Here are some friends with simlar question as we.And I have this question for many days,anyone help us?
Kitty said: Yes.Is being a vegan healthier?-I try seach this on internet but no results found.Maybe this is a stupid question.
Mike said: oh,no,you are wrong.I have found as below for this question(Is being a vegan healthier?),it will help you,my kids.
as it looks so dull and boring when i watch my partner eating it.
Answer:
If a vegan diet is very carefully planned, and that requires either fortified foods or supplements, it can be AS healthy as a good meat eating diet. I think there are a couple of benefits, but they come from eating a wide range of fruit and veg and being health conscious as vegans have to be, not omitting meat, and thus those benefits can be go without actually going veggie. Needless to say a uncarefully planned vegetarian, or especially vegan, diet can lack many essential nutrients and be very bad for your health.
There are many benefits to a diet containing meat. Many vegetarians claim that meat is unhealthy. This is a blatant fallacy.
It is well established that eating meat improves the quality of nutrition, strengthens the immune system, promotes normal growth and development, is beneficial for day-to-day health, energy and well-being, and helps ensure optimal learning and academic performance.
A long term study found that children who eat more meat are less likely to have deficiencies than those who eat little or no meat. Kids who don’t eat meat — and especially if they restrict other foods, as many girls are doing — are more likely to feel tired, apathetic, unable to concentrate, are sick more often, more frequently depressed, and are the most likely to be malnourished and have stunted growth. Meat and other animal-source foods are the building blocks of healthy growth that have made America’s youngsters among the tallest, strongest and healthiest in the world.
Meat is an important source of quality nutrients, heme iron, protein, zinc and B-complex vitamins. It provides high-quality protein important for kids’ healthy growth and development.
The iron in meat (heme iron) is of high quality and well absorbed by the body, unlike nonheme iron from plants which is not well absorbed. More than 90 percent of iron consumed may be wasted when taken without some heme iron from animal sources. Substances found to inhibit nonheme iron absorption include phytates in cereals, nuts and legumes, and polyphenolics in vegetables. Symptoms of iron deficiency include fatigue, headache, irritability and decreased work performance. For young children, it can lead to impairment in general intelligence, language, motor performance and school readiness. Girls especially need iron after puberty due to blood losses, or if pregnant. Yet studies show 75 percent of teenage girls get less iron than recommended.
Meat, poultry and eggs are also good sources of absorbable zinc, a trace mineral vital for strengthening the immune system and normal growth. Deficiencies link to decreased attention, poorer problem solving and short-term memory, weakened immune system, and the inability to fight infection. While nuts and legumes contain zinc, plant fibre contains phytates that bind it into a nonabsorbable compound.
Found almost exclusively in animal products, Vitamin B12 is necessary for forming new cells. A deficiency can cause anaemia and permanent nerve damage and paralysis. The Vitimin B12 in plants isn't even bioavailable, meaning our body can't use it.
Why not buy food supplements to replace missing vitamins and minerals? Some people believe they can fill those gaps with pills, but they may be fooling themselves. Research consistently shows that real foods in a balanced diet are far superior to trying to make up deficiencies with supplements.
Lets not forget either that protein, while it is found in plants, is better quality in animal products.
Some people claim that meat is unhealthy because it contains saturated fat. So does margarine and olive oil, and they're vegan suitable (in fact the hydrogenated fats in Marge can be very bad, but that's another story). Besides, any excess calories in your diet, any excess sugar, starch or carbohydrates are stored in your body for later use. This is done by turning them into saturated fats.
Cholesterol also, your body on average creates four to five times more cholesterol than the average person consumes, and compensates by creating more when less is consumed. Cholesterol isn't evil, it is essential; it makes up the waterproof linings of all our cells and without it we would die. Too much can be bad, but as with saturated fats there are more healthy ways of disposing of it, like regular exercise. Anyway, it isn't so much how much cholesterol you eat, but how well your body handles it. A person who eats loads of dietary cholesterol and leads an unhealthy lifestyle can still have low cholesterol, and vice versa. Most people's bodies are able to take a large amount of cholesterol without getting atherosclerosis in any form. For this reason that eating meat gives you heart disease is very misleading, and for the most part untrue. Of course, if you do have a problem eating loads isn't a good idea, but for most people there is nothing at all to worry about.
