is it good to be a vegetarian?

Answer 1

As long as you make sure your body is receiving protein and the other vitamins you need. I would consult a nutrionist before cutting out all meat in your diet.

Answer 2

If you really want to know the answer to this question without a doubt then I suggest you pick up some books.
These are some good ones I've read:

The China Study
You Don't Need Meat
Breaking the Food Seduction
The RAVE Diet
Skinny B i t c h <- I really recommend this one as an intro.
The Food Revolution
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Others I haven't read but I want to, or have been told they are really good:

Anything by Dr. Dean Ornish
Diet For a New America
Reclaiming Your Health
Healthy at 100
The Omnivore's Dilemma
Slaughterhouse

From my personal study a low fat whole foods vegan diet, or close to it, is about the best thing we can do for our overall health.

Good luck to you, and feel free to message me with any other questions!

Answer 3

Morally, being a vegetarian is good. I am a vegetarian because I do not believe that you have the right to eat an animal if you cannot kill it yourself. I cannot kill an animal, therefore I do not eat it.

It is healthy too. Many top athletes are veggies, even wrestlers. You cannot relay on soy alone, too much soy is bad for the body, you need beans for protein. People consume more protein than they really need. If the human body can survive off of milk and potatoes why could it not survive off of vegetables, fruits, grains, beans and such?

People just hate change.

Answer 4

It;s not bad you just have to make sure you are replacing some of the protein you are negelcting your body of. If you dont like certain vegetables buy some vitamins or shakes.

I dont know why every person that I have met who say they are vegetarians actually look very pale and are always cold.

Having a healthy diet is the best you could do, a lot of vegetables, water, fruits, and fish! some fish have essential oils like omega 3.

Answer 5

It is ones personal decision. Do not count on others to make a decision about your personal life. I for a fact think it is not good and believe becoming a vegetarian is just a phase. most people i know became green bellies for only months and turned back to the meat.

Answer 6

There's strong evidence that shows it's very healthy. As far as morals, it doesn't matter. We humans define layers and layers of contrived morals. We realize that life feeds on life, get some weird guilt about it, and then try to remedy the situation by defining certain life that is moral to eat and other life that's not. Then we project the guilt onto others who are eating the 'immoral' life. All BS. Just eat what makes you feel healthy.

Answer 7

Honey it's the fountain of youth..your going to have alot of people disagree with our lifestyle but that's because they are ignorant to the benefits and to the filth of what they eat. Meat doesn't digest in our stomachs, it rots. Our bodies weren't meant to eat meat. The soy meats are loaded with good protein unlike the protein in meat...your off to a great start and a long life...,meat is aquired through our upbringing not required as some think...

http://www.brown.edu/Student_Services/Health_Services/Health_Education/nutrition/veg.htm

http://www.all-creatures.org/articles/ar-aninsidelook.html

Answer 8

I'm semi-vegetarian. Yet, I feel guilty and think of becoming a pure vegetarian.

I think it's good to be a vegetarian. Many youngsters don't like all vegetables and fruits. So, provided, that you maintain a nutritious diet.

Answer 9

YES YES YES We are the healthist people in the world.
I will not give you a song & dance on animal rights, I beleive we a physically meant to be Vegans.

http://www.hacres.com/home/home.asp
http://www.thegardendiet.com/

Answer 10

No. It is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to obtain adequate nourishment on a strict vegetarian diet. Even an ovo-lacto-vegetarian diet risks vitamin and amino acid deficiencies. The human digestive system and metabolism evolved over a long period of time toward an omnivorous diet (like, for example, that of bears, pigs, raccoons, and numerous other mammals) and there is no sensible reason to abandon such a diet.

Answer 11

I am semi-vegetarian, and it's exellent...i just cant stand eating those poor animals!! it makes me cry when i eat hamburgers!!