Vegetarian By Choice » Health Reasons

Meat Consumption Increases Risk of Coronary Heart Disease and Diabetes

Sanjeev Sharma — Thu, 19 May 2011 05:25:01 +0000

Is your health important to you? Then you need to STOP eating processed meat now. While red meat consumption is a good source of proteins, there are studies that have found some links between eating large amounts of red meat and various health issues.

In scientific studies, there are some inconsistencies associating meat consumption with the development of coronary heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. However, make no mistake about processed meats – there is clear evidence that eating processed meat in your diet is linked to coronary heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.

As already mentioned, while

Healthy Vegetarian Meals Are Good For Your Child’s Health

Sanjeev Sharma — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:56:54 +0000

With obesity becoming a major health issue for people everywhere, the problem of childhood obesity is also gaining more attention – our children are getting fatter and less fit than before. Survey has found that from the early 1980′s up to the late 2000′s, children are fatter, heavier, and weaker, where 17% of all children are overweight. There are a number of reasons why this is so – starting off with poor diet and eating habits, lack of exercise, sedentary lifestyle, and the list goes on.

Looking at the problem of adult

Healthy Vegetarian Meal in Management of Type 2 Diabetes

Sanjeev Sharma — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:49:31 +0000

Diabetes mellitus is a condition when a person has high blood sugar – this is either because the body is not producing enough insulin, or the cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced. Some symptoms of having high blood sugar includes frequent urination, increased thirsty, and increased hunger. Type 1 diabetes is where the body fails to produce enough insulin, and the patient is required to inject insulin. Type 2 Diabetes is where a person has insulin resistance, where their body fails to use insulin properly. It is for this second

Vegetarian Food Reduces Risks of Hypertension

Sanjeev Sharma — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:45:07 +0000

It’s well known and widely accepted that vegetarian food is healthy and that vegetarian diets have many health benefits. But did you known that healthy vegetarian food can also work to lower your risks of hypertension? Meaning that healthy vegetarian diet can help reduce your risks of having high blood pressure. Hypertension is one of the key risk factors for causing various serious health problems such as strokes, heart attacks, heart failures, and it is also a leading cause of chronic kidney failure. Even just moderate elevated blood pressure can lead to shortened life

Black Bean Burgers

Sanjeev Sharma — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:59:22 +0000

Last year on this very day, I received a mail from Craig Ballantyne that I would like to share with my readers.

“Dear Sanjeev,

Did you read about the massive meat recall that is taking place in California?

Over 4 million pounds of meat has been recalled because of E.Coli.

I sure as heck wouldn’t want to be eating ground beef in a California restaurant this weekend, that’s for sure!

It’s really sad to hear about these recalls, because you just know that some poor child has gotten sick. I remember years ago when a similar