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Ok well I’m fourteen and decided to go vegan. Is it unhealthy for me to completely change my diet so suddenly?
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Would becoming a vegan be unhealthy for me?
Posted by admin on January 28th, 2010
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Yes, at 14 you are still growing and you need lots of top quality protein. You can’t get that on a vegan diet.
EDIT ~ of course everyone in the vegetarian category will tell you to become vegan. They care more about animals than humans. I know it sounds crazy, but it’s true. Please don’t listen to them. If you don’t believe me, ask your doctor or a nurse. I promise going vegan at your age is a very bad idea. Don’t ask strangers on the internet, ask someone who knows about nutrition and isn’t biased.
TreeHugg ~ At least 2 people on here have said they care more about animals than humans, so I am not making a generalization.
no im 15 and turned vegan when i was 14 and nothing happened expect my period was late because of me changing my diet but just remeber to eat alot of lentils, nuts, spinach, and kale
goodluck
Not being vegan is unhealthy for you. They put so much hormones and crap in animals and milk. who knows what your eating when you eat them? But if your vegan and you suddenly start eating meat again it will mess your stomache up really bad. If your vegan and you want to start eating meat again you have to slowly start eating it again like maby a handful a day and just eat a little bit more everyday. If I had a choice everyone would be vegan and eating meat would be
illegal. I take it your thinking about being vegan. You
should be and you should look up meet your meat on
youtube and that will definitly make you be vegan. So I think
if you want to be vegan, go for it!
i don’t think so.
That’s like saying "Will cutting my face off make me look prettier?"
No! Going vegetarian is one of the best things I’ve ever done. I’ve said this so many times to people. Meat is fuuuuull of nasty things that aren’t healthy for people. A long time ago when there was small farms and all that, it was healthier but now those animals are raised in huge nasty sheds, full of diseases and all kinds of sick and wrong things. I know it’s easy for you to eat up all that steak off your plate, not knowing how it got there in the first place. The poor, defenseless creatures that your family thinks is "okay" are put through so much nasty things through-out their short lives. They are fed artificial hormones, steroids and other unnatural things. When you get your meat it’s full of pus, feces, and urine.
I hope that helps =]
No, it isn’t. It’s very healthy. I have a friend with a sister who is sixteen years old and went vegan at age eleven (she’s actually what made me to go vegetarian, I asked too many questions =p). She doesn’t take supplements and she’s growing just fine and has never gotten sick from the diet. If she can do it, I’m sure you can.
Once again I say, it’s very healthy. Vegetarian diets, being low/lacking in animal products, are also generally lower that omnivorous diets in total fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol. There have been many studies to show that vegetarians live longer than omnivores, and live with a lower risk of heart disease and heart attacks, high blood pressue, diabetes, obesity, and some types of cancer.
Absolutely not!!
I have a friend who raised his kids vegan, and they’re now about 8, 10, and 12, and much healthier than every kid their age.
Veganism is the healthiest thing you can do for yourself, and it’s fantastic that you’ve made this choice!!
It’s not only much healthier for you, it’s better for the environment, and saves hundreds of animals from abuse, slavery and death.
http://www.vegfamily.com/vegan-teens/index.htm
Here’s ^ some info on being a teen vegan, health info, and such.
Congrats on this excellent choice, and good luck!
That’s something you need to consider carefully. You should talk about it with your parents, and with your doctor. For some people, a vegan lifestyle is fine. For others, it can be a real problem. My younger sister tried to go vegan when she was a teen. She didn’t even go totally vegan: she had little bit of meat because my parents required her to. After a couple months, she was so exhausted and unable to move that we had to take her to the doctor, and she was giving herself Vitamin B shots for weeks to get back to normal levels. This was not because she wasn’t eating vegetables and fruits and grains with Vitamin B: she ate tons of those things. Our mother insisted on both fresh fruit and both fresh and cooked vegetables, at every meal, whole grains at all times and very little sugar of any kind. The reason my sister had trouble was because there are some things that meat provides that some people’s bodies cannot easily make up with grains and vegetables alone.
