Excerpted from
Food
For Thought: An Epigenetic Guide to Wellness
By
George J. Febish
and Jo Anne Oxley
The following statistics on the effects
of vegetarianism on health were found at Dallas- Fort
Worth Vegetarian Education Network.
Cancer:-
·
Breast cancer rate for
affluent Japanese woman who eat meat daily is 8.5 times greater than poorer
Japanese women who rarely or never eat meat.
·
A low-fat plant based
diet would not only lower the heart attack rate about 85% but would lower the
cancer rate by 60%
·
41% reduction in risk
of prostate cancer for men whose intake of cruciferous vegetables is high.
·
70% increase in risk of
prostate for men who consume high amounts of dairy products.
·
200% to 300% greater
risk of colon cancer for people who eat poultry four times a week compared to
those who abstain.
·
Vegetarian food
decreases the risk of cancer.
Heart
disease:-
·
Not only is mortality
from coronary artery disease lower in vegetarians than non- vegetarians, but vegetarian
diets have been successful in arresting coronary artery disease.
·
Heart disease can be
actually reversed without medicines through a vegetarian diet in which 10% of
calories were contributed by fat combined with a program of modest exercise, no smoking and
stress reduction.
High
blood pressure:-
·
The incidence of high
blood pressure in meat eaters compared to vegetarians is nearly triple.
·
The incidence of very
high blood pressure in meat eaters is 13% more than vegetarians.
Obesity:-
·
The obesity rate among
the U.S. population is 18% The obesity rate among vegetarians is 6%.
·
25% of U.S. children
are overweight or obese. Only 8% of the U.S. vegetarian children are obese.
Medical
costs:-
·
A minimum of
$60,000,000,000 in annual medical costs in the U.S. is directly attributable to
meat consumption. Compare that to $65,000,000,000 in annual medical costs
directly attributable to smoking. We all see the risk of smoking, but why can’t
we see the risk of meat consumption.
Osteoporosis:-
·
Current research shows
calcium loss to be a larger determining factor in osteoporosis than calcium
ingested. Animal proteins
high in sulfer-containing amino acids, especially cystine and methionine tend
to acidify the blood. During the process of neutralizing this acid, bone
dissolves into the blood stream and filters through the kidneys into the urine.
Meats and eggs contain two to
five times more of these sulfer-containing amino acids than are found in
protein from plant foods. Research shows that when animal proteins are
eliminated from the diet, calcium losses are cut in half.
If
you have a chronic illness or dying, change your diet drastically to a vegetarian
diet. It may help your body combat the disease and cure you.
It can’t hurt you, that’s for sure.
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