You may be wondering if your decision to give up meat is the right one. It is surprising how many people are willing to do this but cannot grasp just how important even one person who changes is in the overall picture. Ok, so a single person will not change the planet a great deal on their own but there is strength in numbers and it will alter the lives of many animals that would have been killed. One argument for making this change are the benefits it has on your health and the problems that an excess of meat causes, like heart disease; this is the most common reason for death in America and other big meat eating nations.
Many of today’s heart conditions would not be so commonplace if people did not eat so much food with high levels of cholesterol, such as dairy products and eggs. The organization Earth Save says that a meat eating individual is four times more likely to have a heart attack as a vegetarian. On the other hand the numbers of heart attacks in vegans are an astonishing 10 times less than those of people that eat meat. A healthy heart is not the only ‘health benefit’ to becoming a vegetarian as there are other reasons too.
There is less likelihood of cancer owing to the reduced number of preservatives that will be in your diet compared to a person that regularly eats meat. Hormones used in animal feed are obviously not present either in vegetarian meals, which have proved to create hormone problems in people. And you won’t consume as much lactose, which most people cannot digest properly and which some dietitians have suggested is a cause of digestive problems. You will also have the knowledge that by becoming a vegetarian many animals will not suffer as a result of your food preferences as well as the now obvious health advantages. Fruits diet play a significant role in nutrition of body as they are good source of vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber.
Studies suggest that the average United States citizen will consume more than two thousand seven hundred animals throughout their life. Just in a couple of decades, many hundreds of animals would not need to loose their lives if you were to make this commitment. To help even further and stop the number of battery hens and dairy cows from having to suffer degrading conditions you could stop drinking milk and eating eggs. It is difficult to ignore the impact that eating meat has on the planet and makes the case for becoming a vegetarian stronger. An improvement in your overall health with less chance of cancer or a heart condition and the reduction of animal deaths provide a compelling argument.