Deciding to totally refuse meat and stick with a vegetable diet can be either good or bad for you…

i just finish my first university degree in sociology and i decided to open a personal and non-profit web directory on urban cultures and subcultures from all over the world. by providing information about different subcultures i want to change the stereotypes in the society and to make people to except the other people.

so my main interest is in unique lifestyle.
in other words i want to capture the meaning of being attached to specific lifestyle to help other people that feels the same to express themselves that way.

i`m going to write above 500 words about each culture or lifestyle, so if you have any text information (about any lifestyle or culture on earth) or even better - text about lifestyles that you wrote yourself it will be a great help! and also you will get the credit in my site.

for an example of what i wrote about the lifestyles please visit my site:

http://lifestyle-choices.awardspace.com

thanks again for your help,

-cls

Anyway, countless people are exploring semi-vegetarian diets to bring some kind of balance to food eating habits.

Thanks for your tips!

Your concerns in the article can be valid, although the way you wrote this little bit of text comes off more of reverse encouragement: it looks like scare tactics for people to avoid becoming vegetarian.

Also, the suggestion to eat “tofu, soybased meat products, and veggie burgers” equates to eating soy, soy, and more soy (as that is what each thing actually is), which isn’t healthy for anyone. Eating just one type of food is never healthy.

The bottom line, whether vegetarian or not is to eat healthy and eat a varied and balanced diet. (A big tip is to stay away from overly processed food.)

To be fair and balanced, you should also mention all the health concerns when one eats meat, such as all the e. coli issues, that ground beef often contains meat from over 100 different cows (many of who are quite sick), how meat is often treated with carbon monoxide, nitrates, and other substances… and many other sorts of things. Many people overindulge in meat and leave out fruits and veggies, and this can cause other health issues. For instance: eating a lot of meat (such as meat at every meal) also causes cardiovascular problems and stresses out the digestive tract (among other issues).

I’d suggest reading two good food related books: Fast Food Nation (by Eric Schlosser) and The Omnivore’s Dilemma (by Michael Pollan).

Here are a few links I’ve collected involving food and health which you may find interesting:
http://del.icio.us/garrett/food+health