The advantages of refusing meat. How to abandon meat without harm to health. Use of antibiotics in animal husbandry

Olga Shestakova

The refusal of meat in the modern world is practiced quite often, and it should be attributed to the fashion canon rather than to ethical beliefs. But some people become vegetarians exclusively in order to lose weight or improve their own organism. How justified this action, is it harmful to refuse meat?

Myths and false statements about vegetarianism

Vegetarian food adherents unanimously argue that animal products used in eating on a daily basis only harm human health. Myathers protest against such statements, emphasizing that the man was originally omnivorous, and was so conceived by nature.

Indeed, any nutrition coming to our table in the usual mode performs certain functions for the body.

Around "Plant" Nutrition hoveings many myths that we decided to partially debunk.

Therefore, if you decide to become a vegetarian, it is important to know how harmful it can be, and is the benefit of this venture for your well-being. In this material, we present the most neutral assessment of a vegetarian diet based on a variety of facts and medical research. Before abandoning the products of animal origin, you should find out what could be the consequences of a radical change of lifestyle.

How joined the rejection of animal food, and whether its causes in the true position of things are weighted? Under the influence of mass propaganda, each of us, at least once, thought about how "badly" he comes, absorbing the calf chop. This is added publicly available documentary videos from scothes, seeing which many people began to experience a resistant disgust for meat products.

Let's analyze the main, the most common misconceptions about vegetarian food systems in order to understand what propaganda is true, and what is the root of false.

Myth 1: "I am a man, I'm talking, I do not live instincts. In my favor, with refusal of meat, the salvation of hundreds of animals includes

In fact, you do not save anyone. Maximum - increase the waste of the meat processing industry, and that, together with you, at the same time, a couple of thousand people dwelling near the product are refused.

You think that you can not have a living being. But do not mushrooms, vegetables and fruits are not alive organisms?

Why don't you feel a shame, tearing off a unwanted apricot from the tree branch, but feel like a scary man, having a fright chicken steak?

Is it worth saying that in view of the doubtful idea, you deprive your own body mass of useful substances, jeopardized your health condition?

The most strange vegetarians with "Moral-ethical" Attractors are those that are happy to absorb the bird, fish and seafood, but fiercely defend the rights of cows and pigs. In addition to them, there are other individuals - vegans that do not consume even dairy products. Do they know what flour is not a subsidy cow, and what would happen to all the animals of the world if people completely refused milk?

Myth 2: "If the meat fails, you can easily lose weight in a short time"

In fact, everything is exactly the opposite.

A person who complies with a vegetarian diet, due to the lack of some extremely important substances for him, actively "lines" for carbohydrates, often not the most "complex".

There are waffles, cakes, cookies, cakes, pasta -slovsa, which can saturate and help forget about meat. Corollary - extra kilograms, and often obesity.

By the way, the most fashionable, and truly effective diets are built on the principle of protein advantage in the diet. And protein, as is known, concentrates only in animal products.

Nourishing vegetable elements quickly "burn" in the body, provoking a resistant feeling of hunger, while meat is digested much longer and saturates much more substantially. If your excess weight is due to love for fastfood and sweets, if you have hypodynamia, if you are prone to completeness genetically, know - vegetarianism only aggravates your position.

Myth 3: "To be healthy, you need to refuse meat forever"

In fact, all people on Earth are equally susceptible to diseases, and protection from them provides an exceptionally strong immunity. Vegetarians suffer from various pathologies much more often than messenger. Lack of calcium and iron, anemia, hypovitaminosis B12 - this is an incomplete list of typical support syndromes of only vegetable food. Those who eat pork beef firing less prone to colds in epidemiological periods.

If you compare veal and apple, iron concentration in the second product will be much higher. But do not forget that it is absorbed only by 1/4, and extremely slow, in comparison with the substance from the "animal" analogue. As for life expectancy, in places of population of a large number of vegetarians, it is only 63-65 years. Therefore, if you really face your health and configured to saturate the body with vitamins - rational balanced nutrition should be the basis of your lifestyle.

Myth 4: "Vegetarianism helps save"

In fact, such doubtful benefits should not be taken into account at all. Some people claim that vegetation production will be cheaper to the world, and every individual person. But it is scary to imagine how much the land will have to plant to ensure that the population is saturated with the population, if it suddenly refuses meat.

Vegetarian diet is the most expensive. You can see this, practicing an experimental refusal of fish and meat for 1-2 weeks. Vegetables, fruits and nuts, especially in the winter season, cost extremely expensive.

