This can be helpful for motivation....
- Vegetarians have a 20% lower rate of mortality from all causes (ie. they live longer & don't get sick as often)
- The world health organisation recommends a diet low in saturated fat, sugar, salt & with plenty of fibre - exactly what you get on a vegan/vegetarian diet
- Vegetarians have 24% reduced risk of getting heart disease
- Obesity is rare in vegetarians, obesity is related to many diseases
- Vegans & vegetarians have lower blood pressure & cholesterol levels
- Vegetarians have a 50% reduced risk of dying of diabetes
- Vegetarians have a 40% reduced level of cancer than the general population
- Vegetarians have a reduced risk of developing gall & kidney stones
- 80% of food poisoning is due to infected meat
- 50% of people do not have the enzyme to digest milk properly & milk allergy is related to asthma & eczema
- Meat eaters have double the rate of Alzheimers disease as Vegans & Vegetarians
- Meat eaters are two and a half times more likely to get bowel cancer than Vegetarians
- Chinese people (living mainly on a vegetarian diet) consume 20% more calories than Americans but Americans are 20% fatter
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I gave up meat for lent. I don't usually give up anything but i thought it was a good excuse to give my body a break from meat. I feel great. I am considering giving up until I hit my weight lose goal, but to eat a lot less meat from now on.
Thank you for the info, very motivating.
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