| Most people have a general idea that a vegetarian | | | | that regular meat consumption increases colon |
| diet is more healthy for them in many ways, but | | | | cancer risk by roughly 300 percent. Meat-based |
| few realize how important it is to create a healthy | | | | diets have also been linked to other forms of |
| environment in the bowels and stomach. | | | | cancer including breast, ovarian and prostate. |
| Our digestive system is designed to process | | | | When you consider the risks that come from a |
| vegetable matter, more than foods containing | | | | diet that includes meat and animal products, then |
| animal products. Our system needs the kind of | | | | compare the benefits of a vegetarian lifestyle, |
| dietary fiber contained in vegetables, legumes, | | | | there is no doubt that the health benefits derived |
| nuts and fruits to function properly. | | | | from vegetarian meals are life prolonging. |
| When the digestive system does not function | | | | If you find it difficult to cut meat from your diet |
| effectively as it should do, we incur a host of | | | | altogether, try making it the smallest part of the |
| digestion problems such as constipation, irritable | | | | meal with greater portions of vegetables. In this |
| bowel syndrome, colitis (inflammation of the colon, | | | | way you will gradually reduce the amount of |
| the usual symptoms are diarrhea). These diseases | | | | meat you crave and eventually will be able to |
| are less evident in people following vegetarian | | | | totally eliminate it from your diet. |
| eating habits than in others who persist with a | | | | There are many recipes you can obtain to |
| meat-eating lifestyle. | | | | educate yourself in the art of vegetarian cooking |
| A vegetarian diet is naturally low in saturated fat, | | | | so that you will be able to create meals that are |
| high in fiber, vitamins and antioxidants, that help to | | | | delicious, healthy and energizing. You'll soon be |
| prevent cancer. Recent studies that included tens | | | | wondering why you haven't made the change |
| of thousands of men and women have shown | | | | sooner! |