How to Successfully Become a Vegetarian
July 7 | Filed under Articles | 
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Whether to become a vegetarian might be something you have been thinking about for some time but do not really know if will change anything for you. Your first question might be whether one additional person can make a noticeable difference. It is true just one person won’t make a huge difference but if you multiply this by millions of people who make the choice then the effect becomes much more significant. This point is very well highlighted by the instances of heart disease in people that have a meat rich diet in America.
Heart disease and circulation problems generally are mainly the result of cholesterol which is found in eggs, dairy foods and of course, meat. The organization Earth Save has calculated that a vegetarian has only a quarter of the chance of a heart attack as someone who has meat in their diet. For those who go one step further and become vegans the figure lowers even still to an amazing one in ten chance. The improvements in health do not end there if you are a vegetarian.
Preservatives which are used a great deal in meat are reduced and so are the incidences of cancer. Of course vegetarians will not be exposed to the number of additional hormones that are fed to cattle as part of their feed and will not experience some of the hormone problems people have because of this. A digestive problem, which many nutritional experts believe to be caused by intolerance to lactose, will also be avoided. Ok so there are obvious health benefits to becoming a vegetarian like relieve from anxiety, stress, depression but it will also mean that many animals will not be harmed either.
One particular study illustrates this point by claiming that the average American is responsible for the death (for food) of over two thousand seven hundred animals during their life. In the course of just a few short years you could stop the death of hundreds of animals by changing your life this way. Furthermore, by reducing your intake of dairy products and eggs, many hens and cows will have better living conditions. The arguments are very convincing and difficult to dismiss; it is definitely better to become a vegetarian. This commitment matters to each individual for their health, the health of the planet and those of the animals which will not need to be slaughtered to provide food.
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