I want to become more energetic and lose some weight. I tried keto diet, but recently I discovered it’s not that healthy as they say. I’m becoming aware of the bad things the whole industry does. I’ve just watched What The Health and Food Choices on Netflix. A couple of years ago, I watched Earthlings and some other documentaries about vegetarianism and the cruelty of meat industry.
I’ve even read two books about vegetarianism, but I’m not sure if I should start it right now. There many recommendations that I should look for a nutritionist before going vegan. I know it’s important, but maybe it’s not an obligation. I’m already looking for a good nutritionist, but I would like to start the diet tomorrow.
I know that the most important supplement is vitamin B12 and there are some materials by NutritionFacts.org that teach how to combine foods. I’m really thinking on starting this diet tomorrow, but I’m not sure if it’s the right thing.
I have been a vegan for more than ten years, now, and for the first time since I was a preteen, my weight is healthy and stable. I cannot recommend veganism enough. It has meant a lot to me. I also exercised while I was losing the weight. But there was no dieting necessary, no calorie counting and no deprivation.
No, I did not. But ( I live in a group home ) my provider is quite knowledgeable about foods. She actually recommended veganism for me because she noted that I did not digest animal fats well.
I am not a vegan but appreciate those who are. Pescatarian works for me with an occasional slip. Occasional slips are happening with too much frequency but I’ll get back to it.
Be careful. If you want to become a vegan for moral reasons, be sure you know exactly what you are doing, and take the supplements you need, or you will ruin your health quickly. The decision to become a vegan is a moral one, rather than one that will benefit your health, despite all the huckstering. The health benefits of any form of vegetarianism have resisted demonstration in the major scientific studies largely because vegetarians tend to have other healthy lifestyle considerations. You may have an unhealthy vegan diet if you add too many processed foods. Adopting this lifestyle also makes it much harder for you to be a good guest.
Without carnivores, the surface of the Earth would be nothing but a layer of bacteria - yet I am sickened by the way factory-farmed animals are treated. It’s your choice.
I don’t think it’s most about moral. For me, it’s most about health. There are studies indicating that vegetarian diets lead to less heart diseases. It’s also very important to be aware of what the industry tells you. I don’t trust information that comes from mainstream institutions for example. I’m really very careful with the information that I read, watch and listen to. If the person who created the material has a link with any industry, I get very skeptical.
I’m a committed vegetarian for the last few years. Been off and on vegetarian since my teens. I feel happier being vegetarian
I tried vegan for a few months but stopped it as it wasn’t practical. It was easier to eat egg than have to take B12 supplements for example. I don’t eat meat of any kind and I choose soya milk over dairy but I eat free range eggs yoghurt and cheese.
I was a pescatarian for many years, then swithced to vegetarian, I quicky became depressed. Being vegan is a difficult diet to maintain. I was quite a condescending vegetarian too making my moral judgements and am ashamed t admit that now.
I came to the realisation that even vegan diets kill animals, both directly and indirectly. Think of the trillions of insects that are killed in grain production through pesticides, the killing of animals and birds in the monoculture that is commercial agriculture. A whole variety of animals that would exist if ti wasn’t for this type of farming. Once you understand that survival depends upon the death of creatures no matter what, I accepted meat as being part of my diet. It is just a matter of realising which animals you kill more of in your diet; more birds, lower mammals and trillions of insects in a more vegan diet, or the common farm variety.
Think of the millions upon millions of animals killed in vivisection for these drugs that we take. Exploitation is a necessary part of human life.
I also found in the online world that pretty much all my vegan/vegetarian associates were depressed, even if they supplemented with b12. I think it is the way it is processed in the body that changes its effectiveness.
If you are going to do it, then keeping optimum nutrition is paramount. If you get depressed as many vegans and vegetarians often do, you’ll probably know why.
I found both kind of people in online forums: the ones who became depressed due to vegan diet and the ones who became more energetic. Maybe the ones who became depressed is because they were eating junk food (it’s not because you’re in a vegan diet that you won’t eat junk food).
I think maybe blood type has a part to play as well. The vegetarian/vegan diet doesn’t suit everyone. I’m one of those happier on vegetarian diet as meat makes me sluggish. I’m 99% sure I’m blood type A which is the type most suited to vegetarian diet. Blood type O are more suited to meat eating.
