benefits of being a vegetarian?

The sad thing is everyone thinks its healthier for some reason. Its not, you dont get enough protein, fat and certain amino acids that your body needs. You can but most vegetarians dont.

The sad thing is everyone thinks its healthier for some reason. Its not, you dont get enough protein, fat and certain amino acids that your body needs. You can but most vegetarians dont.

magnax1

Yeah. The smart vegetarians can do it well, but many of them turn out weaker and nutrient deprived.

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The sad thing is everyone thinks its healthier for some reason. Its not, you dont get enough protein, fat and certain amino acids that your body needs. You can but most vegetarians dont.

JSDempsey

Yeah. The smart vegetarians can do it well, but many of them turn out weaker and nutrient deprived.

I had a cousin that had to go to the hospital because she didn't get enough iron and became anemic (I think thats what its called), and that actually happens pretty often to vegetarians.

you know you can't resist the steak :P

People will have a very difficult time shooting at you.

Benefits? Less saturated fat - in general. Also, you can act tremendously stuck up around everyone else, by claiming moral superiority because you don't eat meat.

[QUOTE="munu9"][QUOTE="shoeman12"]you don't get all the vitamins and proteins and nutrients you can only get with meat. oh, wait...shoeman12

[QUOTE="magnax1"]

The sad thing is everyone thinks its healthier for some reason. Its not, you dont get enough protein, fat and certain amino acids that your body needs. You can but most vegetarians dont.

JSDempsey

Yeah. The smart vegetarians can do it well, but many of them turn out weaker and nutrient deprived.

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[QUOTE="magnax1"]

The sad thing is everyone thinks its healthier for some reason. Its not, you dont get enough protein, fat and certain amino acids that your body needs. You can but most vegetarians dont.

bluelazergun

Yeah. The smart vegetarians can do it well, but many of them turn out weaker and nutrient deprived.

It tastes good, wich is a pretty logical reason to me. MMMMmmmm this chicken im eating is so tasty. As i said earlier, you can do it but most vegetarians dont. Especially in the iron and amino acids department.

You will be healthier but protein will be hard to get.

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Well the only real benefit is that you arent eating dead animals. If you aren't careful you can become unhealthy. I dont understand the idea of being vegetarian. People were obviously made to eat animals...... so eat animals.

shoeman12

Some cows get to live a meaningless life a little bit longer until someone else wants it.RushMetallica

You are less like to get the swine flu.

well you don't have to worry about alot of health risks if I were you I would pick up Gandhi's autobiography for reference and deeper thought on the subject as that was one of his things he did was search thru alot of different things including meat to see what was for him he did alot of private work on dietics and I suggest the same for you to look into dietics and experiment on your own with different foods and stuff ad remember vegetarin isn't vegan. Good luck with your search for the right foods for you.

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It's cheaper.

GettingTired

also I beleive it was vegetarians no vegans he was asking about.

Benefits? You automatically have a license to adopt an annoying, self-righteous, holier-than-thou attitude when you see a random person enjoying a steak.

Actually, it's probably quite healthy. But, seriously, please don't be that kind of vegetarian^.

everyone on here is just generalizing really people?

My bio teacher says it's healthy, since meat isn't that great for you, and you can find all the important stuff in meat in other foods.awesomeface

The only non-meat source of substantial proteins is found in Soy, which has recently been proven to cause more harm than good when consumed in large amounts over time. A man actually began growing excess breast tissue because soy can have adverse effects on the endocrine system. Without protein proper cell synthesis can't occur because DNA can't be effectively copied without the use of amino acids which are also needed for forming various polypeptide chains.

Proteins also make up the majority of the bodys enzymes which are required to absorb the substrates. This is why so many vegetarians are so skinny. The body can't absorb everything it needs, thus it begins eating away at muscle tissues to removed stored proteins and adipose tissues.

everyone on here is just generalizing really people?

observer77

[QUOTE="8-Bitterness"]well, benefits are that you get to be healthier if you know how to combine the vegetables n stuff, i would never give up meat tho D: and pasta is pretty awesome if youre a vegetarianXeros606

Well, if thats all your concerned about, I would suggest trying to find local markets that sell organic meat from natural grass fed animals, and not wholesale meat from the grocery store. It will be a little bit more costly, but it is defnitely the healthier way to go.

everyone on here is just generalizing really people?

observer77

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everyone on here is just generalizing really people?

GettingTired

I'd say thanks but I've been here a while and it doesn't hurt to point it out. ( or do anygood) but it is a habit of hopes.

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you get thinner and live longer.

mistervengeance

...wait what?

Being a vegetarian doesn't necessarily mean altering your body, and being thin doesn't mean being healthy. Also, I'd love to see some statistics on omnivores vs. herbivores life span, seriously what does that have to do with anything? Your physical condition is a combination of a lot of things such as sleep, stress, drug use etc, and though your diet has a big part in how healthy you are it is certainly not the biggest one.

Being a vegetarian doesn't mean you're automatically skinny and healthy. There is a lot of 'crap' besides meat you can pollute your body with.

You get your daily servings of veggies.

well being a vegitarian means that you will probably become healthier and lose weight... I don't know if you need to lose weight or not, but being healthy is always the #1 thing to care about yourself.

I just explained why being a vegetarian isn't the same as being healthy and skinny. ffs -.-

I just explained why being a vegetarian isn't the same as being healthy and skinny. ffs -.-

Scarebaby

There is Benefits..?

There are benefits to being a vegetarian.

But without meat your missing alot of things your body really should have.

NatoKenichi

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There are benefits to being a vegetarian.

But without meat your missing alot of things your body really should have.

Locke562

I just explained why being a vegetarian isn't the same as being healthy and skinny. ffs -.-

Scarebaby

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I just explained why being a vegetarian isn't the same as being healthy and skinny. ffs -.-

Engrish_Major

[QUOTE="Locke562"][QUOTE="NatoKenichi"]

There are benefits to being a vegetarian.

But without meat your missing alot of things your body really should have.

Jandurin

in the same environment?Jandurin

There is Benefits..?

sAndroid17

Yes, one is better tasting semen for your partner. I'm not joking BTW

Among others that I've found, here's one of the most legit looking studies. The abstract shows that vegetarians, on average, live longer, but I haven't read the full text yet to see exactly why, or if they've come to any conclusions.

Edit - the study says that some of the sub-studies implied "very low meat intake" instead of "vegetarians".