Myth 5: "Monkeys do not eat meat, and since the person happened from them, he also should not do that"

In fact, a person - not gorilla and not Orangutang. With the same success, you can declare that the wolf feeds exclusively with meat, and vegetable food is not needed for its livelihoods.

We offer you an article about such a real life experience as a refusal of meat food. How has the health and quality of life changed? How difficult it is to refuse meat and what happens to the body that does not get meat food? Read, Think, decide ...

Fit right, appreciate every moment of your life and!

I'll start with the fact that it is impossible to call vegetarian. Even a lactame store. Since I still eat fish and my favorite seafood. But neither meat, nor the bird I do not even in any form. I have a small experience - a little more than a year. But during this time I felt the difference between "to" and "after".

What gave me a refusal of meat?

1. Established digestion.

How much I remember myself, I always had problems with it. From early childhood. I do not want to describe them in all details, I will just say that I often happened to the path in the work of the path. Failures global, delivering a lot of trouble. So after I excluded meat from my diet, I forgot about these problems. Of course, everything was done not the next day and not even a week later. The first changes began somewhere in a month. And the further, the better!

2. Easy and energy.

Very many sources write about it. But just read and really feel on yourself - completely different things. It is amazing, but I began to feel absolutely different. I have more strength, zador and. And it is not surprising, because it is not enough that the meat is very seriously digested by our organism, it requires large costs of energy resources, so it also carries the energy of death and violence.

3. Ability to get up early.

I always considered myself the owl, even at 7 in the morning it was a rather difficult task for me. Now I am absolute larks and wake up on my own without alarm clock at 6 am. Why do I associate these changes with a refusal of meat? Yes, because the body, cluttered, always works in the groove mode, especially if you have a meat dish. And digesting vegetables is a maximum in an hour in the evening, with the sunrise, he is ready to be awake!

4. Changing taste addictions.

I have long read that it is possible to raise the taste, just as the qualities of your character. But I did not understand the meaning of this statement. Now I know what the author meant. When I still ate meat, modest and simple dishes did not cause me any appetite. I did not understand how you can love porridge, refilled by creamy sauce and go crazy at the form of vegetable lettuce with cereals.

But all sorts of fat and fried dishes, chicken grilled, the smell of fast food caused reinforced appetite. Now everything has changed. And we are talking not only about meat dishes. Any fat, heavily fried, pepper food leaves me deeply indifferent. But the dishes from fresh vegetables and fruits seem very appetizing. I discovered so many new tastes of useful and healthy food!

5. Calm and peace.

Previously, I considered myself an absolute choler, was strongly hot-tempered, loud and too emotional. Now I seemed to be to live on a different wave, emit vibrations of a completely different frequency. Inside there was peace of mind and peace, harmony, which I used to read before. The most amazing thing that in such a state I practically stopped attracting aggressive people and conflict situations into my life. Although, what is amazing here, if before, together with meat, I absorbed the energy of murder, pain and aggression, and now I stopped feeding similar energies.

Was it difficult for me to give up meat?

No, I did it sharply without smooth transitions, and I absolutely did not suffer from the desire to eat the forbidden Cotlet. Although before he considered himself a terrible amateur meat and, being in a cafe, always preferred a piece of steak of sweet cake. I think in my case everything happened so easily just because I was internally to this ready. I am convinced that first changes should occur in consciousness, but only then accompanied by actions.

Now I will answer the question that many readers ask me. Do I prepare meat?

Yes, since my husband loves him, and I treat him with respect to his choice. But I completely abstractly, trying to perceive such a not quite acceptable occupation for me, like a ascetic and the opportunity to make a pleasant person. Of course, the dish at the same time I do not try, but add salt, spices and other ingredients, guided by intuition.

Yes, I forgot to say about the main thing. For your own curiosity, periodically hand over the tests, as it makes it possible that if not eat meat, then many indicators go beyond the rules. Even downly attributed to the abandonment of meat. But there are no problems with this. Therefore, I just can't call a minus.

12/05/2017 17:56

For many centuries, meat was considered a valuable product, a peculiar basis of human existence. But around the mid-19th century, this theory is trying to destroy representatives of the new culture - vegetarians. In their opinion, food of animal origin is not only not useful, but also bears a certain harm for human health. In particular, there are arguments about the relationship between the use of meat and the development of oncological diseases.

Is it really true, and what lies under the slogans on the distribution of a diet that excludes meat products from the diet?

What is vegetarianism?

Vegetarianism is a conscious transition from omnivities to the consumption of food of plant origin, in other words, the rejection of meat products. And vegetarianism is perceived to a greater extent as a healthy diet, but as a cult, acting in defense of animals from violence against them and their subsequent murder.

