Boost Your Energy Levels with a Vegetarian Diet

  • Category: Food
  • September 6, 2017

Going meat-free does not have to mean low energy levels. The following will explain why a vegetarian diet can work for you.   

Milk
One big glass of milk provides almost all the vitamin B12 you need for one day. Milk is ideal recovery food after a workout also, just include some good chocolate powder and sugar with some crushed ice and you can save a lot of your hard earned cash on expensive recovery drinks.  

Protein
Be sure to increase your intake of pulses and grains. Protein is created from 22 amino acids, eight of which we must eat because they’re not created by the body and are called essential amino acids. Vegetable proteins only have a limited set and different plant-based foods give different aminos and should be mixed. Eating grains with pulses provides a complete set, for example: rice with chickpeas. Also, quinoa is an ideal source of vegetarian protein.  

Eggs
Eggs are packed with complete protein, vitamins, and minerals. Include eggs as a normal part of your weekly diet. They’re completely perfect for an energy boost on wholegrain toast with a small glass of fresh orange juice to help with iron absorption. 

Iron 
A simple way to get iron is from fortified breakfast cereals. Other iron-rich vegetarian sources of food include beans, green leafy vegetables, eggs, chickpeas, lentils, nuts and dried fruit such as dates.