As the recent studies showed, more than 3% of the us adult people are vegetarians 10% of others claim that they got used to follow vegetarian diet 5% of them claim they are interested in vegetarian diet sometime in the future. usually people become vegetarians because of a number of set reasons. 53% of people who gave up meat say that they follow vegetarian diet in order to improve their health condition. Among the rest of the reasons there are: animal safety, environmental cases, weight loss, weight upholding, etc. The point is that along with the fans of such lifestyle there are also those people who are very critical about vegetarianism.

What about experts and doctors? what do they say about vegetarian way of life. Is it a good way of health improving? can it cause any harm to our health? or is it something in between? let’s first take a look at the advantages of being vegetarian. a lot of experts claim that there’s nothing bad in having vegetarian way of life. As it was claimed by the american dietetic association, once you decide to follow vegetarian diet. You get a guarantee of heart diseases’ low rate, get an opportunity to avoid high blood pleasure, diabetes and some cancer forms.

Moreover, vegetarians usually do not have problems with the cholesterol level and overweight. The most important fact, however, is – vegans live up to 10 years longer than the people who eat meat. Thus, we may draw a conclusion that healthy lifestyles have come to dominate the minds of many people in the contemporary society, a fact that has brought to life many exciting trends in all aspects of social functioning. As food is directly related to our health, it is no wonder that people have begun to pay increased attention to the food they eat. In particular, this interest has sparked renewal of vegetarianism, which is an easy way to attain a healthy lifestyle through abandoning animal foods.

Vegetarianism has important philosophical grounds related to murdering animals and the fact that all life on earth should be respected and protected. Unlike extreme ideas about animal rights that go as far as forbid people to ride mules for their benefit, advocates of vegetarianism proceed from one simple principle that killing is wrong and animals have the same right to live. In theory, such a position means that a person is striving to live in harmony with the outer world, a feature that in itself can promote healthier lifestyle. However, there more matter of fact arguments in favor of vegetarianism, and these arguments hinge on the nutritional benefits of a veggie diet. There is no need to remind that obesity in many developed nations including the us is acquiring threatening dimensions, turning into a national problem.

American stick to their traditional diets that have too many calories and too much fat especially saturated fat , cholesterol, and sodium rdquo higgins. These drawbacks of american food habits can be reduced if people choose to reduce their intake of meat or give up eating meat altogether. Plant diets have been found to be healthier by the american dietetic association that acknowledged the health value and nutritional adequacy of vegetarian diets. Thus, the oxford vegetarian study seeking to related intake of meat to body mass indexes interviewed 1914 male and 3378 female non smoker respondents to arrive at the following results. Based on the information on consumption of dietary fiber and animal fats provided in the questionnaire, subjects were classified into meat eaters and non meat eaters. In all age groups, the body mass index was found to be lower in vegetarians than in meat eaters higgins. Thus, vegetarianism can be a viable solution to the problem of obesity that has important repercussions for medical problems and health care budgets.

The above does not mean that vegetarianism is only good for those who have weight problems. Those who are satisfied with their body mass index can find a lot of benefits in consuming vegetarian products and abandoning meat. Few medical professionals would argue that ldquo the high percentage of fat in it is one of the main reasons for heart attacks, high blood pressure rdquo lopa berlin 2004.