Beginning Questions About Being A Vegetarian

[DalTheJigsaw123]

Beginning Questions About Being A Vegetarian?

Where do you start? Is it good for you? Does it depend on the person? Is there really benefits for being a Vegetarian?

[Teddy]

By becoming vegetarian you will help the environment in many many ways. The space needed for meat to be produced per meal is HUNDREDS times more than the space needed for vegetarian food. You will help save the amazon, as one of the main reasons it is cut down is for ranches. You will reduce your carbon footprint. It benefits the cows, pigs, chickens, sheep etc that will not be... eaten, genetically modified, fed drugs, battery farmed, slaughtered etc. Globally there is supposedly a food shortage. There would be NO SUCH THING if everybody was veggie. It is good for you. Vegetarians suffer less from heart disease, and on average live longer. None of the things I have mentioned so far depend on the person. You start by cutting out any dead animals from your diet. All the nutrients that you might miss can be got from other sources. ...egg, beans, nuts, (and marmite for B vitamins. Do you have that in the states?), but really you dont need to become a nutritionist. I am one of the healthiest people I know, and I have never really done much but eat what I want and not have any meat.

[DalTheJigsaw123]

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[DalTheJigsaw123]

By becoming vegetarian you will help the environment in many many ways. The space needed for meat to be produced per meal is HUNDREDS times more than the space needed for vegetarian food. You will help save the amazon, as one of the main reasons it is cut down is for ranches. You will reduce your carbon footprint. It benefits the cows, pigs, chickens, sheep etc that will not be... eaten, genetically modified, fed drugs, battery farmed, slaughtered etc. Globally there is supposedly a food shortage. There would be NO SUCH THING if everybody was veggie. It is good for you. Vegetarians suffer less from heart disease, and on average live longer. None of the things I have mentioned so far depend on the person. You start by cutting out any dead animals from your diet. All the nutrients that you might miss can be got from other sources. ...egg, beans, nuts, (and marmite for B vitamins. Do you have that in the states?), but really you dont need to become a nutritionist. I am one of the healthiest people I know, and I have never really done much but eat what I want and not have any meat.

 

Want to share more? Any good online sources? I know of a good forum for vegetarians.

[enouch]

I'm a vegetarian[i'm Spartacus!] but I'll occassionally eat fish.I don't know with certainty that it's better than other diets,I can only speak for me.I stopped eating meat but I continued to eat fast food and was overweight.Eventually I stopped eating so much fast foods and started to create my own dishes or make my own selections.Even if it's just noodles and wheat bread.I take vitamins everyday,I workout religiously[can run a 4.5 in the 40 yard dash [run a mile in 6:20,but I weigh 210-212]and my vertical is around 44 inches.Not bad for a guy who was almost obesse[seriously overweight] for 6 years.Oh, I perform flat dumbell flys with 95 pound dumbbells.

 

I am rarely sluggish or sick[knock on wood]so is that from diet? or qi gung? or fasting? or working out? or visualizing what I want my body to look like?,or prayer meditation? I don't know.I do know the discipline gained from converting into a vegetarian can spill over into over into other spheres of your life if you let it. Also food restriction becomes easier therby extending the lifespan[if you care about that stuff,so say this world is a paradise for the non-believers and a hell for the believers] or hopefully making you look younger and get the females.Again if you care about that stuff.A lot of people go back to meat after years but I think it helps me appreciate the vital force in the air we breathe.

[Taoist81]

I'm a vegetarian[i'm Spartacus!] but I'll occassionally eat fish.

 

These two statements are mutually exclusive. It is fine if a person chooses to eat only fish or chicken and no other meat, but if they do, they are NOT a vegetarian. This is not intended as an attack on your diet, by many accounts fish is a good thing to have (this poster doesn't eat fish or other meats), it is simply a pet peeve when people call that vegetarian.

[enouch]

These two statements are mutually exclusive. It is fine if a person chooses to eat only fish or chicken and no other meat, but if they do, they are NOT a vegetarian. This is not intended as an attack on your diet, by many accounts fish is a good thing to have (this poster doesn't eat fish or other meats), it is simply a pet peeve when people call that vegetarian.

 

 

Well what if I eat fish once every six months? I don't really equate fish with fowl or meat maybe I'm just preudiced! I guess I equate water with life and think of Yeshua[Jesus]eating fish so it becomes something romantic! Funny how beliefs work,I'm much prouder[''pride goeth before a fall''] of the fact I've fasted for 14 and 7 days,sun up and down with no solid food.

[DalTheJigsaw123]

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[Dainin]

Is there really benefits for being a Vegetarian?

 

It depends! It's possible to be a vegetarian and exist on french fries and pizza, but it wouldn't be a very healthful diet, would it? There are health benefits to eating a natural vegetarian diet with an emphasis on vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, and beans. There are definitely environmental benefits, as noted above. If animal rights are important to you, that's another benefit.

 

The conclusion I'm reaching is that what seems to be most important is to eat things that actually exist in nature (or as close to it as possible), as opposed to being concocted in a lab or factory (or bakery, sorry!). The more processed it is, the worse it seems to be for you. If you consume animal products, aim for the best quality (wild salmon vs farmed, grass-fed beef vs feed lot).

 

Why not try it for yourself and see how you feel? That is what really counts, not the opinions of others.

[DalTheJigsaw123]

I have tried it for 1 month. However, I could not handle it.

[Teddy]

What couldn't you handle? How did you feel?

[Sunya]

i think it would be much easier if you slowly changed your diet, instead of just one day choosing to not eat meat. if you slowly start adding more vegetables into your diet and less meat, it will be much better for your body, less of a shock, and easier for your mind to get used to.