There are several vegetarian branches:

Classical- From the diet, meat and fish are excluded, but dairy products and eggs are allowed, as well as beekeeping products.
Laktovogetarianism - Only milk and honey are resolved from animal products.
Ovo-vegetarianism - allowed eggs and honey.
Vegan - Full transition to products of only vegetable origin, including mushrooms.

From some side, people who made such a diet seek to purify the body, exempting it from accumulated, possibly for cure from severe diseases. On the other hand, the transition to vegetarianism on an ongoing basis may have not the best consequences for the same body.

What is dangerous for a man's refusal of meat?

Any unbalanced food can lead to a failure in the work of the internal organs, which is not always reversible. Therefore, before you decide on such a step, you need to be sure that the diet will not be damage to health.

What vitamins will be a deficit, and how it will affect the work of the whole organism:

For a while, the rejection of meat will manifest itself with positive moments: it will really feel ease, energy will increase, endurance will appear. But this is a temporary phenomenon. The gradual flow rate of microelements, previously received with the products of animal origin, is exhausted, the body will begin to "pull" them himself - it will start the reverse process that threatens with complete exhaustion.

The body will cease to receive proteins, Which are important for metabolism and full hormone synthesis. Proteins are a building material for cells, which is particularly important for the children's body.
Lack of vitamin B12. It will affect the healthy formation of the Red Taurus in the blood, which threatens the development of anemia. This will affect not only the appearance of a person, but also on his health - fast fatigue, sleep disorder, the oppression of the psychological attitude, the reduction in mental performance will become permanent satellites. A significant reduction in hemoglobin indicators can cause death. The lack of this element threatens and infants on breastfeeding at Mom-Vegetarian.
Insufficient flow of vitamin D It will lead to the weakening and depletion of bone tissue, which contributes to frequent fractures in adults, and children cause "early nutritional rickets", which will also complicate their adult life.
For the correct development and formation of a skeleton, Works of the musculoskeletal and cardiovascular systems The body needs another component - Omega-3 fatty acid. Its disadvantage can be expressed by scattered attention, instability of memory, hypertension pain, hypertension. In addition, diseases of the mammary glands may develop and problems with leather - acne, dryness, dandruff.
Creatine Reduction, Which enters the human body in the consumption of beef, it will manifest itself with a decrease in physical activity and fatigue, memory violation.
Oddly enough, but cholesterol, Which so afraid of the admirers of the plant diet, is also important for the normal development of the children's body. It affects the proper development of cells and on the development of sex hormones. If adults need to reduce its consumption, the children's body should receive cholesterol to the full, and it only contains in animal products.

The lack of such a vitamin complex will affect the reproductive system of both men and women: The violation of the hormonal balance leads to a decrease in the possibility of conception, and in some cases it may end in full infertility.

Of course, all these elements besides cholesterol can also be found in plant food, but the difference between them is that it is the vitamins and minerals from meat that are absorbed by the human body faster than from vegetables. In addition, for full-fledged replenishment, it is necessary to consume a sufficiently large number of fruits, vegetables, nuts, greens, that not every person on his pocket, especially in the period of frosts, when plant food grows only in greenhouses and takes off in price. By the way, at this time, the vegetables are becoming not just expensive pleasure - greenhouses do not always boast so much vitamins as rich in natural conditions.

Fears of children's doctors

Becoming vegetarians, adults are often "sitting" on such a diet and their children. But the opinion of doctors on this occasion is completely different, and not only in pediatricians.

Most children's doctors negatively belong to children's vegetarianism. Even if adults feel perfectly after refusing meat, then children can seriously affect health, and not for the better.

The lack of necessary amino acids, vitamins, cholesterol, which is only in animal products, affects the overall endurance of children - they are weaker, and usually do not get in weight. In addition, unbalanced nutrition affects psychomotor indicators.

Negatively belong to vegetarianism and dentists. They consider incompatible development of a correctly formed jaw apparatus and a strict diet without meat products.

The fact is that the structure of the jaw in humans is adapted for chewing hard food to which meat belongs:

We have cutters, The main task of which is to cut food and muscle fibers;
Fangs are needed To break food;
And chewingteeth are designed for careful chewing.

So, if you switch to plant food from an early age from an early age, and in most cases it is soft, it can lead to problems with teeth and the jaw in general - the teeth can be bored, get out of the row. Meat use gives a certain load on the teeth, helping to form a proper bite. In addition, rigid food is a good prevention of caries.

