Comments on: How to Build Muscle on a Healthy Vegetarian Diet

By: Gregg Pollo

Gregg Pollo — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 10:59:49 +0000

Thank you, very useful. I wasnt actually a big fan of Spinach for many years ( lie, I hated the stuff), but after shacking up with a vegetarian I kind of had to put up with it, and have gradually come to totally love the stuff. Spinach curry is undoubtedly my absolute favourite! I even found an entire spinach recipes website which is my new favourite site now, you should have a look!

By: glenmo

glenmo — Wed, 19 May 2010 18:23:07 +0000

“vegetarians who eat fish” is not “offensive,” just incorrect

it’s like saying “reptiles with hair” — it just doesn’t exist!

if you eat fish, no matter what you call yourself — you are NOT a vegetarian.

i do applaud your sensitivity to the issue though, steve. thank you for the corrections.

freddy — get over it, you are not a vegetarian. why would you want to call yourself a vegetarian if you haven’t paid your dues? it’s like saying you’re a marine when you’re just a mall rent-a-cop who never went to boot camp.

By: Freddy

Freddy — Sun, 16 May 2010 12:07:07 +0000

For goodness sake! Being a vegetarian doesn’t have rules! It is a term used for convenience sake. Its not a relegion. If you eat fish, good on you, you’ll be stuck on protein elsewhere. Anyone who declares superiority over none vegetarians should be ashamed. As valiant a step as it is, there are bigger issues in life.

From a vegetarian who eats fish.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:19:58 +0000

In that case Gregg, I recommend doing High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) on days when you are not lifting. Or if you lift at night, you could do your HIIT in the morning.

By: Gregg

Gregg — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:02:45 +0000

Thanks Steve for your response. Now getting back to the original point of your article. If your main goal is to lose fat whilst minimising muscle loss, do you recommend doing the cardio sessions on the same day as the lifting sessions? I’ve seen very conflicting advice on this.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:19:37 +0000

Gregg:
OK, you guys have made your point. I have been told by people claiming to be vegetarian, “I am a vegetarian, but sometimes I eat fish.” I was going on the assumption that vegetarians who don’t eat fish, wouldn’t take offense to this. Clearly I was wrong. Since technically you can’t call yourself a vegetarian if you eat fish, I will go back and revise this article to remove the offensive references to fish. Thanks to everyone who made a ruckus about this article.

By: Gregg

Gregg — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:54:10 +0000

The Vegetarian Society, the oldest vegetarian organisation in the world, states, “A vegetarian does not eat any meat, poultry, game, fish, shellfish or crustacea, or slaughter by-products.”

The Vegetarian Society Seeding Symbol, the only legally registered trademark for vegetarian accreditation, has NEVER approved ANY product with fish in it.

So Steve, if someone eats fish they are not vegetarian no matter what they claim. Sorry.

It’s worrying that a sport nutritionist would give advice to vegetarians which is so misleading.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:25:10 +0000

Well Peter, some of them do. Sorry.

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:42:48 +0000

Very good article and advice especially regarding HIIT. However vegetarians don’t eat fish!

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:48:16 +0000

Zya:
I don’t see how you have any options but to eat moderate quantities of healthy food and do some weight training. How much do you want to gain? 10 lbs? 20lbs? At 6′ you could probably weight 150 lean and tight with some decent muscle mass and look phenomenal. Maybe 140 is more realistic. Once you start weight training and adding muscle to both your upper and lower body, I’m sure you will fill out quite nicely.