| Articles,
medical journals and online resources are all showing an effective
way to lose weight is via a vegetarian diet. Moreover, based on
the findings of a survey conducted by the American Institute for
Cancer Research, vegetarians are more prone to weigh less than
carnivores (meat-eaters). In
an effort to test the bounds of a vegetarian diet, a clinical
trial studied the participants eating behavior prior to and
subsequent to following a vegetarian diet. Over the course of
a six month vegetable diet, the subjects reduced their caloric
consumption by merely 200 calories per day. Although, the weight
loss was not drastic, the individuals developed leaner mass.
Losses were identified in both the hip and waist measurements
of the dieters.
Alternatively, a study conducted in Britain
showed divergent results, there was not a significant difference
amongst the carnivores versus the vegetarians. The evaluation
involved over 65,000 participants who were divided into four
groups: fish-eaters, vegans (no animal products including eggs,
milk), meat-eaters, lacto-ovo vegetarians.
Weight loss factoid: Body mass index (BMI)
is a way of measuring body fatness.
Among the findings of the British study, higher
body mass indices (BMI); consequently, they were more prone
to weighing more then the average size. Additionally, the lacto-ovovegetarians
as well as the fish-eaters had body types like mesomorphs or
medium body masses. The vegans represented the lowest to diminutive
body mass indices.
Moreover, the meat-eaters accounted for 9 percent
and 7, percent of women and men, respectively. Only three to
four percent of the men and women were obese from the lacto-ovo
and fish-eater groups. Out of the vegan group, only two percent
of the men and women were considered obese. |
