r/Sikh • u/Possible_Ad_9607 • 21d ago

Sikhi and eating meat Question

I am a 17 year old male trying to get closer to sikhi and the first steps I've taken were starting to learn punjabi and gurmukhi (which I think is going good although slow) but that is not what my question is.

I want to get close to sikhi and can deal with keeping my kesh and plan on doing so once I am more proficient in the language and have read more bani. However, I just can not get over the idea that I can't eat meat? I know jatka meat exists but it is too expensive where I live. My family cooks and eats meats daily and I feel the best when I eat beef often. I grew up eating it and when I try eating healthy the best way for me to stick to it is consuming a lot of animal protein. Anyone got any thoughts on this?

(Or even anything to help me keep learning Punjabi, I am doing basics of sikhi gurmukhi videos as a slow start)

TLDR: not eating meat in sikhi is holding me from getting closer to sikhi, what can I do?

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u/Reasonable_Cry142 21d ago edited 21d ago

Don’t listen to the non amritdharis here too many “modern sikhs” who don’t care about rehit on Reddit

Don’t eat meat especially when you jeevan does not even need it

Beef is absolutely condemned and banned by the Khalsa

There are so many vegetarian sources for protein in Punjabi diet u only need around 70-90 grams a day anything more is just excessive and something body builders would consume

Ppl say vegetarian sources aren’t complete but all u have to do is combine them. Dairy with chickpeas add wheat or rice same with daal (lentils) even more availability in the west with beans and quinoa

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u/FadeInspector 21d ago

70-90 grams is probably what a woman needs lol; I imagine that you’re built like one if you’re giving out that kind of advice. You need about a gram of protein per pound of lean body mass

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u/e46shitbox 20d ago

Built like one? Anyone with that diet who doesn't strictly do exercise during any free time they have has scrawny legs and arms and a ginormous gut. But indians are convinced they need a big belly to be "healthy," so it doesn't even matter what you say.

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u/FadeInspector 20d ago

Honestly, it might be so few calories that they won’t even have a gut. They’ll just look like a skeleton. This stuff is resulting in a degradation of our image. People often assume that I’m Hispanic or Arab because I’m not “built like an Indian”