04/07/07 Vegetarians Eat Healthier
On the occasion of the World Health Day Animal Friends invites everybody to the tasting of new egg-free mayonnaise
Two of the leading causes of death in Croatia are cancer and coronary diseases. The major reason for this is an inappropriate diet.
Nowadays it is scientifically proved that a vegetarian diet prevents numerous diseases. By eating plant based food such as cereals, legumes, fruit and vegetables, vegetarians don't burden their bodies with saturated fat or animal proteins. Therefore they have a lower Body Mass Index as well as lower cholesterol level than people who eat meat. Moreover, vegetarians more rarely suffer from chronic diseases such as diabetes, arthritis, heart diseases, high blood pressure, prostate or colon cancer than people who eat meat, fish and eggs.
In order to draw the citizens' attention to the advantages of vegetarian diet, Animal Friends on the World Health Day, at noon, April 7, 2007 on Petar Preradovic Square, will organize the tasting of French salad made with egg-free mayonnaise while handing out free samples of the same egg-free mayonnaise. There will also be some vegan Easter cakes and scones.
The impact of meat eating on human health is highly dependable on the treatment of farm animals. Unnatural environment and inappropriate feeding of farm animals lead to various animal diseases such as skin festers and malignant tumors which often end up in minced meat, salamies, hot dogs or pastry.
Food is also full of chemical additives for growth boosting and fast-fattening, as well as oil derivates. Animals are being force-fed and they get injections of growth hormones, appetite stimulants, antibiotics and sedatives. As a result of all of this, meat contains a 14 times higher concentration of pesticides and dairy products a 5 times higher concentration of pesticides than vegetables.
More than 60% of Croatian citizens have understood the health benefits of a vegetarian diet. According to the independent research of the public opinion conducted by Spem Communication Group Zagreb, most people believe that vegetarianism is a healthy lifestyle. According to the same research, about 72% of people are aware that they should eat less meat and meat-based products.
Croatian food processing companies realize the advantages of plant based food. Therefore Animal Friends thanks Zvijezda company for the cooperation and would like to openly accredit it for launching the new Omegol mayonnaise, which is made out of non-animal products so everybody can enjoy it.
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