Gaining Muscle On a Vegetarian Diet

Meat is constipating, slows digesting and elimination, more toxin buildup. Also mucus forming, look up for Arnold Ehrets work it's interesting

I've been vegetarian for 7 years. I grew up on a farm and raised chickens, pigs and turkeys from birth to execution with my parents. With all the food options in our society, why choose the option that involves killing an animal for a snack? If you had a live chicken and it was dinner time, and you had other things like rice, eggs, potatoes etc, would you still preach meat meat meat and slay the chicken, despite having other options? Or do you only preach meat because someone else does the killing for you. To me the latter seems cowardly, but that's just my opinion.
There's other concepts like factory farms, genetic manipulation, and religious factors to vegetarianism.

I am a Jain, pure vegetarian, never touched meat and eggs in my life…… extremally tough to gain muscle without the fat, I am looking for good advice, stuff on the internet was shit

am vegetarian my whole life, where do animals get protein? Im strong eat beans n vegetables

I just want to clear up that cows milk and beef actually contain estrogen as well. Soy does contain (phyto)estrogen, but there is no valid research that supports that any of this will affect your testosterone levels. If you cannot or prefer not to drink regular milk, you should consume soy. Nutritionally it is the best milk alternative.

Go vegan

1:40 this is bullshit. Do the research and you learn that soy does contain phytoestrogen, something that behaves similarly to estrogen but is not the same; affects plants, not humans. I've been vegan for 3 years and I drink a 2-cups soy milk shake EVERY DAY and eat tofu almost EVERY DAY and don't have "bitch tits." I'm more muscular and feel better than I ever did before I was doing this.

Stop saying this, because it's leading some of our brothers astray from their goals. Soy milk and tofu are excellent and easy sources of protein. Also, take a tour of your own pantry and you'll find that you have a LOT of things that contain soy.

I wanna know why you think it's ok to take part in the modern day holocaust for animals. No – for real – I want to know why you dismiss the reality of your actions and chalk it up to "everyone does it." No – serious – be high thumos and think for yourself. Have you made your own conclusions or are following the crowd? You don't need meat to make gains. Plenty of vegan and vegetarian bodybuilders, power lifters, strong men. It just comes down to these humans are more ethical and disciplined in their diet to meet (pun intended) their nutrient needs.

I personally have a shake with Great Northern Beans to meet protein needs.

step 1. dont go on a vegetarian diet

Reasons for not eating meat?
Ethics, sustainability… Seems pretty reasonable to me. Shouldn't caring about innocent life and standing up for your ideals in the face of ridicule be considered the highest of thumos? Even a meat eater could agree it's at least the morally preferable thing to do, or am I missing something?

Bro I really respect you as a person but I've seen people on a vegetarian diet and they are bigger than you my man. So I think you should respect others choices and not tell them to 'reconsider choices'.

Mongolian diet: Cheese, milk, yogurt, wild game, horse and cow meat.
Chinese diet: Rice, vegetables, sometimes chicken or pork.

All my life I've disliked and avoided meat. 2 years ago I switched to a full on vegetarian and I've never felt better in my life. Honestly. I've managed to bulk up, gain a lot of muscle, and I'm in the best shape in my life physically and mentally. I'm dominating. The clean eating honestly just works for me. I eat a lot of vegetables, cheeses, eggs, milk, beans, you name it and I feel amazing. I understand that this may not be the case for everyone, as we all have different genes evolved to eat different kinds of foods but that's just what works for me. Cheers

Going vegan will heal your brain and allow you to be steady at a higher level of energy/consciousness. This is better than muscle. You can have both as well but it takes planning.

There's heaps of strong vegetarians. I've been vego for 5 years, and only gotten/maintained strength.
might not be everyone's cup of tea;
But if the guy isn't asking "should I be vegetarian" he's asking for advice as a vegetarian; it's totally redundant to just tell the guy to eat meat.

Also when it comes to soy products a bit is okay… The phytoestrogen in soy is actually significantly weaker than human estrogen; resulting in almost no hormonal effect…
Hence why women with breast cancer have no issues with it despite estrogen making their condition worse

stay away from seitan

I've been vegan for 4 years and accidentally squatted 455lbs high bar, pause benched 315lbs, 555lbs deadlift conventional at 20y old and 183lbs But I don't count cuz I've probably got Neanderthal dna. My raging hard erections every morning and while I'm asleep is also an accident.

I don’t eat meat bc I’m Hindu/Hare Krishna. I consume dairy but that’s the only animal product. No eggs, no meat, no fish.

Only beef, fish, butter, bacon, eggs, cheese and avocado after 30yrs of being a vegitarian. And i feel great!

Raw milk, pasture raised eggs, local organic fruits and veggies. No soy.

I've been trying vegetarianism for the first time. Used to be huge into carnivore. Honestly feel amazing, but I get lots of nutrients and protein from raw milk and high quality eggs. I heard stuff about meat having parasites that make us crave more meat. I don't know if this is true, but decided to try cutting it out just to see what happens. Also intuition leads me away from eating meat. Picking fruit is beautiful, the bloody mess of killing and butchering an animal is straight out of a horror movie (if I'm being honest).

CHEESE MILK EGGS YOGURT BEANS WHEY PROTEIN POWDER
you can get enough protein. it is just harder because you have less variety. focus on those protein sources and mix and match your whole food carbs and fats like potato, avocado, quality breads, fruits, veggies, and you will build 95% of the muscle of an omnivorous diet if youre in a caloric surplus. you just need to be more creative with your meals

I stopped eating meat 5 days ago. The main reason is that I felt calmer and had tons of energy, my mind is clearer now

I always felt bad for animals but it was no moral decision.
It just seems rational to me to abstain from meat. (Harder erections as well)

Good thing is that I dont have to have cognitive dissonance now

1. You can totally gain muscle/ feel good while eating vegetarian/vegan
2. Not a very productive answer, telling a vegetarian to eat meat… you don’t know the reasons someone is vegetarian
3. Respect for everyone not eating meat/animal products. Ethic situation aside, their eating habit is one of the best for saving our planet

I don't care if people eat or don't eat meat. But I don't do it because I can look into the eyes of an animal (which we are animals too) and see some spark of consciousness in there. Dogs have personalities just like all other animals. If you wouldn't eat your dog why would you eat a cow? Personal connection or lack of empathy?
I would eat meat if I had no other option, If I needed to eat meat to survive I would, but I don't. We can look at countless people through many cultures that have lived long and healthy lives under a vegetarian diet. I don't see the need to take life for the satisfaction of taste buds. Morality is a tricky and subjective thing though.
To gain muscle eat eggs a lot, potatoes, rice, broccoli, spinach, beans, and all the other vegies too. Making eggs the staple of my diet has helped me. But if you wanna get huge maybe meat is the best thing to consume. Just depends on what your life goals are.

it's simple, just eat as much high calories with smoothies, protein powder, beans, rice, pasta, falafel, bread, eggs, potatoes, avocados, peanut/almond butter, oats etc. So many things to build muscle and gain weight that isn't meat.