Reasons why you should become a vegetarian
...eason why people become vegetarians is for health reasons. Studies made by the National Cancer Association show that compared to meat eaters, vegetarians suffer 40 to 60 percent less cancer, are nine times less likely to be obese, suffer a fraction less from heart-attack rate. The saturated fat and cholesterol found in animals products clog the arteries and all the organs, not just the heart. Dr. Hardinge conducted a Harvard University study and found that the average daily vegetarian weights 12 pounds less than the average non vegetarian. Vegans or nondairy vegetarians weighted an average 22 pounds less. Factory farming has made meat eating more dangerous. Because animals are given tranquilizers, hormones and antibiotics, the latter often up to 30 times higher than humans consume in a lifetime. Female hormones are given to animals so they will gain water weight, in humans the ingestion of this hormone may cause gynecomastia, which causes swelling of the breast, consequently causing breast cancer in women, and breast and prostate cancer in men. Diseases in the meat itself go unchecked. There are not enough meat inspectors and their checks are cursory. If there are recalls, most of the infected meat has already been consumed and the damage done. Cows with eye cancer and abscessed liver are processed. Rodent droppings are ignored. If that wasn’t enough, The American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, the National Cancer Instituted and many others have done studies on the relationship between diet and health as well. The countries with the most meat consumption including the U.S. have the highest rates of intestinal cancer. Life and Heath Publishing of Maryland reported that at least two carcinogens are created by the heating of animal flesh over 300 degrees. In addition Dr. Sammuel Epsin, former of the Cleveland Clinic, reported before congress of the carcinogenic proprieties of Benzopyrene, created by charcoal broiling steak. Another benefit about being a vegetarian in health issues, besides avoiding all diseases foretold, is the increase of your life expectancy up to 7 years. A government study compared the non-drinking nonsmoking Mormons to non-drinking nonsmoking vegetarians Adventist. The Adventists lived on average 7 years longer. The National Geographic reported that the 3 longest life span tribes in the world were centenarian vegetarians. They are the Hunzas of Tibet, the Azerbaijans of the Caucusus and the Villcabamba of Ecuador. Other immense reason why people...