Source: Houston Chronicle
WASHINGTON, D.C., USA, March 25, 2002: With the benefits of a vegetarian diet you are less likely to have heart disease. In fact, according to this article, research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 1999 found that, “Folks who eat fish but no other animal flesh and those who eat eggs and diary products but no meat or fish had a 34% lower risk of heart disease.” Eva Obarzanek, research nutritionist at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute says, “We’ve known for a long time that people who ate vegetarian diets had lower risk factors as well as a lower rate of heart disease. It’s hard to pinpoint why, although their body weight is lower and their blood pressure is lower.” As a result, U.S. Dietary Guidelines recommend a diet rich in plant foods as does the American Heart Association, the American Institute for Cancer Research and the American Diabetes Association.