How does it feel to be a vegetarian?
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I just became vegetarian recently, for health reasons.  I am in good health anyway, but I learned that vegetarians are 50% less likely to die of cancer than meat-eaters.  And that's just scratching the surface.  Vegetarians greatly reduce their risk of getting all sorts of diseases that meat-eaters commonly get such as heart disease, or having a stroke and it even lowers your blood pressure. A vegetarian diet makes your body feel better!
618539
I'm not too sure if you're looking for a specific kind of answer or just whatever comes out of the "question grinder" but I'll answer in 5ive parts:\n\n1. Diet. Most experts seem to agree that if you ate only meat (not the whole animal, just the muscle meat) or only vegetation (including beans), you'd be much, much better off eating the veggies. \n\n2. The environment. It's better for the environment to eat veggies. It's just a much more productive use of land and it allows animals to roam free for their lifetime until they die through disease, hunting, or predators.\n\n3. Air quality: If you have a lot of plants, they should increase the amount of oxygen you take in, and clean up the air a bit in some ways.\n\n4. Peace of Mind. I don't know about anyone else, but just being around trees gives me a sense of calm. I don't know why but I guess I don't have to.\n\n5. Easy "pets". If you want a pet but can't have one for any of various reasons, a plant is a nice alternative.
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Yeah stop eating meat's a good start :o)\nI made the transition over 20 years ago, good luck mate, you'll feel physically & morally better.\nFind veggie recipes to replace your meat dishes & meat alternatives aka Quorn, Soya & Tofu.\nEat lots of fruit & just feel good.\nGood luck again mate.
875430
No :-)\n\nBeing a vegetarian is not always accepted in today's world of meat and fast foods.  Many have been trained to think we have to have meat.  We don't.  However, if being a vegetarian becomes you choice, make yourself aware of how to get the minerals or vitamins that meat generally gives you.  Easier then you might think :-)
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Im a vegetarian and a chemist, and your absolutely right you are killing in both cases. Its not that I am entirely against eating animals, its that I am against our farming system. Its a really deep issue, if you want more information message me but for now I think this cartoon (link below) will give you the basics into understanding the lies behind how we get our meat. There are many angles to this issue. As far as health goes it has been shown that 90% of heart problems are related to over meat consumption. Its been my conclusions that meat eating can be done right by ethical private farming but this is not the case. Animals are tortured, and worse for you... they are injected with not so good things and grown in their own feces - increasing chances of illness for you. Ever since I became vegetarian I have felt energetic, and I have never been sick! \n\nIts also been hypothosized by some vegetarians that meat eating is destroying the world and actually contributing to food shortages. Its a complex issue, but suffice it to say that raising a cow takes much more energy, money, land, and other resources than growing equal levels of nutrition in plant life. The waste generated by animals is large.\n\n    So to summarize,\n \n     - some feel that it is unethical to eat animals, granted. \n\n     - But just because you dont agree with that doesnt mean that there is not good reason to be vegetarian for the sake of the enviornment, economy, your health, the torture of animals, .... I can go on forever.\n\nI hope this helps, and I only wrote this to educate you. My father almost died from his over meat consumption. And its an atrocity what this is doing to the world. You should check out the PETA website - very educational and reason based nowadays.\n\nhttp://www.themeatrix.com/
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Allowing yourself to stess in times of finacial strife is far more damageing that the financial strife itself.  The only thing it can really do to harm you is cause you to eat badly - but I can go vegetarian for a few weeks and not do my body any harm while spending very little, its like a free detox.  \n\nThe problem is that fact that we are so attached to money and so worried about it, that is what is unhealthy.  I have been without money in many parts of the world and I have never allowed it to affect my health mentaly, physically I have eaten some pretty crap meals but nothing long term!
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I am a vegetarian and i would probably say yes even though i hate it!!! The animals are a source of proteen which every one needs but veggies (no I don't mind being called a vegi!) only relay have nuts and meet supplements like vitamins but even the Omega 3 vitamins are fake!!! I will get some Sources later!
275579
Can I ask how exactly being a vegetarian has ANYTHING to do with sexual orientation?\n\nAlso, to the 14 year old, do you really think you're mature enough to be having sex?
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Some people do it because they feel it's an animal rights issue. Some people do it because they feel it's a human rights issue. Some people do it because they feel it is better for the environment. Some people do it because their religion tells them to. Some people do it because their doctor recommended it. Some people do it because they feel healthier. Some people do it because they just don't like meat.
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vegetarian food is the best food - both for you and for the sake of the animals :)\ni'm a vegetarian and i'm much healthier and stronger than many of the non-vegetarians i know.\nmoreover i have the satisfaction of not contributing to the pain of the animals :)\n\ni'm posting a link down here under source - visit the website and read all good about vegetarianism. ohh yea...if possible...do watch the videos they have there :)
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Not me I'm vegetarian
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I'm a vegetarian. Lentils are full of protein.  I've posted a link that is awesome and full of tons of great info.
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I think you have to eat flesh to be a cannibal. I actually think that eating any meat makes you a cannibal. That's why I'm a vegetarian, but anyway.
300889
Its a nice idea but I dont think it really matters.  I ate red meat on Good Friday because I hate fish and I find vegetarian food a waste of time :)
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Yeah I m vegetarian and completely understand ur dilemma in this world.\nIt's a hard decision but I am sure there are good number of humane guys over there (well i know as I m one of them ;))
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Buddhist do no eat meat, no and if you are intrested in fiding more, try  , en.wikipedia.org, says more than I ever could :)
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Buddhists have been enjoying vegetarian dishes for centuries\n\n \n More of this Feature\n• Vegetarian FAQs\n \n From Other Guides\n• 5 Reasons for Being Vegetarian\n• Low Fat Vegetable/Vegetarian Recipes\n \nMention vegetarian cuisine and many people picture a group of aging hippies kneeling cross-legged around a communal dining table, helping themselves to carrot sticks dipped in yogurt or another plate of chickpea salad. While it's true that vegetarianism became trendy in the "psychedelic sixties," its origins date back much farther.  Pythagoras was a vegetarian (vegetarians were called Pythagoreans up until the 1800's) as was the poet Percy Shelley.  George Bernard Shaw, never one to shy from the spotlight, was a vocal proponent of a meat-free diet: \n\n"It is nearly fifty years since I was assured by a conclave of doctors that if I did not eat meat I should die of starvation." (Vegetariana: A Rich Harvest of Wit, Lore, and Recipes, by Nava Atlas)