Wednesday, 21 July 2010 10:22

The global day of many nutrition experts are concerned with the prevailing theory is that which advocates the need to eat everything, others praise the benefits of the Mediterranean diet, yet few will bring the danger to health eating much meat. Possibly because the powerful meat market avoids revealing that consuming too much sausage, fish and meat is a risk factor for many diseases. The meat is from the point of view of physiology unnecessary dietary food.

Today, experts do not doubt that vegetarian diets provide an optimum supply of food needs, which applies to all ages. How do you want to do with your diet each is your choice, but everyone should know the consequences of bad or good nutrition brings.


Meat causes diabetes because a high saturated lipoácidos supply can lead to insulin resistance and promoting the emergence of diseases caused by sugar. Meat also causes obesity because the saturated lipoácidos the favor and this is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, myocardial infarction, heart attacks and blood supply difficulties. Besides damaging the flesh to the bones because it contains a greater amount of calcium and phosphorus that this results in increased excretion of calcium from the bones.


The meat is a risk factor for cancer. Argentina and Uruguay belong to the biggest consumers of beef in the world, and yet are also among the countries with the largest shares of breast cancer and bowel.


In a study by the University of Minnesota which was published in September 2002, highlights the fried red meat intake promotes the development of pancreatic cancer. The meat also promotes infection and pain because animal products contain arachidonic acid, from which infectious substances are formed. These substances can lead to the emergence of neurodermatitis, infections of the small and large intestines, asthma, arthritis, osteoarthritis and rheumatism. And finally it must be said that meat promotes atherosclerosis and heart attack: A large supply of iron, as that involves the consumption of red meat, is a dangerous source of free radicals that damage the blood vessels. With this, especially in men, it increases the risk of heart attack.


Vegetables, fruits and cereals are forces that can enjoy life. With these gifts of nature is easy to give up the dangerous meat. No coincidence that many famous people lived as vegetarians, such as Socrates, Plato, Darwin and Tolstoy, Nietzsche, Gandhi and Albert Einstein.




By: Maximiliano Corradi

Universal Life
Corradi Maximiliano
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