It is worth noting that there are exceptions to the rules when doctors themselves prescribe a strict diet for their small patients, but it happens only with serious testimony. A diet in such cases signs a nutritionist. At the same time, the child is under constant control: analyzes are regularly held to track the level of hemoglobin in the blood and other vital indicators, the growth and weight of the child is controlled, with the deviation the power is corrected.

10 arguments in favor of meat

Vegetarians lead a lot of arguments in favor of life without meat, but few of them deepened in the very essence of these arguments. Tell together.

Myth 1. Man is not a predator

Meat eating - the process for a man unnatural. The structure of the teeth and in the overall digestive system is not similar to the animal system. It is true, but also with the digestive system of herbivores we also have little in common. Man is omnivore. If our stomach was not adapted to take food of animal origin, he already after half an hour after her eating would give about it. And the use of meat man many centuries says just in his favor.

Myth 2. Nearest relatives of man - Gorilla, and they are herbivores

First, binding a person with "related relationships" with this animal is not worth it, since the relationship today has not been proven. And secondly, it is worth reminding about chimpanzees and pigs - they are omnivorous. Yes, and the gorilla in the conditions of the capture does not refuse meat eating.

Myth 3. The meat rotes in the digestive system, poisoning the body

This is a big misconception. Yes, meat products are absorbed longer, but it does not take off. Salonic acid, which is contained in the stomach, eliminates this process. Such phenomena can occur only in case of failures in the work of the gastrointestinal tract. The reason for this is not meat, but violation of the principles of healthy nutrition: overeating, monotonous food, no in the diet. In the right diet should be moderately.

Myth 4. Vegetarians - long-livers

Not proven fact. If we take an example of India - it has the highest rates of adherents of a vegetarian diet, but they have a life expectancy on average 63 years old. But residents of the northern countries, where vegetables are available at least and the main food is meat, they live on average 75 years.

Another bright example is Georgia: the inhabitants of this country are large admirers of meat products and at the same time Georgia is famous for long-livers.

Myth 5. protein of plant origin is not worse than animal, and vitamins and minerals in vegetable food more

Vegetarians receive a protein by using legumes, in particular soy, and do not get tired to argue that this type of protein is most similar to the resulting meat. Yes, it looks like, but it cannot completely replace it. In addition, soybean is saturated with estrogens who negatively reflect on the work of the men's hormonal system. Another minus of legumes is not every organism is ready to recycle a cellulose shell, which causes gas formation and chairs. Especially harmful to the use of such products in large quantities of children - an immature digestive system for such experiments will respond with disorder.

Sources of protein meat
Sources of protein Fish and seafood

Sources of protein eggs and dairy products
Sources of bob protein

Sources of protein cereals

Myth 6. People eating meat are more inclined to completeness.

It is not true. The completeness is inclined to all who feed on unbalanced has problems with the metabolism and health as a whole. Heredity also plays a role.

As for such a popular vegetarian diet, there is far here everything is so rosy. What are only "dietary" fruits, dried fruits and cereals - they contain many carbohydrates, the abuse of which leads to obesity. Cases are known when pregnant women because of a large weight gain sat on the apple diet, but instead of long-awaited weight control, they received the opposite effect - they recruited even more kilograms. In weight management, the activity of a person plays a big role - any diet is powerless if you are conducting a sedentary lifestyle.

Myth 7. Meat provokes the development of oncological diseases

Moderate consumption of any products (including meat) cannot cause serious diseases. The probability of cancer in the meatyad and vegetarian is the same, since the development of this phenomenon is influenced by many other factors: ecology, improper nutrition, chronic diseases, stress, reduction of general immunity, genetic anomalies. All this can happen both with meat and vegetarians.

Myth 8. Vegetarian be cheaper

The delusion of many novice vegetarians. In fact, that the body gets all the necessary trace elements, which a person deprived him, abandoning meat, it is necessary to consume a large number of products of plant origin. And they (nuts, vegetables, fruits, greens) are not so available, especially in winter.

Myth 9. Meat raises blood cholesterol

Yes, it is true, but only in the case when a lot of oily meat is used and the wrong cooked. Right: Cook, bake, stew, but not fry. During food, it is impossible to pour meat mayonnaise and flood with a large number of spices.

It is also worth remembering that Cholesterol in moderate quantity is necessary our body, because it regulates the work of the nervous system, helps to absorb the vitamin K (this element affects blood clotting), participates in the control of the hormonal background.

