what are the good and bad points of being a vegitarian?

Answer 1

good:

helps reduce animal cruelty and death
longer life
more healthy
great variety of imaginative food
Better for the environment

bad:
having to put up with ignorant meat-eater comments
being associated (wrongly ) with PETA and animal rights groups ( veggie is a DIET )
Being subject to more assumptions that you can shake a stick at.

note all the bad points are to do with other people, not the diet.

Answer 2

Good points:
saving animals
veggies are mostly healthier
finding out about food that you've never heard of (my fave is Quorn, tastes just like ground beef, but is vegetarian and is good for you.)
getting an excuse for a meal all of your own when everyone else wants meat
people telling you how much they admire you and that they'd be vegetarians if they could resist hamburgers

Bad points:
NO MEAT!
it's always a hassle to get another meal for yourself
less choice with food; many things just have a sauce or flavorings that have meat in them
having to watch what you eat more to make sure that you get enough protein and fibre
when you go to a BBQ and can't have anything but the mashed potatoes and the corn on the cob, so you either have to bring a frozen veggie burger and clean the grill to get rid of the meat fat or just eating a sandwich

Answer 3

The good: No guilt in having an innocent animal die for
your dining pleasure. Long term health benefits from
substantially reduced harmful fat intake. Better digestion
and elimination. Superior assilimation of vitamins and
minerals throught the body. Shinier hair, better skin.
The bad: Having to learn a new way of eating. Finding
recipes that are as satisfying to the pallet as non-vegitarian
fare. Making sure your diet includes the B vitamins
associated with meat, etc. Difficulty ordering in restaurants
that may not comply with veggie cuisine.
All in all, if you are a vegitarian, you can probably look
forward to a much longer life than your bone-cleaning
buddies.

Answer 4

The good:

There's quite a few more types of vegetable than there are meats in your local grocery store. So,while most omnivores whine that there's no variety... ^_- they just aren't looking hard enough

Feeling better and treating your body far better than most.

The food is cheaper by far,and your medical bills won't be obscene when you get older because of all the rot that's passed through your body over the years (along with all of those hormones they stuff into Mr. Chicken).

You're saving thousands of your fellow animals' lives per year.

You have a far less chance of being poisoned by ecoli,mad cow or bird flu,amongst dozens of other diseases.

You don't need to worry about your carrots sitting out on the stove and going bad-you DO have to worry if it's a slab of dead animal.

Bad:

Go look at everything in your local 'fast food' shop. Or your local restaurants. 9 times out of 10,if I walk into a sit down mexican restaurant,they're stunned that all I want is beans and rice. Living in the US,a meat-obsessed society,it's very hard to find things to eat when I'm out.

Dealing with morons. I constantly get 'LOLZ U R A VEGETARIAN? O GOOD MORE MEAT 4 ME'. My usual response? 'Okay. Eat yourself to death. Have fun.' But it's still annoying.



So,all in all,it's harder to eat out... but you have far more variety if you stay at home and eat,too. Yeah,I get sick of salads when we go out... but when I look at a steak after 6 years of being a vegetarian (this year in July)? I'm utterly disgusted.

Answer 5

There is little useful purpose is being a vegetarian because vegetarians are vegetarians in name only. Vegans enjoy considerable health benefits due to lack of cholesterol, antibiotics and factory animal farming chemicals in their diet. Vegans have very low serum cholesterol levels. No one in the 30+ year long Framingham Heart Study with very low cholestrol levels (below 150 - I think - at least at vegan level) has died of congestive heart failure - no one!

Answer 6

good points:
1. better skin
2. better sleep
3. more energy
4. better conscience
5. better selection because of ethnic cuisine,
American variations, etc.
6. No dioxin, less or no growth hormones,
antibiotics, chemicals, etc.


bad points:

1 .more fiber may mean more trips
to the bathroom.
2. Overdoing beans can give you gas
3. Having to explain that you don't eat
flesh
4. Unless you live in a major Veg city
(L.A., Chicago, N.Y city) it may be
hard to find things you like to eat.
5. Being stereotyped.

Answer 7

There are no bad points unless you don't eat a well balanced diet. I don't understand why the first poster said No more BBQ's. I BBQ all the time. I BBQ veggie kabobs (lots of ways to make these), veggie dogs, Boca burgers etc.

Answer 8

The good: Everything. No guilt over killing animals for pleasure. Less chance of diabetes, various cancers, heart disease, and tons of other illnesses. No smell of charred flesh in your home. Less chance of obesity.

The bad: It can be hard to eat when travelling. You can't just pull off at the local McDonalds and get a cheeseburger. And in foreign countries, it's often harder to find pure vegetarian items (no lard, no beef demi-glace, no chicken stock, no bacon fat, etc).

Answer 9

Good
♥ help animals
♥ good for the environment
♥ healthy

Bad
♥ People might wave meat in your face

Answer 10

good point is u cant loss weight very fast and vegitarian cant eat meat so they have to eat vegitable and it good fo your skin, and the bad point about being a vegitarian is there are tons and tons of good food in the world that involve with meat but you cant eat it