vegetarian bad?

Question

you hear a hundred and one reasons why its get to be a vegetarian, what i want to know, is why its bad to be a vegetarian? like what are the bad things it does to your body and your health, an any other reason you can think of

what about for sports?
is it easier, do you feel you can run faster, longer, ect? do you feel you can play a more variety of sports?
and stuff like that?

Answer 1

I am a vegetarian and there are times when it can be bad. There is something called a "junk food vegetarian." It's when you don't eat meat and instead overload on starches and processed food.
If you are going meatless, you need to supplement your diet with other forms of protein like tofu products, beans, etc. There are many delicious options for veggie burgers and meat substitutes. Some of my favorites are Morningstar Farms and Boca.
Also make sure you are getting enough iron through veggies like spinach.
As long as a diet is balanced, a vegetarian diet can be very healthy.

Answer 2

Any diet where you don't effectively watch your nutrition can be bad.

Most people will tell you all these health problems you can get from too little protein, but that is pretty much crap. Yes, if you are living on refined pasta or something it could be a problem, but if you are eating a balanced diet, there is no problem with a vegetarian lifestyle. Americans as a rule eat far too MUCH protein, and it's killing us.

There are two things you may lack with a vegetarian diet - B complex vitamins and complete protein. Both are easy to supplement. There are several combinations of vegetable sources that give you complete protein. And all the protein you eat doesn't have to be complete. Your body can make most of the protein you need from amino acids found in vegetables. Additionally, the RDA for protein is set far too high because of lobbying from the meat and dairy industry. Nutritional yeast added to your food once or twice a week makes it yummy and gives you plenty of B complex vitamins from a natural and vegetarian source. All other nutrients, vitamins and fiber are much more abundant in a balanced vegetarian diet than they are in an omnivorous diet.

Most people who malign vegetarians are just too lazy to want to watch what they eat, or they feel the need to justify their continuing to partake of unneccessary and cruelly produced factory farmed meat. Because it does taste good. It's easier. And most people really don't want to know the details or think about where it comes from.

Answer 3

I'm a vegetarian. What you have to do is make sure you get all you nutrients that you are not getting bc you don't eat meat. You need to make sure to get those nutrients through your vitamins. Otherwise you'll get deficiencies, like from lack of iron for instance. You also have to make sure you don't load up on a ton of dehydrogenated and over processed foods. Avoid foods with BHT and MSGs too. BHT and MSG has been experimented on lab rats and has caused cancer in some. Also avoid artificial sweeteners and diet sodas... the artificial sweetener turns into once it is in your body is embalming fluid. It is known that know in days they don't have to use as much embalming fluid anymore bc the body is already partially decomposing from all the artificial crap (which are chemicals) that we put into our bodies. Over all being a vegetarian is a good thing bc you dont get all those hormones that are pumped into our cows which have a major effect on the body.

Answer 4

Being Vegetarian is great for me
Gives me much more energy
Before when I was meat eating
I was lacking energy.. huffing puffing
No matter what I was doing
Vegetarian type of eating is for me
As A vegetarian I have more energy
Then when I was a meat eater
With meat eating I was alot weeker
Whatever do what you feel is right
Just post your thoughts on the site
That's right then you'll get no despite
For posting on the wrong site
If you post in a section that's right!

Answer 5

There is nothing bad about eating a *balanced* vegan or vegetarian diet, making sure you get plenty of protein and nutrients from wholesome, good food. Stay away from the highly processed foods full of fat and sugar and sodium... yes, even plenty of those are vegan. There are also plenty of world-class athletes who are vegan, so it doesn't negatively affect athletic performance. Check out http://www.veganathlete.com/vegan_vegetarian_athletes.php
for a short list. I'm sure there is a more comprehensive list somewhere else. This one includes only vegans. The only thing bad I can say is that it is sometimes inconvenient, but hey, that's a small price to pay.

Answer 6

The biggest "bad" aspect of ANY diet, vegetarian or otherwise, is nutrition. Period.

If a person eats only one type of food, then by definition, he'll be lacking certain nutrients. Let's be silly and assume a person is stranded on an island, and eats nothing but mangoes. Mangoes are pretty good sources of fiber, certain vitamins, and certain minerals (I'm not going to bother looking up which ones!).

But mangoes have no fat or protein to speak of, and eventually the stranded person will die from the lack of these nutrients.

Luckily, people who AREN'T stranded on islands have the convenience of varying their diets, to ensure proper nutrition. Also, there are nutritional supplements widely available. It doesn't apply only to vegetarians...there are people who have severe allergies to (for example) milk and dairy products. Of course, they still require the nutrients that are found in milk, so they take calcium and vitamin D supplements.

Answer 7

Like any other diet, if you don't take care of yourself properly you will fall flat on your face. I think this is a problem with alot of vegetarians, especially the younger ones who don't do proper research into a healthy vegetarian/vegan diet. All the nutrients you need lie in plants/fruits/grains/etc. No meat is or ever has been neccesary..Taking care of yourself however has. Below is a list of protein sources for those who truly believe meat is the only source. I think the comparison says it all.

Answer 8

The fear of Vitamin B12 deficiencyin the vegetarian diet can lead to mistakes with taking supplements.

Longevity (integrity of cell division) relates directly to DNA quality which is determined by quantity and quality of B12 available to our cells. So the question for vegetarians is:

Are you getting enough of the right kind of B12?

The raw food site RadicalHealth.com says:
.. "Synthetics & Isolates are a class of Franken-Foods right up there with GMO botanicals. This class of substances includes most supplement components. One example is B12, which is the substance from which DNA is synthesized. Some researchers have suggested a primary contributer to Cancer in people with no other predisposition may be eating B12 supplements, which produce DNA synthesized out of synthetic B12 which may devolve by replicative failure until systemic Cancer appears out of the blue. Another example is ascorbic acid, which is very different than Natural State Vitamin C. Eating ascorbic acid supplements and foods with hidden ascorbic acid used as a preservative is a primary contributer to rapid aging as ascorbic acid disrupts cellular oxygen metabolism."...

.." One delicious source of B12 is Bee Pollen.
Bee products are in a class by themselves. They are produced by insects so are neither Vegan nor from animal origins.

You can quickly test Bee Pollen quality by placing some Pollen in water, wait five minutes, then shake.

Pollen granules should disintegrate by shaking or slight touch. If they *remain hard* or *all float*, best use this Pollen on your garden, rather than for eating. :-) " ...

Answer 9

it is while you're actually not careful to get the splendid form of meals. on an identical time as i think of an omni weight loss plan is fit, as practiced via maximum folk it is amazingly undesirable. it is a question of ways a lot junk you consume. Processed meals of any form are undesirable. a heavily deliberate vegetarian weight loss plan with dairy and eggs may be very healthy. Omni diets are much less complicated. Vegan diets are the two undesirable and unnatural. individually, i think of a paleolithic type weight loss plan is probable the healthiest, yet as that consists of an excellent form of meat and animal fats, it is probable not for you. while you're annoying approximately animal cruelty, seem for organic and organic, unfastened selection meat at your food market. in case you comprehend any hunters, see in case you're able to purchase meat from them. people stepped forward as hunters and as meat eaters from frugivore ancestors. including cooked meat and flora to our weight loss plan one million or 2 million years in the past allowed us to evolve and help the vast brains we now have.

Answer 10

There's nothing wrong about being vegetarian. It's great to be vegetarian, indeed. By being vegetarian, you get a healthier life, and you don't participate in the process of killing millions of innocent animals.