Benefits Of Vegan Weight Loss

A vegan diet or vegetarian diet is based mostly on vegetables, fruits, mushrooms, nuts, grains, etc. Such diets also avoid, generally but not always, dairy products such as milk, butter and cheese. Vegetarian diets are heralded for their many health benefits and for these reasons a lot of people are now turning vegan. A grave misconception about vegan diets is that they cause weight loss through depriving the body of nutrition. The fact of the matter is that vegan diets are highly nutritious and as far as health goes, research has shown that vegetarians have better health than omnivores.

Let's have a look at the many benefits a vegan weight loss regime will bring to your life and health;

1. Longer Life: research has shown that vegetarians outlive non-vegetarians by roughly 15 years, and these are a healthy 15 years. A study done on the least animal and meat eating nation of the world, China, has shown that the Chinese people are at the least risk of cancer, heart attack and other chronic health conditions. This study was the largest population survey ever done, The Health Project, so you can bet the results are quite accurate. You gain both number of years and better health by being a vegan.

2. Excellent for the Heart: cardiovascular diseases are the still the number one claimants of many lives around the world. The majority of Americans die of heart attacks and the Standard American Diet is essentially laden with junk food and fast food. Even children, who now open their eyes to soda cans instead of juices, show early signs of heart conditions. Vegetarians have nearly half the risk of heart attack as compared to non-vegetarians. They also have lower cholesterol levels. If you have a history of heart diseases in your family, you would be wise to turn to a vegan diet.

3. Reduce the risk of Cancer: studies conducted at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg have shown that vegetables strengthen the immune system, and vegetarians develop an immune system that is stronger and more efficient in killing tumor cells. The International Journal of Cancer has actually established a relationship between red meat and cancer. While research has also shown that eating vegetables as part of a daily diet, in as small a capacity as one meal, reduces the risk of breast cancer by 20% in women.

4. Better Weight Loss: vegetarians are able to lose weight faster than non-vegetarians. They are also able to sustain this weight loss for about seven more years, because the vegan diet doesn't allow fat stores to build up in the body as fast as a meat-based diet. For this very reason, vegans are also less susceptible to weight related health condition such as strokes and heart attacks.

5. Better Bones: vegetarian women experience an 18% loss of bone mass at the age of 65 while their non-vegetarian counterparts lose double that mass. Research has shown this to be caused by the consumption of excess protein, which hinders the body's ability to absorb calcium and forces it to remove the calcium eaten by the individual through the excretory system. This lays foundation for the brittle bone disease Osteoporosis. Vegetarians rely on brocalli and legumes for calcium, and don't take animal protein. Thus they are able to significantly delay the onset of this disease.

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