Question by Yosh: What specific health reasons are you talking about, becoming a vegan/vegetarian?
I’ve been looking all over the board, finding answers about becoming vegan or vegetarian due to many factors including “health reasons”.
What are these “health reasons” specifically?
Is it just meat allergies?
Or is it another way of saying that you chose this lifestyle to eat healthier without the dependence on meat/animal products?
Best answer:
Answer by Cherry
Vegans are 10x less likely to be obese that meat eaters. It is only 3x less for vegetarian
Longevity
It is said that vegetarians & vegans can live for around 4 to 10 years longer than people who consume non-vegetarian foods. Vegetarian Adventists are expected to live upto 12 years longer. Adventists in general have an advantage over the others mainly because they eat more fruits and vegetables.
Less Heart Diseases
Because of low fat content, saturated fat and cholesterol content in vegetarian & vegan diet the risk of heart disease is lowered. High blood cholesterol levels are associated with increased risk of heart disease. Vegetarians & vegans only have half the risk of dying with a heart attack.
Less Cancer
It is believed that around 40% of all cancers are related to the diet. Cancer death rates are also linked to obesity and high-fat/low-fiber diets. Lowfat diets protect against prostate and breast cancer. Vegetarian & vegan foods are known for their low amounts of fat.
Less Obesity
It is much easier to plan a low cal diet for vegetarians. The fiber in plant foods is converted to energy and provides a good meal without many calories. Obesity usually causes Diabetes after the age of 40.
Less Hypertension
There are many factors for causes of high blood pressure, but 30-40% of the people are sodium sensitive and should be following a lower sodium diet. Vegetarian & vegan foods are known for their low sodium content.
More Endurance
Many of us think that meat helps in forming more muscles. But now it has been proved that the best sources of food for endurance exercise are carbohydrate foods. Vegetarians & vegans thus enjoy greater strengths of endurance than meat eaters.
There is no longer any doubt about the fact that eating meat is bad for your health.
The list of diseases known to be associated with meat, which are commoner among meat eaters, looks like the index of a medical textbook.
Anaemia, appendicitis, arthritis, breast cancer, cancer of the colon, cancer of the prostate, constipation, diabetes, gall stones, gout, high blood pressure, indigestion, obesity, piles, strokes and varicose veins are just some of the well known disorders which are more likely to affect meat eaters than vegetarians & vegans.
Avoiding meat is one of the best and simplest ways to cut down your fat consumption.
Those who still eat beef are, in my view, foolishly exposing themselves to the risk of contracting the horrifying human version of Mad Cow Disease.
Meat contains absolutely nothing – no protein, vitamins or minerals – that your body cannot obtain perfectly happily from a vegetarian or vegan diet.
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