Myth 10. Myathers are more aggressive, they have little energy

It is not true. It is more often susceptible to a decrease in energy and cheerfulness precisely vegetarians. The reason for this is a violation of the hormonal balance when the meat failures, which affects the general state of the person. In addition, with a decrease in energy reserves, the muscle system is depleted, metabolic processes slow down, the activity of the nervous system is reduced. To replenish the energy, it is necessary to consume at least 1600 kcal per day, which is extremely difficult to achieve with vegetable salad.

And also tell me which spices are suitable for different types of meat so that your meat dishes are always not only useful, but and delicious!

You can give a lot of arguments and refutations both towards meat and in the direction of vegetarianism. But before accepting them or rejecting, it is worth thinking: who is beneficial for people to go to a lented diet on an ongoing basis?

Marketing and vegetarianism

And is it so easy with the transition to vegetarianism? If you understand more, then it has become another niche for business. And often for the promotion of a healthy lifestyle lifestyle lies the next way to earn.

With the development of vegetarian culture in the world expanded and the production of relevant goods is being flourished, various literature is sold, catering establishments are open. Media and advertising in this direction. Trainings of nutritionists who study the "correct" nutrition are held everywhere, and they are far from free. For some calculations, annually revenues in this industry reach $ 30 billion, and every year this figure is growing. Agree, rather big indicators for just hobbies.

It should be understood that most of the incoming information about the dangers of meat and the benefits of vegetarianism is nothing but an advertisement that is abuse in the Internet.

On the sites of such talented nutritionists, there are practically no information about the benefits of meat, but when searching for such articles often drop out requests that meat is harmful that people kill themselves, continuing to eat food of animal origin.

Advanced nutritional-business people inspire that the man-myxede is a murderer, and such a pressure on the psyche is not every consumer is capable of accepting. A person unprepared to such a psychological attack begins to think about his lifestyle, over time agrees with arguments in favor of vegetarianism and gradually moves to a new way of life. Through a period of time, an understanding comes that the body is really not enough for the body, and another advertisement works here. - In stores and pharmacies you will find all the necessary additives that a person needs, and at the same time he will remain humane towards animals. This is how the zombie is happening.

It is important to understand that any excessively common information is a reason to think about her truthfulness and ask the main issue: and who benefits it?

No doctor or nutritionist can prohibit an adult person to become a path of vegetarianism.

Before sitting on a diet without meat, It is necessary to consult your doctor on the readiness of your body to such changes. Surveys will help determine whether there are no serious problems with the digestive system, heart and other vital bodies.
If you are planning a pregnancy soon, The transition to plant food can provoke difficulties when conceiving and having tooling the child.
Do not drastically change the system of food up to 30 years. Up to this age, some of the functions of the body continue to be formed, and a sharp decrease in nutrients can provoke their failure. After the transition of this age boundary, a person is considered to be fully formed: incoming vitamins and minerals are needed more to maintain these life functions, so a certain balanced diet will not be able to harm.
It is important that the diet helps to form an experienced nutritionist, Which will take into account the features of your body and will help you choose the product basket optimal in all respects.
Regularly pass the profuse and hand over the tests, to track the slightest changes. If necessary, replenish the missing microelements with medical drugs (but only to appoint your doctor-nutrition).

Finally

Finally, before you step over the front of vegetarianism, it is worth paying attention to the possibilities of your wallet. Full nutrition without animal products is very expensive. Yes, individually, vegetables, fruits and other vegetarian products seem to be inexpensive, but their required quantity is significantly overlapping this "plus". Otherwise, the diet based on the principle "is fashionable" may result in a heavy test for the body, and in the future the consequences will not be the best way.

For some people, it is even useful for some people, and another refusal of food animal origin can harm health.

Determine if you can be a vegetarian according to the following scheme. - You can and need to abandon animal food, if you have the following health problems: atherosclerosis, constipation, liver problems, intestinal disorders. In this case, the digestive tract will work easier to work, digesting light vegetation food. Women during the climax, doctors recommend abandoning meat, since with the predominance of soy food, the climax proceeds easier. - It is possible to become a vegetarian if you are in reproductive. Nevertheless, it is not necessary to forget that it is necessary to supply the body with vitamins and minerals contained in the animal food, they include zinc, selenium, iron, copper, calcium. - It is not recommended to abandon meat, dairy products, eggs and fish to teenagers and women, so As the first meat protein performs the functions of the building material, and the second lack of vitamins contained in meat can cause serious deviations in the development of the fetus.

