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Does vegetarian food make you slim?

What vegetarian food does to your weight and line depends on a number of things.

Various factors
If you substitute meat for healthy foods, you may lose a few pounds – or not gain them. For example, a large-scale study from Imperial College London found that people who ate 250 grams of red meat, poultry or processed meat each day gained more weight in five years than people who ate less meat, even if they ate roughly the same amount of calories per day. . Eating no meat for a few days a week can help you maintain your weight, according to that research.

But note: beginning vegans sometimes gain weight. How is that possible? They will eat more white pasta, bread and potatoes. That suddenly larger amount of carbohydrates can suddenly make the pounds fly.

No, vegetarian food does not necessarily cause you to lose weight.

Has your weight changed since you became a vegetarian?