This means that vegetarians may have lower cholesterol levels, lower blood pressure, and lower risk of heart disease. Learn more about the benefits of a vegetarian lifestyle. Part 1: What Are the Benefits of Being a Vegetarian? 1. It prevents cancer.
While others believe that going vegetarian would save the lives of many people, plants, and animals. Not only does vegetarianism provide many health benefits but environmental benefits as well. Going vegetarian allows a healthy diet that helps protect you against life-threatening diseases and other things harmful to your health. “Having a diet low in fat and high in fiber allows the United States government’s program on healthy eating. This program is called the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.” (Duden) Since vegetarian diets are high in fiber they can help prevent diseases, weight gain, and some cancers.
Although humans eat meat to maintain better nutrition, but the human body cannot digest meat, and human teeth are small and blunt. They are not designed to perfectly chew meat. Human beings should not eat meat in order to maintain good health, they can have better health and better environment by consuming vegetarian foods. To being with, being vegetarian and having vegetarian diet helps our health and prevent most of the diseases. Veggies avoid diseases like heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and much more.
For example “ A vegan lifestyle extends beyond diet to not using any clothing or object made from leather, wool, silk, pearls, or anything derived from animals, such as toiletries and cosmetics containing products such as lanolin, an animal fat” (Aldridge). Vegans do not just think about their our personal health but the environment thus some refrain from the used of any animal produce no matter what it is. Another reason Veganism is reputable to the earth is “dairy animals are kept in conditions that vegans and vegetarians consider inhumane, such as on factory farms” (Aldridge). Different animals are kept in a harsh and unsuitable environment which many people including vegans think is unfair. Another fact is “Veganism is also, arguably, better for the environment, because it takes eight pounds of grain to produce one pound of beef.
Micronutrients of special concern for the vegan includes vitamins B-12 and D, calcium, and fatty acid. People having vegetarian diets should compensate their nutrients from animal, such as proteins, with other types of food such as tofu. In a news article from Los Angeles Times, it states that Former President Bill Clinton adopted a vegan diet in 2010 to protect his health after his heart surgery. He decided to try a plant-vegan diet for a month and write about his progress. The very commonly asked question was “how would you get enough protein?” President Clinton simple substitute meat that provides protein with tofu and nuts.
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Ren’ee Jeffries Mr. Klever GSW 1120 8 March, 2018 The Pros and Cons of Veganism A major trend that has been set in the last few years is veganism. Veganism is the act in which a person doesn’t use or consume any product that comes from or is made by an animal. Many people switch to a vegan diet and lifestyle because of the claims of better health, fair treatment for animals, and benefits for the earth. Saving the planet and taking care of ourselves should be important to everyone so that not only our species, but other species can survive and flourish as well. Therefore the question I’d like to answer is; How can switching to a vegan diet impact a person's health, social life, and the planet?
Vegetarian diet The term vegetarian means not consuming animal products; this includes land and aquatic animals. Most vegetarians consume eggs and dairy products (milk products). (Nordqvist, 2014). Vegetarian diet is suitable for variety of people according to their personal taste and health condition, as it has four main types depending on the type of food in the diet. “Lacto-vegetarians consume dairy products, but no eggs.
This point was also expressed in the essay by Peter Singer who wrote, “... we could satisfy our need for protein and other essential nutrients far more efficiently” with a vegetarian diet (Singer, 2001, p. 279). However, we should know what products can substitute the necessary elements. Therefore, deciding to go on a vegetarian diet is that it brings a lot of health benefits to the organism. The first point to consider is that the diet is low in saturated fats which are characteristic for meat. This is especially positive when considering the chances for decreased levels of cholesterol.
Longevity is another phenomenal asset of a vegetarian lifestyle. Dr. Edward F. after numerous researches suggests that the high nutrient consumption of a vegan or vegetarian diet may improve longevity. One’s study found strict vegans following a careful diet consumed greater amounts of high quality nutrients leading to better metabolic health. This lifestyle eliminates the use of alcohols and smoking which does the body more harm than good, and promotes balanced diets and good eating habits extends life expectancy. In fact, if your body is free from diabetes, arthritis, asthma, cancer, and you’re not obese why wouldn’t you live