Try to give up meat for a while. So you will appreciate your strength and opportunities. In addition, your body will receive the necessary vegetable diet. At the beginning it is worth making several unloading days, eating only kefir, vegetables or fruits. So you unload your body from slags. Then during the week do not turn on the diet of red meat, namely pork, beef, pies, sausages, offal. Nevertheless, you can use in moderate amounts of poultry meat, as well as fish, eggs and dairy products. The next stage of refusal from meat is an exception to the bird's diet. Meals should be balanced and diverse. It is necessary to eat soups and cereals, nuts and dried fruits, fresh vegetables and fruits, legumes. If you have seriously decided to become a vegetarian, the next stage of abandoning animal food is to exclude eggs from your food.

Watch your power. Refusing meat and animal food, you need to obtain a sufficient number of vitamins and minerals contained in them. Therefore, eat more products rich in calcium, protein and iron, as well as vitamin B12. These are diverse and balanced. Buy a culinary book in order to diversify vegetarian dishes. Using spices, spices and various combinations of products, you can refuse meat painlessly and unnoticed for your body.

Helpful advice

Facts about meat, knowing which you will be easier to refuse him.

Meat is significantly less than vitamins and nutrients than in vegetable food.

The meat contains a protein, which is for our body a stranger, so excessive consumption of meat products causes dysbacteriosis, a decrease in the body's ability to self-restoration and other problems.

The abundance of a protein contained in meat causes the body's linake.

Acid meat residues (as sweet and flour food) are connected to the lime of our bones, which leads to an increase in their fragility, and hair, nails and teeth are also affected.

Meat increases appetite, which contributes to overeating. Meat dishes also appeal in the gravity in the stomach and constipation.

Recently, vegetarians are becoming more and more in some families even kids try to attach to a similar way of life. How good is this nutrition for small children?

Most doctors - pediatricians are concerned about such developing events. Indeed, only in meat food is contained for the construction of amino acid cells. Of the 20 necessary amino acids necessary for the full development, the organism is independently capable of synthesize only 12, the rest it gets from meat. Children eating only vegetable foods are laid by the main nutrients that subsequently can lead to physical and psychological problems. At the conclusion of doctors, the health of vegetarians is not very stronger than that of meatseeds. People who abandoned meat are lacking a large number of vitamins and microelements, the main of which is zinc. This element is responsible for the proper development of the immune system, timely puberty.

Is it possible to replace the meat of plant and dairy food? Purely theoretically possible. But to get the necessary rate of vitamins and trace elements, eat fruits and vegetables a lot. Such nutrition over time will lead to problems with the gastrointestinal bodies.

What problems may occur when the meat failure? First of all, the impossibility of full-fledged development, because For the construction of new cells, protein of animal origin is required. Reduced hemoglobin, and subsequently the development of anemia, weakness, fast fatigue, reduced performance. Linoleic acid contained only in meat prevents the emergence and development of cancer.

In recent years, vegetarianism is becoming more popular among young people and older people. Some choose plant food to lose weight and get the figure of your dreams. Others refuse meat for personal beliefs. And although many vegetarians praise with excellent well-being and wonderful health, such a diet is not suitable for everyone.

Benefit

On the one hand, fruits and vegetables have a beneficial effect on the intestine. They stimulate the peristaltics and normalize the microflora of the gastrointestinal tract. In addition, they contain phytoncides that destroy harmful bacteria. Such people rarely have cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, hypertension, stones in the bustling bubble and kidneys.

Harm

But on the other hand, the human body may somehow need proteins. During the ice age, when there was little vegetation food, our ancestors were saved only by hunting. Now our body can not do without proteins, rare amino acids, and you can only get them from meat products. In addition, the meat contains many trace elements, including iron. Of course, in the fruits of plants, it also has, but our digestive system does not know how to assimilate it from plant food. And finally, if you are accustomed to eat a little, it is not necessary to eat in the same volumes of fruits and vegetables. Unsecured fiber creates too heavy loads on the gastrointestinal tract.

Compromise

In order not to spoil health, it is better to stick to a mixed diet and in no case go to raw food. Vegetarians can get missing proteins from mushrooms, legumes, nuts. And the deficiency of iron can be filled with buckwheat, seafood, cottage cheese, eggs. Sometimes you can eat poultry meat. Together with the fish it will provide the body with polyunsaturated fatty acids.

Contraindications

Moderate vegetarianism is useful for most adults. Such diets are good for overweight patients and metabolic disorders. But it is necessary to move on food with vegetables and fruits gradually. The same who is engaged in severe physical work (for example, athletes or builders), it is forbidden to abandon meat. Also, diet is contraindicated to children, teenage girls who began monthly, pregnant women and nursing mothers, persons suffering from anemia, hypotension, gastritis, pancreas and thyroid diseases.

