After Reading These Advantages Of A Vegetarian Diet Can You Really Ask For More?
Vegetarianism may have become a fad with more celebrities opting for it. But it is known to be a healthy lifestyle option.
An increasing number of people are turning towards vegetarianism by discarding meat from their diet altogether. Here are some benefits of eating vegetarian food.
Vegetarian Food Benefits are:
Vegetarian foods can lead to improvement in skin texture and quality
Vegetarian foods include a lot of greens. A vegetarian’s diet is likely to be rich in antioxidant as compared to a non vegetarian’s diet.
Antioxidants help in eliminating cancer causing free radicals and toxins in skin which makes it glow. A balanced level of antioxidants in skin also keeps it youthful by preventing signs of ageing from appearing too soon.
Vegetarian food reduces health risks
Many studies and researches have claimed that vegetarianism can significantly reduce chances of health problems including hypertension and coronary heart disease.
Red meat is rich in saturated fat which increases LDL or bad cholesterol in the body and lead to heart ailments. The consumption of meat is also known to lead to some types of cancer.
Vegetarian foods are low in saturated fat because of which they reduce such health risks.
Vegetarian food can increase longevity
Vegetarian food protects against obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, blood pressure and some types of cancer, it is associated with general well being and longevity.
Many studies across America and Europe have shown that there is greater life expectancy in people who consume plant based products more than animal based products.
This is one of the benefits of eating vegetarian food.
Vegetarian food reduces chances of diabetes and blood pressure
Vegetarian foods include a lot of green vegetables and lentils that are high in carbohydrates and fibers. These help in fighting diabetes by regulating the amount of insulin in the body.
Vegetarian food reduces the chances of food borne diseases
Most food borne diseases are known to put non vegetarian people at risk more than vegetarians. Food borne diseases including mad cow disease,
salmonella and bird flu occur in meats and affect people who consume them. Non vegetarians also put themselves at risk when they eat unpackaged meats that don’t carry a quality mark.
In comparison to this, vegetarians are less likely to be put at risk by food-borne diseases no matter where they buy vegetables from, as long as they wash them and cook them adequately.
Vegetarian food helps to reduce obesity
One of the benefits of vegetarianism is that it lowers obesity. Such a vegetarian diet must include green vegetables, pulses, lentils and fruits,
not just processed vegetarian foods and fast foods.
Vegetarian food has more of polyunsaturated fat than saturated fat because of which chances of obesity are reduced.
- Prof. P. V. Khandve
