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... heart disease can be prevented by a vegetarian diet." The human body is not designed to cope with excessive amounts of animal fat and cholesterol. When a person eats more cholesterol than the body needs, which ninety nine percent of meat eaters do, the excess cholesterol accumulates on the inner walls of the arteries and constricts the flow of blood to the heart. This leads to high blood pressure, heart disease and strokes. It has also been proven by scientists and doctors that vegetable protein keeps cholesterol levels at a low rate. The majority of people that I have informed of this information still insist that it is unhealthy to become a vegetarian, but this is not the only risk that eating meat imposes on your health. Scientists doing cancer research have gathered evidence that proves that by eating meat you are greatly increasing the chance that you will develop ...
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