Vegetarianism is a power system based on a full or partial refusal of meat. Of course, such a "diet" has a moral side of the issue. But, you need to say right away, in this article it will not be taken into account. Consider vegetarianism precisely as a power system and try to understand its advantages and disadvantages.

Refusal to meat today in the trend. Most Hollywood actors and other famous people are proud to do not eat animal products in food. At the same time, they look great.

Making vegetarianism excellent advertising. But, you need to understand that the possibilities of the average person and the film actor will gently say, they differ slightly. Therefore, before abandoning food of animal origin, you need to learn all the advantages and disadvantages of this choice.

Vegetarianity benefits - Vegetarian advantages

Since planting food contains a minimum amount of fats, the refusal of meat allows you to lose weight. This is one of the main advantages of the vegetarian power supply system. Moreover, many joined this power system precisely because of the possibility of bringing their body in order.

Vegetable food has a small energy value, but it satisfies well the stomach
If the meat is replaced with vegetables and fruits, then you can not only reduce the subcutaneous fat, but also remove toxins and slags from the body. Eating vegetable food helps normalize metabolic processes in the body
As many studies show, adherents of vegetarianism suffer less from hypertension, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases
Dishes from vegetables and fruits are rich in vitamins and microelements. Minerals such as potassium and magnesium, without which the human body will not work normally, can be obtained most of the products of plant origin: potatoes, bananas, buckwheat
In plant food, many complex carbohydrates, which are an excellent source of energy and are not postponed on the sides and buttocks in the form of fat. That is why vegetarians look more slender and tightened

Vegetarianism - Minuses

In plant food a lot of useful substances and vitamins. But, there is extremely few of the most important substance for all living things - protein
Yes, it is present in vegetables and fruits. But, vegetable protein has a small amino acid composition. What does not allow it to be used as a change in meat protein. Moreover, the vegetable protein is worse than the organism
The lack of protein over time can affect the work of the immune and reproductive system.
Of course, it is possible to replace the animal protein vegetable. To do this, it is necessary to combine products in its diet with different amino acid composition. But, it is very difficult to take into account and at least need to have a special education.
But, not only the lack of protein should worry vegetarians. If you decide to abandon meat, you need to include products rich in iron in your ration. This macroelement is widespread in the plant world. But, the iron is absorbed from plant products much worse than meat

The lack of iron can lead to a decrease in hemoglobin and endocrine failures.

Important: Iron is best absorbed with lemon or ascorbic acids. As well as fructose. This must be considered by selecting your vegetarian power mode.

If you decide to abandon meat, you also need to know about what is likely that your body will suffer vitamins: B2, B12, A, D and trace elements: selenium, copper, zinc and calcium. Therefore, it is very important to increase the consumption of plant products in which these substances are presented in large quantities.

It is also worth considering the financial side of the issue. Prices for fresh fruits and vegetables are quite high today. Especially in winter. In addition, many vegetarian recipes require imported vegetables and fruits that are difficult to replace with domestic products.

Refusal of meat - pluses

Failure to meat can really give its advantages. According to the British cancer research magazine, vegetarians have 12% less risk of oncology than people who regularly use meat. But, unfortunately, English specialists did not led the data on what the amount of meat lovers consumed.

Vegetable food is easier to digest. Especially if it is not exposed to heat treatment. Therefore, vegetarians, and especially raw foods, are restored faster
They need to sleep less time. This is due to the fact that vegetable food, thanks to enzymes, relieves the load from the digestive system. And the body spends less energy to digest
If the meat failures, it is possible to reduce cholesterol levels in the body. First, one of the reasons for increasing this substance in the body is fatty food of animal origin. Secondly, vegetable products contain substances that can derive extra cholesterol from the body. Especially this garlic is famous
You also need to know that with excessive use of meat products, the intestine will not be able to quickly recycle them. This will lead to the emergence of grinding processes in the body. It will begin to form slags, which, when entering the blood, will cause various problems

Minuses of refusal of meat

Refusal of animal products has its drawbacks:
If you still decided to abandon meat, then seriously consider your diet. Some amino acids from this product are indispensable for the human body and can only get into it from the outside.
And if the first time the vegetarian will not notice the changes, then after 5-7 years, the representative of such a system will decrease immunity
Especially negatively affects the absence of animal products in the children's body. Child for growth is needed meat and fish. In addition to the protein, such products contain a large number of nutrients that are necessary for children for the right development.
With the help of vegetable food, you can "close" the need for the body in alpha-linolenic acid, but not in Omega-3. But, it is this fatty acid that is necessary for the body for the proper operation of the musculoskeletal system, the nervous and cardiovascular system.
Without Omaga-3, it is impossible to keep hair and the skin in order. Of course, it can be included in your diet more walnuts and linseed oil. But, then these products have to have all day

Creatine falls into the body with meat. This substance in large quantities is contained in beef. If the vegetarians refuse, creatine failure can develop. What will affect the fast fatigue, a decrease in physical activity and memory.

