What Is Become a Vegetarian?
October 29th, 2008 Posted by: admin
As time moves on there is an increasing belief amongst people that becoming a vegetarian may make a difference. You may ask yourself will it really make much difference in the scheme of things. Ok, so one person won’t change things much but many individuals who think the same way can make a difference and even one person can help. People who eat large quantities of meat as part of their regular diet are more likely to suffer form heart disease; this is especially true for Americans.
It is the cholesterol in meat, eggs, milk, cheese and other dairy items that contribute to the problem of heart and circulatory conditions. The organization Earth Save says that a meat eating individual is four times more likely to have a heart attack as a vegetarian. As for people who are pure vegans, it gets even lower: they have less than 1/10 the chance of having a heart. The heart is only one organ that benefits from a vegetarian diet because there are other health advantages.
Preservatives which are used a great deal in meat are reduced and so are the incidences of cancer. Of course vegetarians will not be exposed to the number of additional hormones that are fed to cattle as part of their feed and will not experience some of the hormone problems people have because of this. And you won’t consume as much lactose, which most people cannot digest properly and which some dietitians have suggested is a cause of digestive problems. You will also have the knowledge that by becoming a vegetarian many animals will not suffer as a result of your food preferences as well as the now obvious health advantages.
One particular study illustrates this point by claiming that the average American is responsible for the death (for food) of over two thousand seven hundred animals during their life. If you quit eating meat now, you could literally prevent the suffering and death of hundreds of animals over the course of a couple decades. If you were also to give up dairy products and eggs, many battery hens and cows would not need to be used to feed you. So the answer is yes, it does matter whether or not you become a vegetarian. An improvement in your overall health with less chance of cancer or a heart condition and the reduction of animal deaths provide a compelling argument.
