Veggitarian or meat eater?!
Veggitarian or meat eater?
which would make u become more healthy?
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“It is the position of the American Dietetic Association and Dietitians of Canada that appropriately planned vegetarian diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate and provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases.Well-planned vegan and other types of vegetarian diets are appropriate for all stages of the life cycle, including during pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood and adolescence. Vegetarian diets offer a number of nutritional benefits, including lower levels of saturated fat, cholesterol, and animal protein as well as higher levels of carbohydrates, fiber, magnesium, potassium, folate, and antioxidants such as vitamins C and E and phytochemicals. Vegetarians have been reported to have lower body mass indices than nonvegetarians, as well as lower rates of death from ischemic heart disease; vegetarians also show lower blood cholesterol levels; lower blood pressure; and lower rates of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and prostate and colon cancer.”They may also have a lower risk for some other diseases such as constipation, diverticular disease, gallstones and appendicitis. Women who eat little or no meat are four times less likely to develop breast cancer than women who eat meat reguraly.An English study that compared the diets of 6,115 vegetarians and 5,015 meat eaters for 12 years found that the meatless diet yielded a 40 percent lower risk of cancer and a 20 percent lower risk of dying from any cause. According to William Castelli, M.D., director of the famed Framingham Heart Study, vegetarians outlive meat eaters by 3 to 6 years.After reviewing 4,500 scientific studies and papers on the relationship between cancer and lifestyle, a team of 15 scientists sponsored by two leading cancer research institutions advised that those interested in reducing their risk of many types of cancer consume a diet that is mostly fruits, vegetables, cereals and legumes. They declared that up to 40 percent of cancers are preventable, with diet, physical activity and body weight appearing to have a measurable bearing on risk. In 1996 the American Cancer Society released similar guidelines, including the recommendation that red meat be excluded entirely from the diet.Heart disease does not have to be a death sentence or mean a life of cholesterol-lowering drugs and bypass surgery. By prescribing a vegetarian diet, regular exercise and spiritual nourishment for his heart patients, Dean Ornish, M.D., proved that the progression of this number-one killer can be halted and even reversed.In 1995, 683,000 people died prematurely as a result of atherosclerosis-related diseases. In other words, they died largely as a result of their meat-eating ways. This figure represents 29 percent of all deaths for that year.
Meat contains 14 times the amount of pesticides as plant foods, since pesticides get concentrated as they move up through the food chain, and since they're more easily stored in fatty tissues.The EPA discovered that the breast milk of vegetarian women contained far lower levels of pesticides than that of average Americans. A study reported in the New England Journal of Medicine found that "The highest levels of contamination in the breast milk of the vegetarians was lower than the lowest level of contamination…(in) non-vegetarian women… The mean vegetarian levels were only 1-2% as high as the average levels in the U.S."In the fall of 1996, a study showed that prenatal exposure to PCBs, even relatively small amounts, can impair intellectual development in children. Aside from fish, PCBs can be found in other high-fat foods such as cheese, butter, beef and pork. Women who plan to become pregnant were also advised by the study to avoid foods containing PCBs because the chemicals can remain in their bodies for years.An early '90s EPA report found that 95 percent of human exposure to dioxin, a known carcinogen, comes from consuming red meat, fish and dairy products. Later, chicken and eggs were added to the list. Dioxin builds cumulatively in fatty tissue. The only way to flush it out is through rigorous fasting or via lactation. When a batch of dioxin-contaminated soybean feed entered the food chain in 1997, the FDA set limits on concentration at one part per trillion. If all animal foods were held to this standard, it is likely that many would not be cleared for human consumption.
