Probably every beginner vegetarian repeatedly could listen to the arguments against the rejection of the use of meat - they are all fairly typical: "meat to eat necessarily, or where the body get protein?", "In Siberia without meat - freeze", "a real man should eat meat , "" our ancestors ate and we were told to, "" do not eat meat - do not you grow up, "" without meat does not build up muscle, the meat is necessary for physical work! " and many other such stereotypes, soaked the majority of inhabitants in childhood and passed on from generation to generation.
Despite the large number of people have already put years of experiment in vegetarianism "in itself," many supporters of meat-eating is still sincerely think that vegetarians simply chose for themselves a long and painful punishment.
Now let's see how justified or unfounded fears about the inferiority of vegetarian food.
Probably the first to claim a lack of popularity of meat in the diet - so-called essential amino acids.
These are amino acids that are essential for building the body needs for normal functioning of the protein. For an adult eight essential amino acids, for children - added an additional 2. However, contrary to popular belief, the source of all the essential amino acids are so many foods, including - plant.
In general, the reason is that the protein is found exclusively in meat, but look closely at the packaging of any food stores - on all of them indicate the number of proteins, fats and carbohydrates per 100 g, and is almost never such that the protein contained 0. Yes, often in animal protein contains more than vegetable, but this is not to say that much of the protein the body needs, so that he is able to digest and assimilate. Moreover, the results of studies of the protein in the diet and vegetarians and meat-eaters usually contains too many (1.5 - 2 times more than the body can absorb.)
The second argument against vegetarianism - allegedly threatening to give up meat beriberi.
Especially frightening somehow deficient vitamin B. Indeed, in plant foods contain vitamins of this group is not very much (and still contains), but this vitamin successfully produce directly inside the body's own healthy gut flora (and the transition to vegetarianism in the gut microflora naturally heals), so make vegetarian vitamin deficiency will be difficult.
And the third reason - it is the lack of iron, and as a consequence - low blood hemoglobin, iron deficiency anemia and other troubles.
Meanwhile, iron is also found in so many products, not just in the meat. And even more, in order to "raise the hemoglobin" advise eating pomegranates (and pomegranate juice), red beet (and its juice), walnuts, mushrooms, apricots, peaches, persimmons, green apples, buckwheat, fresh greens, and even - potatoes. (!) And while there is no word on the recommendations to eat a lot of meat for this. And it is - the official, recognized recommendations.
I will add a couple of tips on how to increase the number of still absorb iron from food (and this refers not only plant products, and meat as well).
Very positively to the iron-digesting food affects its combination with products that have a high content of vitamin C, and in general - with acidic in taste. This combination can significantly improve the absorption of iron from food consumed, up to the level required by the body.
It should be remembered that the use of both with food black or green tea (or any foods rich in tannin) significantly affects uptake of iron (as tannin in combination with iron forms an insoluble mixture). Coffee has a similar effect, but to a lesser degree. So if you like to drink tea or coffee, it is better to do it for a couple of hours before or after a meal. About the same effect on the absorption of iron from iron-containing products has simultaneous use with milk and its derivatives - dairy products
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