Are you a vegetarian or a vegan ?
359855
Neither.  Vegans and vegetarians like to claim that the non-vegetarian lifestyle is unhealthy.  However, there is plenty of evidence (most of it scientific) that the vegan and vegetarian lifestyles are just as unhealthy as non-vegetarian lifestyles.  You can't eat very much of anything these days offered in grocery stores that is not mass-produced, hormone injected, pesticide or chemically assisted, and this applies just as much to fruits and vegetables as it does to meat.  And organic foods are no better than regular foods http://preventdisease.com/home/tips61.shtml  Everything in moderation is the key.\n\nThe Naive Vegetarian\nhttp://www.mercola.com/2002/feb/2/vegetarian.htm\n\nThe Myths of Vegetarianism\nhttp://www.mercola.com/2000/apr/2/vegetarian_myths.htm
947121
Im vegetarian too, and I eat lots of vegetables like 6 servings a day and 4 servings of fruits. Then I eat 1-1 1/4 servings of nuts. It helps you lose weight, regulate your metabolism, won't get any disease except you need to buy vitamin b12 supplements (found in meat products especially in beef and chicken breasts). Eat peanut butter good source of protein so you won't lose hair or slower skin development.
95107
I just became vegetarian recently, for health reasons.  I am in good health anyway, but I learned that vegetarians are 50% less likely to die of cancer than meat-eaters.  And that's just scratching the surface.  Vegetarians greatly reduce their risk of getting all sorts of diseases that meat-eaters commonly get such as heart disease, or having a stroke and it even lowers your blood pressure. A vegetarian diet makes your body feel better!
511191
A variety of reasons. \n\nHealth reasons are top of the list. \nEnvironmental reasons, concern for the lives of animals, economic reasons are others. \n\nI love steak and chicken, but I pretty much eat a vegetarian diet for health reasons and for economic reasons. \n\nNow being a vegetarian is not the same as being a vegan. Vegetarians can still eat some meat, but they don't make a steady diet of it. \n\nVegans won't eat anything made from an animal. \n\n(I love ice cream and cheese, so I don't think I'll ever be a vegan. LOL)
1048905
I think you have to eat flesh to be a cannibal. I actually think that eating any meat makes you a cannibal. That's why I'm a vegetarian, but anyway.
326840
people should become vegetarian
446662
Absolutely. I was a lacto vegetarian for three years. It got pretty lonely as even my family would avoid me and not invite me to family dinners because they thought I was just being too weird. It would have been nice to talk to someone more like me. That would be a pretty silly reason not to date someone, though. I don't care what others do or don't eat as long as they are not cannibals!
650875
vegetarian food is the best food - both for you and for the sake of the animals :)\ni'm a vegetarian and i'm much healthier and stronger than many of the non-vegetarians i know.\nmoreover i have the satisfaction of not contributing to the pain of the animals :)\n\ni'm posting a link down here under source - visit the website and read all good about vegetarianism. ohh yea...if possible...do watch the videos they have there :)
352871
I am a vegetarian and i would probably say yes even though i hate it!!! The animals are a source of proteen which every one needs but veggies (no I don't mind being called a vegi!) only relay have nuts and meet supplements like vitamins but even the Omega 3 vitamins are fake!!! I will get some Sources later!
643427
Raw steak apparently, unfortunately I'm a vegetarian, so I've never tried this out - in case my eye takes a sneaky nibble in the night!  I do have carnivorous friends who swear by it though.
282623
in addition to the other answers - two main reasons for becoming vegan.\n\n1. Ethically - the belief that animals have rights, and there's no reason we should cage animals, abuse them, kill them or experiment on them. especially in the world today when there's no reason for it.\n\n2. Health - a balanced vegan diet has been shown to be healthier than a diet that includes meat, and even than a vegetarian diet.\n\nVegetarians don't eat the flesh of animals (I.E. meat). in the stricter sense vegetarians will not eat other animals, but will use and consume products like dairy, eggs, honey, wool, silk etc. as long as the animal wasn't killed for that product. to this rule there are exceptions such as vegetarians that eat fish or other sea animals (that aren't considered to be meat for some reason) or wear leather.\n\nIn response to "do vegan wear lipstick" - they do if they choose to do so. first - I've never seen a lipstick made from whale blubber (don't know which part of the world makes lipstick from whales), the main two uneven ingredients in lipstick are Lanolin (an oil made from wool) and beeswax  (the wax of bees). there are lipsticks and lip balms that don't contain these two ingredients and are suitable for vegans. as for silk - satin. waxing - not all cleaning materials include beeswax and most now use carnuba wax (a wax from a plant source)   \n\nafter saying all this - as there is no legal definition for vegan, it depends on the person.\nI've known vegans that wouldn't eat anything that says "flavorings" on it because it may contain lactose or other non-vegan ingredient, and I've known vegan who would eat pastries regardless of them being smeared with egg on the top or not, or people that only eat vegan at home but "act vegetarian" when their out from fear it would harm their social life in some way. \n\nIn addition - none of the other answers mentioned that most vegan will try and use only products that are not tested on animals (usually for the ethical reasons mentioned above).
799001
I like veggies. I don't believe God really cares about you being a vegetarian. As for the dominion we have it without slaughtering animals. Adam and Eve never ate meat in the garden of eden only afterwards did God say that you could. So having dominion is control of them(Which we still do).
875430
No :-)\n\nBeing a vegetarian is not always accepted in today's world of meat and fast foods.  Many have been trained to think we have to have meat.  We don't.  However, if being a vegetarian becomes you choice, make yourself aware of how to get the minerals or vitamins that meat generally gives you.  Easier then you might think :-)
1065049
it's not called as vegetarian, but some vegetarians, do eat eggs, because they take this eating animals thing a bit less seriously. (some even eat fish, so this thing is really confusing to me anywayz)
126776
I'm an unusual, tree hugging, vegetarian. lol
1105696
Being a vegetarian has many health benefits. I found an article relating to this topic written by a vegetarian Mormon himself. \nhttp://www.vegsource.com/articles/cantano_review.htm
206002
My last girlfriend in highschool was vegan (and so was her best friend)  I spent a lot of my time trying to convince them that plants had feelings too.  I don't think they ever went for it though.  \n\nAnyway, I think it depends on why they're vegetarians.  If they're not meat-eaters because they don't like the taste/texture or it makes them sick (some people just can't process meat) then no, I don't think it's wrong.  But for those "holier-than-thou" vegetarians that don't eat meat because animals are living things, then yes, I think that eating plants is false logic.  \n\nFR