Pros and Cons of the Plant- Based Nutrition on Health: Health Education

Vol-5 | Issue-8 | August-2020 | Published Online: 17 August 2020    PDF ( 329 KB )
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31305/rrijm.2020.v05.i08.012
Author(s)
Dr. Mandeep Kaur 1

1Assistant Professor, Physical education department, Khalsa College for Women, Civil Lines, LudhianaRajput (India)

Abstract

This paper evaluates the gains and losses of meat free diet on our health that a successful vegetarian diet means more than saying no to meat. The SRS survey reveals that 71% population in India is non vegetarian while 28.85% is vegetarian. Meat free diet may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and various types of cancer, metabolic syndrome, which includes obesity and type 2 diabetes. As soon as that meal had a 13% lower risk of heart disease than meat eaters. But they had a 20% higher rate of stroke than meat eaters. This study shows that eating more healthy plant foods in place of red meat has benefits for heart health.

Keywords
Health, vegetarian, obesity, diabetes, red meat, vegetarian
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