100% incorrect, and a complete mischaracterization of why and how most meat eaters go vegetarian. I'm a vegetarian, as are many of my friends, and I do it for health reasons not because I'm a trendy save the animals type. I'm in the best shape of my life, and my closest vegetarian friends are training to be pro boxers and/or MMA fighters and are also in top notch shape. As one of the other posters noted, you can eat unhealhty as a vegetarian, or as a meat eater. If you know what you're putting into your body and what your body needs to be healthy there's no inherent health risk of being a vegetarian. To the contrary, any deficiency of certain things can be easily corrected and the health upsides for me and most of the people I know definitely outweigh any minor downsides.
Vegetarianism isn't for everyone, but its also a stretch to impugn an entire dietary methodology that works well for a lot of people just because it didn't work for you...
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