Is being vegetarian/vegan better than eating meat?

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So I want to become a vegetarian or start a vegan lifestyle and I want to get my husband on board. He doesn't think that it will do anything. He says that people still die early even if they do decide to take meat and other processed foods out of their diet. What do you guys think?

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I don't think being vegan/vegetarian makes you healthier.

It's all about moderation and balancing your diet.

If you want to stop eating meat/animal products, by all means do it, it is your choice, but if you husband doesn't want to change, don't force him too.

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You should do actual research on this rather than relying on a poll. People are going to die no matter what they eat so his argument is a little silly. It is far better for the environment though!

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Morally yes, watch cowpiracy and you'll see the environmental impacts of the agricultural industry.
Health wise, not so much. It's a lot harder to maintain all the iron and certain victims you need on a veggie/vegan diet. - though it is possible. 
I'll be honest I wish I had the will power to be vegan, we're ruining the planet and I hate the thought of animals dying, but I just can't stop eating meat, I don't have the will power to go vegan  😓😓😓

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Lots of junk food is vegetarian/ vegan so unless you're actively trying to eat healthy just not eating meat won't do that. But eating healthier would give you a better quality of life.

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I don't think one diet is necessarily *better* than another, but too much red meat has been proven to have a negative effect. And we can ALL stand to cut processed foods out of our diet. My friend who is pescetarian introduced me to the paleo diet. I don't follow it every day but now there are a few days that I only eat paleo. So basically, just do what feels right to you.

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I found that when I was vegan, I was much more grumpy and irritable. Also I found it very difficult to find food to eat and no matter how much I ate I always felt hungry

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If you have canine teeth, biologically you are an omnivore. You certainly can be healthy and be vegetarian but you need to make sure you are getting the right nutrition from a non meat source.

Meat gets a bad rapt because when we think of meat it's processed, hormone injected garbage. There is healthy meat if you buy local organic.

That being said, there are lots of other reasons to be a vegetarian such as humane and environmental concerns.

There are also lots of reasons to be an omnivore such as hamburgers and chicken wings :)

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No matter what diet you have you can be healthy or unhealthy. There's crap food available for any diet. And there's good nutritious food available for every diet. If he still wants to eat meat let him. But when shopping but better options like cutting out just the junk food and then you don't have to eat the meat. Might be annoying but if he doesn't want to change his diet he doesn't have to.

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Yes. Again and again animal products are proven to be unhealthy. Not only for your body but the environment. Research it more. There aren't a lot of vegans/vegetarians here so you'll get very incorrect information.

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Thanks for your input ladies 😌

Is being vegetarian/vegan better than eating meat?

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