Is it ok for an 11 year old girl to be vegetarian?
READ: I'm an 11 year old girl and I love animals and I really don't want to eat them. I don't find meat very appetising and when I look at a burger all I see is a piece of a dead cow. I hate the thought of killing animals- I don't even kill spiders, if I see one in the house I catch it in a cup or something and put it back outside instead of stepping on it. I didn't eat any of my chicken at dinner today and my mum went on about how I needed the meat for protein and stuff. Plus i would survive as a vegetarian as i tried some of that vegetarian meat stuff and i liked it. I still don't know if it is alright to be one. Is it ok for me to be a vegetarian at such a young age or do I need to be older? Also could you tell me some vegetarian food that is nice? Thanks! (By the way when I eat meat I'm like Lisa here.)
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Yes you can! I stopped eating meat for a while at your age. Some good brands would be: Amy's for microwaveable food, Morning star or Beyond meat for tacos and other replacements for turkey meat, and Tofurky to replace Turkey/ham for the holidays.
on April 25, 2019
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No it wouldn't be good for your health since you are so young but if that is what you want to do then I support you completely. Maybe you could eat meat once a week instead of giving it up completely. Something you could make is vegetable fried rice. Also eat a lot of eggs if you choose to go vegetarian because it is high in protein.
on November 21, 2018
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I am 11 year old and I'm a girl. I really love animals and I don't want to hurt them. I have never tried to become vegetarian, but I want to save animals. I watched Food INC. What should I do?
on November 16, 2018
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Why not?
And what does it have to do with us?
You should listen to your parents more though, they gave you life...
And what does it have to do with us?
You should listen to your parents more though, they gave you life...
on April 18, 2018
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i am an indian and a particular caste in our country is not supposed to eat meat my best friend is a vegetarian and she is healthy maybe healthier than i am. soya has lots of protein and it is veg though u may feel it is beef!:-Bthen there is vegetarian pastas so don't worry u will not starve +u will have a balanced diet!:D
on April 28, 2017
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yeah. why wouldn't it be? i completely agree with you. you eat beef, and you';re just like: poor daisy! you were a good cow. so i support you. let me know how vegetarianism is treating you.
on April 10, 2015
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I'm an eleven-year-old vegeterian! Though, I'm a boy!
How it the fact that your a boy important?
it's fine, sorry if I sounded mean. That was the judgmental part of me speaking.
on April 10, 2015
Well, the title is "Is it ok for an 11 year old girl to be vegetarian?", soooooooooooo.......I thought I might clear that up? Sorry!
on April 10, 2015
on April 10, 2015
on April 09, 2015
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It's actually very grown-up of you to become a vegetarian.
And vegetarians have less of a chance of getting heart attacks, so becoming one at a younger age could help you live longer.
And vegetarians have less of a chance of getting heart attacks, so becoming one at a younger age could help you live longer.
on April 08, 2015
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I am a veggie. You can get protein from beans, lentils, tofu, the weird veggie meat stuff ( I don't like it) peanut butter, nuts and protein powder. I have been a vegitarian my whole life And I don't know why I'd stop. Here's one tip, only use dairy for protein for one meal a day.
Good luck!! :D
Good luck!! :D
on April 08, 2015
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I want to be vegetarian. Any advice?
Okay, who thumbed this down?
True, even if they do, which they might, they're definatly less aware of what's happening to them thats a pig or cow.
on April 12, 2015
It may have been Roseheart. She thinks vegetarians are hippocrates because plants have feelings too... Which they don't so...
on April 12, 2015
on April 09, 2015
on April 08, 2015
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I am 11, and I'm a vegetarian. I started when I was ten because I saw the movie Food Inc. My mother is a vegan and she has been for three years. I think it's perfectly fine.
What's food inc?
I take that into my resolve to never eat meat (and I don't already) and to never watch that movie so I don't drown every one in my tears. Also one time at a wedding they were roasting a pig they had just killed, my familly had to leave early, me and my twin were crying too hard.
on April 12, 2015
It's a movie that really shows exactly how meat is processed and produced. Less than halfway through, I was in tears. They showed chickens being injected with hormones to make them fatter. They showed the chickens falling over, unable to walk. They showed chickens being killed. :((
on April 12, 2015
on April 12, 2015
on September 18, 2014
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You can be any age to be vegetarian, I'm a pesca terian which means I eat eat fish, but not meat, and yes, you can be a vegetarian whenever your ready to start!
on January 30, 2018