Story on the Gold Coast health movement after Christmas and New Years. Vegan fitness model Amanda Fisher. Picture: JERAD WILLIAMS Source: News Limited

THE Gold Coasts health lifestyle craze is set to spur people into going vegan and vegetarian to combat post Christmas kilos.

But experts warn people not to go cold turkey after stuffing themselves with turkey, saying going vego in the wrong way can actually make your health worse.

The citys healthy lifestyle movement has got more people turning to paleo and clean eating diets, eating out at raw food cafes opening up across the city.

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Vegan fitness model Amanda Fisher. Picture: JERAD WILLIAMS Source: News Limited

The latest Roy Morgan Research revealed that the number of vegetarians was on the rise with 1.6 million non-meat eaters in 2009 increasing to 1.9 million in 2013 almost 20 per cent growth over the four years.

Fitness model and personal trainer Amanda Fisher, who has been a vegetarian for 10 years and a vegan for the past three, said while many people chose to go meat-free as a new years resolution, they often suffered dire health consequences.

Going vegetarian the wrong way can actually make your health worse off, warned Miss Fisher, of Bangin Bodz Personal Training.

You dont get immunity and added health benefits just because you switch to vegetarianism when I transitioned to vegetarian I actually became overweight and unhealthy not quite what you would expect.

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Fitness fads to shift festive fat