| So you've decided to make the change to a | | | | vegetarian diet due to the increased fiber content |
| vegetarian diet. It's understandable that you will | | | | in a vegetarian meal. |
| feel some anxiety as we are creatures of habit | | | | If you are someone who has had a recent health |
| and resistant to change. | | | | scare it is understandable that you will feel the |
| Heart disease is a killer - to make you feel at | | | | need to change your eating habits immediately. It |
| ease it's important to point out the benefits of | | | | is a fact that if you don't make a dramatic |
| the decision you have taken to eventually | | | | change all at once, you'll have a much greater |
| eliminate all meat and animal products from your | | | | chance of long term success. |
| diet. For example, you should know that a | | | | Start by increasing the amount of fruit and |
| vegetarian person has a much less chance of | | | | vegetables you eat and at the same time look to |
| contracting many forms of cancer such as colon, | | | | reducing the red meat you are eating on a |
| breast, ovarian and prostate cancer as well as | | | | weekly basis. Vegetables and grains should |
| heart disease. | | | | become the main part of your meal with meat as |
| A study of women in Japan who follow western | | | | a side dish. Remember, you are making a change |
| style, meat-based diets, showed that they are | | | | to last a lifetime, so make it natural and gradual |
| eight times more likely to develop breast cancer | | | | with the goal of enjoying many years of healthy |
| than women who follow the more traditional | | | | living. |
| vegetarian lifestyle. | | | | Now it's time for you to start your vegetarian |
| Another study concluded that if men and women | | | | journey by finding some recipes to begin the |
| regularly consume quantities of red meat they | | | | education process. Take your time to experiment |
| increase their risk of colon cancer by | | | | with the different ingredients and ways you can |
| approximately 300 percent. Our digestive system | | | | prepare your meals. You will find them to be |
| is more likely to function properly by obtaining the | | | | wholesome, delicious and enjoyable by all |
| kind of dietary fiber provided by fruits,vegetables, | | | | members of the family. Let's hope they will realize |
| legumes and nuts. Diseases of the bowel occur a | | | | as well, the importance and benefits of a |
| lot less frequently in humans following a | | | | vegetarian lifestyle. |