HEALTH REASONS TO GO VEGETARIAN

Meat, meat products and dairy foods make up the greatest percentage of saturated fat in the average ‘western’ diet, contributing significantly to the huge increases in obesity, adult onset diabetes, heart disease and certain cancers. One of the world’s leading nutritionists, Professor Walter Willett, of Harvard School of Public Health, lists the adverse health effects of high meat consumption (particularly red meat): “higher rates of several important cancers …heart disease and type 2 diabetes.”

Vegetarians are healthier than people who eat meat. It's a fact. Scientific studies show that vegetarians suffer much less from illnesses like cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure and other common health problems. A major Chinese study of 6,500 people (The China Study) showed that the less animal products eaten, the healthier people were. A major study reported in the British Medical Journal found that, of 5,000 meat eaters and 6,000 non-meat eaters, vegetarians have 40% less risk of cancer and 30% less risk of heart disease than the meat eaters and were 20% less likely to die of any cause (Oxford Vegetarian Study). A US study of 50,000 vegetarians showed a very low rate of cancer (Seventh Day Adventist Study). It has been estimated that by following a low-fat vegetarian diet, the risk of food poisoning is decreased by 80%. More evidence of the benefits of a vegetarian diet is being found each year.

Have you ever noticed that the only people who recommend that you eat more meat and dairy are the meat and dairy industries?