Although vegetarian diet is low in calories and fat, there are also misunderstandings about vegetarian diet. Although vegetarian diet is rich in nutritional value, it can not meet all the nutrients needed by human body, so vegetarian diet may lead to edema.

1, malnutrition is easy to gain weight.

For vegans (not just meat, eggs and milk), it is easy to lack protein, iron, calcium, zinc and vitamin B 12. These nutrients are more abundant in animal foods such as meat, eggs and milk. And it is more easily absorbed by the human body, so vegans are prone to diseases such as iron deficiency anemia and osteoporosis. In addition, the lack of B vitamins in the body will cause disorder of sugar and fat metabolism and affect fat metabolism. If fat can't be metabolized, it can only become meat.

Don't be hungry, eat more staple food.

Generally speaking, the digestion time of vegetables is 45 minutes to 2 hours, while the digestion time of protein food such as meat, eggs and milk is 1 hour, 30 minutes to 4 hours. The shorter the digestion time … the faster the stomach empties … you will soon feel hungry … if you are a vegetarian, you may be tempted to eat more staple foods to support your hunger.

3. Incorrect cooking methods are more likely to get fat.

Now that you have waved goodbye to the meat, it is natural to make the food delicious. Generally speaking, in the case of certain ingredients, it is easiest to improve the taste in cooking methods and seasonings. Fancy practices can make dishes more fragrant and taste more varied, but if you lose weight, you should pay attention to cooking methods and the amount of seasonings. Cooking methods such as frying, boiling (heavy oil) and super-high calorie sauce may make our way to lose weight longer.

Will a vegetarian diet without meat lose weight? Vegetarian diet without meat may have the effect of losing weight for some people, but it may also lead to weight loss failure or even harm health, so it is not a good way to lose weight in general.

Our bodies need to take in animal protein every day, but vegetables and fruits can't provide us with it, and we can only get it by eating meat. If you take a long-term vegetarian diet, you will lose animal protein for a long time, and overnight, your body's fat, protein and carbohydrates will be in an unbalanced state. In this case, health problems such as anemia, cerebral neurasthenia and decreased immunity will follow.

In addition, vegetarianism does not mean that you will not consume fat. Because some fruits are also rich in fat. And many raw fruits are rich in different degrees of sugar. For example, a banana contains as many calories as half a bowl of white rice. Our stomachs will not be satisfied with eating only one banana, so we will eat other things. In this way, in a vegetarian meal, your total calorie intake may be higher than the normal diet.