Losing Weight on a Vegetarian Diet - article with link

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(IN) The Truth About Losing Weight On A

Vegetarian Diet

 

" It does not matter what you eat. Just don't eat a

lot, exercise, and

your weight will not be a problem. " True? Not quite!

There is

scientific evidence that a vegetarian diet keeps that

weight down,

whereas meat eaters put it on. What you eat does

matter. You know that

weight loss is an industry. A money-making industry

with many claims

to make: Claims of weight loss pills, herbs and

juices. Claims of

exercise machines and exercise programmes. Claims of

high-fat, no fat

or lean diets. Which work? Which do not? How to find

those things that

work? It is bewildering. And expensive! The US FDA has

warned against

the effectiveness of a number of products that are

being marketed.

They include fat or starch blockers, weight loss

chewing gum and body

wraps. Even weight loss earrings and spectacles are in

this list.

Perhaps the last one is effective when your friends

wear them to look

at you? By contrast, vegetarians and vegans know what

they eat and why

they eat it. They save money and lose weight.

 

Weight loss of both your body and your wallet? Why

not.

Vegetarian food production is inherently cheaper than

that of meat.

Just like a high fibre vegetarian diet goes through

your system

faster, the vegetarian food production chain is short

compared to that

of growing meat. Growing animals for meat is after all

energy-intensive, time-consuming and expensive. For

instance, it takes

five kilograms of grain to produce one kilogram of

beef. It is that

concentrated energy that you eat. And it's not

high-fibre. Short

production cycles are better for the planet and

shorter digestive

processes are better for you. Perhaps you do not even

need special low

calorie vegetarian recipes to lose weight. A

vegetarian or vegan diet

appears to be a recipe for weight loss in itself! At

least it

represents an excellent start. Consider the latest

research.

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