What are the common health problems that vegans/vegetarians suffer???
Vegetarianism is practiced by individuals for health reasons or by some groups for religious reasons. Vegetarians are people who have decided to give up eating some or all meat, or fleshy, foods. A vegan is a person who abstains from eating all types of animal products and is the strictest kind of vegetarian. Some vegetarians will eat items such as fish and eggs, and others will eat some types of dairy products such as milk or cheese. It has been shown that vegetarians tend to suffer less from diseases such as cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure, obesity, and diet-related diabetes. In order to be as disease free as possible vegetarians incorporate a wide range of foods into their diet. By doing this they are getting all the essential nutrients they need to live. Vegetarians that aren’t careful to include a wide range of foods or supplements can suffer from deficiencies in zinc, calcium, Vitamin D, Iron, Vitamin B-12, and protein. Zinc is a very important element needed for healt
