[949] in Vegetarian_Support_Group
vegetarians versus meat eaters
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ceani Guevara)
Fri May 17 20:21:53 1996
Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 20:17:05 -0400
To: vsg@MIT.EDU
From: Ceani Guevara <ceani@MIT.EDU>
Hi,
Somebody sent me this, and I thought it might interest the rest of you.
>>"Vegetarians versus meat eaters"
>>
>>"This isn't a contest,just some curious bits of information that reseachers
>>at the University of Texas at Austin discovered when they asked 150
>>vegetarians and an equal number of non-vegetarians the same questions:
>>
>>* More than twice as many nonvegetarians had been hospitalized during the
>>previous five years.
>>* Twice as many nonvegetarians reorted taking prescription medications.
>>* Almost three times as many vegetarians abstained from alcohol.
>>* Only half as many vegetarians smoked.
>>* Twice as many vegetarians toook calciuum supplements.
>>* Almost three times as many vegetarians practiced meditation on a regular
>>basis.
>>* Vegetarians overwhelmingly believed that they were healthier.
>>* Vegetarians went out socially with friends and entertained friends at
>>home more often than meat eaters did.
>>* More vegetarians had actively lobbied for legislation within the previous
>>two years.
>>* Of those who had lobbied for legislation, more vegetarians were concerned
>>with environmental and energy issues.
>>
>>(from: "New Vegetarian Cuisine: 250 Low-Fat Receipes for Superior
>>Health",by Linda Rosensweig and the food editors of PREVENTION
>>magazine,Copyright 1994 by Rodale Press,Inc. (ISBN 0-87596-168-1 hardcover)
>>and distributed in the book trade by St. Martin's Press: p.4 ("The
>>Ultimate Food Style))
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