Are Vegans/ Vegetarians Healthier?

johnnymk · 07-23-2008, 05:55 AM

I have only known a few and to me they looked pale and were a bit skinny. But that has just been my experience.

DarkFury · 07-23-2008, 07:28 AM

There is one lady in my office that fits in that category... and yeah, she looks frail as hell.

I'm like... wow, that really doesn't look all that healthy.

baggio248 · 07-23-2008, 09:57 AM

I work with 2 vegetarians. One is really skinny, the other has about 20 pounds extra weight, and she claims she goes to the gym every day. Vegans tend to be skinnier because they are much more hardcore about not eating anything animal related, where a lot of vegetarians are lacto, ovo, pesco vegetarians, so they like their milk products.

shaggyucla · 07-23-2008, 10:47 AM

I am a vegetarian...but not skinny and definately not pale (spend all the time i can outside)
6'4" 190 pounds...
I think its a generalization about vegheads that we are all rail thin and pale.. Not true. It is reflective of our diet, and generally about our outlook on life.. no Mc-e-Ds/fastfood/etc

Health wise- I havent been sick for a long time ie. 10 years (but that is just me) I used to eat meat, and I definately feel a lot healthier and happier since cutting out the meat. I think the health is a pairing of diet and outlook on life (ie healthier attitude- excercise etc)

GraingerGuy · 07-23-2008, 10:44 AM

See...this is something I don't understand....if they were doing it right, they would be healthy. I know a LOT of vegetarians who are very healthy. They work out, are muscular, play sports, etc and don't look like they've been staying inside for the past 10 years with nothing but florecent lights.

guiseppewv · 07-24-2008, 04:32 AM

Not sure if they are healthier or not but they are missing out! JMHO! I am off to get some sushi right now!

nate el bueno · 07-24-2008, 11:07 AM

What I've found is that vegetarians in my life (that does sound kind of funny) are about 50/50. One half doesn't eat meat because of the concept, and the other half just doesn't care for it. Both though, tend to be more fit I believe, because they are more conscious of what they are eating.

Me? I believe meat is murder. Tasty, delicious murder.

07-23-2008, 05:55 AM	#1
johnnymk Chief of Naval Operations Join Date: May 2000 Location: LEVITTOWN< PA> USA Posts: 13,619	Are Vegans/ Vegetarians Healthier? I have only known a few and to me they looked pale and were a bit skinny. But that has just been my experience.

07-23-2008, 07:28 AM	#2
DarkFury Secretary of the Navy Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Chillin' N Da 'Hood Posts: 34,390	There is one lady in my office that fits in that category... and yeah, she looks frail as hell. I'm like... wow, that really doesn't look all that healthy. __________________ DarkFury's Pimptopia - Don't Hate the Playa, Hate the Game! Home of the Original OG Pimp (accept NO imitations)

07-23-2008, 09:57 AM	#3
baggio248 Captain Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Aurora, OH Posts: 1,967	I work with 2 vegetarians. One is really skinny, the other has about 20 pounds extra weight, and she claims she goes to the gym every day. Vegans tend to be skinnier because they are much more hardcore about not eating anything animal related, where a lot of vegetarians are lacto, ovo, pesco vegetarians, so they like their milk products. __________________ Peter: Lois, you've got a sick mind! Lois: Peter, I'm talking about making love. Peter: Oh, I thought you wanted us to murder the children and harvest their organs for beer money.

07-23-2008, 10:47 AM	#4
shaggyucla Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Apr 2000 Posts: 502	I am a vegetarian...but not skinny and definately not pale (spend all the time i can outside) 6'4" 190 pounds... I think its a generalization about vegheads that we are all rail thin and pale.. Not true. It is reflective of our diet, and generally about our outlook on life.. no Mc-e-Ds/fastfood/etc Health wise- I havent been sick for a long time ie. 10 years (but that is just me) I used to eat meat, and I definately feel a lot healthier and happier since cutting out the meat. I think the health is a pairing of diet and outlook on life (ie healthier attitude- excercise etc) __________________ ..and you know this..mannn

07-23-2008, 10:44 AM	#5
GraingerGuy Rear Admiral Upper Half Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Working....and working...and working some more Posts: 3,556	See...this is something I don't understand....if they were doing it right, they would be healthy. I know a LOT of vegetarians who are very healthy. They work out, are muscular, play sports, etc and don't look like they've been staying inside for the past 10 years with nothing but florecent lights. __________________ potato gun + marshmallow gun = FLAMING MARSHMALLOWS OF DOOM!!!!! -Welfareloser 4/13/05 Time to switch to AMD now I guess... (just kidding... ) -Darkfury 5/23/05 I don't think this'll stop anything though - the better you idiot-proof a system, the more impressive the idiot becomes. -ShawnLee 5/30/08

07-24-2008, 04:32 AM	#6
guiseppewv Admiral Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: East coast Posts: 6,955	Not sure if they are healthier or not but they are missing out! JMHO! I am off to get some sushi right now!

07-24-2008, 11:07 AM	#7
nate el bueno Spawn of Markel Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: IL Posts: 1,056	What I've found is that vegetarians in my life (that does sound kind of funny) are about 50/50. One half doesn't eat meat because of the concept, and the other half just doesn't care for it. Both though, tend to be more fit I believe, because they are more conscious of what they are eating. Me? I believe meat is murder. Tasty, delicious murder.

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