Vegetarian Diet

One of the worries people have when they think about adopting a vegetarian diet is, “Will I get enough nutrition if I don’t eat meat? Will I get enough protein?” Well,anyway they have nothing to worry about.A vegetarian diet can provide all necessary body nutrients. Many studies have shown that a vegetarian diet provides much more nutritional energy than a meat diet. Of all the nutrients needed by our body, one of the most important is protein. Since most of our body tissues are formed of protein, it is necessary for growth and repair, it is also an important component in the hormones and enzyme systems in our body which direct and regulate many of the body’s processes, and it is essential to build antibodies in the blood, to fight infection and disease. Too much protein is harmful to health. Many people think that we need to eat a great deal of protein during the day, especially if we are active. We have been conditioned often by massive advertising campaigns – to believe that meat eating is essential for health. This is a great misconception. In fact, we need far less protein than we think we do, and recent medical research has proven that eating too much protein harms the liver and kidneys and is the cause of many diseases. Millions of people in the wealthy industrialized nations who are consuming tremendous quantities of meat are actually eating 2 or 3 times the amount of protein they need. The excess is converted into carbohydrates and stored as fat.
Because of too much protein, over 50% of Americans are overweight and prone to many diseases directly related to obesity, especially high blood pressure and heart disease.