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Healthy without meat

So is it healthy to live without eating meat? can you get all the stuff you need fromother things like protein from eggs instead.

Reply 1

Saree

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You can stay healthy without eating meat! My sister does it and she just subtitutes it for other healthier stuff......which I have forgotten right now :redface:

Reply 2

Kerry41

1

sure it is healthy i think :wink:

most nutrients u need could be substitued by egg, dairy products like yoghourt.

my geo teacher is totally a vegetarian.

Reply 3

RK

TSR Community Staff

22

You dn't even need to eat eggs and dairy products to get the nutirnets either. Green leafy vegetables, various sorts of beans and soya products can give you pretty much everything that meat has in it.

Reply 4

Kerry41

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Roger Kirk

You dn't even need to eat eggs and dairy products to get the nutirnets either. Green leafy vegetables, various sorts of beans and soya products can give you pretty much everything that meat has in it.

beans r nice :biggrin:

Reply 5

Philadelphia

OP

Kerry41

beans r nice :biggrin:

i just started to not really eat red meat because of the health risks

Reply 6

Mad Vlad

19

No it isnt possible... in my opinion.

Reply 7

shes_ellectric

6

No it isnt possible... in my opinion.

then why do veggies live longer? :eviltongu

Reply 8

Adhsur

15

shes_ellectric

then why do veggies live longer? :eviltongu

Well longer than who? People who eat meat in moderation or complete carnivores?

I think it's best to be balanced and I can't quite see how that would fully work if you're vegetarian, especially considering we're almost designed to eat meat.

Reply 9

purplecrayon

Im a vegetarian and have been a long time now, im healthy :p:

and fit - i do sports etc and dont struggle or anything lol

I have a perfectly balanced diet and as long as you know what to eat and enjoy what you eat then there is no reason why not eating meat would effect your lifestyle.

Reply 10

Adhsur

15

purplecrayon

Im a vegetarian and have been a long time now, im healthy :p:

and fit - i do sports etc and dont struggle or anything lol

I have a perfectly balanced diet and as long as you know what to eat and enjoy what you eat then there is no reason why not eating meat would effect your lifestyle.

I think that in many cases being a vegetarian will work, but it'll be more difficult keeping a track of how "balanced" you are being - some manage it whilst some don't.

Reply 11

Amanda

9

I've never eaten a hamburger in my life and I'm still alive at the ripe old age of 16! Yeah! :rock:

Reply 12

veryjammy

1

Of course you can have a balanced diet without meat, all meat provides is protein which you can get from tons of other sources. There's nothing meat provides which you can't get elsewhere.

Reply 13

Adarah

16

philip2004

So is it healthy to live without eating meat? can you get all the stuff you need fromother things like protein from eggs instead.

I've been living without any meat for the last 10 years or so. I'm much more healthy than some people I know. You can eat unhealthily as a vegitarian, but you also can as a meat eater.

Reply 14

Adarah

16

Adhsur

Well longer than who? People who eat meat in moderation or complete carnivores?

I think it's best to be balanced and I can't quite see how that would fully work if you're vegetarian, especially considering we're almost designed to eat meat.

we are 'designed' to be able to eat anything. We are not carnivores like say a cat. You don't see cats going around eating brocoli, their stomachs can't digest those vegetables properly, if they ate them they wouldn't get all the goodness out of them that we do. Same goes for some cows, they're digestive system is all about grass not meat. Ours is good for both. Our evolution allows us to digest both plant and meat matter, so we can happily live without meat and get all our dietry needs from plants. It would have made no sense in evolutionary terms to restrict what we can eat back to only plant matter, that would have made surviving so much more difficult. In modern days though it's easy to get everything you need for a healthy diet without having to eat meat - so why eat it if you don't have too?

Reply 15

eurasianfeline

13

i've stopped eating all red meat (beef, pork, lamb) for over an year.

my diet includes fruits & veggie (LOTS - sometimes people call me a rabbit :p:

), fish, seafood, chicken, diary & carbohydrates stuff

and so far (apart from my mom's endless complaints) i'm as healthy as before.
although i seem to have less pimples since i shoved away the reddy meat. :p:

mom says it's because i'm not eating anymore beef :confused:

dunno...but as long as i have fruits, veggies & fish...i'm happy. :biggrin:

Reply 16

Lamarr

I'm sure you probably can get omega 3, 6 and many essential fatty acids, from some other form than fish, but can someone remind me of where?

Reply 17

eurasianfeline

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Lamarr

I'm sure you probably can get omega 3, 6 and many essential fatty acids, from some other form than fish, but can someone remind me of where?

supplement tablets?

edit:
talk about coincidence. i just got this on in a promotional email. :rolleyes:

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Reply 18

ChocoVet

Lamarr

I'm sure you probably can get omega 3, 6 and many essential fatty acids, from some other form than fish, but can someone remind me of where?