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Physical Strength and Endurance:
Johnny Weismuller, Pravo Nurmi, Chris Everet-Lloyd and many other marathon runners, body-builders, weight lifters, have preferred, to be vegetarian. The endurance and stamina have been extraordinary among them.
It is a myth among people that meat would make them very strong and that muscles of animals are directly incorporated into their muscles. The fact is that whatever we eat is broken down by digestive system. We must know that elephant, cow, buffalo, bulls, oxes, gorillas are vegetarians. How could they become so strong without eating other animals?
Thus Vegetarianism seems to be the only choice for a better and disease-free world. Even for the sportsmen, vegetarian diet offers better physical strength and endurance. Also on economic consideration, vegetarianism is the only good choice for people all over the world. There is no other choice if one wants better ecological balance. In consequence, the world-wide movement for vegetarianism is the need of the time.
Head of the Department of Neurology. Safdarjung Hospital
New Delhi
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