Is A Vegetarian Diet Suitable for Mongolia? | Ubpost News: "By B.KHASH-ERDENE
The Mongolian nomadic culture and animal husbandry has helped Mongols survive through many centuries. Since the Mongol lands are hard and brittle, it was difficult to sustain plantation without modern technology and chemical fertilizers.
Hence the main source for food and sustenance has always been largely based on meat and dairy products. It is believed by the Mongolian elderly and conservatives that Mongolian dishes must contain foods with higher calories and vitamins due to the cold, dry and windy climate and that meat and dairy products are suitable for this. Meat is not only the most suitable staple to the Mongolian diet, but also, historically, the most available.
Although this is the case, in recent years, especially since the revolution in 1990, foreign trade and open information sources such as the internet and TV have prompted many to reflect on their lifestyles – in this case, what they put into their bodies."
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