Reasons to be vegan

Question: Why should I be vegan? Before choosing to be a vegetarian, many ask themselves “what valid reasons exist for me to become a vegetarian.” 10 reasons, or less, are enough to understand why many choose the vegetarian or vegan path.

10) Vegetarian diets are high in fiber and antioxidants.

The vegan diet also has a high fiber and phytochemical content. Everything you need to keep your body healthy and your immune system strong. For example, you will find vitamin C, a powerful antioxidant, in many vegetables and fruits such as oranges, grapefruits, red and green peppers, kiwi and the entire strawberry family. And vitamin E in cereals, sunflower seeds, almonds and hazelnuts, various seed oils, turnips, tomatoes, pumpkins, pumpkin and dark green leafy vegetables. Many doctors maintain that vegan diets can reduce the risk of diseases such as Alzheimer’s and cancer.

9) Help the environment.

Each year, about 2 billion manures are produced on farms in the United States, considered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to be a major environmental pollutant. Without even taking into account the methane gas released by animals: ammonia (urine), poisonous gases emanating from manure lagoons, toxic chemicals derived from pesticides and machinery. All strong contributors to greenhouse gases.

8) Vegan and vegetarian diets save a lot of water.

First of all, let’s make it clear that drinking water is not a luxury, but a necessity. However, a large amount of it is used to raise animals that are specifically used only for human consumption.

7) It is excellent for maintaining a healthy heart.

According to the American Heart Association, cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in the United States because the typical American diet is overloaded with saturated fat and cholesterol derived from meat and animal-derived products. The average American on a carnivore diet has a 50 percent increased risk of heart disease. If you stopped eating meat, your risk would be reduced to 15 percent. If you abandoned meat, eggs and dairy, it would drop to 4 percent. Also partly because fruits and vegetables have a high content of antioxidants that protect, enrich and strengthen the heart.

6) You are not alone.

Consider yourself part of the group of famous vegetarians: Plato, Pythagoras, Sir Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Leonardo Da Vinci, Charles Darwin, Henry Ford, Mahatma Gandhi, etc.

5) Help reduce world hunger.

World organizations maintain that the amount of plant protein used to feed livestock animals raised for production can almost feed the entire populations of India and China—some two billion people.

4) Helps reduce the national debt.

Americans spend between about 60 and 120 billion annually to treat and prevent heart disease, cancer, obesity, caused mainly by diets based on animal meats.

3) You will lose weight and maintain a healthy, natural and regular weight.

On average, vegetarians and vegans are thinner than meat-eaters and easily tend to maintain a healthy weight and stay away from the potential risks of suffering from high cholesterol, diabetes, stroke and arteriosclerosis. This is because diets based on plant proteins are low in calories and fat. The fats they contain are natural and vegetable fats necessary for the health of the body in general, tissues, energy and even for the brain.

2) You will detoxify the body and consequently you will feel more energetic and healthy.

The EPA estimates that there is approximately 95 percent pesticide residue in our diet from red meat, fish and dairy products. Fish in particular contains carcinogenic elements such as PCBs and DDT. And heavy metals such as mercury, arsenic, lead and cadmium which cannot be eliminated by the cooking or freezing process. Both meat and dairy products are also linked to steroids and hormones.

1) You are the number 1 reason.

Starting from the principle that we are what we eat then you will see that what you eat is directly related to the way you see, love and respect yourself. Being aware of what you eat is a high form of self-esteem that, by natural law, ends up being reflected in how you relate to others and the world, generating a positive and expansive impact on the rest of society and the planet.