Is it really healthier to be Vegeterian?
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Absolutely..you don't have to be "vegan", (no meat or diary), but a diet of fruits, vegetables and free range poultry and fish is the only hope for a healthy body. \nWe should also eat only certified organic foods.\n\nThe food we eat today is not real food..it's genetically modified in food labs and is making us fat, creating sickness and disease and addictions.\n\nMeat today is so full of terribly bad things nothing can cook it out (read "Fast Food Nation" or "Supersize Me")..they tell us it's okay though - when we get sick, we can take medicine that is also filled with poisonous chemicals, additives and other fillers that will only mask our symptoms and create problems to other organs in our bodies down the line...then, we can get medicine for that...and the cycle continues...
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No.  In fact, it's considered healthy by most medical professionals.
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Before a very stressful period of my life which caused me to gain weight, I had a killer set of abs thanks to Billy Blanks: Abs and Glutes exercises. I know this sounds like a sponsored promotion, but I assure you. using that DVD regularly (every other day, if possible) had me sporting a nice ladylike 6 pack!\n\nVegetarianism is cool, but optimum health is achieved with a vegan or raw food vegan/mostly vegan diet. The raw food diet is especially good as you can eat as much as you like, but make sure it is raw (i.e humungous salad for dinner, smoothie with a fruit pudding for breakfast, stuffed lettuce/peppers for lunch etc).\n\nSit-ups/crunches alone, suck. \n\nA personal trainer once told me that one of the greatest things you can do for your abs is going for a sprint, keeping a mental focus on your abdominal area. Not sure how true that is!
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veggies are way good...but healthy...=)
65236
yes, if the rest of your food is healthy (fruit and veggies, whole grains)
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It really depends on what it is that you do eat.  Cetain grains and vegetable combinations carry everything you need to survive.  If you are eating these then you will be an extreamly healty person with no risk of heart disease.
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Sure you will. Just keep a moderate well balanced diet. Heck, you can actually eat Bacon, real butter and Rib-eye steaks. But, moderation is the key. Most people are lead to believe these mentioned foods are bad for you. This how people like me keep the Demand low and thus price down so, we enjoy the good food and everyone else buy the lesser nutritious. Basic supply and demand economics. The link will help, I just use Butter and better cuts of meat. Up the HDL's and they lower the LDL's. The good eliminate the bad, just how nature work, without pills.
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Yes.  If you know how to cook, you can eat very well for cheap.  Great vegetarian cookbooks are easy to find now, especially Chinese and Indian cooking.  And with a blender or juicer you can make some really incredible things that you could never buy in a store or restaurant.\n\nYou don't need "protein supplements", that's a scam, peanut butter and tofu and rice with beans have lots of protein.  If you eat eggs that's a whole protein too.  The human body can make all the protein it needs, and there are bodybuilders who are vegans, so, obviously, you don't need animal proteins even if you want to be muscle-bound.  The theory that your blood type matters is basically made up - it might affect your digestion but it doesn't affect much else.  You can find food combinations that work for you.\n\nAs for eating out, well, salads and tofu and soy are now everywhere, even at McDonald's you can find some things to eat.  Some chains have baked potatoes, all-you-can-eat salad bars, whatever.  You'll survive a road trip.  But bring lots of dried fruit and make your own grilled-vegetable sandwiches and falafel if you're going on long road trips.\n\nThe main thing is to learn to cook, and to use spices.  It is also possible to adapt many recipes.  A good cookbook like "The Calamari Cookbook" from the India Joze restaurant in Santa Clara CA, lists all the five types of tastes (rich, tart, sweet, salty, hot) and spices that fit under each.  In the actual restaurant they make their recipes with any of (squid, white chicken breast, red snapper fish, or tofu).  So you can substitute tofu for any of those ingredients!\n\nThe main reason to be vegetarian is that in the long run it is much much cheaper because it does less damage to the environment, and people will eventually have to pay much much more for meat for the water, pollution (manure), and extra land it takes to raise meat, and the labour to inspect it.  Mad Cow, Avian Flu, you name it, the most dangerous diseases often spread through meat animals.  Why should you vegetarians pay for that?  Eventually you'll force the meat eaters to pay for the harm they do, and they meat will cost $$$$.  So it's better for you to adapt now and join the future.  You can still eat meat raised or hunted or fished by someone you know, or that you raised/hunted/fished yourself, if this is your concern.  No shame in being an actual animal...\n\nMany people will tell you that meat and even eggs and honey are cruel.  That's something you have to make up your own mind about.  But the health risks are lower for vegetarians.  Reduced calorie diets definitely contribute to longer life.
