Scientific explanations why we all must try vegetarian diet in 2013

Benefits of vegetarian diet in 2013

What is vegetarian diet?

This diet usually excludes meat, chicken and fish. Some vegetarians choose to eat eggs and dairy products, while some exclude these foods too. Like any other style of eating, the nutrients you take in depend upon the food choices you make. It is important to know how to replace meat with nutritious alternatives like soy, legumes, nuts and seeds.

Scientific literature shows that the consumption of a diet of whole grains, legumes, vegetables, nuts, and fruits, with the avoidance of meat and high-fat animal products, along with a regular exercise program is consistently associated with lower blood cholesterol levels, lower blood pressure, less obesity and consequently less heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer, and mortality .

Here are some reasons we all must try vegetarian diet in 2013.

 

 

 

1. Less Animal Proteins

There is a relationship between animal protein and heart disease. For example, plasma apolioprotein B is positively associated with animal-protein intake and inversely associated (lowered) with vegetable-protein intake (e.g., legumes and greens). Apolipoprotein B levels correlate strongly with coronary heart disease. This is still unknown why animal proteins have a significant effect on raising cholesterol levels as well, while plant protein lowers it.

 

2. Less chance of Colon cancer

The consumption of chicken and fish is also linked to colon cancer. A large recent study examined the eating habits of 32,000 adults for six years and then watched the incidence of cancer for these subjects over the next six years. Those who avoided red meat but eat white meat regularly had a more than 300 percent increase in colon cancer incidence. The same study showed that eating beans, peas, or lentils, at least twice a week was associated with a 50 percent lower risk than never eating these foods.

 

 

3. Less chance of effecting blood cholesterol

Scientific studies provide evidence that much animal protein’s effect on blood cholesterol may be significant. This is one of the reasons those switching to a low fat-diet do no experience the cholesterol lowering they expect unless they also remove the low-fat animal products as well. Surprising to most people is that yes, even low-fat dairy and skinless white-meat chicken raise cholesterol.

 

 

4. Less Stomach cancer

Karolinska Institute studies showed the risk of developing stomach cancer rose by 15 to 38 percent if consumption of processed meats increased by 30 grams (1 ounce) per day.

 

 

6. Less Infections

Even after being baking in the lab at over 500 degrees Fahrenheit, diseased animal brain tissue remains infectious.

7. Less in fibre

Vegetarian diet is usually higher in fibre than an omnivore’s diet.

 

 

8. No risk of high salt intake

Processed meats:

Researcher found that processed meats were often salted or smoked, or had nitrates added to them, in order to extend their shelf-life this could be connected to the increased risk of stomach cancer.

 

9. Less weight problem

 Lots of fatty and greasy bits in meat that can higher your cholesterol and also make you put on weight too

10. Less contaminated

Veggies and fruits are less contaminated then meat.

Mad Cow Disease:

Recent British study concluded that as little as one teaspoon of Mad Cow Disease infected feed can transfer the infection to cattle. The infectious agent may be able to survive for ten years or more.

 

Facts

Some polls show there are about 6 percent of a population is vegetarian, and there are 6.6 billion people in the world. So there are roughly 400 million vegetarians in the world. This is just estimate. 6 perce