Yes, there are things in meat that there is some evidence can cause cancer in some people, but there are as many in plants too. Soy especially has some very potent carcinogens. Processing of soy protein results in the formation of toxic lysinoalanine and highly carcinogenic nitrosamines.
Soy phytoestrogens disrupt endocrine function and have the potential to cause infertility and to promote breast cancer in adult women. Also they are potent antithyroid agents that cause hypothyroidism and may cause thyroid cancer. In infants, consumption of soy formula has been linked to autoimmune thyroid disease.
Soy is bad for numerous other reasons, but that isn't the point, I'm just using it as a quick example relating to cancer not being exclusive to some animal products. The evidence that claims meat does cause cancer is patchy anyway.
Some people also claim that we aren't designed by evolution, to eat meat. They claim that our digestive system is quite long and that we produce amylase, a starch splitting catabolic enzyme, akin to herbivores and unlike carnivores. Apparently this clearly shows that we were designed to eat plants. Such people should go and look up 'omnivore' in a dictionary. They have also been known to cite other reasons we are like herbivores and unlike carnivores: that we suck water instead of lapping it, and that we perspire through our skin, such things have nothing at all to do with whether or not we were designed to eat meat, and nothing to do with how our body handles food. I might as well say that because we, like most carnivores and unlike most herbivores, have eyes that face forwards, we must be carnivorous. Of course, that's not true for precisely the same reason.
Someone earlier said that meat rots in your stomach. Yes, this is true, so? The decomposition of matter by bacteria (ie rotting) is essential to the human digestive system, and it is not unhealthy or adverse in anyway. Bacteria live in your gut and break food down that we can't for us. The same applies to plants, they rot too.
The fact is Humans are omnivores, with the ability to eat nearly everything. By preference, prehistoric people ate a high-protein, high-mineral diet based on meat and animal sources, whenever available. Their foods came mainly from three of the five food groups: meat, vegetables and fruits. As a result, big game mammoth hunters were tall and strong with massive bones. They grew six inches taller than their farming descendants in Europe, who ate mostly plant foods, and only in recent times regained most of this height upon again eating more meat, eggs and dairy foods. We are adapted to eat meat, and it is just as natural as eating plants.
Some also claim that the digestion of meat releases harmful byproducts into our system. This is true, however such are our adaptations to eating meat that our bodies are quite able to dispose of said products without any adverse effects.
So, in summary: it isn't healthier to avoid meat. You can be healthy without meat, but likely not as healthy as if you did, assuming you kept things like the wide range of fruit and veg that a veggie diet usually entails. Too much meat can be bad, but normal amounts are no problem at all. Any health benefits that come from a veggie diet come from a wide range of fruit and veg, and being health conscious, as veggies often are; that doesn't require you to not eat meat.
I don't think a vegan diet benefits anyone in any way better than a better meat eating diet could at all. If you have no ethical qualms, it's quite pointless. PETA will tell you otherwise, but they have very strong ethical opinions, and mould their 'evidence' around it. There is, for example, some evidence that vegans live longer and are at less risk from cancer and heart disease; however those studies show only a very marginal and insignificant difference and none of those studies have yet managed to identify meat as the only variable. Veggies are less likely to smoke, drink or eat junk food, and eat a wider range of fruit and veg, making the test results inaccurate and unreliable.
not relly but being a vegration is however you need to respect your parteners choice in life and not bager theme about it
not necessarily, unless you know about nutrition and are prepared to go to a lot of time and effort preparing food!
I don't think that it,s really healthy. Because There some vitamins that your body need that can only be found in food like meat and chicken and so on. I think being able to eat everything is the most healthiest diet a person can be on just as long as they don't over eat.
Hmmmmmmm, if you think about it, any diet is ok as long as you get exersize and eat everything in moderation.
