No.1 Is it able for vegetarians to stay healthy?

 As I said in the past posts, vegetarians, especially vegans don't eat meat or fish so they are thought that they lack some nutrient like protein. 

 But according to a web site called "Vegetarian Nutrition",

 "Vegetarian and vegan diets provide adequate protein when menu planning focuses on how much your body needs and which foods provide this essential nutrient."

 The PDF from the website shows what kind of foods are protein-rich. For example, the most protein-rich food in legume is lentils and contains protein 9 grams in 1/2 cup servings. Tofu, which is the one of the world famous soy food, has 10 grams of protein in 1/2 cup. The most protein-rich food was pumpkin seeds and had 9 grams in 1 ounce. Suppose that 1 cup weighs 8 ounce, pumpkin seeds contains 72 grams of protein and that is exactly 4 times of that in a cup of lentils.

 Although, some nutrient are difficult for vegetarians to ingest by food. For instance, fishes, meat, eggs and dairy products contain vitamin B12 a lot, so vegans, which don't eat meat or fish or dairy products, have to ingest vitamin B12 in a different way like using supplements.

 And also, there is a report which tells us that children in these days tend to have low IQ levels from lack of iron and that caused from being raised in a vegetarian family. It says that lack of iron causes anemia, loss of appetite, spiritless, development delay on mental and problems on behavior, and nowadays more and more people stop eating meat for ethical reasons or health, meanwhile more and more teenagers have health problems by lack of iron.

 However, having a well-balanced diet based on a correct knowledge will avoid suffuring from these risks and still able to stay as healthy as people used to when they were not vegetarian.


Works cited:

Can a vegetarian get enough protein? - Vegetarian Nutrition. (2016, June 4). Retrieved June 29, 2016, from http://vegetariannutrition.net/vegetarian-diets/can-vegetarian-get-enough-protein/

Internet Journey. (n.d.). Retrieved June 29, 2016, from http://web.archive.org/web/20031205204248/http://www.japan-journals.co.uk/dailynews/021210/news021210_3.html