veganism: Which is healthier?|||veganism.... too many added chemicals and hormones in all animal products|||According to USDA, vegetarianism is healthier, because all the nutrients you get from meat can be replaced by other foods, but there are certain nutrients in dairy products that are very difficult to get elsewhere.|||It depends on the type of products (organic, non-hormone treated products, and other chemicals)... Now this is just my opinion, but I find veganism more restrictive on vitamins and minerals. BUT on the flipside, I see that people who are vegan typically eat more soy products which are good for you with the good proteins. I think that from an overall nutritional perspective, vegetarianism is healthier. For example, you do not get the nutrients from milk products if you are vegan (if you consume organic, non-hormone treated end-products). And on the point of taking supplements, you have to be careful of the source. For example, I have found that many calcium supplements do not list the source of the calcium or they come from animals. I ensure to buy ones that only state they are vegan or vegetarian.|||eating to much tofu can be very bad for you, some raw vegan on here put up a link to a site that explained all the bad things about tofu, I don't remember what it was but I wouldn't eat the stuff if I were you.|||I believe veganism is healthier by far. If you want your diet to be completely natural, vegan is the way to go. There is nothing natural about drinking the breastmilk of another species, especially when the animal has been pumped full of hormones and antibiotics and tortured for it. And for everybody who said vegans are missing something nutritionally, that is not correct. There are tens of thousands of vegans in the US, have you ever heard of someone dying from a protein or B12 deficiency? No. And rest assured, with all the money and lobbying power the meat and dairy industries have, if it happened you would know about it. I am personally acquainted with at least 100 vegans who are VERY healthy and never take supplements.|||honestly.. they're both the same. true veganism and vegetarianism will go for the fresh product of fruits, veggies.. legumes, tubers.. most of your plants... (even flowers and some spores) those who claim vegetarians eat certain meats do not know what they are talking about. and vegans who eat processed foods aren't vegan... basically it's the same.. all those other terminologies are rather offshoots which lead to the basic fact that: you eat any processed product and/or animal product or products from animal you're not vegetarian. simple as that. also... both if they eat a well balanced diet there's no such thing as a protein scarcity.|||depends on how you do it. i don't think one is better, though.|||uhm they both have there perks. :] im a vegitarian and tried being a vegan, but i was constintly tired/sickish from lack of protein. im not frowing upon veganism in anyway though if commeted properly can be very healthy!|||The vegan diet is free from animals hormones, antibiotics and concentrated pesticides that are found in dairy and eggs. You have made the right choice in being vegan. The vegetarian diet was supposed to mean the same thing as vegan until people that ate animal products stole the word. A "lacto-ovo-vegetarian" diet is an incomplete protest against animal cruelty. Any type of diet can be healthy, but those that include animals products often result in heart disease and cancer even when done so in moderation. A vegan diet requires thoughtful planning but so does every other diet. There have been vegan Olympic gold medalists and a vegan woman can create an ENTIRELY NEW,HEALTHY HUMAN BEING INSIDE OF HER. Many of these children stay vegan and grow up to be perfectly healthy adults. So just keep yourself educated about what you eat and don't let anyone tell you that a veg diet is lacking anything essential. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Lewis http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada鈥?/a> Here are some more vegan peoples: http://www.mikemahler.com/index.html http://www.veganbodybuilding.com/?page=b鈥?/a> http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-23鈥?/a> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Danzig http://www.scottjurek.com/career.php http://www.nfl.com/players/rickywilliams鈥?/a> http://www.brendanbrazier.com/raceresult鈥?/a> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_veg鈥?/a> http://www.veganathlete.com/vegan_vegeta鈥?/a>|||Eating mean (protein) is healthier. Ask any doctor, not some idiot hunter who is all about defending eating mean or some idiot vegetarian/vegan who's all about animal rights.