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    Going Vegetarian: A Healthy Guide to Making the Switch
    Going Vegetarian: A Healthy Guide to Making the Switch
    Going Vegetarian: A Healthy Guide to Making the Switch
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    Going Vegetarian: A Healthy Guide to Making the Switch

    By Dana Meachen Rau

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    Vegetarian food is good for you and for the planet. But if you're thinking of revolutionizing your diet, you need to get the facts first. Learn about the benefits and challenges of a diet that does not include red meat, poultry, or fish. Helpful tips, delicious vegetarian recipes, and how tos will make the switch so much easier. Want to change the world? Now you can, one plate at a time.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateJul 1, 2014
    ISBN9780756550837
    Going Vegetarian: A Healthy Guide to Making the Switch
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    Dana Meachen Rau

    Dana Meachen Rau is an author, editor, and illustrator of children’s books. She has written more than 100 books for children, many of them nonfiction in subjects including astronomy, history, and geography, as well as numerous biographies. She lives in Burlington, Connecticut, with her husband and two children.

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      Book preview

      Going Vegetarian - Dana Meachen Rau

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      CONTENTS

      1 Meatless Meals

      2 Why Vegetarian?

      3 Know Your Nutrients

      4 Making the Cut

      5 Up for the Challenge

      Metric Conversions

      Glossary

      Read More

      Internet Sites

      Index

      CHAPTER ONE

      MEATLESS

      MEALS

      THE SCHOOL CAFETERIA BUZZES WITH THE CHATTER OF FRIENDS. Some kids wait in the long lunch line to pick up a cheeseburger from the grill. One girl snags a plate of chicken nuggets. A boy pays for a ham sandwich at the checkout.

      But not Jenna. This seventh -grader is already at her table, unpacking her lunch from home. She brings it every day because she’s decided to go vegetarian. The cafeteria doesn’t offer many meatless choices for her.

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      My friends call me crazy, Jenna says, but they get it. She eats her Greek yogurt, cheese sticks, and fruit while her friends eat from the school lunch menu. It’s not easy to eat differently from everyone else. But Jenna’s not alone. In fact, on the other side of the same cafeteria, Hanako is unpacking her vegetarian lunch too—peanut butter and a bagel. Her friends support her choice to go vegetarian. Other than everyone joking around, she says, they respect my decision.

      More and more teenagers are deciding to switch to meals without meat. Are you thinking of going vegetarian too?

      VARIETY OF VEGETARIANS

      Americans eat a lot of meat. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, we consumed a total of 26.9 billion pounds of beef in 2009 alone. Check out what’s on an American menu: bacon, sausage, or ham for breakfast, deli meat sandwiches for lunch, steak tips, chicken breast, pork chops, or barbeque ribs for dinner. Summer picnic tables are stacked with hot dogs and hamburgers. Chilly winters bring beef stew or chicken soup. Meat is at the center of many meals.

      Some people have had enough meat. They’ve decided to go vegetarian. Not all vegetarians follow the same guidelines. Some have decided to remove all types of meat from their diets. That means red meat, poultry, fish, and shellfish. Some still eat meat once in a while, and others don’t count fish as meat.

      Chicken consumption has been on the increase since the 1970s. The national average has climbed from 40.2 pounds per person in 1970 to 86.5 pounds per person in 2007.

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      Move over, meat! Vegetables and

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