Vegetarianism encompasses the practice of following plant-based diets (fruits, vegetables, etc.), with or without the inclusion of dairy products or eggs, and with the exclusion of meat (red meat, poultry, and seafood).
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Is a vegetarian (vegan) diet more healthy?
According to Wikipedia,
Vegetarians tend to have lower body mass index, lower levels of cholesterol, lower blood pressure, and less incidence of heart disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, renal disease, osteoporosis, dementias, [and lower risks…
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Is being a vegan more environmentally friendly than otherwise?
On their website, PETA claimed the following:
A recent United Nations report concluded that a global shift toward a vegan diet is necessary to combat the worst effects of climate change. And the U.N. is not alone in its analysis. Researchers at the…
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Are the mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna vegan?
The mRNA vaccines from both Pfizer and Moderna contain cholesterol.
On the website for the UK National Health System NHS we may read:
The COVID-19 vaccines do not contain egg or animal products.
Another report indicates it contains no…
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Can we grow enough crops to feed all people on Earth?
Vegetarianism is heavily promoted. But let's say all people on Earth stop eating animal products. Can we grow enough crops so all people on the Earth are provided with enough healthy, nutritious food?
The question is of course very theoretical, but…
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Can you get sufficient protein from a vegan diet?
This image claims that you can get protein from non-meat sources, citing Broccoli as an example.
Do you really need meat to get Protein?
Beef 6.4 grams of protein per 100 calories.
Broccoli 11.1 grams of protein pe 100 calories
Plants have all…
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Do long-time vegetarians lose the ability to digest meat?
"In people who have been long-term vegetarians, studies have found that they actually lose the ability to digest meat". Is this true, at a biological level? (As opposed to any possible psychological effect.)
(Yes, the link is from the SciFi SE, but…
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Are the vast majority of vegans Vitamin B12 deficient?
WebMD reports:
In the July issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, German researchers tracked 174 apparently healthy people living in Germany and the Netherlands.
They found that 92% of the vegans they studied -- those who ate the…
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Was Hitler a vegetarian?
It is commonly believed that Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian. Sometimes that is used as some sort of argument-by-association that vegetarianism is a bad idea:
For example, "Vegetarians Are Evil" web-site:
Adolph (sic) Hitler would have been a model…
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Does eating vegetarian kill more animals than eating meat?
Read in an Italian magazine:
The University professor who conducted the study, such Mike Archer, showed instead that the production of plants consumed by humans can kill a number of animals 25 times higher per kilogram of usable protein produced,…
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Does broccoli have a nervous system?
It appears there are non-reliable sources on the internet claiming broccoli has a nervous system:
forum at funnyjunk.com:
Broccoli have a very primitive nervous system. Technically, they are able to feel pain.
Yahoo! Answers:
Does broccoli…
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Is there a connection between sleep patterns and meat-eating?
There are a number of different and sometimes contradictory claims that changing your diet (especially with regard to avoid meat) can have an affect on your sleeping pattern.
Here are a few related claims:
Juice fast reduces need for sleep
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Are vegetarians more intelligent?
In a post titled Why Vegetarians Are More Intelligent than Meat Eaters, evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa claims:
Among the British respondents in the National Child Development Study, those who are vegetarian at age 42 have significantly…
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Is mycoprotein (Quorn) safe for human consumption?
There have been severe arguments over the safety of mycoprotein:
Quorn is considered a healthy food in UK and Europe
Some parties in the US have cried havoc
It's quite discussed in Canada
Quorn claims it's safe and healthy:
The main ingredient in…
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Do 2/3 of "vegetarians" fail to stick to a vegetarian diet?
In a TEDxTalk, Brian Kateman, the Assistant Program Manager of the Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability claimed that a huge number of those who identified themselves as vegetarians fail to stick to their diet:
A separate study…
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Does having one fewer child reduce my carbon footprint as much as 71+ people going vegan?
In July 2017, ScienceMag reported on a study:
Eating no meat cuts an individual’s carbon footprint by 820 kilograms of carbon dioxide (CO2) each year [...] by choosing to have one fewer child in their family, a person would trim their carbon…
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