Health benefits of being vegetarian

Checkout the benefits of eating vegetarian food:

Anushka SharmaAdopting a vegetarian diet can be a good one for health. Recently actress Anushka Sharma while campaigning for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India declared that she is now a vegetarian and a proud one at that.

She switched to vegetarianism over three years ago and continues to stick to it. The actress said, “Going vegetarian was one of the best decisions I ever made. I have more energy, I feel healthier, and I’m so happy that no animals had to suffer for my meals,” There are many benefits of having only veg-food and we explore more of them to give you a better reason why following a vegan-diet is healthy:

Lowers kidney stones risk

Kidney stone risks are more with lower urine pH levels and this mostly happens when more animal meat is consumed. Thus go for veg-foods that will also help to keep kidney stone risks at bay.

Lowers diabetes risk too

Diabetes

The risk of diabetes is increased with obesity and high blood sugar levels. Non-veg foods intend to contribute to obesity more. Thus, sticking to plant-based food is advised. In fact plan-based diet could even better one’s management of diabetes and is healthy for a diabetic person. What else would one want!

It satisfies all the nutritional requirement of the body

Vegetarians are thought to be nutritionally deficient, but it is not so. A well designed veg-diet can be the best and appropriate for all ages. Having reduced health issues, better managing of the existing health problems are all related to having veg-food.

Lowers the chance of obesity

Research says that vegetarians are comparatively slimmer than non-vegetarians. The cholesterol level in the body of a vegetarian person is lower than others, making it good for health. In long run also it’s said that a vegan diet would help to shed weight easily.

Lower heart disease risk

Heart Disease

A healthy heart asks vitamins and minerals and a veg-diet gives all minerals required. Even antioxidants found in veg-items keep the heart safe and reduces stress, therefore lowering risk on heart too.

Improves mood

Arachidonic acids in non-veg foods are said to bring mood disturbances. So, to avoid those frequent mood swings, go for a vegan diet.

Would you go vegetarian?