If you live five years longer because you were a vegetarian, was it really worth the agony?

Question

I'd rather die five years younger and enjoy my food than to live five years longer to save some stupid cow.

Note the troll, IndyT. He keeps popping up. He always says basically the same things.

Answer 1

This question has multiple answers because it depends on a number of variables.

First of all, it would depend on the age that I died at. If I died at 40 for some reason, I would say it was worth it to have 5 extra years added to my shorter than average life.

Secondly, it would depend on how you feel about it. Would it be agony? Maybe for some people, and not for others. And I think after being a vegetarian for years you are already disciplined enough and used to it that you wouldn't even care.

You also have to realize that some people are vegetarians because they want to be healthy, not just because they think it's wrong to eat animals. And I don't think any normal person (atleast not in western culture) is a vegetarian to save cows. Cows don't need saving. The issue lies more on cruelty of aniamls.

I think this is the most important thing to take into consideration though... you just through 5 years out as a random number. Well sorry, but that means jack ****. Eating healthy may not add 5 years to your life. It may add more. But eating healthy has other benefits to it like helping to prevent certain diseases, decreasing the frequency of times you get sick, and helping your eyes, bones, skin, etc to become healthy. Or think about it... you eat unhealthy, your arteries clog, and as a result you have a stroke that takes away your eyesight, your basic motor skills, and you now have to relearn how to speak, and you are paralyzed in a hospital bed for the rest of your life... I mean, there are worse things that can happen to you.

And what if you don't care about your health now and figure you'll eat all the junk food you want because you think you'd rather live a shorter, but more satisfying life, but 20 years down the road you have a wife and kids you love to death but since you chose the lifestyle that you did, you did younger leaving your kids behind.

Of course you don't need to be a vegetarian to be healthy either. So to give you a more complete, single answer I would say that taking the effort to eat healthier and sacrifice some junk foods are worth it... to me. I wouldn't become a vegetarian though. To me, eating healthy isn't very hard for me. I have enough self control to moderate myself and I don't mind it. It all depends on the person.

Answer 2

What agony?

If anything I suffer NO agony living on a vegan diet. I DO enjoy my food very much, and my health and energy is better now than it has ever been before. Not only does a vegetarian diet give you a greater chance to live longer, but also to live a more healthy life so that you don't get sick as much, so you don't get infections as easy, or have the need to use drugs and antibiotitcs to keep you alive or healthy.

It is estemated if all health care was removed from this planet, the United States would likely be the the sickest country on earth or very close to it. Other western cultures would not be far behind.

I am not trying to say that everyone should be vegetarian!

But ALOT of people could be eating way better and taking better care of themselves, and they don't. The western diet is much much to high in protein and faty foods, mostly from eating too much meat, milk, eggs and fast food. Moderation or not eating these foods at all would do alot of people some good.

Its done nothing but good for me.

Answer 3

You must be very young and inexperienced. So, I will forgive you saying that a "living thing"...is stupid.
But I can give you some proven statistics on healthy living.
Look at the diseases in North America.
You are killing yourself with the food you eat.
Proper diet, i.e. fresh organic grown vegetables, legumes, whole uncooked vegetables, fresh fruit, some exercises and lots of water will contribute to a healthy life.
You don't even have to be a vegetarian. You could still eat fish and shellfish and some meat.
The suggestion here is that you eat everything in moderation, and certainly nothing, I repeat nothing processed.
You could eat like a "pig", pardon the pun, never gain an ounce if you where willing to make a meal from scratch, and build it around vegetables and fruit, and legumes.
So, bon appetite and an extra 5 years to your life.

Answer 4

What agony? You make it sound like coming into the house on a cold winter's day and sitting down to a big bowl of homemade vegetable soup and fresh-baked corn muffins is some kind of torture.

Trust me, it's no misery to eat lasagna with fresh veggies, and I'm not exactly suffering when I sit down on a hot summer's afternoon to a bowl of cool, delicious gazpacho and a glass of ice tea.

So, no matter how you look at it, I'm still better off than you are. I get the five extra years AND I eat delicious, healthy meals. In fact, I'll even bring a pot of soup and those corn muffins to your funeral luncheon, if you'd like!

Answer 5

Agony? I'm way happier as a Vegan then I ever dreamed is possible. I eat way better foods than most meat eater's dream of. Even if I did not care about animals, and I do, I would still be a Vegan for the food, and the health benefits.

Answer 6

Actually, since I became vegan I eat better, and more varied food than ever before. I eat from a wider spectrum of foods and I eat from more ethnic restaurants and such than ever before. You go ahead and keep eating your 12 recipes (that's how many the average family uses---ever!) and I'll eat better tasting and more interesting food than you can ever dream of. Yes, the five years I'll be spending with my family and friends, and the five years of better health when i can walk to the store and go dancing with my husband. Those will be worth every bit of cow avoidance that I can muster.

Answer 7

I would rather eat a healthy diet and know that my uality of life will be better. Living longer may not necessarily be a good thing but preventing possible illness is well worth the effort.

Answer 8

it would be torcore to eat meat so id rather save not just one cow but a lot and live 5 years longer. and god didnt want us to eat meat so really were obeying him saving animals and living 5 years longer. what are u doing dying 5 years erylier killing animals disobaying god and missing out on so many things like memories and different foods. but thats not my loss its yours

Answer 9

The only agony I experience is watching the
rest of the world grow fatter while I feast
on lentil croquettes and vegetable korma,
spinach and mushrooms.

Are diabetes, heart attacks, heart burn,
angina, and strokes, glaucoma,
and impotence worth eating carrion?

Answer 10

if you rather eat a lot of unhealthy stuff, and die young due to
aome disease / or illness caught
eating meat/ burgers/ steaks..well, it's suffering, dude.
be more sensible.
u dnt become a vegetarian overnight.
it takes time to convert.
Imean , for health sake try to eat more greens, and eat less meat.
it will be good if you could abstain
from it.. :>