WARNING: I will be insulting vegetarian and vegans in this post. If you can’t handle it, don’t read it.

I hear this statement all of the time, “She eats so healthy. She’s a vegan.” They say it as if I’m also going to believe that being vegan is the epitome of health – that everyone believes that being vegan is healthy.

It annoys the crap out of me.

I even sometimes have a hard time not saying, “ICK!”

Well frankly I don’t agree. Maybe it works for you, but based on the research I’ve chosen to follow, vegan DOES NOT equal healthy.

Why is it that it seems like only vegetarians or vegans make that comment (or the people who seem to worship that diet)?

Is it the fact that this diet seems to symbolize extreme self-control because the person doing the diet is able to cut out an entire food group?

I mean seriously, what is this attraction to a diet that can cause serious health problems and cuts out an essential food group!?!

People rail…I mean RAIL against low-carb diets because they claim that you are being too restrictive with a whole food group.

BUT mainstream media promotes being a vegetarian or vegan and they are even more restrictive eliminating almost all sources of complete protein from their diet!

While there are way more consequences to cutting out all animal protein sources like iron deficiency, lowered immune functioning and more than there are too eliminating many carbs, that isn’t even what annoys me the most about the statement that assumes a vegetarian or vegan diet is therefore healthy.

What gets me the most is the fact that MOST vegetarians and vegans eat so much processed crap – more so than most of the people who I know that switch to a more Primal style diet.

I mean just look at all the freaking processed crap created and marketed to the vegetarian market.

Soy nuggets. Pre-frozen veggie patties (that aren’t made out of whole natural ingredients).

FAKE MEAT!

Like that is good for you!?!

Also, chips are vegetarian. Chocolate is vegetarian. There are even baked goods made for vegetarians.

In other words….YOU CAN EAT CRAP AND STILL BE A VEGETARIAN OR A VEGAN!

So just because you are “Vegetarian” or “Vegan” doesn’t mean you are healthy.

Yea sure…If you eat all locally grown fruits and veggies and such, sure that is pretty healthy.

But honestly…I probably know only one vegetarian who actually spent the time to cook all fresh produce meals.

And I don’t see how anyone can claim that their “soy nugget” is better for them than my local, grass-fed, NATURALLY RAISED beef!

Oh and please don’t comment on this post and say something about “environmental impact.” We aren’t discussing environmental impact here. We are talking about health. Trust me…don’t even get me started on environmental impact.

(And yes…I do realize that vegetarianism and veganism are two different diets…but heck…they both stink…Sorry)