Vegetarianism
- The British Vegetarian Society used the word vegetarian for the first time in 1842.Vegetus means healthy / fresh or full of life (like in "homo vegetus" a mentaly and fissicaly strong person). The original meaning of the word sugests a phillosophical and moral balanced way of life. That is more than just eating only vegetables and fruits.
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- Vegetarianism is a essential step towards a better society. Thats why many people chose to be a vegetarian. People like: Pythagoras, Socrates, Plato, King Asoka, Leonardo da Vinci, Montaigne, John Milton, Leo Tolstoy, Mahatma Gandhi, Albert Schweitzer, Albert Einstein. They were all vegetarians!
Many people think that a vegetarian diet is bad for their health. The opposite is true!!
- Journal of the American medical Association 1961: " 90-97 % of the cardiac affections can be prevented by a vegetarian diet."
- D.C.R. Sirtori- The Lancet:" People with a high cholesterol level, can be benefited by a diet, wich contains only proteins extracted from vegetables."
- Rollo Russel- Notes on the Causation of Cancer: "I’ve discovered that in 19 of the 25 countries where people eat a lot of meat. The ammount of cancer patients were very high. Only one country had a low score. But of the 35 countries where people had a almost vegetarian diet, not one of them had a high number of cancer patients compared to the other countries
(source: "vedische kookkunst-Adiraja Dasa-The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust)
For more information about this subject, check out the following links,
Hare Krishna Vegetarian Society.
Vegetarian Events around the world/ I.V.U.
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