Vegetarianism – The Choice For a Healthy and Successful Lifestyle
Living by good health principles is an important element in your realization of success. Depending upon your definition of success, the realization of it inevitably will require mental concentration, a certain level of endurance, and considerable stamina. A healthy diet plays a major role in this effort.
In recent years a significant percentage of the population here in the U.S., have began to understand the considerable health implications of consuming red meat and realizing the need to eliminate it in acquiring a healthy diet. A vegetarian diet is now being viewed as a real and viable choice.
To clarify, a vegetarian diet consists of a diet in which no flesh foods are consumed. Therefore, even if you have eliminated red meat entirely, but you consume fish, chicken, turkey and other so-called white meat, then you are not a vegetarian. To repeat, a vegetarian is one who does not consume any kind of flesh foods.
To provide further clarification, if you consume dairy products and eggs, without the flesh foods, you are a lacto-ovo vegetarian.
And, if you eliminate dairy products and eggs, and only consume fruit, grains, legumes and vegetables, you are a strict vegetarian. A strict vegetarian, however, has the challenge of getting adequate protein in a balanced diet whereas the lacto-ovo vegetarian does not have that challenge at all.
Once again, the purpose of choosing a healthy diet is to keep health problems at a minimum as you pursue your definition of success. It would be to your advantage to take a serious look at the vegetarian option and make your choice. Personally, my choice for the last four plus decades has been the lacto-ovo option with no regrets.
