What are the health risks of being vegetarian?
Many people will give you anecdotal “evidence” that being a vegetarian will make you very sick becasue they had a cousin/coworker/dog walker who only ate potato chips and pepsi and got “deathly ill.” If you are an omnivore and eat nothing but garbage, you won’t feel so great either. There are no real risks. I’ve been a vegetarian since I was 9 (13 years) and have never had health problems and don’t usually take vitamins. The only vitamin not available naturally, to vegans (if you are a vegetarian and eat eggs, you are probably ok) is b-12, because b-12 is a bacteria usually present in feces (human and animal) and the flesh of animals (including humans). Chances are that you eat foods that are fortified with b-12 every day. Most cereals are fortified with b-12. Soymilk is usually fortified with b-12 as well. Anything you eat that has added vitamins most likely has b-12. Many people are on a protein high and think you need 1-2 grams of protein per pound of body weight. This is totally fa
