Dr Dean Ornish of the University of California at San Francisco has demonstrated that artery blockages can be reversed with a low-fat vegetarian diet instead of invasive and expensive surgeries. Click here to learn more about vegetarianism and your health from a physician's perspective. Meat and animal products are loaded with the fat and cholesterol that lead to heart attacks, cancer, stroke and other diseases.
Vegetarian foods are typically low in fat and contain no cholesterol.
What they do have is all the vitamins, minerals, protein, fiber and carbohydrates you need to be healthy and strong. It's easy to get protein from lentils, dhal, beans, bean curd, rice, soymilk, cereals and potatoes. The real problem among the affluent is too much protein, which leads to osteoporosis, kidney stones and some types of cancers. Cow's milk contains 50 percent more fat than human breast milk. Animal milk can lead to heart disease, certain cancers, diabetes, allergies, asthma and osteoporosis.