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your best bet is becoming a vegan, you can easily lose 30 lbs in 2 months. don't eat anything with animal products at all, and avoid bread, potatoes and processed foods. it will be good for you and the environment and the animals, and you can eat as much as you want. being that vegetables don't have many calories. \nalso, you will feel better emotionally and morally, you will feel lighter and your digestive system will work better.
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you could become vegetarian. It isn't hard, i turned vege when i was 10 and am now vegan 7 years later. it has been proven to be healthier for your body, your heart, the animals and the environment and economy. You can snack all day on nuts and fresh fruit and veggies and stuff, also, a citrus friut first thing in the morning has been proven to kickstart your metabolism. Cardiac workouts are best, try going for a jog for 30mins 3X a week, or a bike ride for 45mins. Good luck.
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some plants are beautiful, some are edible, so it is a good idea ot to be ignorant of what kind of vegetables/nuts, ets are what\n\nthen pls realize that virtually al organic matter (and all energy bound in it) in the world originated through photosynthesis. A cow cannot produce organic matter from nothing so the steak that gives u strenght and nutrients is here because the cow ate plants. your car runs on petrol from oil, your clothes are cotton or synthetic fibre from oil , oil comes from prehistoric organisms whose bodies were formed thanks to eating other creatures who ate other creatures who ate plants. etc etc.\n\nthat is what i say whenever asked this. i have studied it in college and for me the ood thing is that vegatation to me is not just green mass, but distinct plant species, so the difference is like when u walk through a crowd of unknown people or you are among people that u recognize. it is great when you can be outdoors and say - look i know that flower/tree, i know something about it\n\nif your botany lessons are very boring, pick up only the information that could be useful to your health - like poisonous or allergenous plants that can grow nearby. like how would u feel if u had a child and it chewed a flower in the garden or in a vase and got sick/died only because u were not aware thet it is poisonous. many ornamental plants are so they are often grown in gardens and u should know which are they in case children are around (not necessarily your children of course) babies can put things in mouth in no time!
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It can be, if you eat well and exercise.\n\nI prefer not to listen to emotional anecdotal evidence (like "vegans look pale and sickly"), and instead look at the facts. \n\nhttp://www.fda.gov/FDAC/features/895_vegdiet.html\n\nhttp://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/09/21/1064082865083.html?from=storyrhs\n\nhttp://www.thechinastudy.com/\n\nhttp://www.pcrm.org/health/clinres/index.html\n\nhttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=11310
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In the beginning yes\n\nI have a friend went vegetarian and he lost a lot of weight.  Has kept it off too.
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I am a full vegan! That means I don't eat anything even made from animals including dairy and eggs. All I eat is fruit, vegetables, and nuts. I love em!!!! I even eat raw asparagus for a bedtime snack. :) I do it because it is what works best with my body. Vegetables keep my digestive tract moving quickly and my metabolism fast. I have never had a weight problem! I never feel heavy or bloated after a big meal and I know that I am at a low risk for things like heart disease, diabetes, and even cancer because of my diet. So you ask why eat veggies, I ask why not?
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It is similar to what health enthusiasts have been promoting for 5 decades--back to nature. It is the man-made things that are bad to eat and cause pollution. Notice that there is not a big list of what plants to eat or not eat. Man can eat meat in case he needs to. The bible recommends plant foods in the beginning.\n\nThen after the great flood plant foods are hard to come by so then there is the involved list of which animals to eat and not eat. But now there is an abundance of plant foods in stores like never before. Also it appears that raw plant foods are the best for health. That automatically fits into the makers diet, almost like a garden of Eden diet.\n\nThis is my first post on this site and I read the rules and guidelines but not sure if it is OK to refer to another site so I guess I can try and find out. www.phifoundation.org/heal.html There is this great 4 paragraph story on this webpage about a minister who recovered from many health problems including depression by switching to an 85% raw vegan diet.
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More sleep and healthier food.
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of course it's not healthy. you need to eat a wide variety of foods for optimal nutrition.