could vegetarian diet affect your mood?

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What kind of bad things can happen to your body if you don't have a healthy vegetarian diet?

Answer 1

Mood in Vegetarians: An Article in Nutrition Journal of 2010- Vegetarian diets are associated with healthy mood states: a cross-sectional study in Seventh Day Adventist adults- The vegetarians in our survey reported significantly less negative emotion than the omnivores as measured by mood scales. Higher intake of total polyunsaturated fat and high circulating concentrations of antioxidants may explain mood profile

Answer 2

Yes: Breast fed babies can be sensitive to gas producing foods in mom's diet. These include foods like peppers, cabage, caffeine, chocolate, onions and tomato among others.

Answer 3

Yes: Babies, and people in general, get gas usually because there are undigested food particles and/or fiber in the large intestine. The food particles and fiber are then digested by the bacteria living in the large intestine, and bacteria's digestion produces gas. So, the foods that a person eats, that are items he himself cannot fully digest, will become food for his bacteria.

Answer 4

Yes: Babies can have digestive issues with different foods a trial and error proces usually can identify the offending agents.

Answer 5

Breast feeding: Yes your diet directly affects the baby if you are breast feeding. A balanced diet with lots of fluids help you and your baby.

Answer 6

Depends!: Best to completely avoid all alcohol and extra carbs. Ask your doctor to send you to a GI specialist for your liver problems.

Answer 7

Different things: High calory diet especially using saturated fatty acids even in vegetarians can increase risk of atherosclerosis , also family history of premature or early coronary artery diseases especially when associated with familial high cholesterol or hyperhomocysteinemia can also lead to atherosclerosis , finally smoking of course.

Answer 8

Smoking, canned food: Fresh vegetables are healthy, but too many canned veggies are not healthy. Processed foods do not have the fiber, flavonoids, and non-oxidized mono and poly unsaturated fatty acids found in fresh fruits and vegetables essential for health. Eating processed vegetable derived foods like bread, bagels, cookies, cakes, pizzas, pastas, and sugar are "high" glycemic and must be limited. Don't smoke.

Answer 9

Informed consent: First there is a discussion of your health issue, and recommendation for treatment. Alternate treatments and questions from patient will be answered. Your support, family and friends will be involved. The process is more about the risk/benefit analysis, and making the best decision for your health. Its not about your level of information retention. Make sure your family is with you.

Answer 10

Weird: That is a weird thing. I think you should be checked out by your doctor.

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