The question is, does your partner think a cow should die of old age before they make a pair of shoes out of it?
Just for the record I AM a vegetarian
Only if you are immune from chemicals
Well, yes, I mean milk...well humans aren't really even suppose to consume milk or cheese I mean that is why it comes from cows DUH!
Also, meat rots in your stomach, grosed out or guilty yet!
Animals are harshly abused too!!!
Look at some video's on PETA.
Go to: www.peta.com
Aparently most of these previous answers were all from omnivores, who obviously beleive in eating animals.
I don't beleive this is a yes or no question, it really depends on what the Vegan is eating... if they only eat fruits and vegies and not nuts and vital omega 3 oils, compared to someone who eats a so called well balances meal in moderation then NO its not healthier. But if the vegan eats a well rounded Vegan diet to include proteins, compared to an Omnivore who eats McDonalds, KFC or other junk foods, then yes the Vegan's diet is healthier.
I have been on the vegan diet for 4 days now and in adddition to losing 4 lbs. I hav'nt felt this good since I was in my youth. I have so much energy, I do'nt ever plan on going back to meat, and I don't preach it, just hope for exceptance, as I'm sure your partner likes too! As for the dull and boring, so far I don't find it to be, I'm actually RAW FOODS VEGAN which is even more restrictive, and I just love thw quick meal prep. and less kitchen cleanup time! :)
No, its not healthier. It could also make you bigoted enough to assume that all people that don't eat the same way as you just eat McDonalds and KFC. Just say no.
look at that. there's already a couple of veggies telling you you're wrong and saying why you should change. it works both ways, bit.ches. and no, it's not healthier
i believe if you eat a healthy vegan diet then yes it is the healthiest way to eat.
it's only dull and boring if you make it dull and boring! maybe her cooking skills aren't too good. yes, it is healthier, as long as you do it properly - lay off the junk and convenience foods and be aware of your nutrient intake. A plant-based diet has been proven in many studies to have positive effects on health.
not at all. but it's healthy .
Moderation and exercise, being a vegan wont make you live longer.
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Kitty said: Yes.Is being a vegan healthier?-I try seach this on internet but no results found.Maybe this is a stupid question.
Mike said: oh,no,you are wrong.I have found as below for this question(Is being a vegan healthier?),it will help you,my kids.
as it looks so dull and boring when i watch my partner eating it.
Answer:
If a vegan diet is very carefully planned, and that requires either fortified foods or supplements, it can be AS healthy as a good meat eating diet. I think there are a couple of benefits, but they come from eating a wide range of fruit and veg and being health conscious as vegans have to be, not omitting meat, and thus those benefits can be go without actually going veggie. Needless to say a uncarefully planned vegetarian, or especially vegan, diet can lack many essential nutrients and be very bad for your health.
There are many benefits to a diet containing meat. Many vegetarians claim that meat is unhealthy. This is a blatant fallacy.
It is well established that eating meat improves the quality of nutrition, strengthens the immune system, promotes normal growth and development, is beneficial for day-to-day health, energy and well-being, and helps ensure optimal learning and academic performance.
A long term study found that children who eat more meat are less likely to have deficiencies than those who eat little or no meat. Kids who don’t eat meat — and especially if they restrict other foods, as many girls are doing — are more likely to feel tired, apathetic, unable to concentrate, are sick more often, more frequently depressed, and are the most likely to be malnourished and have stunted growth. Meat and other animal-source foods are the building blocks of healthy growth that have made America’s youngsters among the tallest, strongest and healthiest in the world.
Meat is an important source of quality nutrients, heme iron, protein, zinc and B-complex vitamins. It provides high-quality protein important for kids’ healthy growth and development.
The iron in meat (heme iron) is of high quality and well absorbed by the body, unlike nonheme iron from plants which is not well absorbed. More than 90 percent of iron consumed may be wasted when taken without some heme iron from animal sources. Substances found to inhibit nonheme iron absorption include phytates in cereals, nuts and legumes, and polyphenolics in vegetables. Symptoms of iron deficiency include fatigue, headache, irritability and decreased work performance. For young children, it can lead to impairment in general intelligence, language, motor performance and school readiness. Girls especially need iron after puberty due to blood losses, or if pregnant. Yet studies show 75 percent of teenage girls get less iron than recommended.
