Are vegetarians more healthy?

Answer 1

Most people get way TOO much protein in their daily diets. Protein is not hard to get at all in vegetable form: beans and rice, tofu, etc.
If you are a vegetarian that is filling up on chips and cheese and bagels of course that's not healthy. You should follow a proper diet loaded with veggies, fruits, and "good" carbs, like sprouted wheat breads.
If you don't want to be vegan, you should choose organic dairy products (actually goat cheese is preferable).
Factory farming is not good for anyone, whether you eat meat or not. Just read Fast Food Nation, do online research. Things aren't the way they used to be, when people raised their own animals for meat. Factory farming is a nightmare and the meat is loaded with antibiotics, steroids, etc.
A meat based diet puts you at a much larger risk for heart disease, obesity, diabetes, liver problems, the list goes on and on. Even Dr. Spock said there is no need for a human to eat an animal product. So if you want to go veg, just make sure you do it right; don't load up on french fries and pizza.

You’ll ward off disease. Vegetarian diets are more healthful than the average American diet, particularly in preventing, treating or reversing heart disease and reducing the risk of cancer. A low-fat vegetarian diet is the single most effective way to stop the progression of coronary artery disease or prevent it entirely. Cardiovascular disease kills 1 million Americans annually and is the leading cause of death in the United States. But the mortality rate for cardiovascular disease is lower in vegetarians than in nonvegetarians, says Joel Fuhrman, MD, author of Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss. A vegetarian diet is inherently healthful because vegetarians consume no animal fat and less cholesterol and instead consume more fiber and more antioxidant-rich produce—another great reason to listen to Mom and eat your veggies!

Answer 2

Sometimes they are more healthy. Healthier than they were before. Maybe healthier than some others too. We know the vegetarian diet can be healthy when its done with nutritional knowledge of how to eat wisely. The less they eat...the more careful they have to be. But it can be done.

Some dogs are now being fed all vegetarian diets and seem to do well. Its a matter of knowing how to do it.

Some vegetarian studies also show they live longer than the meat eater type.

So....we know it can be done if done wisely. Personally, I am not one and yet healthy. And our family and friends tend to live longer also so its not an option we feel must be chosen to live longer and live healthier.

Answer 3

Well they are healthier than the average American omnivore but really look at the the average American omnivore clogged arteries and big guts. I am an omnivore and very healthy my mile time is 6:30 and my weight is within the recommended weight for my height. Now i know a lot of omnivores who are in horrible shape and i cant stress horrible enough. I have met fairly unhealthy vegetarians who don't eat really good diets. So overall it really depends on their specific diet just not if they are omnivore or vegetarian.

Answer 4

On average, yes.

You will find a few who live entirely on prepackaged convenience foods. Just like their meat eating cousins, their health will not be optimal.

Generally speaking, the increase in fiber and antioxidants in a veg-head's diet makes them much healthier. Lower incidences of cancer, diabetes and for vegans osteoporosis. Shorter spans for colds and flu. Faster healing times for cuts and even bone breakage.

Contrary to what a lot of folks here are telling you, we are not designed to eat meat. Nor are we designed to ingest cow's milk. Cow's milk is for cow babies. Not for humans.

Yet we force our bodies to ingest these things, then wonder why we are tired, crabby, our body's hurt. We don't sleep well. We're sick all the time.

The average meat eater has 8 pounds of meat in their colon when they die. You've seen those little old men who are basically skinny, except for this gut that juts out over their belts. That's all rotting meat.

Since your average veg-head eats food that is less processed their pancreas does not need to produce as many digestive enzymes. This leaves more room for metabolic enzymes. Hence veg-heads (again - in general) heal faster, have better skin and are just over all more radiant.

Just 10% of our pancreas produces metabolic enzymes. The rest produces digestive enzymes. Largely because our diet is so bad. The pancreas has to work over time. When it works so far over time that it has to use that 10% for digestion as well, we develop diabetes.

Dr. Neal Bernard has shown that going vegan can reverse diabetes. The McDougall Wellness Center has shown that going vegan can reverse heart disease, MS, and a number of other diseases.

But that is with veganism - NO animal product at all. Not vegetarianism still using dairy and eggs.

Answer 5

The only two I know are Pam Anderson and Traci Bingham.

Answer 6

I personally think so, though you will undoubtedly get the meat eaters on here saying we are all anorexic hippies. I am much healthier than I was when I was eating meat-I went from being completely crippled to being perfectly fine. My bowel habits have improved dramatically, and in 3 years, I havent had so much as a sniffle, whereas I contantly had colds before. I think it is easier for the body to process and digest healthy grains and vegetables, than it is to try to digest muscle similar to its own. The veggie bashers will insist that we need meat, but we most certainly do not.

Answer 7

That has been a matter of debate for a long time.

Frankly, the human body was made to be omnivorous, meaning that we eat EVERYTHING, meat included.

Vegans and vegetarians must find alternative sources for the protein that is absolutely necessary for the human body to function properly. Having to find artificial substitutions for things in a NORMAL diet is not considered healthy.

Having to do without a certain food because of allergy or intolerance is one thing. FORCING the body to eat only specific things for a social more is something entirely different, and not necessarily good at all.

Answer 8

Yes they are...and they live longer then meat eaters too.

Answer 9

Not necessarily. They need to learn how to get enough protein and to get a good variety so that they have all the esential amino acids. Americans definitely need to cut down on fat in their diet, and eat less red meat. But fish is good, whole grains, white meat chicken and even eggs. A good diet needs fresh fruits and vegetables and milk poducts.

Answer 10

then meat eaters? yes