Even the Utah Cattle Council acknowledges, "Several epidemiological studies show that vegetarians have lower morbidity and mortality as a result of chronic degenerative diseases." Today, vegetarians make up only about 2 percent of the population, but every day many people stop eating red meat or try the first bite of tofu. Apart from moral values, what are the main reasons why people turn away from the flesh? Health and ecology.
Low levels of disease in vegetarians
Hundreds of different studies agree, showing that vegetarians who eat nutritious foods have lower rates of heart disease, high blood pressure, obesity, and certain cancers. Registered nutritionist Winston Craig claims that eating meat costs Americans somewhere between $ 30-60 billion a year in the costs of treating high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, gallstones, obesity and diseases associated with meat-based diets. Craig claims that vegetarian diets are associated with lower cholesterol, lower blood pressure, and obesity.
In 1997, the World Cancer Research Fund recommended a vegetarian diet to reduce the risk of cancer. The whole life of vegetarians has a heart disease of less than 24%, while carnivores have an astonishing 57% less. An in-depth study of a vegetarian religious group, Seventh Day Adventists, found that they had a higher risk of developing high blood pressure and diabetes, with a lower incidence of colon cancer, and two-thirds of all cases of prostate cancer like other groups (2001). In addition, Cornell University reported that eating less meat does more to reduce osteoporosis than adding to your diet with calcium.
Do you have to eat whole vegetables to benefit yourself?
In 1999, a meta-analysis of several studies of vegetarian and vegan mortality was performed. The results of these studies were compared and analyzed. Researchers have concluded that even reducing meat intake in your diet may have a significant effect on your immune system. People who ate meat once a week had a 20% lower risk of dying from heart disease, and their death rate above all dropped by 10%.
Fish-eaters alone have seen a 34% reduction in heart disease deaths, and their mortality rate above 18%.
In the same way, the more you reduce the use of animal products, the more you appear to benefit. Only 7 percent of vegans tested for cancer (lung, stomach, and colorectal). Shockingly, 19% of all deaths in the US are due to cancer.
Vegetable dishes are good for the planet
Every year, meat eaters contribute to the cattle industry. The industry uses farm areas that may produce human feed to make cattle grain. As many people know, cattle produce a lot of toxic methane gas. Cattle rearing also uses precious water resources.
Vegetarianism and the rain forest
What you may not know is that eating meat also contributes to deforestation. In an effort to make Big Mac and Whopper cheaper, companies are raising cattle in Central America, where operating costs and others are lower. Eager Central Americans cut down and burned their rain forests in search of a place for beef industry.
Vegetarianism and carbon dioxide emissions
Estimates show that a vegetarian diet saves 1.5 tons of greenhouse gases per person per year. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reports that producing one calorie for animal protein requires ten times as much fuel as producing one calorie for plant protein. Hewu! In addition, eating vegan foods reduces carbon dioxide emissions in addition to driving a mixed car, according to New Scientist.
Vegetarianism and water reservoirs
What is even more disturbing is the fact that each hamburger from a rainforest cow needed the destruction of nearly 55 square feet [55 sq m] of rain forest. In addition, studies show that one pound of beef requires 2,500 gallons [2,500 L] of water. The water used to produce the hamburger patty is sufficient for daily showers for a period of two weeks.
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