In the United States, farm animals receive 30 times the antibiotics that people do--not so much to treat infection, but to make the animals grow faster on less feed. Though perfectly legal, the practice is, in effect, promoting the selection of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Some of these bacteria can cause human diseases that physicians are finding difficult to treat. The practice is adding to the general worldwide crisis of drug-resistant disease. Each year, 60,000 Americans die because their medications were ineffective in combating bacterial strains.Every year, on average, each American becomes sick and 9,000 people die from something they ate. That something was probably of animal origin.Except in rare instances, neither the USDA nor the FDA has any regulatory powers on farms where pathogens originate. With the exception of E. coli O157:H7, dangerous bacteria are legally considered "inherent" to raw meat. It's up to consumers to neutralize pathogens with cooking. Two of the "legal" ones--campylobacter and salmonella--account for 80 percent of illnesses and 75 percent of deaths from meat and poultry. One hamburger can contain the meat of 100 different cows from four different countries. One infected animal can contaminate 16 tons of beef.The Centers for Disease Control estimates that campylobacter infects 70 to 90 percent of all chickens. Campylobacter infections give their human victims cramps, bloody diarrhea and fever and lead to death for up to 800 people in the United States each year. For 1,000 to 2,000 people per year, infection will lead to Guillain-Barré syndrome, a disease that requires intensive care for several weeks. A September 1997 sampling of supermarket chicken in Minnesota found 16 percent infected with an antibiotic-resistant strain of campylobacter.A USDA microbiologist declared in a Time magazine story on processed poultry that "the final product is no different than if you stuck it in the toilet and ate it." No wonder: A 1978 USDA rule allows poultry processors to wash contaminated birds rather than discard them or cut away affected parts. "Wash," as interpreted by the poultry industry, means "communal dunk" in what amounts to a virtual fecal soup that ensures salmonella cross-contamination.
Vegetarians have also been shown to have more endurance.At Yale, Professor Irving Fisher designed a series of tests to compare the stamina and strength of meat-eaters against that of vegetarians. He selected men from three groups: meat-eating athletes, vegetarian athletes, and vegetarian sedentary subjects. Fisher reported the results of his study in the Yale Medical Journal. His findings do not seem to lend a great deal of credibility to the popular prejudices that hold meat to be a builder of strength.
"Of the three groups compared, the... flesh-eaters showed far less endurance than the abstainers (vegetarians), even when the latter were leading a sedentary life."
Overall, the average score of the vegetarians was over double the average score of the meat-eaters, even though half of the vegetarians were sedentary people, while all of the meat-eaters tested were athletes.
A comparable study was done by Dr. J. Ioteyko of the Academie de Medicine of Paris. Dr. Ioteyko compared the endurance of vegetarians and meat-eaters from all walks of life in a variety of tests. The vegetarians averaged two to three times more stamina than the meat-eaters. Even more remarkably, they took only one-fifth the time to recover from exhaustion compared to their meat-eating rivals.
Wherever and whenever tests of this nature have been done, the results have been similar. Doctors in Belgium systematically compared the number of times vegetarians and meat-eaters could squeeze a grip-meter. The vegetarians won handily with an average of 69, whilst the meat-eaters averaged only 38. As in all other studies which have measured muscle recovery time, here, too the vegetarians bounced back from fatigue far more rapidly than did the meat-eaters.
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Since you are in the vegetarian section, obviously the answer is Vegetarian. It lessens the risk of many cancers, diabetes, obesity, and loads of stuff. Aside from making you morally healthier (no animal death for your pleasure). . .
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Meat for me !!!! It hasn't killed me yet so it must be healthy.
a balanced diet is the healthiest way to live. Humans are omnivorous and both meat and vegetables contain vitamins and minerals essential to a healthy diet.
i love meat, but i do eat my veggies..anything with vitamins will make us healthy
Vegetarian by far. It's a proven fact that vegetarians live on average 7 years longer than meat-eaters.
You aren't getting all the hormones and crap that's added to meat, you aren't getting the terribly high fat level, and you aren't getting cholesterol. Also, your conscience will be great knowing that you aren't contributing to the unnecessary evil killing of innocent smart animals.
This is pretty much a load question like abortion and divorce. You are going to get conflicting answers depending on each individual. You will have the vegetarian who swears that eating meat is wrong and then those like me who wonder if the body was not created to consume meat then why does it require B-12 to survive since it is only found in animals. So really this is a personal issue that has to be decided on by you and only you.
Neither, I don't eat anything. Food is bad for your body!!!!
I think it depends on the person. I have problems with iron deficiency, so meat is a must for me (I eat liver, no less, and I HATE liver
I am a meat eater and I eat healthy. I do not fry or bread my meat....I do not cook with the skin on chicken.I do not use fattening sauces. You can eat meat and be a healthy eater.
