Why is being a vegan vegetarian risky for one's health?!
Why is being a vegan vegetarian risky for one's health?
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Because most vegetables don't contain a certain type of protein that the body can't produce. Our bodies need 8 types of proteins but most vegetables only provides 7. Drinking milk, eating nuts, and eating beans/soybeans can negate this effect and provide a vegan with a complete set of the daily values of nutrients.
You lose a lot of nutrition in the foods you don't eat.
why do Humans have canine (bicuspids) if we weren't meant to eat meat?
its not as long as you still eat foods with your needed nutition and vitamins. soy is good for everything.
A lot of people go into veganism without doing any research. If you are going to do that, then you need to first make sure you are taking proper vitamins and eating all the right fruit and veggies!
It can be if you aren't a smart vegan.
I've seen vegan's who scarfed on soy milk and soy chips all day, negelcting basic nutrients.
ANYTIME you take away protein, you can get into trouble. If you're wise enough to know how to gain all of your nutrients, you'll be fine.
Because you're missing out on a lot of protein and calcium because you don't eat meat, poultry, or dairy. It is possible to live as a vegan, but you just have to make sure that you get your supplements from somewhere else.
because without proteins and nutrients other animals provide us like milk and cheese, our bodies wont function properly
it's not. it is just trickier, because it takes alot more effort to ensure your body gets the right nutrition. it can be healthy. not for me, i love meat.... and ideally, the human body is designed for meat (though not as much as the average American eats)... but you can be healthy without it. it is only risky if you become a vegetarian/vegan without doing your homework to supplement what you are missing.
A vegan vegetarian may risk his or her health if they do not replace the protein from the meat and meat products that they dont eat. Make sure the proteins are replaced by eating vegetables high in protein such as beans and legumes.. Also meat substitutes like gluten and tofu are great sources of protein.
We're not herbivores, we're omnivores meaning that we are meant to eat both meat and vegetables. If you only eat one of the two you're pretty much going to be imbalanced. You'll lack the nutrients that whatever you're not eating provides.
I once was driving on the freeway and saw this buff guy on a billboard. The billboard said "If noone eats meat, noone gets hurt." I immediately thought to myself "what a load of crap." That guy was probably an omnivore like the most of us.
Because you need to get a full spectrum of vitamins, proteins, and other necessary nutrients. That is fairly difficult on a vegan diet which excludes many many things available to the average person. So unless you are truly diligent in making sure that you have covered all of the bases, you may be neglecting areas of importance from you diet which can lead to malnutrition.
you might not be getting all the nutrition you need. you need a balanced diet in order to get proper nutrition (ex. eat a variety of food, dont just eat apples and oranges all day). you can be a healthy vegan as long as u make sure u have alot of vaerity in your vegan diet.
it's not risky for ones health if you do it right. anything you get from animals you can get from veggies/fruits/nuts/seeds, especially if they are raw. the trick is consuming enough (veggies mostly) to get the nutrients you need. there are ways, including juicing veggies and blending them to make soups. most ppl who are responsibly raw vegan THRIVE. check out the links below.
You need calcium and protein and most vegans dont get this in their diet. I would suggest that you make sure you know what foods contain all the necessary vitamins and minerals that a body needs and then work out what you can eat to gain them all. If needs be you may have to compensate being a vegan to be a vegetarian instead.
Obviously everyone else who answered the question has had NO EXPERIENCE with a vegan diet.They are going off their own thoughts or beliefs(prejudices).
@ I once was driving on the freeway and saw this buff guy on a billboard. The billboard said "If noone eats meat, noone gets hurt." I immediately thought to myself "what a load of crap." That guy was probably an omnivore like the most of us.
that was kenneth williams and he is vegan
@Clearly if you are a Vegan, you are not in a healthy mental state. In fact, i find most of you folks just plain dumb. Your distorted view of animal care clouds your vision, and causes you to make false assumptions of cruelty. I HATE PETA, and I LOVE ANIMALS!
Okay,obviosuly you don't love animals if you are eating them.
Oh my, it is obvious that most of these people have absolutely NO idea what they are talking about! ('cept Vegan&Proud)
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Sorry, but it is amazing how most people think flesh is this amazing, miracle food that provides you with everything you need to have a balanced diet. It is especially amazing considering all the deadly heart conditions, cholesterol and colon issues that a meat-filled diet helps create.
Even the government-sponsored (with great monetary ties to the meat industry) food pyramid says a person should only have 2-4 ounces of dead animal per day. Think of eating your own arm (we are made of the same stuff.) Would eating your arm give you all you need to live? It is more like eating waste.
Sorry to rant, but you can get all the iron, protein etc. you need from a vegetable-based diet. The only even mildly tricky thing is getting B12, but all you have to do is drink fortified Silk or add nutritional yeast to anything you would like to have a cheese-like taste.
In other words it is not risky.
OK, change that, if you eat: steak, chicken, burgers, potato chips and chocolate as your only sources of food, then yes, it is difficult, but only because you have almost no nutrients in your diet whatsoever as it is.
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becasue if you don't eat only veggs you can die
and if you eat too much you die, there is too much danger man
It's only risky if you don't pay attention to what you eat and if you don't learn how to do this properly. I don't have the names of the authors, but these books should be in your local library system, and they are recent enough that would still be in print. That means that you order them through a bookstore.
I've been vegan for nearly six years now, and none of my doctors have any problem with it. That includes my endocrinologist (I have Type II diabetes). In fact, even when I was diagnosed with diabetes, my cholesterol profile was fine, because of my diet. And my cholesterol profile keeps improving. That just about unheard of for a diabetic who is not taking statins to reduce their LDL cholesterol.
Wow, I've never seen so many thumbs down! So much ignorance, ha ha.
The quick answer is: it's not risky at all. No more risky than not being a vegan/vegetarian. I know people who’ve been vegan from birth and they have no problems. Vitamin B12? They don’t even know what the hell that is; never heard of it. Many of these people I know come from other countries where millions are like them for the history of their home country. There’s no talk of vitamins, nutrients, food combining, etc. That’s just N. American paranoia due to propaganda and ignorance.
Most people on this yahoo answers are from N. America, where most people are not vegan/vegetarian. But head over to other countries where a major part of the population is vegetarian (no such thing as a vegetarian who eats eggs or dairy outside of N. America). Try India or Israel for instance, or even Taiwan. In Hong Kong people say, “Let’s go out for vegetarian food tonight.” It’s no different than a N. American saying, “Let’s go out for Chinese food tonight.” It’s a regular thing everywhere in the world but here. Modern N. America is a place without history, and world history is full of vegetarian foods and people who’ve either chosen to be vegetarian/vegan or simply live a vegetarian/vegan lifestyle as part of their culture.