A young veggie looks for help in VRG website. (letters).Hello. My name is Valarie. About two years ago, I decided to finally give up all meat. I had been slowly dropping different types of meat since I was four, starting with pork. I'm 15 now. I've done a lot of reading and research on vegetarianism vegetarianism, theory and practice of eating only fruits and vegetables, thus excluding animal flesh, fish, or fowl and often butter, eggs, and milk. In a strict vegetarian, or vegan, diet (i.e. , and I would very much so like to take the next step and become vegan vegan /veg·an/ (ve´gan) (vej´an) a vegetarian whose diet excludes all food of animal origin. ve·gan n. . But I have a slight problem, my father strongly disapproves of me being a vegetarian. He says it is unhealthy, and he has forbidden me to become a vegan. He has always let me do what I wish, but now that he realizes I'm serious about what I'm doing, he doesn't like it. So the reason I'm writing this to you is because VRG VRG Varig (Viacao Aerea Rio-Grandense, Brazil, ICAO code) VRG Vegetarian Resource Group VRG Ventral Respiratory Group VRG Vaccinia-Rabies Glycoprotein (gene) VRG Vision Research Group VRG Vortex Ring Gun is one of the best sites I've visted and I think you might be of some help. You see, the only way I can remain veggie as I am, is that I have to prove to my dad that it is a healthy diet choice. And I would do this myself, but I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. where to begin, or even how to put together a journal of my day-to-day diet, as he has requested of me. If you can help me in any way, even if it's only a point in the right direction, please respond to this. Thank you. Valarie, via e-mail VRG responded by providing pamphlets including The American Dietetic Association The American Dietetic Association (ADA) is the United States' largest organization of food and nutrition professionals, with nearly 65,000 members. Approximately 75 % of ADA's members are registered dietitians and about 4 % are dietetic technicians, registered. Position Paper on Vegetarian Diets (1997), available at <www.vrg.org/nutrition/adapaper.htm>, and all the brochures and information available on our site at <www.vrg.org/nutshell>. Because Valarie is a teenager, we also directed her to our brochure, Vegetarian Nutrition Vegetarian nutrition is the set of health-related challenges and advantages of vegetarian diets. Evidence suggests that vegetarians are generally healthier and live longer than non-vegetarians. for Teenagers, available at <www.vrg.org/nutrition/ teennutrition.htm>, and the special young adults' section of the website, <www.vrg.org/family/kidsindex.htm>. VALARIE'S RESPONSE Thank you so much for your help. Everything is working out great for me. My dad was so impressed that I may just get to become a vegan after all. This site has done so much for me, and I'd like to congratulate everyone that put it together for inspiring many young adults. I took the liberty of sending a link of your page to all of my friends, some of whom are already vegetarians. Many of the ones that received the link e-mailed me back today, telling me they just might try vegetarianism or veganism “Vegan” redirects here. For other uses, see Vegan (disambiguation). Veganism (also strict or pure vegetarianism) is a philosophy and lifestyle that seeks to exclude the use of animal derived products for food, clothing, or any other purpose. . Even my boyfriend is going to try to be vegan as soon as I start. I'm so happy and so very excited, and I wouldn't have been able to do any of this without the help of VRG or you, so once again, thank you. Valarie, via e-mail |
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