I have the same problem. When I don’t eat some red meat every week, I become lethargic and slow. When it gets too bad, a steak will energize me the way a chocolate sundae energizes other people. I’ve tried everything to get over this. For a long time, I figured it was the iron, the protein or the Vitamin B. So I’ve done my best to adapt to all these things. I eat fruit and vegetables at every meal, and arrange them so I have many servings each day, and eat some of every color (white, red, yellow, purple, green, orange, blue) every two days. I eat only whole grain things that I bake myself, and the only cereal I eat is plain Cheerios. I eat lots of corn, oats, green leafy vegetables, bananas, oranges and other legumes that contain Vitamin B and iron in order to keep my levels up. I eat chicken every day, so I’m getting enough protein. I take iron supplements as well. And yet I still begin to run out of energy if I go more than 1 week without at least a little red meat. Many times I just begin to feel tired and draggy, without realizing what it is. I think I need to drink more water or exercise more or go to bed earlier. I try those things, and they don’t help. Then, my roommate will remember and bring me a steak.
I am not saying you should not become a vegan. I’m only saying that you should be careful about it. I am not the only person with this problem. Despite the claims of some that we should all be eating no meat, it just isn’t true. This is an overreaction to the excessive meat eating in the United States. Meat is very good for you in the right quantities and when it is of the right quality. "All things in moderation" is an excellent motto for everything in life.
It’s a healthy diet for any age, as long as you make sure you eat smart. That’s the official position of the American Dietetic Association– the largest organization of food and nutrition professionals in the United States, and Dietitians of Canada.
http://www.eatright.org/ada/files/veg.pdf
http://www.dietitians.ca/news/downloads/vegetarian_position_paper_2003.pdf
You can share those papers with your doctor or a dietitian.
Any time you remove foods from a diet that you used to eat, you have to make sure what’s left isn’t just piles of pasta, candy and cookies. You cannot be healthy eating like that. You need a variety of food from fruits, vegetables, grains, beans, nuts and seeds. A strict vegetarian or vegan should also eat food fortified with vitamin B12 or supplement with the vitamin. Be responsible for your diet, learn, and eat right. It doesn’t help animals if you eat nothing but garbage and get sick.
I am a vegetarian and gradually becoming a vegan.
It’s great to be a vegan; however, you should definite have your blood test every 6 months for the first year to verify your nutrients etc. Also, consult with doctor about plant-base supplement (aka. Vegan multi-supplement).
Good luck
you would have to talk to your doctor. that’s something that varies from person to person. its not good for everyone.
Don’t listen to the guy who said "they care about animals more than humans". Really, that sort of generalization is absurd.
Becoming vegan is a big dietary change, and if done wrong, it can be incredibly unhealthy, but if this change is done correctly, it can be incredibly healthy.
You need to ensure that you get the right nutrients. Buy a soy or other non-dairy milk that is enriched with calcium and vitamin B12. If you think you need to, buy some B12 vitamins or take a multivitamin. Also eat legumes and/or tofu several times a week for iron and protein. And leafy green vegetables, such as spinach.
Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. Don’t get lazy and just eat carbs and oreos all day. A lot of people do this, and then wonder why they feel like crap. Oreos are vegan in many areas of the world, but not in the UK.
Buy a cookbook or search the internet for recipes and menu plans. Some good websites are:
http://www.vegcooking.com
http://www.fatfreevegan.com
http://www.theppk.com
Good luck =D
no. it’s completely healthy. just make sure that you are getting all of your vitamins and minerals and protein and all that stuff
The FACT is, vegan protein has more QUALITY than non-vegan. No cholesterol, no hormones and unlike meat, the fat they contain is heart healthy!
Many vegan food items have protein already in them…
http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/protein.htm
As far as how much you need, it’s about .40 per pound which is doable!
This chart states you should have 46grams:
http://www.bcm.edu/cnrc/consumer/archives/percentDV.htm
In America you are more likely to have TOO MUCH protein than not enough. We are not made to eat all this meat and dairy (don’t get me started on dairy!)
You can be wonderfully healthy and be a vegan teen. There are many vegan athletes out there:
http://www.veganathlete.com/
As well as vegan BODY BUILDERS:
http://www.veganbodybuilding.com/
My daughter is 14 yo and a vegan (as am I and her father) and is doing wonderfully! She takes a food based multivitamin, calcium and a B12 supplement. Not only does she feel great but she looks great too.