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Originally Posted by Phage
All I am pointing out is that meats are concentrated nutrients and can be much more convenient rather than trying to strategically plan your meals.
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Not entirely true. Meat is mostly just protein and iron. Any vegetarian meal I eat on a daily basis has the nutrients I need. I don't plan my meals at all. I hate even thinking about planning food combinations.
I think that the very fact of BEING a vegetarian gives you so many more items to try that more than satisfy the RDAs for most people. When people eat meat, it is the main dish, the focus of the meal. Because veggie people don't have that focus, there can be more/different items on the plate that, in all likelihood, more than compliment eachother nutrition-wise.
Take last night's meal, for example. My husband and I went to a new Mediterranean restaurant (as part of our Wed night tradition of trying a new restaurant). He had a chicken swarma or something and his plate came with two piles of meat and a couple of sauces. I had a vegetarian plate and had, moussaka, a lentil and rice dish, hummus, falafel, dolmas and some greens. I had no doubt that my meal was more healthful and more nutrient rich than his.
On the whole, it is my firm belief that vegetarian meals are far more varied and healthy than meat based meals.