Saturated fat clogs arteries. Vegetarianism is healthy. Vitamin B12 can be obtained from certain plant sources such as blue-green algae and soy products. Vitamin B12 is not absorbed from plant sources. Modern soy products increase the body s need for B12.
Animal fats cause cancer and heart disease.
Children benefit from a low-fat diet. Margarine eaters have twice the rate of heart disease as butter eaters. Americans do not consume enough essential fatty acids. A vegetarian diet will protect you against atherosclerosis. The International Atherosclerosis Project found that vegetarians had just as much atherosclerosis as meat eaters.