The Complete Guide to a Vegetarian
April 6, 2008
Whether to become a vegetarian or not is a question many people face on a regular basis and the answer to this is not always clear to them. The biggest question is one of ethics and whether or not this action will change anything that happens on the planet. It may not make a massive difference when one person decides to do this but each person that makes this choice will have an overall effect. A classic example of this is illustrated by the amount of heart disease in the USA that meat-eaters suffer from.
Meat, dairy produce and eggs are the main sources of cholesterol which are the contributing factors in coronary heart disease and other circulation problems. The organization Earth Save has calculated that a vegetarian has only a quarter of the chance of a heart attack as someone who has meat in their diet. As for people who are pure vegans, it gets even lower: they have less than 1/10 the chance of having a heart. A healthy heart is not the only ‘health benefit’ to becoming a vegetarian as there are other reasons too.
Cancer is another area where reductions are seen as meat contains a number of preservatives which have been linked to this disease. 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. n addition to health benefits you will receive as an individual by becoming a vegetarian, you will also reduce your share of the suffering human beings inflict on animals.
According to veganoutreach. 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. To help even further and stop the number of battery hens and dairy cows from having to suffer degrading conditions you could stop drinking milk and eating eggs. After the information you have read here it would be difficult to say no to becoming a vegetarian wouldn’t it? 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.
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