What are the health reasons that make a veggie diet a good idea?
improved digestion; improved immune system, quicker to heal; lower cholesterol (if one doesn't gorge on cheese and eggs); lower risk of heart disease; less prone to bowel and some other cancers...
the quicker to heal one i discovered by accident. i had a pyonidal sinus, which was 2 x 2 inches on the outside, and went in 6 inches. it healed up so quickly the medical staff in the hospital were shocked. someone then said it was cos i was veggie. then, years later, i found out that asian women are encouraged to go on a veggie diet for a couple of weeks after they have their nose or ears pierced, to speed up the healing process. interesting, eh? no idea how it works, though, and i've tried to find out.
I wonder how much of the health benefits of a vegetarian diet are due to the exclusion of meat, and how much is due to it simply having more fruit and veg with the increased fibre, vitamins and minerals that go along with that, and the decreased amount of junk food, sugar, salt, additives and other crap versus a typical not-arsed-enough-to-eat-in-a-particular-way diet.
