Are you a vegetarian? Has your health improved since you became a vegetarian?

Answer 1

The one thing I like is all the garbage leaves your body more easily and more often. In that way you feel lighter and cleaner. You won't have the greasy fat taste in your mouth.

I like Tophs' response. Eating for your lifelong health (and not even necessarily vegetarian) is like saving for retirement. If you plan it out even though it takes a long time and can seem like a "struggle" you can benefit in the long term. If you didn't save, then you end up with nothing to retire on, and likewise, many people who ate poorly and didn't stay healthy ended up with heart disease more often. It is still the number 1 cause of death in the US.

Answer 2

Yes. My health has improved dramatically. I have only been in the vegetarian(lacto-ovo) lifestyle for a few months and wow it is a major change. I use the restroom so much easier and regularly. I feel 'lighter' overall. I eat great meals and try so many new foods, that I wouldn't have tried before. I do struggle at times when I am at barbeques and such, but I like that vegetarianism has brought out of me strength and if I, a country gal from arkansas can give up the pigs, cows, chicken, seafood, I can do anything else my heart desires!

Answer 3

I chose to give up red meat after a doctor told me a heart attack was on the horizon, I was 24 years old. Within two years I had given up fish and chicken. I actually stopped eating pork years before any of this happened.

I had heart tests done at 28, things were improving but he was still fearful of my future. Although the "due date" was pushed back.

By the time I was 30 I was vegan, I was hooked on eating healthy, living on a veggie commune, and participating in sports.

After joining a new team I was elected captain/coach before the first season ended, we won the championship the next year, and for three consecutive years afterward.

At 32, I went to the doctor for heart testing. I needed to know if the danger had passed. The doctor could not believe the turn around that occurred in four years. As a vegan the doctor told me I had the heart of a 16 year old, and that whatever i was doing I should keep doing it.

As i have said in my postings elsewhere, I am no longer a vegan, but I eat so little cheese that most people believe i am one still. I will be again someday, but for now I do not have the time to put into the regime.

My five brothers have all had heart problems, my father had a major coronary at 42. I am now 42 and have been told again that I have nothing to fear.

Let me add one thing, for those who believe that it may have been physical activity to cause the turn around. At 23 I hiked the Appalachian Trail. I was a long distance runner who could run 10 miles in under an hour, and three in under 16 minutes at the age of 20.

Answer 4

Absolutely! I've been vegetarian for over 20 years. I lost 35lbs within the first 6 months, and have kept a constant weight since. My allergies all but cleared up and now I only really go to the doctor for my annual check-up. A lot has to do with, not only the vegetarian diet, but the health awareness that comes with it.

I became vegetarian, not for any vague dislike of killing animals, but because I worked in agricultural research and realised how many hormones and nasty habits are around in the meat industry (like feeding infected sheep meat to herbivore cows aka mad cow disease).

My 4 year old daughter has been vegetarian since the womb, and she has only ever been to the doctor for her age recommended check-ups. Where we live there is a lot of air pollution, so that's pretty unusual.

Answer 5

I am a vegetarian, and have far less colds etc. than I used to, and I take far less time off school than my friends due to illness, meaning that I will get a better education into the bargain.

Linda McCartney was just unlucky, there is research out there that tells us that vegetarians have a 40% lower chance of getting certain cancers, and that women who ate a lot of beef during their pregnancy had boys with a low sperm count due to all the hormones pumped into the cattle.

Answer 6

Yes I'm a vegetarian and my health has improved tremendously being a vegetarian and even getting better as I'm nearly a vegan. You best eat more fruit then veggies when vegetarian. don't forget beans and cereals too!

Answer 7

Yes absolutely.

I tried Vegetarianism for about 2.5 years, about 3.5 years ago. I lost 15 lbs and my health and well being were out of this world. I have never ever in my 26 years of life felt so healthy and strong during this 2.5 years. I had tons of energy, I kept a stable weight, my skin and hair looked healthy, was easy to fall asleep and always woke up so positive and full of energy every morning. Never got sick, not even a cold or sore throat. It was quite incredible I must say. It was like a chain reaction of positive things.

This past year I went through some tough times and went back to eating meat and unhealthy food and I gained all the weight back and feel miserable. 3 weeks ago I decided to start caring again about myself and already lost 2 lbs and feel better.

I'd recommend you to reduce your meat consumption. You'll see good results.

Answer 8

I haven't been sick in over 5 years. You know how colds "go around" in the winter months and such? I don't catch them anymore. I haven't had so much as a sore throat since becoming a veggie!
I am very regular. I have a lot more energy and I've dropped weight that has stayed off.
My blood pressure and resting heart rate are really low - I'm at a low risk of diabetes, high cholesterol and heart disease now (even though those things run on both sides of my family!).
I wouldn't go back to eating meat if you paid me! :-)

Answer 9

I've never been unhealthy, but I've noticed a definite improvement in energy since I've gone vegetarian.

Answer 10

My health improved DRAMATICALLY when I became a veggie. I was sick, crippled, and very ill. I healed completely, and am now fine. There is lots of nasty stuff in meat-blood, pus, urine, feces, cholesterol, adrenaline, parasites, bacteria, growth hormones, antibiotics, steroids, etc. The body just doesn't know how to process all of that, and it takes its toll on health. I highly recommend going veggie-the best thing I have ever done. My 12 year old is veggie too, and is clearly healthier and more active than her meat eating friends-she can outrun any of them, has no pimples like they do, and has healthy shiny hair, great skin, etc. Same for me.