Overview

About Hindu (no beef)

Hindu grading covers beef avoidance: beef, veal, tallow and bovine gelatin are out, and the many lacto-vegetarian Hindus can track the vegetarian column alongside it.

Examples

A few ingredients either way

Grading

How we grade Hindu (no beef)

Every ingredient in the database carries one grade for hindu (no beef), and this page, the checker and the app all read that same grade. It describes the ingredient as it is usually eaten. Portion size and preparation move it.

Fits855 ingredients
Check the label30 ingredients
Avoid15 ingredients

Hindu (no beef) is kept as a rule. In the app, an ingredient you would have to check the label on still counts against the day.

Practical

Following Hindu (no beef)

  • Check gelatin and stock for the animal they came from.
  • Add the vegetarian filter as well if you keep one.
  • Keep a detailed food and symptom diary to track your personal reactions
  • Eliminate the suspected trigger completely for 2-4 weeks
  • Reintroduce gradually to find your personal tolerance threshold
  • Work with a healthcare provider or registered dietitian for guidance
  • Remember that food sensitivities can change over time

Method

Test it with a diary

Most people find their own triggers by logging meals and symptoms for a few weeks and reading the result back. Three steps.

  1. 1Log every meal for a few weeks. Type it, say it out loud, or scan a barcode, and it lands as a list of ingredients.
  2. 2Rate how you feel through the day on whatever you are tracking, whether that is bloating, headaches, skin or sleep.
  3. 3Read the pattern back. Every ingredient you logged is scored against the days you felt worse, and the result ranks hindu (no beef) against everything else you eat.

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Following Hindu (no beef)?

Log what you eat and how you feel, and the app finds the pattern for you. Or look an ingredient up here first.