Being a vegetarian is good for people who go about it the right way. There are always those who think that being vegetarian means eating nothing but cheese pizza and french fries (or, if they aren’t doing dairy, vegan cheese pizza!) and as a result, they don’t reap the same health benefits that serious vegetarians do. Then again, not everyone is vegetarian because of health concerns. Some vegetarians choose the lifestyle because they are avid proponents of animal rights, and others because they simply do not like meat. There are also many people who become vegetarian due to religious devotion. What many don’t consider is the value of vegetarian living to home security, and the larger global climate change crisis.
No matter the reason a person chooses to be vegetarian, nearly all vegetarians tend towards better overall health as measured by popular markers such as total cholesterol and triglycerides. There is also less occurrence of diseases of the heart and circulatory systems, probably owing to the lack of animal products that build up cholesterol in the arteries, leading to such complications in many meat eaters. Vegetarians who eat healthily also report less diabetes than non vegetarians. In this infographic you can see some of the many benefits of eating a healthy vegetarian diet:
