Even though we are omnivores, is it really healthy to go on steady vegetarian or vegan diet?

An omnivore eats both animal flesh and plant products.

But vegetarianism doesn't sound omnivore to me.



Don't get me wrong. If some people love be vegan/vegetarian, that's perfectly fine.Even though we are omnivores, is it really healthy to go on steady vegetarian or vegan diet?
From the American Dietetic Association, the largest organization of food and nutrition professionals in the world:



"It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. Well-planned vegetarian diets are appropriate for individuals during all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence, and for athletes."



"The results of an evidence based review showed that a vegetarian diet is associated with a lower risk of death from ischemic heart disease. Vegetarians also appear to have lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, lower blood pressure, and lower rates of hypertension and type 2 diabetes than nonvegetarians. Furthermore, vegetarians tend to have a lower body mass index and lower overall cancer rates."Even though we are omnivores, is it really healthy to go on steady vegetarian or vegan diet?
Sure it's healthy. Many studies show that vegetarians tend to have a longer life span and are less likely to get heart diseases etc. than people who do eat meat. Some vegetarians and vegans still eat unhealthy junk foods, so being a vegetarian/vegan doesn't automatically mean they are healthier than every meat eater. A health-conscious minded meat eater could easily be healthier than a junk food junkie vegetarian.
Who told you we're omnivores?Even though we are omnivores, is it really healthy to go on steady vegetarian or vegan diet?
Well scientists base we are Omnivores cause of our teeth. But really its more of choice.

Vegetarians like myself are healthy and live longer according to tests.

Cause we don't have much cholesterol as much as meat eaters.

Some vegetarians drink milk and eat milk products along with plant-based foods. They don't eat eggs as well as meat, fish and poultry are called Lacto-Vegetarians.

Lacto-ovo vegetarians eat eggs, milk and milk products, such as cheese and yogurt, in addition to plant-based foods. They omit red meat, fish and poultry.

Obviously eggs were once an animal but still need them.

Most vegetarians become vegans in their later life. Most Vegans started of as a Vegetarian Lacto/Lacto-ovo.



So basically not all humans wanna be omnivores.

Cause we care for the cows/chickens/fish/pigs that die for us and we don't want them to suffer by us.
History tells us we are omnivores. the latest bone fragments found of human is 4.4 million years old and the teeth, according to archaeologists and the scientists examining it indicate it was an omnivore.

Time Magazine, October 12, 2009 issue

That being said, of course vegetarians can be healthy and have been for many years. So can vegans. However, the healthy ones educate themselves on their alternative lifestyle and eat correctly. You can't just start eating salad and fruit for every meal. It is a bit more complicated than that but obviously do-able.Even though we are omnivores, is it really healthy to go on steady vegetarian or vegan diet?
Just because we are omnivores doesn't mean that we have to eat meat to be healthy.. there are other animals that are omnivores that survive primarily on plants. Since we now know that we can get the appropriate vitamins and minerals from other sources other than meat, we can obliterate it from our diet.
According to the American Dietetic Association, most certainly. In fact, meat is actually toxic to the human physiology.
yes, look at a namebrand pack of chicken that say no hormones

than look at one that is store brand

there should be a great difference, simply because chickens in the U.S.A. are cloned and pumped with steroids look it up and find out what u are eating

consider killing an animal for food and picking a food that would fall off anyway, it doesn't kill the plant right?



and no offense i am not tryin to force my belifs on ya
Omnivory is, by definition, being adapted so that either animal or plant matter -may- be eaten. Omnivory is not a requirement that both -must- be eaten.



That said, all diets have trouble spots. Vegans occasionally get too little calcium or total calories. Both vegans and vegetarians sometimes get too little omega 3 fat or vitamin B12. Non-vegetarians, as you've probably been told before, often get too little fiber and too many total calories. As a result, everyone, regardless of chosen diet, should be aware of that diet's trouble spots and address them accordingly.