When you stop to think about the state of poor health in the United States and other parts of the world because of our diet of choice, you realize how the damage we made to ourselves. Cardiovascular diseases are the first cause of death in America for both men and women. Avoidable heart attacks account for most of these deaths. 2/3 Of Americans are either overweight or obese. 1/3 Of all children are either overweight or obese and obesity is diagnosed more and more at a very young age.We eat like there is no tomorrow, and then we pay the price, not only individually, but as a society when the costs of health care are in the billions due to preventable conditions.
The alternative plant
approximately 16 million Americans currently following a vegetarian diet, and many of these latter are vegan, which means that they do not consume animal products or by-products (milk, eggs, honey) that this either.
The celebrities, the leaders of the world, nutritionists, doctors, and the children to live healthy and energetic life as the result of a diet at base of plant. They enjoy the cardiovascular health, a low body weight, and lower the resistance to insulin.
Unbeknownst to many, Bill Clinton, former democratic president of the United States, had been suffering from a heart disease. He announced in 2011 that he had overthrown miraculously his heart disease, and it was done with a strict regime without meat. Recent research has been shown to support the claim of Clinton.
The University of Oxford has conducted an extensive study and the results of the study revealed that after a strict vegetarian diet does indeed reduce the risk of hospitalization due to complications from heart disease, and the risk of death by heart disease, both by nearly a third.
The results of the study of
45,000 participants took part in the study which was conducted by the health and diet specialists at the University of Oxford. Approximately 34 percent of these participants in the study were strict vegetarians. (In this particular study, a vegetarian diet was defined as an individual who has abstained to eat meat and fish).
Those who have participated in the study were followed for more than 10 years, as the researchers have collected information on their food choices, the habits of exercise, the consumption of alcohol and other variables which could potentially have an impact on the risk of heart disease.
The researchers who conducted the study found that, even after taking into account the other factors, the study participants who have followed the strict vegetarians were significantly less likely to develop or succumb to heart disease.
Francesca Crowe, Ph.d., of the University of Oxford, was the main author of the study. In a statement, she said, "the major part of the difference in risk is most likely caused by the effects both on the cholesterol as well as blood pressure. "In his statement, she added, "This shows the important role of diet in the prevention of cardiovascular disease."
The research carried out by experts from the University of Oxford has also revealed that the participants in the study, which has followed a strict vegetarian diet tended to have a body mass index of less than that those who have not been vegetarian, and they were less likely to suffer from diabetes as well.
More benefits of a vegetarian diet
this more recent study was one of the largest studies ever conducted to examine the cardiovascular benefits of follow a vegetarian diet; however, it is not exactly a newsflash that a regime without meat is associated with a multitude of benefits for the health.
For example, another study which has been carried out recently, followed approximately 37,000 adults and have found that by consuming at least a vegetarian meal each day, you can reduce your risk of dying of cancer by approximately 20 %.
Other research has shown that compared to this
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