Food, diet and health are, of course, very much interlinked.
Since the 1950s in Western Europe and North America attitudes to nutrition have changed. 
Because of this we have seen an increase in the number of vegetarians. According to the UK’s Vegetarian Society 3% of the population followed a vegetarian diet in 2011. Many other people follow a “part time” vegetarian diet as well. The Vegetarian Society suggests this figure is around 6% of the population. More information is available for the Vegetarian Society’s website at http://www.vegsoc.org/page.aspx?pid=753.
The purpose of this blog is twofold. Firstly it is to conduct a poll into the public view of vegetarianism as a healthy diet. You can take part in the poll below
We would be interested in your views on a vegetarian diet. For instance we would be interested in your views on the following questions:-
a) Are you currently a vegetarian? Has it improved your health?
b) Have you been a vegetarian in the past and are no longer one? If so why did you stop being a vegetarian? Has it made a difference to your health?
c) Are you a vegan? Do you think it is a healthy lifestyle?
d) Is it a good idea for children to be vegetarian?
e) Whatever your diet what is vital, do you think, in a healthy diet?
Please feel free to add any comments or links you think may be of interest to our readers in the comments box below.
Thanks in advance for your interest and contributions to the poll and discussion.
hi, i am vegetarian since 1999 for many reasons.. physically it was a relieve, . it took me some years to have a steady diet – what to eat!
now i follow the ayurvedic life style which makes it complete. i don’t eat eggs but i use dairy products like milk, butter, cheese, yoghurt. that gives all the vitamins etc like B12
i have MS since 1993.
‘you are what you eat’ –
I have become Vegan since Jan. 09, 2013 when I found out I have MS. The reason I have done this is because it is my understanding that eating meat proteins that seep into your bloodstream turns on your immune system. Your immune system attacks these meat proteins. When it runs out of meat proteins it attacks something that looks like the meat, like your brain. I dont eat meat so that I have turned this response off. I hope that it will help me in the long run.