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why vegetarian diet is the healthiest diet?

Studies all over the world has evidenced that plant based diet is the best diet for human being. Many people across the world are going vegetarian due to variety of reasons. Some people have religious reasons while others have love for animals or to protect environment. But the foremost reason to adapt vegetarian diet is the health benefit that it offers. Many famous personalities like Aamir Khan (Bollywood actor), Abdul Kalam (Former president of India), Albert Einstein (Scientist), Steve Jobs(Ex-CEO of Apple), Mahatma Gandhi (Indian activist), Narendra Modi (Current prime minister of India) are vegetarians or Vegan.

What is a vegetarian diet?

Vegetarian are those people who abstain themselves from consumption of any kind of meat and mainly eats plant based food like grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts etc. There are mainly three types of vegetarian diet.
  1. Vegan- In vegan diet a person does not eat meat, fish, poultry and any by product of animal like egg, milk, cheese, honey etc.
  2. Lacto vegetarian-In lacto vegetarian diet a person does not eat meat, fish, poultry and egg but eats milk, cheese yogurt.
  3. lacto ovo vegetarian-In lacto-ovo vegetarian diet a person does not eat meat, fish, poultry but eat egg, milk, cheese and yogurt.
I grew up in a vegetarian family and always preferred to eat vegetarian food without knowing the benefit it offers. But when I started doing research I found myself fortunate enough of being vegetarian because of its countless health benefits.

Benefits of being vegetarian

  1. Helps in maintaining good body weight: Plant based food helps to maintain healthy weight in all ages. Fresh produced veggies and fruit are less in calorie content, easy to digest and yet makes your stomach full for longer period of time.
  2. Makes your mind calm: According to various studies it has proved that vegetarian diet reduces your stress level because plant based food is easy to digest and are full of vitamins, fiber and antioxidants. The bottom line is if your body is performing well and happy from inside your mind gets automatically happy and calm.
  3. Gallstones and kidney stones: Vegetarian are less likely to suffer from gallstones and kidney stones. The diet which has high protein and mainly animal based diet which contain more protein forces your body to excrete high amount of calcium, oxalate and uric acid which forms kidney stones in the body. Also high-fat and high-cholesterol food increases the chances of formation of gallstones in your body. Those who have kidney stones or gallstones are recommended to follow vegetarian and dairy free diet to reduce further risk of forming stones.
  4. Reduces your cholesterol level and lowers blood pressure:. A vegetarian diet may help in lowering the risk of many chronic disease like obesity, high blood pressure, type II diabetes, cholesterol level because vegetarian diet has high fiber content and low fat which helps in lowering your blood pressure and cholesterol levels, where meat has no fiber content in it. Vegetables and fruits are also rich in potassium, which helps lower your blood pressure.
  5. Reduces risk of certain type of cancer: Vegetarian diet is naturally low in saturated fat and high in fiber content which lowers the risk of many types of cancer. According to many research and studies, it has been found that those who consume meat and dairy products regularly are more prone to many types of cancer like breast cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer and ovarian cancer.

Other benefits of vegetarianism

  • No Killing of animals: The best foods are those which are grown in harmony with nature. And the fruit that have fallen themselves off are the best fruit to eat. In contrary those who are animal eaters are required to kill animal against their will. Human beings can live and stay healthy without eating animal, because it is very inhumane to take lives of animal for the sake of satisfying their appetite.

Precautions while going vegetarian

While going vegetarian it is very important to plan your meal carefully to get all the vitamins and minerals needed for a healthy body. Finding out plant based sources of protein, Iron, Vitamin B12, vitamin D, Zinc and Omega 3 fatty acid is very crucial to supply all the vitamins and nutrition to the body.
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