Medical Basis of Vegetarianism

The fast growing medical sciences have been the major factor in converting the people to vegetarianism. In United States of America, United Kingdom and Scandinavian countries, vegetarianism is being advocated by the doctors. High fibre, low cholesterol contents and prevention of zoonotic disorders have been the major reasons witch have appealed the doctors to propagate vegetarianism. The discovery of zoonotic human onchogene by Prof. Weinberg from Massachussette Institute has revolutinised the programme of Cancer Prevention. Bowl cancer is very well known to be due to low fibre content in animal diet. Prevention of hemorrhoids (piles), varicosity, constipation, hiatus herina, ulcerative colitis and peptic ulcer by the fibre rich diet is known to medical scientists. Vegetarians hardly suffer due to the cancers of intestine. Recently the relationship between animal food and heart diseases have gained much attention. In United States of America now the trend is: no animal food and less of eggs in the diet. The cholesterol contents of animal food promotes the atherogenesis faster. 1985 Nobel Prize was awarded to Prof. Goldstein and Brown for their outstanding work on the cholesterol receptor deprivation with animal food consumption. Most of the rich and elite people suffer this fatal illness.

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