Important: The rejection of meat first will give many positive moments. But when the body will begin a lack of useful substances that can only be obtained from meat, failures in its work can begin. That is why vegetarians need to be 5 days a week, allocating for themselves two days to replenish the body's needs in animal food. Remember, at the beginning of the article, no moral parties were promised. Only science.

How to refuse meat?

If you have weighed everything and against and decided all these to refuse meat, then you should not immediately begin to agitate the rest of the seven, but even more so install the floral diet for your children.

Before the final refusal of meat, you need to prepare your gastrointestinal tract. To do this, make several unloading days: kefir, vegetable and fruit. After that, it is necessary to gradually refuse first from the meat itself, and then from the broths on its basis.

IMPORTANT: Some directions of vegetarianism imply eating fish, eggs and other animal products. And, unlike the strict directions of such a system, it affects the body is not so negative.

After you excluded from your diet sausages, smoked meat and other "harmful" meat food can be moved on and exclude other less harmful products. But, at the same time, you need to follow your diet and fill the loss. With the help of beans, nuts and soybeans, you can increase the number of proteins consumed, iron and vitamins.

It is very important to include in the diet products rich in calcium. For example, asparagus, raisins, cabbage and, if you allow beliefs, milk and eggs. Soy cottage cheese Tofu helps to fill the need not only in vitamins, but also in protein. And as a source of zinc, you can choose buckwheat and corn.

After refusal from meat, it is necessary to diversify your diet. Be sure to buy a book of vegetarian recipes and discover a new dish every day. Ragu with mushrooms, paws from beans, stuffed vegetables, pizza with pepper and mushrooms, pancakes with fruit filling, etc. .. All this can help forever refuse meat. Of course, if such a task exists.

Refusal of meat consequences

Vegetarianism has undoubted advantages. Vegetable food is a natural antibiotic, which suppresses pathogenic bacteria breeding in the intestines. In addition, food without animal products is able to reduce the level of harmful cholesterol. Which reduces the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases.

But, vegetable food does not contain any important amino acid, which our organism cannot synthesize. What makes it defective. Moreover, such a power system does not allow to obtain the body in full vitamin D.

His number in products of plant origin is minimal. Moreover, the remaining substances of such products prevent the normal absorption of this vitamin. The rejection of meat in childhood is especially dangerous. In the US, there is even such a diagnosis as "Early Nutritive Rahit of Teenagers." And it usually put the children of vegetarians.

Changes in the body after the failure of meat

If the meat failures, a person begins to hate several important substances. Including vitamin B12. The importance of this vitamin is difficult to overestimate. It is necessary for the formation and growth of blood cells
Therefore, its lack can lead to irreversible consequences. Some clinical studies have shown that the lack of this substance in milk-vegetarian mom even causes a anemia in a child, which is in breastfeeding. About such studies you can see the article by the magazine Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, 2009
Another negative change, which occurs in the body when the meat products fails, is the weakening of bone tissue. By the way, the aforementioned vitamin B12 also meets for it. In addition, vegetarians are not allowed and vitamin D, which is also responsible for the quality of bone tissue
That is why the mineral density of bone tissue in vegetarians is low. What leads to frequent fractures among representatives of such a power system. You can read about it in the journal Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes, And Metabolism, №3, 2010

Kirill. It all depends on the person himself. If he shouts at every corner that he is a vegetarian, and he sits on buns and other flour products, then the benefits of such a system will not be. Rather, even on the contrary. Vegetarianism is not just the absence of meat in the diet. This is the power system. It must be studied and selecting a balanced diet. Otherwise you can harm your body.

Svetlana. My mother works as a gastroenterologist. She says, notes many advantages of vegetarianism, but also says that it is impossible to completely refuse meat. Only in meat protein is absorbed by 98%. Yes, and iron from such products get easier. Usually vegetarians feel great for several years. And it strengthens their faith in the failure of meat. But, then some substances are fully produced by the body. What can lead to problems with the conception of a child and even anemia.