How long does it take to feel the health benefits of a vegetarian diet?

Question

Currently I eat everything. I love fruits, veggies, nuts, and meat. I am a animal lover but I really don't have any moral or ethical issues with being a carnivore. I guess I try not to think about the slaughter and such. Anyway, I would like to know if I feel physically and maybe emotionally better eating a diet without meat. Any insights on how long I will feel the benefits? Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

There's no hard and fast rule as to how quickly you will notice results, if at all. In fact, some people's health gets worse. But if you adopt a vegetarian diet for the right reasons, and do your homework on what to put into the giant hole you've created in your diet by refusing meat, and make a conscious choice to eat what you choose to eat instead of what looks and tastes nice just as long as it complies with the vegetarian rules, and eat the things you know are good for your health and wellbeing, if you do this then you should notice results in a remarkably, surprisingly, SHOCKINGLY, short period of time. I started noticing differences in energy levels and attention and breathing and strength within HOURS of beginning my new diet, and I've been vegan for almost 7 years now.

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Answer 2

I am speaking as a failed vegetarian but I clearly remember when I attempted this. Forget peta, forget politics all together. Do your research on the health benefits of a vegetarian diet. Your parents want to make sure that you are taking in all the nutrients you need. Especially be sure that you find some recipes and take care of all the logistics. Now that I'm a mother, if my daughter said she wanted to be a vegetarian, the first thing I would think is that it would make more work for me figuring out what to feed her. Take care of the menu planning and you're halfway there. Then just do it, quietly and let them accept that you have not lost your mind or become some sort of radical that no longer loves or respects them. Who knows, maybe you'll make some converts. Good Luck

Answer 3

Everyone is different. Vegetarians and Vegans come in "degrees."

Some are only out to help the animals and give no notice to their own health. They try to live on junk food. So there is no health benefit at all.

Some are health conscious and study hard to learn what is best for their own bodies. All bodies are different. No one person or book can tell you what is optimum for yourself.

One can easily say the most notable difference is emotional more than physical. Stanford University has done studies in muscle memory. The memory of sit ups does just as much good as the actual act of sit ups. Hence and animal who has lived 2 or more years in a tortured environement has that memory in their muscle. Which they pass on to those who eat them. Hence anti-depressants are the number one drug right now across the US. We didn't have "road rage" years ago when animals were raised in a proper environment then put to death humanely before they were dismembered.

Answer 4

If the only factor is the elimination of meat from your diet then it hard to show any health benefits. The rest of your diet could be unhealthy and the protein you got from lean meat might have been the healthiest part. There are plenty of vegetarians who have unhealthy diets. I see them all the time. They call themselves "vegetarian" but you never see a vegetable on their plates - more likely grains, baked goods, maybe starchy things like potatoes and rice.

So just the elimination of meat is not the big deal. Sounds like your current diet is healthier than many I see.

Answer 5

I went vegetarian then vegan pretty gradually, so it's hard to say. I know that the last few times I did consume meat or dairy, I felt physically bad for about a day or so. So, for my body, it takes about that long to start feeling better. It's pretty dramatic, too.

I also haven't been sick since becoming vegan almost two years ago. Before that, I was sick at least 2-3 times a year.

Answer 6

I've been a vegetarian since 1998 and I'm not gonna lie, ever since I became pregnant (4 mos.), I have been touching eggs and chicken. Now I've noticed ever since I have started to touch these meats again, sometimes the taste can become a little sickening, not because its actual meat, but I believe I have gotten use to not having the taste for it anymore. Also, when you eat healthy the way you do, the less junk food and sugary foods you intake, the more your body gets use to not wanting those type of foods.

Answer 7

I 've been a vegetarian for a year and a half and became a vegan 6 months ago...like the i felt more energy within a few days of becoming a vegetarian...and when i became a vegan my skin glows...my acne cleared up and my health has improved. (i used to have high blood pressure and was overweight). i lost 20 pounds since i became a vegan and i lost 15 when i became a vegetarian.

Answer 8

Yeah, it doesn't constitute a diet plan... sorry. It's good for the environment, though. The meat industry creates near 50% of all carbon emmissions.

Answer 9

My thought is if you significantly cut out the saturated fat that is in meats your body could become healthier pretty quickly- like in one month's time. I say this based upon the movie Supersize Me where he ate that crappy high-fat food and his cholesterol levels went up within a month.
but of course, it would depend on if you gave up butter, cheese, high-fat milk products as well.
As for feeling it emotionally, who knows!

Answer 10

ive been veggie for 2 years nothing seems to have changed