A US citizen is TWENTY times more likely to get colon cancer than a vegetarian Asian
He/she is SEVENTEEN times more likely to get heart disease than a rural Chinese.
The main difference to explain these numbers is diet..What is being eaten …And more importantly what is not being eaten. The average American eats more meat in a day than an Asian will eat in a week.The Asian diet will contain lots of rice, noodles and vegetables.
This diet will help to protect from a range of diseases. The protective substances found in plants are highly complex and the most important is dietary fibre Most health organizations in the Western world actually recommend that most of us double our intake of dietary fibre.
This is found in fruit and vegetables and some grain-based cereals which have not been over processed. It is contained in the cell wall of these foods. Dietary Fibre is so beneficial in weight control that people who eat enough of it simply do not get fat.
The World Health Organization has investigated the matter and come to this conclusion
"The promotion of healthy diets that are low in fat, hight in complex carbohydrates and contain large amounts of fruit and vegetables should be a priority in obesity prevention"
To find out more check out body type diet for yourself
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