Very but it makes your poopie smell really bad

Very healthy as long as you make an effort to combine grains and legumes (to get your essential amino acids for protein building), and ensure you get enough calcium iron and zinc (which can be found in various vegetable foods, but you may need to eat a greater amount than you would of meat due to lower bio-availability).

Ever look at the list of how many of the oldest living humans have been vegetarian? Quite a few! No cholesterol or arteriosclerosis to worry about if you are vegan. Less than omniovres if vegetarian. The only thing you eat with cholesterol comes from an animal. Less intestinal cancer. Less risk of diabetes.

Very - so long as enough protein is in the diet

You have a better chance of having a healthful diet, but there are plenty of vegetarian junk-foods too.

Extremely healthy, if you have seen what incredible things a Shaolin Buddhist monk could do, you'd agree. They are all vegans and have been so for centuries. The American Dietetic Association says that appropriately planned vegetarian diets are healthful, are nutritionally adequate, and provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. Vegetarian diets are lower in saturated fats, cholesterol, and animal protein (ie, eggs). They’re also high in folate, anti-oxidant vitamins like C and E, carotenoids, and phytochemicals. Overall, vegetarians have substantially reduced risks for obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes mellitus, osteoporosis, and some forms of cancer - particularly lung cancer and colon cancer. Vegetarian diets that are low in saturated fats have been successfully used to reverse severe coronary artery disease. Promotes healthy joints till old age since it prevents the premature development of crippling arthritis caused by the uric acid produced as a byproduct of meat, especially red meat, which irreversibly decays away the joints. And finally, one can say good bye to constipation for good.

According to the American Dietetic Association, and Dietitians of Canada, "a well-chosen vegetarian diet can meet nutrient needs while supporting health superbly". Safe to say they have just a little more knowledge than the naysayers, wouldn't you agree?

there is more zinc in meat than most vegetables