Wow - some great responses and suggestions already! Thanks!
Erin: Thanks for posting a typical day of food intake! I understand you and Steve are vegans. I'm still deciding whether or not I want to go that far or not. I'll probably decide after my first 30 days. In the mean time, I was planning to consume 2-4 raw free-range eggs per week mixed into my fruit smoothies. I figure that might give me the B12 and some added protein. I've read Steve's posts (and other stuff) on the protein myth, so I do understand animal protein is not really required in our diets.
Yesterday (my first vegetarian day), I had a fruit smoothie for breakfast (banana, strawberries, blueberries, oatmeal, ice and water), lunch was a bunch of raw veggies and fruit (peppers, tomatoes, carrots, orange, apple), and dinner was a large bowl of brown rice with stir fried veggies in an oriental sesame sauce. YUM!
Today, I had oatmeal with real maple syrup and raisins for breakfast. 10am snack was an apple & a banana. I'm planning to have a large assortment of cut up veggies and hummus for lunch. 3pm snack will be assorted nuts, and not sure what yet for dinner.
As I said, my main concern in doing this is the potential B12 and dhe deficiencies I've been reading about. What do you all do, if anything, to make sure you get enough B12 and dhe?
Escapee: Thanks for the info on
The China Study and the other book recommendation. I'll check it out!
Andrew: Thanks for the advice on meat substitutions. I don't really anticipate a huge problem giving up meat. I do love fish, but I'm not upset about not eating it anymore. And nuts (almonds, walnuts, pecans, pistachios, cashews, etc) are some of my favorite things to eat - so that should be easy! Yes, I know, cashews are actually legumes, right?
The biggest dilemma I have is.... If I decide to stick with this partly for ethical reasons, I'll have to decide what to do about my beef jerky business.
Dave