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A vegetarian diet is not necessarily a weight loss diet, but it can be if done properly. Without a complete understanding of vegetarian nutrition it is easy to fall into an unhealthy way of eating. For instance, you can’t just take meat out of your diet without replacing it with a vegetable protein source. Also, if you still consume dairy products, they are loaded with saturated fats and cholesterol.

People will lose weight, whether they are vegetarian or not, if they burn more calories than they eat. The best weight-loss program involves two things: eating less and exercising more. However, don’t excessively restrict your calories because it will only cause your metabolism to slow down.

Polynesian Salad with Curry Dressing

Ingredients

Organic lettuce
1 whole banana
1/4 cup of walnuts
1/3 cucumber, sliced
1/3 carrot, sliced
A handful of raisins
1/3 stalk of celery, sliced

Curry Dressing:
1 Tablespoon curry powder
1/2 a teaspoon of sea salt
1 apple, core and chop
1 clove garlic or 1/4 teaspoon of crushed garlic
1 tablespoon of ginger
1 cup of olive oil
Lemon juice from 1 lemon

Directions:

Salad: Mix together all ingredients. Top with curry dressing. Add coconut if you like.

For the Dressing: Add the apple to a food processor and run on highest setting. Add spices, oil and lemon juice. Mix until creamy.

You can add more of the veggies to make more salad. The dressing makes enough for several servings.

Serves: 1

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By using a vegetable soup diet you can lose weight and load up on nutrients.
You can choose to do an exclusive vegetable soup diet, or you can simply replace a few of your meals. However, there are a keep a few things in mind.

Purchasing canned vegetable soup from the store is not a good way to approach a true vegetable soup diet. The sodium content is very high and the vegetable content is low.

Standard vegetable soup diet recipes tend to involve adding a lot of salt to the mix causing the broth to once again contain a high level of sodium. And many vegetable soup diet recipes call for potato’s which may not help with your goal is to lose.

For the vegetable soup diet, use a food processor and/or juicer. If you use a juicer, what happens is you get a puree juice from the vegetables, and you also get the left over “pulp” as well. This makes it perfect for a vegetable soup diet. You get both the broth and leftover vegetable chunks at the same time.

Of course for your vegetable soup diet you can also add your own cut up fresh vegetables. A tomato soup done this way with fresh broccoli and bits of green pepper is great for the vegetable soup diet. You can also add in some fresh herbs or spices and you have a very unique, tasty, and filling vegetable soup diet that you’d never find in a can.

Before starting any diet, ask your doctor.

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