Jesus Moreno
Angela Guerrero
Humanities
10/22/2010
Abstract
This essay will be talking about how any kind of vegetarian diet affect your overall outcome at sports, how to get all the organic compounds, vitamins and minerals you need to intake that you miss out during a vegetarian diet, where to get them and if it is better to get them naturally or from supplements. Maybe I may not be a vegetarian, but as of right now I’m trying out different diets to see which one suits me better, since I’m starting out in cycling. The only one I haven’t tried out are vegetarian diets, that is the main point of why I chose this topic, to learn about the diet and overall learn What if I change over to a vegetarian diet, how can it help me.
I was raised in a omnivore diet, in fact my whole family is completely omnivore, we don’t believe you need meat to develop yourself or to be stronger, or be better at school, we eat it because we like it, that is it. My whole point of view on meat is that if I like it, i will eat it. Now tell any football player to leave meat, and just be a vegetarian, what will be his answer? -you are crazy! how am I supposed to intake all my calories and therefore build muscle!- this answer gets to be a lack of knowledge, since meat is more like, fat and proteins “no meat is a truly low-fat food” (Silverstone 16) so don’t fall for those false advertisments on supposed -low fat meat- It doesn’t exist, what does exist is reduced fat meat. I’ve recently picked up cycling, and ask me how tired I get to my house after a couple hours going around the Eastlake lake or just on the road, man is it tiring and i’ve been trying out all this different diets, to see which one suits me better, the one and only i haven’t tried out is a vegetarian diet so for the sake of seeing what difference there is between vegetarian and omnivore diets i”ve decided to reaserch on the topic. To be real with you, im not planing on going vegetarian, as of right now, maybe down the road my mind changes, but as of right now, omnvibore is my way to go. Now cyclist need so many proteins to burn, i know some friends that are cyclist and would eat as a normal dinner about 1 pound of meat, a cup of spaghetti, one litre of milk and maybe throw in some bread, and believe it or not this is a nutriolgist diet specially made to fit their needs. Now one of them is what we would call a lacto-ovo-vegetarian meaning he drinks dairy products, eggs and plants, now his dinner would be almost same as everyone else but instead of the meat he would just replace it with some tofu maybe a protein shake and he would still get all his proteins, lipids, carbohydrates and vitamins he needs maybe he would have to take some vitamins in form of pills but still he wouldn’t eat meat, and perfom as good as everyone else.
Being a vegetarian does not have a negative effect on your overall outcome in sports, in fact it is the whole opposite, it gives you a positive outcome since meat has a lot of fat and it takes more time to metabolise, this gives your body bad body mass. Vegetarianism is known also for being super low in fat, and high in natural vitamins, minerals and organic compounds, which is bassicaly what athletes are looking for, low in fat high in carbohydrates and proteins.
When talking about vegetarian we all think about people eating no more than salad and fruits, but it is more than that, “Vegetarianism refers to voluntary abstinence from eating meat.” (Dupler), yes only meat, that doesn’t mean you cant drink milk, eat bread, chocolate, all kinds of food that doesn’t contain meat. If people think about what they eat each day probably not even 1/4 of our intake is coming from meat.
“Lacto-ovo vegetarians supplement their diet with dairy (lactose) products and eggs (ovo). Vegans (pronounced vee-guns) do not eat any animal-derived products at all.” (Douglas). This statement gives vegetarianism a world of possibilities when talking about what to eat, simple as no meat that is it just find other food that are not derivered from meat and use that to fill you in. “ Flesh has a unique texture, taste, and density. Some people say that, for a couple of months, they have a little difficulty feeling truly satisfied by a meatless meal” ( Silverstone 32) this might be the only discomfort someone might feel by going into a vegetarian diets, but now if you ask a vegetarian if they remember that feeling after one or two years into the lifestile, they wont even remember that unsatisfied feeling. One of the main reasons for this feeling is that meat takes longer to metabolise than vegetables, so by eating meat someone might say, you are “fuller” for a longer period of time.
“Meat is intense. As the muscle of another creature, it generates a certain type of warm and agresive energy in us before it settles and does its damage. Plant foods are calmer and lighter and fuel us in a very different way” (Silverstone 33). This is such an intense quote, since it gives you this new understandig of why most athletes think they won’t make it without meat. It is like that feeling you get after doing all this workout and you just crave some animal meat, because it gives you like this agresive energy boost, sort of like a energy drink, but without all this additives, or if you consider how cows are feed hormones, then pretty much a energy drink, just with different additives.
