why does it take vegetarians longer to heal?

Answer 1

How quickly a person heals is due in part to variables we do not control. Simply offer the Quantum-Touch healing and allow their system to do its best. Here are some of the variables that determine healing:

Nutritional needs (does their body have the resources?)
Willingness to heal (on the surface it’s always “yes,” but underneath?)
Time (some things take time, such as tissue growth)
Toxicity or Congestion in the body (definitely hampers healing)
Severity (intense or severe conditions won’t always heal quickly)
Emotions and Mental framesets that resist healing
Sometimes people keep a condition because they haven’t learned what they needed to learn from it. All conditions we experience in life have the potential to provide lessons for us. This is especially true of disease, illness, injury, emotional upset, etc. Often a person’s condition is just a wake-up call for them to pay attention to their life. Did they get the message? If not, they may hold onto the condition until the whole process is complete. We cannot force people to heal and we are not responsible if they don’t heal as rapidly as we would like. Many things can be going on.



If the diet is siffecient in iron, minerals and zinc etc then healing should take the same length of time as if the person followed a healthy diet containing meat.

While there are many well-documented advantages of a vegetarian diet, it is also true that a vegetarian diet must be done skilfully and with knowledge of how to provide complete nutrition for the body. If one eats a well-balanced and well-cooked diet of fresh and whole foods and avoids fats and refined sugars, most nutritional requirements will easily be met. There are a few nutrients which are likely to be deficient in vegetarians, however, especially in those vegetarians who are in transition from a meat-based diet. The purpose of this chapter is to discuss three of these common pitfalls: iron, zinc, and Bl2.

Iron

An appreciation of the importance of iron in the diet goes back further than perhaps that of any other mineral. The ancients thought of it as a carrier, and it was identified with the planet Mars, perhaps because of the distinctive redness of Mars. Iron has a tendency to take up oxygen readily, changing its colour to red. This is the basis for its function in the blood, where it is the carrier of oxygen to the tissues of the body.

Iron's tendency to take up oxygen comes from its curious ability to change valences—it can have either two or three electrical charges. This means it can, by altering itself from one state to the other, take up or let go of an extra oxygen atom. Because of this ability, iron is the centre of the body's oxygen transport system, which is based on hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is a giant complex molecule which contains, like a tiny jewel in the centre of each of its four basic components, a single atom of iron. This iron in the centre of the hemoglobin molecule accepts the oxygen and as it does so develops the bright red colour which differentiates oxygenated blood from the dark red or bluish blood of the veins.

Anemia, which is a relative lack of red blood cells, usually shows up as tiredness, fatigue, paleness, and a tendency to dizziness on standing. Although many other substances besides iron are also necessary to build red blood cells, iron deficiency is one of the most common causes of anemia.

Many nutritionists are concerned that vegetarians may be at special risk for iron-deficiency anemia. These fears are not unfounded; in fact a number of cases of such anemia have been reported among vegetarians. Although iron has been shown by surveys to be low in diets of many populations, some groups within any population are at particular risk. These include infants, because of the low iron content of milk; children and adolescents, because of their rapid growth; and women during their reproductive years, both because of blood losses during menstruation and because of the demands of pregnancy. For such persons, moving toward a vegetarian diet requires special attention to the issue of iron.

There is no question that red meat, such as beef, is richer in iron than many other foods. (See table below.) Yet it is also clear that many plant foods, such as beans and green leafy vegetables, may equal or surpass red meat in iron content.

Answer 2

Its just not true. I tend to heal faster than most people I know.

I've been vegan for 16 years. 9 days ago I broke my left clavicle. This was my first broken bone. The doctor classified it as a moderate to sever fracture. The x-rays showed that my bones are seperated by a few inches with shards in between. I was told I wouldn't be able to use my arm for 6-8 weeks. I am already off all pain medication and have a large portion of my mobility back. The bone is no longer moving. Most people I've talked to who have had similar breaks are a bit amazed by my recovery.

