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Are vegetarians healthier than Meat Eaters?

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This is a controversial question; mostly a debate topic…this question usually ends up with an answer which supports only one side of the coin. But in reality, both of them have equal benefits and drawbacks. Vegetarians may have more health benefits because they don’t consume more food which will take time to digest. In the case of meat-eaters, they do have more bone strength; their diet includes all the animal proteins which are essential for humans. While getting in-depth into the topic: vegetarians have low BP, low cholesterol levels, low hypertension , and type 2 diabetes when compared with meat-eaters. Vegetarians will have a lower body mass index and have less risk of cancer and they are not mostly affected by diseases that are chronic and harmful to the body. Many kinds of research and studies have proven that vegetarians are less prone to cardiac diseases . They consume less quantity of fat and cholesterol and more amounts of other vitamins like vitamin C, E,...