Vegetarianism Scientific And Spiritual Basis

Author(s): Jashwant B Mehta
Publisher: Jashwant B Mehta

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these effects were not due to differences in exercise habits between the vegetarians and non-vegetarians, nor were they due to differences in tobacco use, obesity or the consumption of other foods besides meat and poultry. The results suggest a close response relationship between meat consumption and heart disease: the more meat is eaten, the more is the incidence of the heart disease.
The American Dietetic Association has proclaimed that appropriately planned vegetarian diets are healthful, are nutritionally adequate and provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases."
Plants, grains and legumes contain phytoestrogens that are believed to balance fluctuating hormones, so vegetarian women tend to go through menopause with fewer complaints of sleep problems, hot flashes, fatigue, mood swings, weight gain, depression and a diminished sex drive.
In the 1970's in a number of studies were published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute it has been reported that there is not a single population in the world with a high meat intake which does not have high rate of colon cancer.
Osteoporosis and the Protein Connection, Loss of calcium
The non-vegetarians end up having excess protein and are prone to battle bone disease. The Researchers attribute this to the fact that excess protein interferes with the absorption and retention of calcium prompts the body to excrete calcium making them prone to Osteoporosis in old age.
Reducing your intake of Pesticides
In an analysis carried out by the FDA it was found that meat contains approximately 14 times more pesticides than do plant foods, a dairy product 5.5 times more. Thus, by eating foods of animal origin, one ingests greatly concentrated amounts of hazardous chemicals. Analysis of various food by the FDA shows that meat, poultry, fish, cheese and other dairy products contain level of these pesticides more often and in greater amount than other foods.
Time magazine, ibid