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The Jain cuisine is completely lacto-vegetarian and excludes root and underground vegetables such as potato, garlic, onion, cauliflower, eggplant, mushroom, etc., to prevent injuring small insects and microorganisms. The diet also helps prevent the entire plant from being uprooted and killed. It is practiced by Jain ascetics and lay Jains. [1]
The Jain vegetarian diet is practised by the followers of Jain culture and philosophy. It is considered one of the most rigorous forms of a spiritually motivated diet on the Indian subcontinent and beyond. The Jain cuisine is completely vegetarian, and it also excludes potatoes, onions and garlic, like the shojin-ryori cuisine of Japan.
A number of Hindus, particularly those following the Vaishnava tradition, refrain from eating onions and garlic, either totally or during the Chaturmasya period (roughly July to November of the Gregorian calendar). [39] In Maharashtra, some Hindu families do not eat any eggplant preparations during this period either. [40]
Jains not only abstain from consumption of meat, but also do not eat root vegetables (such as carrots, potatoes, radish, turnips, etc) as doing so kills the plant and they believe in ahimsa. In the hierarchy of living entities, overwintering plants such as onions are ranked higher than food crops such as wheat and rice.
According to some opinions, the whole world will again be vegetarian in the Messianic era, and not eating meat brings the world closer to that ideal. [63] As the ideal images of the Torah are vegetarian, one may see the laws of kashrut as actually designed to wean Jews away from meat eating and to move them toward the vegetarian ideal. [61]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a ban this week on red dye No. 3, or erythrosine, from foods and oral medications due to a potential cancer risk. Food manufacturers have ...
One-Pot Harissa Beet Soup. This vegetarian soup can (and should!) be enjoyed year-round. It has a perfect balance between sweet, smoky, and spicy. The ruby red beets add sweetness and a mellow ...
This drink contains nearly half your daily calories if you are following a standard 2,000-calorie diet and exceeds the recommended daily intake for both saturated fat and added sugar.