is it true that vegetarian people are slim?

Answer 1

No..... Animal fat is not the only fat that makes you fat. Genetics, over eating & poor lifestyle changes are what are responsible for making you "fat".

Answer 2

not true, at all. vegetarians can still pig out on chocolate cake and cheese sticks. Perhaps vegans, with their very limited diet, stay pretty slim though. i think the biggest correlation would be that most vegetarians care about their health. so, they tend to be more physically fit. dont forget thot, that just because someone's slim doesnt mean they are healthy. they could have clogged arteries, etc. i think i used to learn that your body is 30% genes and 70% lifestyle. thats not an exact figure or anything tho. lol.

Answer 3

A lot of vegetarians are thin, but that doesn't mean they all are. Vegetarians who eat a lot of dairy to make up for the lack of meat in their diet actually might gain weight, while vegetarians who eat more plant-based foods and less dairy are likely to lose or maintain weight.
When I first became a vegetarian, I started eating a lot of dairy. After a while, though, I started eating a diet made up of plant foods and just a tiny bit of dairy, and I lost weight until I got everything balanced out.

Answer 4

There are fat vegetarians, skinny vegetarians and muscular vegetarians just like anybody else. It really depends on your eating/exercise habits, individual metabolism and general health.

I am vegetarian, fat and muscular, kind of like a wrestler; definitely not skinny. I'm basically healthy, but I have to admit I like food more than exercise. But I'm 50 years old and I was thin when I first became vegetarian at 27.

Answer 5

1) Do not believe the TOO slim part. Dr. McDougal uses an old weight chart not the new & updated one.Which has been done so people will feel "good" about themselves. For me the difference was as much as 30 lbs. less. http://www.drmcdougall.com/
2) IF a Veggie is eating right (Balanced) plant based diet with low fat, low sugar etc. AND getting enough exercise for the calories they are eating they will be slim. Same goes for flesh eater but it is easier for veggies.
3)Now the topper & they have not condition to effect they body using their food properly, Thyroid, Adrenals, Diabetes etc.


Slainté(to your health)

Answer 6

Not necessarily
If a vegetarian were to live mostly on cheese or a vegan mainly on chips then that wouldn't exactly be slimming.
However, on an appropriately planned meat-free diet it is true research has shown that vegetarian groups do tend to have lower rates of obesity, lower risk of high blood pressure, and even longer life expectancy than omnivores.

Answer 7

My husband is a bit heavy. He started that way and then switched to a vegan diet. He eats perfectly healthy, not a junk food veg by any means (we hardly even eat anything packaged at all) and he does a moderate level of activity. He's maintaining his weight. I know a couple girls that are the same way. In order to LOSE weight on a vegetarian diet you would have to restrict your calories and burn more than you take in. If it's not someone's goal to lose weight on a veg diet then they'll probably stay the same weight as before they went veg.

Answer 8

Vegetarian people in general are more concerned about their diet so are slim but there are people who have a bad vegetarian diet who can be obese.

Answer 9

i used to weigh 11 stone when i was 11-12 i turned vegetarian, I'm 14 and i weigh 7 stone, I'm a boy, and i dont eat any meat what so ever so u cud say alot of vegetarians are slim or skinny

Answer 10

I've known slim and fit vegetarians, and I've known pudgy, couch potato vegetarians. You can eat a really fatty, unhealthy diet despite being a vegetarian. But, I think vegetarians in general think a little bit more about their health and diet.

Answer 11

no it isn't!! Just because a person is vegetarian doesn't mean that they are really skinny and want to loose weight. Every vegetarian has a different reason for being like they don't like meat or they don't agree with it.