Top 10 Reasons Why You Should be Vegetarian
I have been a vegetarian for a number of years now. I believe that the pros outweigh the cons of the taste and texture I know that many of you love. If it didn’t taste good then you wouldn’t eat it.
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I have some friends who go alternating between one week meat and one week vegetarian. If you can’t see yourself giving up meat entirely then many of the benefits listed in this top 10 can still be obtained partially by eating less meat.
1. Cancer and Disease per some studies are less likely in those following a vegetarian diet. Vegetarian diets can be beneficial in protection against gastrointestinal cancers plus those relating to smoking
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2. Suffering (the death) of fellow living creatures will be reduced if you give up meat. Many are divorced from the fact that pork and bacon was a pig and a steak was a Cow. No death is a good death no matter how the marketing people put a spin on it. In fact the advertising I see on TV these days are sending the message to people that if you don’t eat meat you have something wrong with you. Is killing a good thing?
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3. Your health may be better. Look at all the detox diets and the food that you eat to cleanse. Being vegetarian means you are always in a cleansed state with lower fat and higher fibre.
4. You will feel better. A vego diet per some studies really can help with stamina and endurance.
5. Stop Global Warming and harmful effects to the environment. It is a fact that more resources are used to get mean on your plate versus vegetables. Less steps are required for vegetables and so this means less transportation environmental impacts, less energy consumption which means less pollution, etc
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6. You can live longer. According to a gentleman named William Castelli (google his name) vegeterians outlive other people by about 6 years.
7. Save money. In addition to point 3 you have an easy way to beat the recession and save money by becoming vegetarian. In some countries you get better premiums on life insurance!
8. Sleep better at night because you know you have not hurt any creatures and caused any unneccessary suffering and hurt to our planet.
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9. Be unique to the opposite sex. Albeit married I can tell you that as a male vegeterian I nearly always have women who are interested to talk to me about the reasons I’m vegetarian. When one member of the opposite sex start talking to you it starts to attract the others to do the same. Being vego could be great for your love life.
10. This really isn’t a reason however you will find that many well known people in the world are vegetarians
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