The healthies is to eat a small bit of meat , and a lot of vegetables. The cancer stuff for meat is caused by excessive meat eating.
If I had to be a vegetarian Id fly away in a cloud of gas! I tried tofu and it gives me gas in large amounts, and if you are a vegetarian (no fish, no chicken, no beef, no pork) you must consume some type of protien and they usually go for the tofu or rice with beans (the two combined create a complete protien)
Meat eaters can be as healthy as vegetarians, if the cuts are lean, less red meat, etc.
I grew up eating meat and actually just the regular food triangle
When I went to college I gained some weight (freshman 15) so I got a trainer and then after I lost the weight I stopped eating meat; however, I was cold all the time. I was in the grocery store one day and this man that worked in the grocery store asked me if I ate meat I said no; he told me that it was because I didn't eat meat.
I started eating meat again and I wasn't cold all the time so eating meat is good. Giving you protein but if you are a vegetarian you need to include items with protein such as nuts and tofu but remember too much soy cause hormone inbalances which causes depression and anger.
A balanced meal is the best
Unless you have medical problems, there is no difference, providing you choose to eat from a variety of food groups. The Diabetic Council food guide is a good source of info on this. If you choose to to vegan, no meat, eggs or dairy, you will need to supplement your diet with Vitamin B12 which you would normally get from eating meat, eggs and dairy. But diet is not the only issue to becoming more healthy. Exercise is an important factor as well.
What ever you choose look at your choice as a lifestyle and not a diet. It will be easier to follow.
vegetarian, but raw food is best (and natural, cooking foood is not)...
Being a vegitarian is not very healthy. Depriving your body of meat is not very smart. Meat is a very important source of protein which your body uses to keep your muscles strong and healthy. If you do choose to go vegitarian you should make sure to take a protein supplement and certain vitamins
Meat or Veggie, it's your choice. I'm a meat eater and so is my family. It really doesn't matter which one as only as you eat a well balance meal with both your meat and veggie. Veggies may live longer do to some research but both my Great-Great grandmother and my Great grandmother both lived to be over 95 years old and they eat meat everyday but on Fridays. The true is just how you eat either.
You can be perfectly healthy on either.
If you want to eat meat, buy the super-expensive kind that is raised without all the chemicals and pesticides and fed organically grown feed, and ranges free, or better, grow your own so you know exactly how it's fed and cared for.
If you don't want to eat meat, combine plant proteins to get complete amino acids.
Eat lots of fruits, vegetables and whole grains either way. It's purely a matter of personal choice and your own beliefs.
Vegan for a year and a half it has proven to be better for me knowing that i'm not eating animals the only thing i eat is dairy and rarely i usually just use soy
it really depends, if youre a good veggie and eat the right foods [meaning you get enuf protein and little fat] then veggie, but if you eat a low fat meat diet, meat. you can pick.
i would say anything you love ....
i am veggi.... 100% healthy
my hubby is meat eater and he is healthy as well... so....
it depends how you eat, if you eat lots of fried food thats not healthy at all..
If both live equally healthy lifestyles in other parts of life (exercise, social, sleep, etc.), I think the Veg will come out on top in most cases.
Although, I do think you can be very healthy buy consuming fish or seafood as your only meat.
Vegeterian of course.
All vegetables and fruits are healthy.
I can't say that about meat. I think a big
percent of heart attacks and strokes are caused by eating so much meat because it clogs your arteries . It also causes you to gain too much weight , leading to health problems such as
high blood pressure and diabetes.
It depends on the type of meat. Fish and poultry are very good for you and so is liver. It also depends on your blood pressure, next time you go for a checkup just ask your doctor. I became a pescaterian a few weeks ago and nothing has changed, I haven't even been craving meat and i haven't cheated :) I've also been trying out new foods and eating more veggies.
If it is a balanced vegetarian diet then it is much better than a diet with meat in it which is proven by studies.
A vegetarian diet is way better then a meat based diet. Eating meat is linked to so many health problems like cancer for one.
Well, this is an ongoing debate in our society. I truly believe that vegetarians & vegans will have a healthier lifestyle & longer lifespan due to less clogged arteries. But, vegetarians & vegans can be deprived from source of nutrients in the process, such as protein.