and Secretary of State, Tom Vilsack, ignore warnings and evidence of in-process disaster to crops and animals. What about the implications to human life?
http://www.gaia-health.com/articles451/000455-gmo-crop-dieoffs-infertility-miscarriages.shtml

http://www.rense.com/1.mpicons/acidalka.htm
http://www.acidalkalinediet.com/food-combining-chart?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4dea3672b20b4109%2C0
http://whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=dailytip&dbid=122
http://www.all-about-potatoes.com/types-of-potatoes.html

Do an online search of “best foods to help gain weight” on your own is my biggest advice.

:) Shalom, friends. A healthy gut is a happy body.

i have split my meals into 4 courses..

i heard that eaten too much food together ..wont help me grow fat .. so i have split up my eating timings …is it right ??

i want to gain a lot of weight(its seriously urgent ) so i consume lot of soy product those soy drinks..and eat a lot of carbohydrates……. what is i9t more that i can do to put on weight fast ???

To make a long story short, I have been doing research on the health benefits of spices, vegetables, fruits, and grains. To conclusion I came up with is that I have a fast metabolism which makes it hard to gain and keep weight on. People that are overweight, should not eat heavy foods/meal in the afternoons/evenings because the body slows down its digestive processes when asleep. So those of us underweight, should eat our heavy foods/meals then and ones that have a slower metabolism, should eat their heavy foods/meals in the mornings/noons. No later than 3pm.

I encourage each to do their own research on what I said. One thing that I do strongly encourage everyone to look into is getting probiotic/daily digestive enzyme products to help the body to break down the foods enough for the body to digest and absorb the needed nutrients. This is very important. We have consumed too much processed food with chemicals which were never meant to enter the body. To purge the body of them, find some healthy natural things such as organic herbal teas(with no caffeine) to detox the body. DailyDetox teas. This is what I have been doing. I will list what I am using but remember, it took a long time to get sick like we are, so it will take a while to reverse the damages done to the body. There are no “quick fixes.” Such things actually put the body in shock, so choose wisely what u do.

Do your own research on these:

SPICES
Stevia Plus (healthier than any sugar or honey)
Himalayan Pink Sea Salt
Organic Italian Seasoning (which lists each spice ingredient)
Curry Powder
Cinnamon
Essential oils such as peppermint

Garlic (I love garlic)

Cold pressed olive oil (not processed like others)

EveryDay Detox tea by Traditional Medicinals

Organic raw unfiltered apple cider vinegar (in small doses, healthier than white distilled vinegar)

Carob (a better alternative to chocolate)

Even do research on the nutrition benefits of fruits, vegetables, grains, and nuts for each case.

Here is a website I found that might help.
http://www.rense.com/1.mpicons/acidalka.htm

I apologize for this being so long. Again, I urge each to do their own research on this and adapt to your own needs. Many are gluten intolerant so we go gluten free.

Sincerely, Holly

I stumbled on this vegan diet article which you may find useful. Most notably it discusses what nutrients you may be lacking on a vegan diet (I’m starting some more controversy :P) but it also mentions how to include more protein in your diet which is of particular interest for vegetarians trying to gain muscle mass. The author recommends eating tempeh over tofu, however, I’m unsure how expensive it is.

Hope this helps a bit.

Over the years many people have tweaked the definition (and thus separated non-meaters into mutliple groups, based on certain dependents) to make themselves feel better about their diet, but it’s still tried and true that REAL vegetarians do not consume meat (products).

As for my own personal advice, I do not have a whole lot, thus the reason I stumbled on this site *in search* of effective ways to incorporate weight gaining foods into a vegan/vegetarian diet. I certainly have never found anything that could be afforded by the typical budgeted grocer. If money is of no object – which is rare for a lot of folks these days – the options are close to endless (vegan weight gain mixes – usually run around $50 for 32 ounces or less, vegan weight gain bars, hemp, etc.). For those on a budget, like myself, I really just don’t know unless you resort back to eating liquid meats and solid meats, making you no longer vegetarian. Still looking for some conscious advice…

But David, one thing that Dominique and others pointed out- Fish is NOT apart of a vegetarian diet. You should take that out of the article. if someone is consuming fish, he or she is a MEATEATER. FISH IS MEAT. FISH ARE ANIMALS. PEOPLE WHO EAT FISH ARE OMNIVORES. THEY ARE NOT VEGETARIANS AT ALL WHATSOEVER. Yes there are different types of vegetarians, but fish-eaters ARE NOT one of them. Just thought I’d clear that up.