Why do vegetarians look "sickly".?!


Question:

Why do vegetarians look "sickly".?

It's a good idea to eat less meats. However, why do vegans/vegetarians look like they have Yellow Jaundice???


Answers:
Because the are not getting the protien they need in their diet.

Not enough protein in their diet.

I don't what vegetarians you know, but I am a vegan, and no one ever says I look "sickly". I also have many vegetarian friends who are not sickly looking, but some people might not eat as many fruits or veges as they should, then not getting enough nutrients, etc, and that could make them look sickly.

You know, I hear this a lot and it always baffles me- I've been a vegetarian for over 10 years, vegan for 1, and I don't think I look sickly or yellow at all. Nor do any of my veggie friends.

My best guess is that perhaps they're hitting the carrot juice a bit hard? Maybe it's a question of dietary balance- a lot of people, not just vegetarians, don't eat a proper mix of different kinds of food (protein/carbs/veggies,etc).

they do not i have been one for 2 years and i don't look like i have jaundice and neither do my veggie friends either!!!!

There is a condition called carotenemia, yellow coloring to skin caused by a diet especially rich in beta carotene.
It isn't directly caused by the absence of meat in the diet.

http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic789.h...

Beta carotene is a healthful nutrient, found to a high degree in carrots but also other yellow and green veggies and fruits.

becouse they are dyingthe human body was made to eat meat , these vegan/veggies are freaks, man and most of all animals eat flesh, i myself am a meatatarian i try to save the lives of all the helpless vegetables that are savagely killed and consumed .EAT MEAT ...

That is as silly as asking why carnivores are so fat. People who don't eat properly look sickly - you can have horrible eating habits whether or not you eat meat. I have been a vegan for 20 years and I eat a well balanced diet so I don't look sickly or jaundice.

There's 2 reasons SOME look unhealthy.
1 - They were unhealthy before they went veg, and that's why they went veg.
2 - They may have changed their diet too fast

People who believe the protein myth: read these before posting.
Muscling Out the Meat Myth - by Colin Campbell, Ph.D.
http://www.vsdc.org/meatmyth.html...
http://www.famousveggie.com/peoplenew.cf...
http://www.veganmusclepower.com/...
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2005/...


Not sickly looking:

Shania Twain
Christina Applegate
David Duchovny
Eddie Vedder
Keenan Ivory Wayens
Susannah Hoffs
Moby
Woody Harrelson
Candace Bergan
Captain & Tennille
Carl Lewis - Olympic Track Star vegan
Carre Otis
Carrie Underwood
Cathy Dennis
Charlotte Ross
Christina Applegate
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam vegetarian
Eddie Jackson Bassist (Queensryche)
Edwin Moses
Elizabeth Burkley
Elvis Costello
Emily Deschanel
Eric Stoltz
Jennie Garth
Jerry Seinfeld
Joaquin Phoenix
Jodie Marsh
Joe Jackson
Joe Namath
John Robbins

They don't in general. You made a mistake.

The vegetarians that I know look very fit and healthy.

Politicians and Activists
Ariana Huffington
Dennis Kucinich
Rosa Parks
Cesar Chavez
Julia "Butterfly" Hill
Andrew Bartlett, Australian Senator
Coretta Scott King
Musicians, Singers, Pop Stars

Brandy
Gustav Holst
Shania Twain
Dwight Yoakam
Erykah Badu
Bob Dylan
Joan Baez
Benji Madden and Billy Martin, from Good Charlotte
Victoria Beckham (aka Posh Spice)
Anthony Kiedis, from the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Belinda Carlisle
Common
Davey Havok
Conor Oberst, from Bright Eyes
Dizzie Gillespie
George Harrison
Leonard Cohen
Paul McCartney
Ziggy Marley
Actors/Actresses

Alec Baldwin
Corey Feldman
Hayley Mills
Mary Tyler Moore
Kim Basinger
Rosanna Arquette
Leonard Nimoy
Omar Epps
Athletes

Martina Navratilova
Tony LaRussa
Hank Aaron
Jack LaLanne
Billie Jean King
Joe Namath
Contemporary and Historical Authors/Writers/Poets

Alice Walker, writer
Allen Ginsberg, poet
Upton Sinclair
Clive Barker
Deepak Chopra, author and doctor
Kafka, writer
Louisa May Alcott
Mark Twain
William Blake
Voltaire
Leo Tolstoy
Percy Shelley
Reality check .... all of these people are or were vegetarians

how many veggies have you honestly seen that look sickly/ yellow? i am vegan and i am very healthy and my skin is tanned. i dont understand, do you think veg*s never step out into the sun?

I have heard meat eaters say that for years. I have never seen any evidence that it is true. Provide some evidence.

Pamela Anderson, Alicia Silverstone, and Kim Basinger don't sickly to me.

I've been veg for over 20 years and honestly, I've never heard this opinion espoused except for here on Yahoo answers. Weird. At any rate, you're woefully misinformed if you think vegetarians all look sickly. The most common compliment I get from strangers is that I have beautiful skin, which doesn't seem a likely comment if I look all sickly and yellow!




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