Q: I have been a vegetarian for nearly half a year recently, and my physical strength has been greatly reduced and my body is weak. I wonder if it's caused by vegetarianism. (Cai Yongde) A: It is a secular psychology to be healthy and weak. For example, the medical community still has doubts about it. This is the case. For example, camels, cows and horses are carnivores today, but they are not as fierce as tigers, leopards and wolves. Shaolin monks are vegetarian, easy to soften muscles, wash their marrow, wear gold bells and iron cloth shirts, and their boxing skills are invincible in the world. Do you dare to believe them? Q: I really want to give up meat food, but my body is very weak and lacks nutrition. If I give up meat and fish, my body will be weaker. Under such circumstances, can I just eat without greed, and show great compassion when eating? (Zhang Weiming) A: The problem of not eating meat and being weak is still inconclusive. It is not easy to make a sudden judgment without long-term research by the medical profession and scientists. A layman is a beginner, so everything is convenient for the time being. After learning and practicing, you can explain yourself. Q: The body is illusory, so it depends on nutrition to survive. Eating meat can support it, and so can vegetarianism. However, rural people eat some garden vegetables and some meat. If they only eat some garden vegetables, they may not have enough nutrition. Therefore, I hope senior Buddhists can collect information and compile a vegetarian menu. If a dish has several names, you should indicate them. Because people are afraid of being vegetarian, most people don't eat it. (Hong) A: Eating meat is a rich habit, but its nutrition is not as good as vegetarian food. According to Chinese medicine, people in the eastern coastal areas eat fish, which makes people warm and sick. Westerners eat fat and get sick at home. Western medicine prevents arteriosclerosis and avoids eating animal oil. Buddhist vegetarian, ancient and modern monks, live in their 80 s to 100 s, and never die after six ways. China Yellow River valley, rural farmers, but eat meat once a year, life expectancy is longer than urban meat eaters, good health, less illness. The facts are there, not empty ideals! As for books on vitamins contained in plants, vegetarian recipes and medicines, many books have been published over the years. Why don't you trust them? In the west, there are vegetarian meetings for health workers, and many non-Buddhists in China are like organizations. All the above behaviors are based on health care. If you speak with compassion, if you can't give up your appetite, three clean meats and five clean meats are enough to satisfy your cravings. Q: According to the secular custom, a woman should eat chicken, fish and pork liver after giving birth. What kind of food should vegetarian Buddhist women use instead? (Chen Jinquan) A: Milk, buttermilk, bean skin, soybean milk, shepherd's purse, spinach, peanuts and tomatoes are all complementary foods, and they all have the above qualities such as fat protein, iron and phosphorus. If you take medicine, the ginseng of traditional Chinese medicine will be returned to the bear, and some vitamins of western medicine can be diagnosed and taken by doctors. Xi will eat dirty meat with poison and resentment! (ditto) Other related articles.