The health affects
associated with the low carbohydrate diets have not proved to
ensure overall well-being. Pound for pound when the meat eaters
(carnivores), fish-eaters and lacto-ovovegetarians where compared,
the non-meat-eaters weighed less. The difference in weight depicted
a variance in daily caloric intake. For starters the vegetarians
and fish-eaters consumed up to four 4 percent less calories
than the carnivore.
Moreover, the meat-eaters regular
caloric was 14 percent higher than the intake of the vegans.
Inevitably, the data showed that people whose diet consisted
of vegetables and fruits were more prone to shed pounds and
weight because the foods of their diet contained less calories
in the similar servings sizes compared with the protein and
fat diets of cheese and meats.
Additionally, the diet nutritional
study depicted a variation in age. For instance, people age
20 to 30 were more prone to be a vegan or vegetarian; while
the meat-eaters were more apt to be age 40-50 (almost 70 percent
were carnivores). Consequently, age was considered a factor
in the weight loss variations. Of the people in their 40s and
50s, two-thirds to three-quarters were meat-eaters.
Researchers found the age difference
to play a significant role. Since, the average body mass index
(BMI) increases between one to two points after the age of 30,
the higher BMI represented the weight and size of the middle
aged individuals.
While the results of the study
do not suggest that eating a vegetarian diet is the way to lose
weight. It is contingent upon calorie consumption. Nevertheless,
a well-balanced vegan diet is comprised of beans whole grains
dairy, fruits, fish, vegetables, and eggs. As a result, a diet
with minimal amounts of nuts and healthy fats has fewer calories
than a diet with vast amounts of fatty meats.
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