I was vegetarian for a stretch. Am a treehugger and child of farmers. Have no problem eating animals. Was mostly motivated by food safety and contempt for the misc industries.
My health suffered.
After watching Dr Terry Wahls TED talk about nutrition and mitochondria, I resumed eating animal protein. Like her, my health improved. Many, many people are successfully vegetarian (et al), so YMMV.
I'll resume being vegetarian once nutrition science figures how I can do so safely. I'm very bullish on engineered meat, as in grown in a vat.
The psoriasis was bleeding, covered my legs, arms, and entire scalp.
I should have qualified my statement as "Believe, but cannot prove." None of this stuff is simple. (Accept maybe HFCS and calorie restriction.) Of all the things I've tried, it's hard to know which helped most and how. I also take breaks, just to be sure the things I'm doing are actually helping.
Some years later, I have minimal psoriasis and no edema. I no longer take immunosuppressants or do UVB light therapy, but I do still use topical steroids occassionally.
And when I slip from my nutrition plan, I feel like shit and the itchiness resumes.
My health suffered.
After watching Dr Terry Wahls TED talk about nutrition and mitochondria, I resumed eating animal protein. Like her, my health improved. Many, many people are successfully vegetarian (et al), so YMMV.
I'll resume being vegetarian once nutrition science figures how I can do so safely. I'm very bullish on engineered meat, as in grown in a vat.