Meat, poultry and eggs are also good sources of absorbable zinc, a trace mineral vital for strengthening the immune system and normal growth. Deficiencies link to decreased attention, poorer problem solving and short-term memory, weakened immune system, and the inability to fight infection. While nuts and legumes contain zinc, plant fibre contains phytates that bind it into a nonabsorbable compound.
Found almost exclusively in animal products, Vitamin B12 is necessary for forming new cells. A deficiency can cause anaemia and permanent nerve damage and paralysis. The Vitimin B12 in plants isn't even bioavailable, meaning our body can't use it.
Why not buy food supplements to replace missing vitamins and minerals? Some people believe they can fill those gaps with pills, but they may be fooling themselves. Research consistently shows that real foods in a balanced diet are far superior to trying to make up deficiencies with supplements.
Lets not forget either that protein, while it is found in plants, is better quality in animal products.
Some people claim that meat is unhealthy because it contains saturated fat. So does margarine and olive oil, and they're vegan suitable (in fact the hydrogenated fats in Marge can be very bad, but that's another story). Besides, any excess calories in your diet, any excess sugar, starch or carbohydrates are stored in your body for later use. This is done by turning them into saturated fats.
Cholesterol also, your body on average creates four to five times more cholesterol than the average person consumes, and compensates by creating more when less is consumed. Cholesterol isn't evil, it is essential; it makes up the waterproof linings of all our cells and without it we would die. Too much can be bad, but as with saturated fats there are more healthy ways of disposing of it, like regular exercise. Anyway, it isn't so much how much cholesterol you eat, but how well your body handles it. A person who eats loads of dietary cholesterol and leads an unhealthy lifestyle can still have low cholesterol, and vice versa. Most people's bodies are able to take a large amount of cholesterol without getting atherosclerosis in any form. For this reason that eating meat gives you heart disease is very misleading, and for the most part untrue. Of course, if you do have a problem eating loads isn't a good idea, but for most people there is nothing at all to worry about.
Yes, there are things in meat that there is some evidence can cause cancer in some people, but there are as many in plants too. Soy especially has some very potent carcinogens. Processing of soy protein results in the formation of toxic lysinoalanine and highly carcinogenic nitrosamines.
Soy phytoestrogens disrupt endocrine function and have the potential to cause infertility and to promote breast cancer in adult women. Also they are potent antithyroid agents that cause hypothyroidism and may cause thyroid cancer. In infants, consumption of soy formula has been linked to autoimmune thyroid disease.
Soy is bad for numerous other reasons, but that isn't the point, I'm just using it as a quick example relating to cancer not being exclusive to some animal products. The evidence that claims meat does cause cancer is patchy anyway.
Some people also claim that we aren't designed by evolution, to eat meat. They claim that our digestive system is quite long and that we produce amylase, a starch splitting catabolic enzyme, akin to herbivores and unlike carnivores. Apparently this clearly shows that we were designed to eat plants. Such people should go and look up 'omnivore' in a dictionary. They have also been known to cite other reasons we are like herbivores and unlike carnivores: that we suck water instead of lapping it, and that we perspire through our skin, such things have nothing at all to do with whether or not we were designed to eat meat, and nothing to do with how our body handles food. I might as well say that because we, like most carnivores and unlike most herbivores, have eyes that face forwards, we must be carnivorous. Of course, that's not true for precisely the same reason.
Someone earlier said that meat rots in your stomach. Yes, this is true, so? The decomposition of matter by bacteria (ie rotting) is essential to the human digestive system, and it is not unhealthy or adverse in anyway. Bacteria live in your gut and break food down that we can't for us. The same applies to plants, they rot too.
