There is no doubt that vegetarian diet is well balanced and well planned can be healthy. "Research shows that a vegan has a lighter weight. In addition they are exposed to the risk of heart disease, diabetes, and cancer are also reduced, "said Vandana Sheth, a spokesman for The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
However, he stressed the importance of the word balance. Sheth says most, to be honest, the reason many women to abandon the consumption of meat, dairy products and their derivatives is to reduce weight. In addition to a lack of planning a vegetarian diet cause many otherwise lack nutrients.
"There are some people who become vegan but so much more to eat junk food," said Stella Volpe, Professor and Chair of the Department of nutrition science from Drexel University in Philadelphia, USA.
Volpe highlights the rise of specialty restaurants serving vegetarian food with a taste very similar to beef but is actually unhealthy processed foods.
According to Dr. Michael d. Gershon, Chairman of the Department of Anatomy and cell biology from New Yorks Columbia University, also said that the unbalanced diet causes people who vegetarians malnutrition, such as vitamin B12, omega-3, iron, zinc, calcium, and vitamin D, which is essential to the function of the body, energy sources, as well as balance the mood.
Although soybeans, peas, or grains can replace animal protein, but nonetheless a lot of vegetarian nutrition deficiency. One of them is Devon Crosby Helms (30), personal chef and runner.
During the first six months running a vegan diet he felt so fantastic. Before you completely avoid meat, he had previously been away from gluten, peanuts, and soybeans due to allergies.
But after six months he often felt fatigue, muscle loss, and weight. By doctors she was diagnosed as having hypothyroid, adrenal fatigue, and anemia. "With a bit of food choices, become vegan trigger new anxiety," said Helms.
Need to change the diet realized that in extreme need a mental adjustment. The whole diet that requires you to steer away from one group of foods will trigger a strong sense of craving or desire to eat.
"As long as a vegetarian I can't focus on anything else other than to eat eggs or not," said Pamela Stubbart, who became a vegetarian since the age of 26 years. He also experienced increases in blood sugar and craving that intense.
Another example is Susan Stella Floyd (33) for two years running a successful vegetarian diet down 4.5 pounds in two months. But three months later his weight just went up more than 5 pounds.
Floyd beat pattern to eat a high carbohydrate diet. He also had an increase in cholesterol. Due to the lack of vegan diet good fats (omega-3 and vitamin B12), some people will experience an increase in amino acid homocysteine levels (related to damage to the blood vessels) and decrease in good cholesterol levels.
In fact there is nothing wrong with being a vegetarian. However, Volpe suggested that before deciding to change the total diet You, it's good to consult on a professional nutritionist, especially those that have expertise in the field of vegetarian. Nutritionists will advise the importance of looking for a replacement source of nutrition from other foods.
After setting back its dietary pattern, both Helms, Floyd, Stubbart, says now healthier. They are indeed back eating meat or dairy products, but choosing organic products.
"After eating the eggs and cheese back, I feel very satisfied and no longer feel the craving," said Floyd. The value of kolesterolnya as well as normal, ironically after he went back to eating eggs and bacon.
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