Beige Be Gone

One of the things you want to avoid when going vegetarian is falling into a sub-nutritious diet (see Grocery List). S and I have a friend C. who has been a vegetarian for quite some time now. His diet consists mainly of cheese sandwiches and tubs of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream which he incredibly takes down in one go, and more incredibly, afterward manages to maintain a suitable height/weight ratio.
I saw a special on obese people, some 700 to 900 pounds each. They were all suffering quite grotesquely by food addiction. One of the women, confronted with her daily intake of food heaped upon a broad tabletop, replied in a British accent, “Bloody hell, do I eat all this? I might as well drink lard.” One of the points the dietician made was the color of food the subjects ate: beige. Beige foods tend to be high in starch and fat (see Grocery List). It is not a nice color for your drapes, or your insides apparently. So keep that in mind while scouring the grocery aisle for vegetarian edibles. You needn't go the route of a couch potato to have a good time.