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Embrace a world where eating well doesn’t just mean fulfilling hunger, but nourishing your body and soul. Our vegetarian meal plan is meticulously designed for those who seek to indulge in the richness of plant-based nutrition without sacrificing flavor or variety. Each meal is a testament to the versatility of vegetables, fruits, legumes, and grains, turning every dish into a vibrant, nutrient-packed feast. Whether you’re a lifelong vegetarian or looking to incorporate more plant-based meals into your life, our meal plan is your gateway to a healthier, more sustainable lifestyle. Dive into a culinary adventure that is as kind to your body as it is to the planet.
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This meal plan features grains, fresh vegetables, and lean proteins. It’s a journey to the Mediterranean with every bite, ensuring your nourishment is both colorful and flavorful.
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Our Spicy Indian Vegetarian plan is a celebration of the rich, aromatic spices that define Indian cuisine. Experience meals packed with flavor and bursting with nutrients!
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This plan reinvents your favorite comfort foods into healthy meals that don’t compromise on taste, making it easy to eat well and enjoy life.
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Before starting your weight loss journey with a well designed vegetarian meal, you should know a few things about it. Let’s dive into the world of greens!
What is a vegetarian diet?
A vegetarian meal focuses on a plant-based diet. You have to exclude meat and other products, such as fish and poultry. A person following vegetarian diets would include fruits, grains, legumes, nuts and seeds.
Types of vegetarian diet:
Vegetarian diets have its variants. A person can choose as per their preference. Here are a few vegetarian that you can choose from:
Lacto-ovo diet:
Lacto-ovo vegetarian diet includes only dairy products (lacto) and eggs (ovo) but does not include meat, fish or poultry. Their diet includes plant based foods such as fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, diary and eggs.
Lacto-vegetarian:
Lacto-vegetarian diet includes fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, and dairy products like milk, cheese, yogurt but does not include meat, poultry or even eggs.
Ovo-vegetarian diet:
Ovo vegetarian diet does not include fish, poultry and dairy products but includes eggs in their regular diet of fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes, nuts, seeds and eggs.
Vegan diet:
Vegans take their diet seriously. They are not just vegetarians, they are vegans! Veganism is the top notch category in vegetarian diets. They not only exclude meat, poultry or fish, but animal products and byproducts as well including milk, honey and yogurt. Vegan diet includes fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and plant-based alternatives of animal products like soy or coconut milk instead of dairy milk.
Benefits of Vegetarian Diet:
A vegetarian diet can help a lot of people with its multiple health benefits. Here are a few of them:
Weight management:
If you are looking to lose weight, you know you have to make some dietary changes. Going all vegetarian could be a good option as vegetarian diets can be effective not only for losing weight but also for maintaining it throughout.
Plant based diets are a good source of nutrients considering you are eating a balanced vegetarian diet. Plant based food is low in calories and higher in fiber that can promote satiety and prevent obesity by controlling calorie consumption and untimely eating.
Improved heart health:
A plant based diet has low saturated fats and cholesterol; hence improving blood pressure which is associated with the risk of heart diseases. Including a vegetarian diet in your lifestyle would help you reduce the risk associated with your heart health.
Improved digestion:
Vegetarian diet is a fiber rich diet. It includes legumes, fruits, vegetables, and whole grains that are a rich source of fiber. A vegetarian diet will increase your intake of fiber that will promote regular bowel movements and improved digestion. You will also experience a healthy gut microbiome promoting overall health.
Reasons to Switch to a Vegetarian Diet:
People often have this misconception that for health reasons a person has to add meat and related products in their diet. But it is not at all necessary. A plant based diet is packed with all the essential nutrients that a person needs for better functioning of their bodies.
Even if you are looking to shed off a few pounds from your body, vegetarian foods can be your friend. People have various reasons for switching to a vegetarian diet and weight loss is one of them.
Consuming a vegetarian diet has multiple health benefits as mentioned above including prevention of chronic diseases like obesity, heart diseases, type 2 diabetes, certain cancers.
Foods to Include in a Vegetarian Diet:
Fruits:
A vegetarian diet consists of fruits as they are a rich source of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and dietary fiber. Incorporate a variety of fruits in your diet that can give you a substantial amount of essential nutrients. Including fruits like apples, bananas, berries etc.. Keep your diet full of seasonal fruits as every seasonal fruit is good for your health.
Vegetables:
You have a wide range of vegetables to add in your vegetarian diet. A balanced diet will include leafy green vegetables, cruciferous vegetables, and root vegetables. Vegetables are an essential source of vitamins including vitamin A, C, K; minerals such as potassium, magnesium and fiber.
Include vegetables like spinach, kale, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, carrot, sweet potatoes, bell peppers, tomatoes, zucchini.
Whole grains:
A vegetarian diet will include various options of whole grains including brown rice, quinoa, oats, whole wheat etc.
Legumes:
Legumes are a rich source of protein. Those who are on a vegetarian diet should include protein rich beans, lentils, chickpeas, kidney beans, black beans etc. Lentils are also an excellent source of protein to consume while in the process of weight loss.
Nuts and seeds:
Nuts and seeds are a healthy source of fats to include in your diet. Add nuts like almonds, walnuts, cashews, pistachios, peanuts, and seeds like chia seeds, flaxseeds, hemp seeds, pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds as a part of your vegetarian diet.
Dairy products:
Dairy products are a rich source of protein and calcium. You can add milk, cheese, and yogurt in your vegetarian diet.
You can also choose from dairy alternatives like almond milk, oat milk, soy milk, coconut milk as an alternative to dairy milk.
Foods not to Include in Vegetarian Food:
Meat:
A vegetarian diet does not include beef, pork, lamb, or any other animal.
Poultry:
Poultry like chicken, turkey, duck, goose or any other domesticated birds are not included in a vegetarian diet.
Seafood:
Fishes, shrimp, salmon, tuna, lobster and all other aquatic animals are not included in vegetarian diets.
The above mentioned are some of the general foods that are not included in a vegetarian diet.
How Can We Help?
We at Desi Nutrition help people in their weight loss journey by providing meals crafted by our culinary experts and designed by our certified nutritionists and dietitians.
A vegetarian diet should be taken under the supervision of medical experts to get the desired results. Our certified team of nutritionists and culinary experts collaborate to give our customers the meal plan that aligns with their fitness goals.
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