Johnson Discusses The Benefits Of Being A Vegetarian In His Blog

Online, November 15, 2012 (Newswire.com) - VEGETARIANS eat more antioxidants such as vitamin C, vitamin E, beta-carotenes and phytochemicals. Phyotochemicals are components in plants that help to prevent disease.Antioxidants decrease the chance of getting heart disease, cancer and other diseases.

According to a research, VEGETARIANS have better health than people that eat meat.They have lower rates of coronary artery disease, gallstones, cancer (particularly lung and colon cancer), kidney stones, colon disease, diabetes and high blood pressure.It is proven in some cases that a VEGETARIAN diet can help cure these diseases.A VEGETARIAN is also less likely to be overweight than a non - VEGETARIAN .

The USDA recommends that people should reduce saturated fat and cholesterol,which are in high amounts in animal products and low in VEGETARIAN diets.Various studies have also shown that VEGETARIANS have lower blood pressure than non - VEGETARIANS .Studies have also shown that VEGETARIANS have up to half the cancer rate than those of non - VEGETARIANS .And cases of breast cancer are also much lower in countries that have low meat diets.

Eating red meat increases the chance of dying from cancer of the breast and colon, heart disease and strokes.Meat eaters have much higher rates of cancer than VEGETARIANS .Cancer and cardiovascular diseases are linked to diets with a high amount of saturated fat and with a low amount of fiber.According to a study done in England for 12 years of 5,015 meat eaters and 6,115 VEGETARIANS ,it was found that VEGETARIANS had 40% less chance of getting cancer.

Learn more benefits of being a VEGETARIAN at "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfJwgVGuKpQ" .