“ It may be difficult to get enough of some vitamins and minerals while on a vegetarian or vegan diet” ( vegetarian diet 1). In order to get as many vitamins, minerals and proteins are specially hard to get while on a vegetarian diet, since you delete one of the main sources of proteins, the best thing to do is find plants or supplements that contain this organic molecules, one of the best natural sources would be soy beans, examples of this would be tofu and soy milk. For the vitamins and minerals some cereals and substitutes of milk are enriched in these and are easy to find on the super market since when they are enriched with some sort of supplement they mark it on the boxes.
There are several vitamins or minerals that are hard to find if you are on a vegetarian diet, some of these would be omega oils, which you get by eating fish only, for this kinds of cases you would need to find a omega oil vegetarian suplement since the “normal” omega oils are made out of fish.
“ An appropriate diet for most athletes consists of a minimum of 2000 calories per day; 55-65% should come from carbohydrates, 15-20% from protein, and 20-30% from fats”(frey). This percentages can vary from athlete to athlete but by deleting meat from a diet you reduce fats, and in a significant amount since meats are basicaly fats from other animals and proteins. Vegetables in the other side, do contain fats and proteins, but the level of fats they contain are so minimum that the metabolic process they go through is faster than with meats, and this is a very important thing in sports, having good metabolism and this takes weight of of you since meat takes longer to metabolise, it stays inside of you for a longer period of time.
After reading all this new sources on how not eating meat can help your overall outcome in sports i’ve been thinking on trying it out, and it does makes sense on how meat is just a guilty pleasure of us humans, since we don’t even need to eat meat to survive, we do it because we basicly like it. When competing in higher levels of sports it might help to eat some meat a day or two before your competition since it gives you that little energy boost, but I guess you might me able to get the same energy boost but just knowing what to eat, when to eat it. There are olimpic weight lifter who are vegetarians and they think exactly the contrary, that by turning vegetarian, this gave them that extra support they needed. And for me that im starting to get into this world of sports and my need to get back in shape, what might help me acomplish this in a shorter period of time might be what I thought was not even going to make any change at all in my life, other than not having that pleasure of eating meat.
Angela Guerrero
Humanities
10/22/2010
I’m so not leaving meat! said the football player
Abstract
This essay will be talking about how any kind of vegetarian diet affect your overall outcome at sports, how to get all the organic compounds, vitamins and minerals you need to intake that you miss out during a vegetarian diet, where to get them and if it is better to get them naturally or from supplements. Maybe I may not be a vegetarian, but as of right now I’m trying out different diets to see which one suits me better, since I’m starting out in cycling. The only one I haven’t tried out are vegetarian diets, that is the main point of why I chose this topic, to learn about the diet and overall learn What if I change over to a vegetarian diet, how can it help me.
Introducing myself to the subject
I was raised in a omnivore diet, in fact my whole family is completely omnivore, we don’t believe you need meat to develop yourself or to be stronger, or be better at school, we eat it because we like it, that is it. My whole point of view on meat is that if I like it, i will eat it. Now tell any football player to leave meat, and just be a vegetarian, what will be his answer? -you are crazy! how am I supposed to intake all my calories and therefore build muscle!- this answer gets to be a lack of knowledge, since meat is more like, fat and proteins “no meat is a truly low-fat food” (Silverstone 16) so don’t fall for those false advertisments on supposed -low fat meat- It doesn’t exist, what does exist is reduced fat meat. I’ve recently picked up cycling, and ask me how tired I get to my house after a couple hours going around the Eastlake lake or just on the road, man is it tiring and i’ve been trying out all this different diets, to see which one suits me better, the one and only i haven’t tried out is a vegetarian diet so for the sake of seeing what difference there is between vegetarian and omnivore diets i”ve decided to reaserch on the topic. To be real with you, im not planing on going vegetarian, as of right now, maybe down the road my mind changes, but as of right now, omnvibore is my way to go. Now cyclist need so many proteins to burn, i know some friends that are cyclist and would eat as a normal dinner about 1 pound of meat, a cup of spaghetti, one litre of milk and maybe throw in some bread, and believe it or not this is a nutriolgist diet specially made to fit their needs. Now one of them is what we would call a lacto-ovo-vegetarian meaning he drinks dairy products, eggs and plants, now his dinner would be almost same as everyone else but instead of the meat he would just replace it with some tofu maybe a protein shake and he would still get all his proteins, lipids, carbohydrates and vitamins he needs maybe he would have to take some vitamins in form of pills but still he wouldn’t eat meat, and perfom as good as everyone else.
Thesis
Being a vegetarian does not have a negative effect on your overall outcome in sports, in fact it is the whole opposite, it gives you a positive outcome since meat has a lot of fat and it takes more time to metabolise, this gives your body bad body mass. Vegetarianism is known also for being super low in fat, and high in natural vitamins, minerals and organic compounds, which is bassicaly what athletes are looking for, low in fat high in carbohydrates and proteins.
