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Vegetarian Facts
Vegetarian facts tell us that the name “vegetarian” was first coined by The Vegetarian Society in England.
Eating a vegetarian diet can lower your risk of heart disease.
In the United States, there are around 7,600,000 vegetarians.
In Great Britain, there are around 3,000,000 vegetarians.
Vitamin B12 is hard to get in a vegetarian diet, but can be found in soy milk and vitamin-fortified breakfast cereals.
Women who eat meat are 3.8 times more likely to get breast cancer than vegetarians.
In the world every year seven billion animals die for human consumption.
An acre of land can produce 40,000 pounds of potatoes, but only 250 pounds of beef.
Baked beans contain as much protein as meat.
Vegetarian choices can be found in every kind of restaurant.
Men who eat meat, dairy products, and eggs are 3.6 times more likely to have prostate cancer than vegetarians.
In the United States, the risk of a man dying from a heart attack is 50%. The risk of him dying from a heart attack if he eats no mean is 15%. If he doesn’t eat meat, dairy, or eggs, his risk of dying from a heart attack is 4%.
Vegetarian facts indicate that almost one-fourth of the population of the world eats a vegetarian diet.
Actor Steven Seagal is a vegetarian.
Growing crops to feed animals for their meat is not economical. If people ate the crops, most of the world’s hungry could be fed.
American writer and social activist Henry David Thoreau was a vegetarian.
The Dalai Lama of Tibet is a vegetarian.
Albert Einstein said, “Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.”
Artist Leonardo da Vinci was a vegetarian.
A vegan is a vegetarian who does not eat meat, fish, dairy products or eggs.
A lacto-ovo vegetarian eats no meat, but does eat dairy products and eggs.
It takes three times the fossil fuels to produce a meat diet than it does a vegetarian diet. The use of fossil fuels leads to global warming.
A 10% decrease in meat consumption by Americans alone would feed 100,000,000 people.
Fifty-six percent of the farmland in America is used for beef production.
It takes five thousand gallons of water to produce one pound of beef. It takes twenty-five gallons of water to produce a pound of wheat.
Vegans do not use clothing that is produced from the use of any animal.
A pescetarian is a vegetarian who eats fish.
Vegetarian facts state that a fruitarian is a vegan who only eats food that can be eaten without killing the plant. A good example is an apple.
Many beers and wines contain animal-derived products.
Tofu and tempah are both made from soy and used by vegetarians as meat substitutes.
Vegetarians cannot eat foods that contain gelatin because it is meat product.