Im not talking about a person that just started being one after 20 years of fast food but someone who started young??
2007-07-29 03:01:34 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
You can be a vegetarian and eat lots of pizza, burgers, fries, chips, ice creme, chocolate cake....
2007-07-29 04:33:08 · answer #1 · answered by Lili B 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Several years ago, I gained a lot of weight although I've been vegetarian since 1987. There were several contributing factors. My SO & I had just got together & we were dining out way too frequently & often having alcohol as well. I had some health issues (*not* diet-related) that made me very inactive over the course of several months & I've got a habit of "comfort" snacking when I don't feel well, get stressed or depressed etc. It took a couple years to gradually lose the weight but the scales are pretty much tipped in my favor now.
2007-07-29 19:29:57 · answer #2 · answered by Catkin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep. heathy and vegetarian are not exchangable. Although you are more likely to be health conscious as a percentage of the population if you are vegetarian... it is not always the case.
Example. When I look at the label of everything I buy to eat... While I am scanning the label I also look at the nutritional information while I am back there. I avoid things with too many additives or high fat content etc. It is something that I naturally do that I never did when I wasn't conscious of ingredients.
2007-07-29 10:14:41 · answer #3 · answered by SST 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The lead singer of Fall Out Boy is pretty chubby for a vegetarian.
I've never seen a vegetarian who was completely obese though, like most of the people I see in their SUVs in the McDonald's drive through.
2007-07-29 11:55:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Just because some is a vegetarian does not mean that they eat a healthy diet. They can still consume a lot of calories and carbs and vegetable fats.
2007-07-29 10:05:13 · answer #5 · answered by lori d 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
i guess the reason why vegetarians tend to be slimmer is prehaps they are more aware of what they're eating. They could possibly go for a higher calorie version of a meat-included meal, but i think generally vegetarians just put more thought into what they put in their mouths.
2007-07-29 11:28:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
Vegetable oil is still oil, even worse trans fats from partially hydrogenated oils are generally considered to be more of a health risk than those occurring naturally.
2007-07-29 11:03:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have seen overweight vegetarians and vegans. I also have seen very thin hard- core meat eaters. It has a lot to do with your metabolism, your body type, and your eating habits. Also the amount of exercise one gets.
2007-07-29 16:29:46 · answer #8 · answered by she sees 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is nothing about vegetarianism per se which should predispose to thinness, but I would guess that most veggies probably tend to have good health habits overall.
2007-07-29 10:12:42 · answer #9 · answered by Handsome Chuck 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I have. She had been a vegetarian for quite some time.
2007-07-29 10:34:02 · answer #10 · answered by hitwoman001 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