So, vegetarian = only plants?
When talking about vegetarian we all think about people eating no more than salad and fruits, but it is more than that, “Vegetarianism refers to voluntary abstinence from eating meat.” (Dupler), yes only meat, that doesn’t mean you cant drink milk, eat bread, chocolate, all kinds of food that doesn’t contain meat. If people think about what they eat each day probably not even 1/4 of our intake is coming from meat.
Milk and eggs with your vegetables?
“Lacto-ovo vegetarians supplement their diet with dairy (lactose) products and eggs (ovo). Vegans (pronounced vee-guns) do not eat any animal-derived products at all.” (Douglas). This statement gives vegetarianism a world of possibilities when talking about what to eat, simple as no meat that is it just find other food that are not derivered from meat and use that to fill you in. “ Flesh has a unique texture, taste, and density. Some people say that, for a couple of months, they have a little difficulty feeling truly satisfied by a meatless meal” ( Silverstone 32) this might be the only discomfort someone might feel by going into a vegetarian diets, but now if you ask a vegetarian if they remember that feeling after one or two years into the lifestile, they wont even remember that unsatisfied feeling. One of the main reasons for this feeling is that meat takes longer to metabolise than vegetables, so by eating meat someone might say, you are “fuller” for a longer period of time.
I still dont get why I crave meat so much!
“Meat is intense. As the muscle of another creature, it generates a certain type of warm and agresive energy in us before it settles and does its damage. Plant foods are calmer and lighter and fuel us in a very different way” (Silverstone 33). This is such an intense quote, since it gives you this new understandig of why most athletes think they won’t make it without meat. It is like that feeling you get after doing all this workout and you just crave some animal meat, because it gives you like this agresive energy boost, sort of like a energy drink, but without all this additives, or if you consider how cows are feed hormones, then pretty much a energy drink, just with different additives.
Esential suplements for sports
Still missing some of those supplements?
“ It may be difficult to get enough of some vitamins and minerals while on a vegetarian or vegan diet” ( vegetarian diet 1). In order to get as many vitamins, minerals and proteins are specially hard to get while on a vegetarian diet, since you delete one of the main sources of proteins, the best thing to do is find plants or supplements that contain this organic molecules, one of the best natural sources would be soy beans, examples of this would be tofu and soy milk. For the vitamins and minerals some cereals and substitutes of milk are enriched in these and are easy to find on the super market since when they are enriched with some sort of supplement they mark it on the boxes.
There are several vitamins or minerals that are hard to find if you are on a vegetarian diet, some of these would be omega oils, which you get by eating fish only, for this kinds of cases you would need to find a omega oil vegetarian suplement since the “normal” omega oils are made out of fish.
“ An appropriate diet for most athletes consists of a minimum of 2000 calories per day; 55-65% should come from carbohydrates, 15-20% from protein, and 20-30% from fats”(frey). This percentages can vary from athlete to athlete but by deleting meat from a diet you reduce fats, and in a significant amount since meats are basicaly fats from other animals and proteins. Vegetables in the other side, do contain fats and proteins, but the level of fats they contain are so minimum that the metabolic process they go through is faster than with meats, and this is a very important thing in sports, having good metabolism and this takes weight of of you since meat takes longer to metabolise, it stays inside of you for a longer period of time.
Final words
After reading all this new sources on how not eating meat can help your overall outcome in sports i’ve been thinking on trying it out, and it does makes sense on how meat is just a guilty pleasure of us humans, since we don’t even need to eat meat to survive, we do it because we basicly like it. When competing in higher levels of sports it might help to eat some meat a day or two before your competition since it gives you that little energy boost, but I guess you might me able to get the same energy boost but just knowing what to eat, when to eat it. There are olimpic weight lifter who are vegetarians and they think exactly the contrary, that by turning vegetarian, this gave them that extra support they needed. And for me that im starting to get into this world of sports and my need to get back in shape, what might help me acomplish this in a shorter period of time might be what I thought was not even going to make any change at all in my life, other than not having that pleasure of eating meat.
One thing that i loved about your paper was the sub titles. I thought that the sub-titles were really catchy and they captured my eye. The only concern that I see would probably be that the main title didn't seem like you made the title up.
ReplyDeleteThe main question that I have about your paper is, are your paragraphs and sections going to be longer? because that would be one recommendation that I would make is to make your sections longer.
My top two suggestions for your next draft are again to make your paragraphs longer, because it seems like you still have more to say. My second suggestion would be to reread your paper and see if some of the sentences make sense because some of the sentences were a little confusing to understand but other then that I believe that you did a good job.