{"id":109,"date":"2013-03-17T08:07:52","date_gmt":"2013-03-17T12:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vnn.org\/vaisnava-news\/?p=109"},"modified":"2013-03-17T11:28:30","modified_gmt":"2013-03-17T15:28:30","slug":"why-go-veg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/why-go-veg\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Go Veg?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vegetarian Times<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/go-veg.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-110 alignleft\" alt=\"go-veg\" src=\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/go-veg-300x213.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/go-veg-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/go-veg.jpg 458w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>People are drawn to vegetarianism by all sorts of motives. Some of us want to live longer, healthier lives or do our part to reduce pollution. Others have made the switch because we want to preserve\u00a0Earth\u0092s natural resources or because we\u0092ve always loved animals and are ethically opposed to eating them.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to an abundance of scientific research that demonstrates the health and environmental benefits of a plant-based diet, even the federal government recommends that we consume most of our calories from grain products, vegetables and fruits. And no wonder: An estimated 70 percent of all diseases, including one-third of all cancers, are related to diet. A vegetarian diet reduces the risk for chronic degenerative diseases such as obesity, coronary artery disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and certain types of cancer including colon, breast, prostate, stomach, lung and esophageal cancer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why go veg? Chew on these reasons:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019ll ward off disease.<\/strong>\u00a0Vegetarian diets are more healthful than the average American diet, particularly in preventing, treating or reversing heart disease and reducing the risk of cancer. A low-fat vegetarian diet is the single most effective way to stop the progression of coronary artery disease or prevent it entirely. Cardiovascular disease kills 1 million Americans annually and is the leading cause of death in the United States. But the mortality rate for cardiovascular disease is lower in vegetarians than in nonvegetarians, says Joel Fuhrman, MD, author of<em>Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss.\u00a0<\/em>A vegetarian diet is inherently healthful because vegetarians consume no animal fat and less cholesterol and instead consume more fiber and more antioxidant-rich produce\u0097another great reason to listen to Mom and eat your veggies!<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vegetariantimes.com\/article\/why-go-veg-learn-about-becoming-a-vegetarian\/\">Full Story &gt;&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vegetarian Times People are drawn to vegetarianism by all sorts of motives. Some of us want to live longer, healthier lives or do our part to reduce pollution. Others have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/why-go-veg\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":110,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[37,36,34,35,33],"class_list":["post-109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-diabetes","tag-diet","tag-healthier-lives","tag-vegetarian","tag-vegetarianism","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why Go Veg? - VNN - Vaishnava News Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/why-go-veg\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"VNN Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/why-go-veg\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/why-go-veg\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"VNN Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/#\/schema\/person\/697219dd9c21dd216a0ea9f7de1cc9c9\"},\"headline\":\"Why Go Veg?\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-03-17T12:07:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-03-17T15:28:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/why-go-veg\/\"},\"wordCount\":293,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/why-go-veg\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/go-veg.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"diabetes\",\"diet\",\"healthier lives\",\"vegetarian\",\"vegetarianism\"],\"articleSection\":[\"LIFESTYLE\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/why-go-veg\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/why-go-veg\/\",\"name\":\"Why Go Veg? 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