1, longevity. Nutritionists believe that vegetarians can live longer than non-vegetarians. The Hanseatic people in northern Pakistan and the Indians in central Mexico are primitive vegetarian peoples, and their average life expectancy is extremely high. Admirable. Buddhist monks and Seventh-Day Adventists also live longer because of food.

2. Reduce cholesterol content. Vegetarians always have less cholesterol in their blood than meat eaters. If there is too much cholesterol in the blood, it will often cause blood vessel obstruction and become the main cause of diseases such as hypertension and heart disease.

3. Reduce the risk of cancer. Studies have pointed out that meat is closely related to colon cancer.

Disadvantages: Long-term vegetarianism is not good for your health: Except beans, which are rich in protein, other foods contain little protein and have low nutritional value, which can't meet all kinds of energy needed by your body. Long-term vegetarianism, due to insufficient intake of protein and fat, will not only lead to malnutrition, but also significantly reduce the body's resistance, prone to infectious diseases, and also lead to osteoporosis and fracture.

Common misunderstandings of eating vegetarian food

1, stir-fry on low heat. Vitamin c and B 1 are both afraid of heat. Therefore, cooking should avoid a small fire and fry in a big fire. And adding a little vinegar is also beneficial to vitamin preservation. Some vegetables are more suitable for cold dishes, such as cucumbers and tomatoes.

2. Preserve vegetables for a long time. Office workers usually like to do big shopping once a week, and store the purchased vegetables at home and eat them slowly. Although this is time-saving and convenient, you should know that vegetables lose a lot of nutrients every 1 day, such as spinach. Under normal circumstances (20℃), vitamin C will lose as much as 84% every day.

3. Throw away the part with the most vitamins. Some people's accustomed vegetable processing methods also affect the nutrients in vegetables. For example, some people throw away watercress in order to eat the sprouts of bean sprouts. In fact, the vitamin C content of watercress is 2 ~ 3 times more than that of bean sprouts.

For another example, the vegetable juice squeezed out when making dumplings will also lose more than 70% of vitamins. The correct way is to cut the vegetables and mix them with oil, then add salt and seasoning, so that there is not so much soup in the oily dumpling stuffing.

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