Nowadays, the number of people who aim for healthy lifestyles has significantly increased. Bedside exercising, being a vegetarian has become a very popular option that people choose to achieve their goals. According to Vegetarian Times, “7.3 million Americans are vegetarians” (vegetariantimes.com). Vegetarian diet provides many health benefits and helps to protect the environment. Although there are many advantages from being a vegetarian, one of its disadvantage is the lack of protein consuming. This paper will focus on both advantages and disadvantages from vegetarian diet.
The first advantage of being a vegetarian is gaining many health benefits. Because vegetables contain high source of fiber and low saturated fat, eating more vegetables helps to prevent cancer. Several studies from German and England indicated that people who eat vegetables are 40 percent less likely to have cancer compare to people who eat meat (Vegetarian Foods). Vegetarian diet also helps to lower blood pressure. Back in 1900s, nutritionist discovered that a person’s blood pressure was significantly reduced after eating vegetables for two weeks (Vegetarian Foods). Moreover, vegetarian diet prevents obesity, especially for children. In 2009, American Dietetic Association stated that children who have grown up in vegetarian families generally look leaner than others (Bucking the Trend). The low fat and glucose in vegetables helps vegetarians to lower their body fat.
The next advantage of being a vegetarian is to protect the environment. Meat, diary, and eggs manufactures produce a huge amount of carbon into the environment. Researches showed that eating vegetables helps to reduce 50 percent carbon emissions. In addition, 30 percent of the Earth’s land is used to raise animals for food. It also mean millions trees are destroyed, and tons of grain grown are used to feed the animals