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Health
Benefits of Being a Vegetarian
According to studies, vegetarians have better health than people that eat meat. They have lower rates of coronary artery disease, gallstones, cancer (particularly lung and colon cancer), kidney stones, colon disease, diabetes and high blood pressure. It has been shown that sometimes a vegetarian diet can help cure these diseases. A vegetarian is also less likely to be overweight than a non-vegetarian. In 1961, the Journal of the American Medical Association stated that
ninety to ninety-seven percent of heart disease, the cause of more than
half the deaths in the United States, could be prevented by a vegetarian
diet. The American Heart Association report states, "In well-documented
population studies using standard methods of diet and coronary disease
assessment…evidence suggests that a high-saturated-fat diet is
an essential factor for a high incidence of coronary heart disease." In 1990, the British Medical Journal Lancet reported on a study by
Dr Dean Ornish of the University of California. Dr Ornish found that
a vegetarian diet reversed clogging of the arteries in patients with
serious heart disease. In 1990, Dr Walter Willet, who conducted a study of diet and colon
cancer, said, "If you step back and look at the data, the optimum
amount of red meat you eat should be zero." The National Academy of Science reported in 1983 that "people
may be able to prevent many common cancers by eating less fatty meats
and more vegetables and grain." The USDA recommends that people reduce saturated fat and cholesterol, which are in high amounts in animal products, and low in vegetarian diets. In his Notes on the Causation of Cancer, Rollo Russell writes, "I
have found of twenty-five nations eating flesh largely, nineteen had
a high cancer rate and only one had a low rate, and that of thirty-five
nations eating little or no flesh, none had a high rate." Vegetarians have much lower cholesterol levels than people that eat meat. Heart disease is found much less in vegetarians. Studies have also shown that vegetarians have up to half the cancer rate than those of non-vegetarians. Cases of breast cancer are much lower in countries that have low meat diets. Vegetarians eat more antioxidants such as vitamin C, vitamin E, beta-carotenes and phytochemicals. Phyotochemicals are components in plants that help to prevent disease. Antioxidants decrease the chance of getting heart disease, cancer and other diseases. Eating red meat increases the chance of dying from cancer of the breast
and colon, heart disease and strokes. Meat eaters have much higher rates
of cancer than vegetarians. Cancer and cardiovascular diseases are linked
to diets with a high amount of saturated fat (meat) and with a low amount
of fiber (meat). Animal products are high in sodium, which causes the blood to retain
water and also causes plaque to build up in the arteries, lowering the
flow of blood, which are major causes of high blood pressure. According to William Castelli, MD, director of the Framingham Heart
Study, vegetarians live three to six years longer than meat eaters.
He said, "vegetarians have the best diet. They have the lowest
rate of coronary disease of any group in the country and they have a
fraction of our heart attack rate and they have only 40% of our cancer
rate." Grains and plant foods contain fiber, while animal products contain
almost none. Because fiber is necessary for proper stool production,
lack of proper fiber accounts for societies with meat-based diets to
have higher cases of colon cancer. The main reasons why people need
to take laxatives is because of lack of fiber in their diet and not
drinking enough water. There were guidelines published in Circulation: Journal of the American
Heart Association (AHA). These guidelines were compiled by members of
the AHA's Nutrition Committee with the cooperation of the American Cancer
Society, National Institutes of Health, and the American Academy of
Pediatrics. Their recommendations are that a healthy diet consists of getting 30%
of total calories from fat and no more than 10% of total calories from
saturated fat, and 55% of total calories should come from complex carbohydrates
such as grains, cereals, vegetables and fruits. It is also recommended
that a person eat only enough calories to maintain their body weight.
Problems come from eating too much fat, especially saturated fats from
meat and eggs, eating too many calories, and getting too much calories
from salt and sugar. Because people in the US eat good amounts of meat, Americans eat five
times as much protein as is recommended. An excess of protein can leach
calcium from the bones, which is major cause of bone disorder. It is important to get enough leafy vegetables that are high in antioxidants, which are good for overall health. Some Important Guidelines If you know of a vegetarian restaurant that is not listed here, or if you would like to help update our listings, please e-mail us at: vrupdate@hotmail.com |
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