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.
