NO. AND ACTUALLY YOU GET HEALTHIER BUT THERE IS HARDLY ANYTHING YOU CAN EAT AT RESTAURANTS
there are no risks if u eat correctly and take suppliments to get in ironWhat are the risks of leading a vegetarian diet?
Endanger health? Whoa! Do you know that India has majority of vegetarians (85% of the population!), and they too live to be normal, healthy, intelligent citizens of this world!
Perhaps what you need to be careful about is to take adequate protein supplements, because any amount of eating pulses and grains (Daals) cannot give the protein contained in Eggs, meats, cheese, liver, etc---which vegetarians miss out.
As long as adequate proteins, and mutivitamins and multi-minerals are included in your diet, you have nothing to worry!
In fact, vegetarians live longer, are less obese, and have more memory power !
The only thing you must careful of is that you might lack protein in your diets but can easily get protein from nuts etc.What are the risks of leading a vegetarian diet?
A balanced diet is at risk. It can be hard to get Omega 3 oil, which is found in fish.
The only "endangerment" I have is going to a dinner with a group (restaurant, banquet, etc.) and having to settle on a piddly side salad (mostly iceberg lettuce) and a baked potato. However, that is my own choice and I usually go to those things for the company or the event, etc. (This is why God blessed me with all-natural peanut butter and jelly and all-natural whole wheat bread.) Perhaps I'm low in some supplements and vitamins, but I am betting the meat eaters I know (most of whom eat SADly-- Standard American Diet) are too. However, unlike most of the meat eaters I know, my cholestoral is low, my weight is low, I don't have health problems, my weight doesn't keep me from walking long and far, and giving me knee and back problems, etc.
The short answer is yes: of course a veggie diet can endanger health, if it's not planned properly. So can an omnivorous diet if not planned properly as well.
For the most part, veggie diets according to the scientific evidence seem to be well planned for the majority of people who practise them, and the overall health profile of veggies seems to be better than most omnivores. However, that's not to say that all veggies are healthier than omnivores. It's easy to eat junk food on a veggie diet if you want to, just as it's easy to eat plenty of wholegrains, vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds on an omnivore diet if you want to as well.
Health for me isn't my main reason for being vegan, although better health might be a bonus. There are plenty of good reasons for going veggie that are not health related.
It only risks people's health if they don't eat a proper balance of foods. With a vegetarian diet you don't need any suppliments at all if you do it right, despite what some people are going to answer.
There is no shortage of protein - there are nuts, beans, soy products, eggs and dairy. Iron comes from spinach and other dark green veggies like kale and brocoli. B-12 comes from dairy (so if you're not using dairy you do need to have a supliment for that) Omega 3, as someone mentioned, comes from flax seed without the bad omega 6 or mercury that fish has. Calcium comes from dairy, soymilk, and green veggies. By eating 5 different colors of fruits and veggies a day you get a balance of all the other vitamins and minerals you need. Whole grains are also important to a well balanced diet.
Now that's not to say that all vegetarians are healthy. Most french fries and chips are vegetarian. Many desserts are vegetarian. You can be an unhealthy vegetarian. But a good vegetarian diet lowers cholesterol, risk of heart disease, some cancers. It lowers the risk of diabetes type 2 dramatically and lowers symptoms of diabetes 2 if you already have it.
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