Re: How do I make baby steps into Vegitarianism (is that a word?) :)
My progression to becoming vegetarian was VERY slow... about 4 years, I would estimate... I started by making more whole food choices, switching produce and grains to as many organic whole food choices as I was able (affordability was an issue at first).
Cut out all artificial sweeteners and overly processed foods with preservatives.
Next I switched to organic dairy & eggs.
Next I started buying all our meat and fish from a local butcher who only sells local hormone and antibiotic free meat.
Then I cut out red meat.
Finally I cut out poultry and fish.
Just over the last 6 months I've gone WAY overboard (according to some) and we've gone completely sugar free, cut out dairy, soy, wheat, yeast, and a couple other foods I'm sensitive to. It forced us to really cook from scratch and we almost never eat out... It's a big commitment, but the health benefits have far outweighed the amount of work (I got pregnant!).
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