For some people I think that jumping into vegetarianism sounds awful. My family, full of serious meat eaters, couldn't understand why I would forsake something like meat when I went vegetarian years ago. At the time it was based on a principled value: that the reason why animal meat is bad for you is because we're not supposed to eat it. Afterall, why does animal fat, with the exception of seafood, have such a bad effect on the human body?
I'll be the first to admit, I'm not the best at doing things that are good for my body. Like drinking. I know that vodka club soda is not good for me but when I'm out there it is in my hand asking me to drink it.
But thinking about why vegetarianism is a good choice for my life is probably how I'll stick to it. So courtesy of the vegetarian times, here is reason number 1:
"1 You'll live a lot longer. Vegetarians live about seven years longer, and vegans (who eat no animal products) about 15 years longer than meat eaters, according to a study from Loma Linda University. These findings are backed up by the China Health Project (the largest population study on diet and health to date), which found that Chinese people who eat the least amount of fat and animal products have the lowest risks of cancer, heart attack and other chronic degenerative diseases. And a British study that tracked 6,000 vegetarians and 5,000 meat eaters for 12 years found that vegetarians were 40 percent less likely to die from cancer during that time and 20 percent less likely to die from other diseases." --Norine Dworkin
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