I asked my emergency room doctor, family physician, and orthepidic surgeon whether my vegan diet would be a problem with healing. The emergency room doctor said "It shouldn't have any effect." My family physician made an annoyed face "There's no way that would affect anything. If anything, you'll heal faster." The orthopedic surgeon was in the middle "Nope, it wont have any effect at all".

I can only speak from personal experience but I've never had any problem healing.

Answer 3

In truth, the healing time of a vegetarian is normally shorter than the healing time of a meat eater.

Why? For the most part, vegetarians have studied their nutritional needs. While the average meat eater believes a lie. That meat is healthy and if we eat a lot of it WE will be healthy. Which is far from the truth.

Your average meat eater has 8 pound of undigested meat in their colon. All of this is clogging up the works. Undigested rotting food slows the healing process.

Where as the average vegetarian has only two pound of food in their colon. Healthy greens and grains working to repair the body.

Take vegan athletes. Brendan Brazier for one. See link below. Brendan suffered a break that could have ended his career as a triathlete. Sound vegan nutrition got him back up and running (literally) in record time.

Answer 4

The idea that vegs heal slower than other people
is a bunch of bunk. I weight train, and run.
I get minor injuries but I always heal within a day or
two. Vegs actually get far more vitamins and
minerals than meat eaters if they eat right.
As for meat eaters getting more iron and
protein? Do your research people. If you burn
anything above 325 degrees you eliminate
most of the nutrients. This is why omnivores
have a tendency to over- consume animal
products. If meat eaters get so much more
nutrients than vegs and vegans, than why
are so many on my job unable to give blood
due to lack of iron? Why do so many meat
eaters take B-12 shots after age 40?

Answer 5

I don't know if you are speaking from personal experience, but I can tell you that I am vegan and I never get sick, nor am I prone to bruising or anything like that. I think the rate at which a person heals is his/her particular body chemistry, in addition to his/her diet. If you are finding that you don't heal very quickly, you may want to reevaluate your daily diet. Lack of meat is not a problem, but lack of balance and/or nutrients can be.

Answer 6

This is a common myth.I am vegan and heal perfectly well from cuts.

Your bodies healing abilities would only be affected if you ate an unbalanced vegan/vegetarian diet.

Answer 7

Whoever fed you that myth? No, there's no factual or scientific basis for that. I'm the only vegetarian in the family and I don't take any more time healing wounds than the rest of my family.

Answer 8

Your body naturally absorbs and digests meat in a way that allows your body to take in the vitamins and nutrients and process them in a natural and effective manner. Your body thrives off of these vitamins and gives inner strength to all parts of your body... your bones, your blood, your brain, you eyes, your heart, your everything! Our bodies are made to respond to natural things, even though they also respond to artificial things, too of course. But when it comes to surgeries and things of the like, our body's first "instinct" if you will, is to fight back naturally. If the body is lacking that added boost of strength that is achieved by eating meats/dairy products, then it will have a stronger chance at healing/fighting back versus a person who lacks those natural vitamins and their body relies on "alternative methods" to achieve them.


What the hell is she talking about?
I skateboard everyday,I constantly get bruises,scabs,roll my ankle,sprain my wrists,get cuts and I fall hard at least once a week.I heal perfectly fine.I bruised my heel and couldn't skate for a week.My omnivore friend bruised his heel and has had to stuff an extra sock underneath his heel just to skate,and it has been 3 1/2 weeks.Maybe other vegetarians heal slowly,but I don't.Or your probably just being prejudice...


There is no question that red meat, such as beef, is richer in iron than many other foods. (See table below.) Yet it is also clear that many plant foods, such as beans and green leafy vegetables, may equal or surpass red meat in iron content

Calorie for calorie,spinach has 14 times as much iron as sirloin steak.Vitamin c greatly increases absorption of iron,a lack of it can abrupt the use of iron.Meat has no vitamin c.

Answer 9

Didn't know this was a fact. I am not a vegetarian but have been friends with a few and they seem to be pretty healthy.

Answer 10

I have never heard of such a thing, and I don't think it's true.
Vitamin C helps in healing, and vegetarians should have a lot of it, if they eat well.