6 Reasons Why You Should Become a Vegetarian
- Animal foods are high in sodium, which causes the blood to retain water. They also cause plaque to build up in the arteries.
- Meat is wasteful. It takes 3.25 acres to supply one meat eater for a year. It only requires one sixth of an acre to feed a vegetarian for a year.
- Each leg of lamb, each chicken breast was cut off of a living creature that was sacrificed for your plate. Love animals, don’t eat them.
- A low-fat vegetarian diet is the single most effective way to stop the progression of coronary artery disease or prevent it entirely.
- If you switch from the standard American diet to a vegetarian diet, you can add about 13 healthy years to your life, says Michael F. Roizen, MD, author of The RealAge Diet: Make Yourself Younger with What You Eat.
- Foods rich in protein such as meat, poultry, fish and seafood are frequently involved in food-borne illness outbreaks. Have you ever heard of food poisoning from an apple?
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Sydney DeGeest, In-Depth Editor
A senior at Ames High School, Sydney DeGeest is involved in National Honors Society, cross country, ballet, and is co-president of the Ames High Fashion...
