I want to become a Vegan to lose weight, is this a good idea or will it be effective?

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• If you go on an all-animal product diet then it should be high fat. Read this; http://www.biblelife.org/stefansson1.htm

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  by Anonymous on March 22nd, 2012

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• It should come as no surprise that you gained weight while going vegetarian. Those sort of diets are almost always very high in carbohydrates. I went on an all-meat diet and lost weight easily.

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  by Anonymous on March 22nd, 2012

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• Uh, all the vegetarians and vegans I've ever known are thin. You only take in a lot of carbs if a lot of carbs are what you want. A vegan diet can be a healthy balance of proteins, fats and vegetables. No diet, all fat or not, that over emphasizes one food group and eliminates another is a healthy long term solution.

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  by Gideon on August 18th, 2010

• How would you know? The traditional Eskimos live on an almost all meat diet and are so healthy that scientists are scrambling to try and explain it. Just google "the Inuit paradox" if you don't believe me.

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  by Anonymous on August 18th, 2010

• My comment addressed your assertion that Veganism is directly linked to obesity and there's no evidence to that; in fact, there's plenty of evidence to the contrary.
  
  Certain populations have adapted to particular diets over decades, true. For the average citizen, a well-balanced, well-rounded diet is the best approach. Incidentally, Dr. Atkins, who first promoted the eating plan you suggest, may have suffered hypertension, heart attack and eventually death due to his own diet plan.

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  by Gideon on August 18th, 2010

• "For the average citizen, a well-balanced, well-rounded diet is the best approach."
  
  Again, how do you know this? What about non-citizens?
  And Dr. Atkins suffered brain damage after slipping on ice. His personal case is hardly evidence of much anything. That's a very weak argument. The first popular low carb diet in modern times was "The drinking man's diet." which came out in 1962. Robert Cameron was in his 50's then. Do you know what he died of? Neither do I as he is still alive. And what about that lady in California who was the world's oldest woman until she died recently at 115? She said that she ate mostly fried chicken and bacon.

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  by Anonymous on August 19th, 2010

• I know this because I've worked in the medical field for more than 20 years. And Atkins' autopsy showed arterial plaque, hypertension and heart disease. Education is how I come to know these things. You can point to anomalies and segregated populations all day long, but the average person benefits most from a healthy, well-rounded diet.

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  by Gideon on August 19th, 2010

• Anyone who knew anything at all about science would not try to base an argument on their own authority or education.

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  by Anonymous on August 23rd, 2010

• Nor did I. It was you who posed the question of how I knew; all I did was answer you. I base a vegetarian or vegan diet being sound and healthy on science and fact.

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  by Gideon on August 23rd, 2010

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• its harder to burn off starch off your hips.
  steaks dont stick on your waist/hips like starchy foods
  steak protien helps burn off starch of your body :D
  but, dont have to eat steak everyday, just atleast a couple times a week.

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  by Jaheira2016 on August 18th, 2010

• i am fine with vegans, but it is bad if your doing it just to loose weight because your body will not be used to the diet change and you could have a bad reaction to it.

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  by cobra222 on March 17th, 2012

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