If you are thinking of becoming a vegetarian you may be debating if it is for health reasons or because you do not like the thought of animals dying to be used as food. Although in the scheme of things you may wonder just what effect one person can make. With sufficient people changing their eating habits, it will make a huge difference for huge numbers of animals that would have otherwise died. A diet made up largely of meat causes heart problems which are the most common causes of death in the United States and other meat consuming countries.
Circulatory, heart problems, high cholesterol and heart attacks are primarily caused by the regular consumption of dairy products, eggs and meat; a reduction in this consumption would lower these health problems. 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. The heart is only one organ that benefits from a vegetarian diet because there are other health advantages.
Cancer is another area where reductions are seen as meat contains a number of preservatives which have been linked to this disease. Of course vegetarians will not be exposed to the number of additional hormones that are fed to cattle as part of their feed and will not experience some of the hormone problems people have because of this. Another substance, lactose, is also missing from their diet which has causal links with digestive conditions. On a more ethical note, you will be surprised how much less suffering in animals you will be responsible for by becoming a vegetarian.
In fact the death toll of animals may be far greater than expected with figures in the region of 2,700 eaten by an average American in their lifetime. It is a sobering thought that a change in diet could literally save hundreds of animals from being slaughtered over the course of a decade alone. If you were also to give up dairy products and eggs, many battery hens and cows would not need to be used to feed you. After the information you have read here it would be difficult to say no to becoming a vegetarian wouldn’t it? Many animal lives would be saved and your life would be improved with less chance of you developing cancer or a coronary heart condition.
