Question by Blue Eyes <3: What are the health benefits to becoming a vegetarian?
Also what are the health disadvantages of becoming a vegetarian? I’ve tried to go vegetarian before but my parents wont let me because they think it’s unhealthy 
Best answer:
Answer by mqudee
There is an issue of getting a varied diet, which becomes difficult if you leave out important “building blocks” by omitting fat, carbs .. or protein.
If your parents are in charge of of your meals, becoming a vegetarian is not really fair on them, because it takes a lot of thought and extra work, both shopping but also in preparing dubble meals.
People eat meat to get protein, and the main reason for poor health in vegetarians, is those, who are not getting enough protein.
Beans, lentils and such have protein – especially soy beans provide an excellent source of protein. However, those foods do not really taste very good on their own. So you not only have to make sure you get enough of them in your diet – you also have to learn to like them, or learn how to cook them, so they taste good.
I used to be a vegetarian, and even if I was very conscious about getting my proteins, I still got sick. I started gaining weight, really fast, and no matter what I did!!
Over about a year my eyesight got worse, my consentration got really, really bad and I got extremely tired from hardly any effort.
I kept thinking I was doing the right thing by eating vegetarian, because I thought it was healthy. Luckily my mum forced me to go see a doctor, and my condition was discovered. I have a cronic metabolic disorder, which I have to fight for the rest of my life.
So before altering your diet, make sure you know what you’re doing, research thoroughly and consult a doctor before, during and especially if you detect anything out of the ordinary!!
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