Friday, February 18, 2011
The Power of a Balanced Vegetarian Diet
Albert Einstein once quoted, "Our tasks must be to widen our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures including animals"
Most people even health professionals mistakenly believed that eating meat is necessary for good health and strength. In fact, eating animal flesh significantly reduces energy and contributes towards overall ill health.
Scientific studies repeatedly show that a vegetarian diet improves energy and endurance. One study conducted by Yale Professor Irving Fisher, compared the strength and stamina of active meat eating athletes, vegetarian athletes and sedentary vegetarians. He found that flesh eaters has less endurance than even sedentary vegetarians! Another study found that athletes who switch to a vegetarian diet Improved their endurance almost three times as much as those who ate meat.
The power of a balanced vegetarian diet is exemplified in the lives of many world class athletes. Dave Scott, universally recognized as the greatest triathlete in the world is a vegetarian and he claims that the idea that people, especially the athletes need animal protein is a ridiculous fallacy.
Local Hawaii legend, Ruth Heidrich is another great example of the power of a vegetarian diet. Following the advise of Dr. John Mcdougall, Ruth switched to vegetarian diet after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Ruth not only overcame the cancer, she went on to become an ward winning, record-breaking triathlete. She tells her incredible story in the best book "A Race for Life"
The thinking that our body needs meat is just self generated justifications rooted in selfishness and is due to our being slaves of our senses, particularly our tongue which is the most voracious. The power of a balanced vegetarian diet does not only helps us improve our health but it makes us self disciplined and respectful of other living beings. Moreover, we become controller or master of our senses and not slaves.
Most people even health professionals mistakenly believed that eating meat is necessary for good health and strength. In fact, eating animal flesh significantly reduces energy and contributes towards overall ill health.
Scientific studies repeatedly show that a vegetarian diet improves energy and endurance. One study conducted by Yale Professor Irving Fisher, compared the strength and stamina of active meat eating athletes, vegetarian athletes and sedentary vegetarians. He found that flesh eaters has less endurance than even sedentary vegetarians! Another study found that athletes who switch to a vegetarian diet Improved their endurance almost three times as much as those who ate meat.
The power of a balanced vegetarian diet is exemplified in the lives of many world class athletes. Dave Scott, universally recognized as the greatest triathlete in the world is a vegetarian and he claims that the idea that people, especially the athletes need animal protein is a ridiculous fallacy.
Local Hawaii legend, Ruth Heidrich is another great example of the power of a vegetarian diet. Following the advise of Dr. John Mcdougall, Ruth switched to vegetarian diet after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Ruth not only overcame the cancer, she went on to become an ward winning, record-breaking triathlete. She tells her incredible story in the best book "A Race for Life"
The thinking that our body needs meat is just self generated justifications rooted in selfishness and is due to our being slaves of our senses, particularly our tongue which is the most voracious. The power of a balanced vegetarian diet does not only helps us improve our health but it makes us self disciplined and respectful of other living beings. Moreover, we become controller or master of our senses and not slaves.
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