Vegetarians And Vegans! How old are you? How long have you been Vegetarian/vegan? How old do you look?

Question

And are you healthier now?

I am 34 years old, I look 24, (that is the age most people think I am!!) I have been a vegetarian for 12 years and I feel much healthier all round. The day I stopped eating meat was the day I stopped hating life!!!!

FHG, I didn't e-mail you. double check the name!!

Lavender I'd think you were only 38!

Answer 1

I'm 36 and I've been veg since I was 16. I've always been very healthy (yeah, even when I was a meat eater... my mom always made sure we ate well.) I'm almost always guessed younger than I really am; I don't have the right perspective to assign myself an age other than the one I know I am, but put it this way... I get carded a lot.

Answer 2

I am a vegetarian who is allergic to milk. I am a 15 year old girl. I've been told I took about 3-4 years older, but this is because I am very tall. I have never enjoyed the taste of meat, in fact, I actually hate it. I decided that the lives of animals is much more important than me eating something I can't stand. I have officially been a vegetarian for about a year. A proper vegetarian/vegan diet can give you major health benefits. I've heard a lot of people say they feel much more energized, and all over more healthy and lively once they stopped eating meat. Me well, not so much. I'm very tall and very thin, I also don't sleep well. Therefore I look like a giant skeleton zombie. I am really picky about food so I don't have a wide range of food I eat. So, I can't say I'm meeting all my nutritional needs.

Answer 3

I've been a vegetarian for 15 years, and now a vegan for the past 3 years. People tell me I look 10 years younger than I am, and I feel so much better then when I was a carnivore. Now at the age of 39, I don't have the health problems of my peers, co-workers, and family have, and am glad that KFC turned me away from meat forever. I ordered a bucket, and while chewing on the leg, I realized what I was doing and had to change my eating habits. Now I don't eat anything with a face, but it does make it difficult to make dinner with the GF.

Answer 4

I am 30 and I've been vegetarian for about a year and a half. I still get carded to buy booze... so I guess some people think I look under 21?? NOBODY I meet thinks I'm old enough to have a 10yr old daughter. :)

While I dont' think I've been veggie long enough to see any long-term benefits (like maybe I'll still get carded for booze when I'm 40?? lol) but I do have a LOT fewer headaches and I feel a lot better and less fatigued than I did as a meat-eater. I hardly ever get sick... but then again, I've pretty much always been like that. Knock on wood!

Answer 5

I'm 42 & have been vegetarian since I was 19. Most people seem to be surprised to find out how old I am & that I have a 12 year old daughter - don't know whether they're just being polite though!

Sometimes I look in the mirror & think I look 50, sometimes I think I look 30 (altho that's when the light's off!).

Answer 6

I'm 23 and I've been vegetarian for about 11 years. I don't know how old I look really, probably younger than I actually am, I do tend to get ID'd a lot but I'm short as well which doesn't help.

Can't attribute the baby face to being veggie though - my omnivorous family are all pretty young looking too! (Just as well I'm not veggie for the cosmetic benefits then!)

Answer 7

Im 16 ... and I look .. well 16...
Ive been vegetarian for 5 months and I feel much healthier.
About a week after I became a vegetarian I felt so much better physically and mentally. Im doing much better in school and I have a lot more energy.
Even some friends noticed a difference and are trying vegetarianism.

Answer 8

I have been a vegan since I was 18. I am 51 now. I am very healthy. I think that is the key. I feel fantastic. My kids were raised as vegetarians. They would sneak off to eat meat. It is a lifestyle. For some people it is great. For others, they need meat. How old do I look? My youngest son said he is tired of people asking him about his sister. Me? It doesn't matter. I feel GOOD.

Answer 9

I'm 38 and I have been Veggie for @ 10/11 years. I stopped eating red meat first, due to stomach problems. White meat and Chicken never turned me on, so not a problem. I'm not a full Veggie though as I still eat oily fish (as long as its free range!). Wife and family only eat meat on Sundays (Organic only), but we don't eat anything at all with animal ingredients in. My Wife is a trainee dietitian and so I feel that I get all of the required Protein, Curb's and Vitamins.
I'm a hands on type of person and have had non of the problems that popular myth would lead you to believe about Vegetarianism. My co-workers are all in their late 20's but I can do all of the same work they can for a full 8 hr shift. They look more worn out than I do at the end of the day. So you could say that time has stood still. I also relate well with them all, so my mentality is also in its late 20's. They do laugh at me, when I go on about when CD's first came out and the VHS/Beta-max Debacle. It reminds me of whats happening with Blue-ray/HD-DVD at the moment. Things don't change that much after all!
I just need to get surgery on my lower eyelids if you ask my wife!

Answer 10

I'm 16 but 17 on nov 12. i have been a veggeterian since february 8, 2002 which was 6th grade and people tell me ook between 12-14 and sometiems the age i am