VEGETARIAN AND HEALTHY, IT IS POSSIBLE

 
  While some advocate vegetarianism for a healthy and beneficial for the environment and body lifestyle, others think that this diet is not balanced enough and that deficiencies are too frequent . Can you be a vegetarian while staying healthy? Absolutely, says Isabelle Huot , doctor and founder of nutrition clinical nutrition Kilo Solution in Montreal. Simply pay attention to protein.

A question of balance

  Vegetarianism is a food diet that excludes animal flesh without excluding animal products such as eggs , milk and cheese derivatives. Certain vitamins and trace elements , like Vitamin B12 or zinc, are very easily in the meat . When you are vegetarian, so make sure to properly replace these vitamins and minerals. "The vegetarian should never forget vegetable protein like nuts, legumes, grains and tofu ," says Isabelle Huot. " A lack of protein can bring adverse effects to an individual as a lack of concentration and general weakness ," she adds .

About flexibility

  Vegetarianism offers very healthy eating habits as the most frequent consumption of lean as well as fruits and vegetables vegetable proteins. Ideal for a healthy diet is to adopt the flexitarianism by Isabelle Huot. "Being a flexitarian is like being a part-time vegetarian , very little meat and fish are included in our diet but it does not exclude them completely either. We may be consumed once a week or every two weeks , "says nutritionist.

  The flexitarianism is a diet that brings more and more followers . Easier and more accessible than a strict vegetarian diet, the flexitarianism allows us to discover a multitude of foods. In this regard, we refer to the new Vegetarian book sometimes, often or passionately actor Vincent Graton and celebrity chef Jérôme Ferrer, with the participation of Isabelle Huot ( Editions La Presse) . Filled with recipes and advice, this book seeks to change the perception that some have compared to vegetarianism. "The purpose of this book is to rediscover vegetarianism as a healthy but also tasty way to eat his food . It was written to teach the Epicurean how to become vegetarian without getting bored . " To put in the hands of all carnivores convinced !