The fact is Humans are omnivores, with the ability to eat nearly everything. By preference, prehistoric people ate a high-protein, high-mineral diet based on meat and animal sources, whenever available. Their foods came mainly from three of the five food groups: meat, vegetables and fruits. As a result, big game mammoth hunters were tall and strong with massive bones. They grew six inches taller than their farming descendants in Europe, who ate mostly plant foods, and only in recent times regained most of this height upon again eating more meat, eggs and dairy foods. We are adapted to eat meat, and it is just as natural as eating plants.
Some also claim that the digestion of meat releases harmful byproducts into our system. This is true, however such are our adaptations to eating meat that our bodies are quite able to dispose of said products without any adverse effects.
So, in summary: it isn't healthier to avoid meat. You can be healthy without meat, but likely not as healthy as if you did, assuming you kept things like the wide range of fruit and veg that a veggie diet usually entails. Too much meat can be bad, but normal amounts are no problem at all. Any health benefits that come from a veggie diet come from a wide range of fruit and veg, and being health conscious, as veggies often are; that doesn't require you to not eat meat.
I don't think a vegan diet benefits anyone in any way better than a better meat eating diet could at all. If you have no ethical qualms, it's quite pointless. PETA will tell you otherwise, but they have very strong ethical opinions, and mould their 'evidence' around it. There is, for example, some evidence that vegans live longer and are at less risk from cancer and heart disease; however those studies show only a very marginal and insignificant difference and none of those studies have yet managed to identify meat as the only variable. Veggies are less likely to smoke, drink or eat junk food, and eat a wider range of fruit and veg, making the test results inaccurate and unreliable.
not relly but being a vegration is however you need to respect your parteners choice in life and not bager theme about it
not necessarily, unless you know about nutrition and are prepared to go to a lot of time and effort preparing food!
I don't think that it,s really healthy. Because There some vitamins that your body need that can only be found in food like meat and chicken and so on. I think being able to eat everything is the most healthiest diet a person can be on just as long as they don't over eat.
Hmmmmmmm, if you think about it, any diet is ok as long as you get exersize and eat everything in moderation.
The question is, does your partner think a cow should die of old age before they make a pair of shoes out of it?
Just for the record I AM a vegetarian
Only if you are immune from chemicals
Well, yes, I mean milk...well humans aren't really even suppose to consume milk or cheese I mean that is why it comes from cows DUH!
Also, meat rots in your stomach, grosed out or guilty yet!
Animals are harshly abused too!!!
Look at some video's on PETA.
Go to: www.peta.com
Aparently most of these previous answers were all from omnivores, who obviously beleive in eating animals.
I don't beleive this is a yes or no question, it really depends on what the Vegan is eating... if they only eat fruits and vegies and not nuts and vital omega 3 oils, compared to someone who eats a so called well balances meal in moderation then NO its not healthier. But if the vegan eats a well rounded Vegan diet to include proteins, compared to an Omnivore who eats McDonalds, KFC or other junk foods, then yes the Vegan's diet is healthier.
I have been on the vegan diet for 4 days now and in adddition to losing 4 lbs. I hav'nt felt this good since I was in my youth. I have so much energy, I do'nt ever plan on going back to meat, and I don't preach it, just hope for exceptance, as I'm sure your partner likes too! As for the dull and boring, so far I don't find it to be, I'm actually RAW FOODS VEGAN which is even more restrictive, and I just love thw quick meal prep. and less kitchen cleanup time! :)
No, its not healthier. It could also make you bigoted enough to assume that all people that don't eat the same way as you just eat McDonalds and KFC. Just say no.
look at that. there's already a couple of veggies telling you you're wrong and saying why you should change. it works both ways, bit.ches. and no, it's not healthier
i believe if you eat a healthy vegan diet then yes it is the healthiest way to eat.
it's only dull and boring if you make it dull and boring! maybe her cooking skills aren't too good. yes, it is healthier, as long as you do it properly - lay off the junk and convenience foods and be aware of your nutrient intake. A plant-based diet has been proven in many studies to have positive effects on health.
not at all. but it's healthy .
Moderation and exercise, being a vegan wont make you live longer.
correctness,It's Non-profit and only for informational purposes.
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