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Why Vegetarianism ?
Dr. D.C. Jain
It is a well-known fact that the major states like U.S.A., U.K. U.S.S.R., Switzerland, West-Germany, Israil, Mexico, Japan have vegetarian associations and are actively engaged in the propagation of vegetarianism and as such the vegetarian dietary habit is getting recognition from a large number of people. The British Speaker's House, Rt. Hon. Bernard Weatherill. M.P. has expressed that economically there would be tremendous saving of food energy resources provided the intermediate link of live stock is broken and people start taking vegetarian meals. No soul on this earth will be left over without meal.
What is the rationale behind this movement ?
Medical basis :
The growing medical sciences have been the major factor in converting people to vegetarianism. In United States of America, United Kingdom, and Scandinavian countries, vegetarianism is being advocated by medical people. The fibre content of diet, low cholestrol contents, prevention of zoonotic disorders have been the major reasons which have appealed the medical people to propagate vegetarianism. The discovery of human onchogene (mutation of gene by meat eating) by prof. Weinberg from Massachussette Institute has revolutionised the programme of Cancer Prevention. Bowel cancer per se is due to low fibre content in the animal diet. However, the association of breast cancer and other organ cancers appears to be due to mutant cancer gene or to some unknown reason.
Prevention of hemorrhoids, varicosity, constipation, hiatus hernia, ulcerative coliti and peptic ulcer by the fibre rich diet is known to the medical scientist since four decades.
Heart attack and Stroke :
Recently the relationship of animal food and the myocardial infarction stroke have gained much attention. In United Kingdom and Unted States of America
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