Vegetarianism has hidden risks.

The benefits of vegetarianism are obvious, because fruits and vegetables can not only supplement a lot of dietary fiber and vitamins, but also have natural antioxidant nutrients, which play an important role in protecting the heart and aorta and eliminating toxins in the body. However, it should be noted that vegetarianism also has many risks to health. Because vegetarian dishes and meat dishes are two extremes in the food chain, we can't be seriously biased towards which side, otherwise it will easily lead to nutritional imbalance and pose the following threats to health.

undernutrition

Many people's vegetarian diet is not balanced and diversified, which easily leads to the lack of nutrients. For example, iron deficiency, the human body's absorption rate of iron in plant foods is low, and long-term iron deficiency can easily lead to anemia; Lack of vitamin B, an essential nutrient for hematopoietic process and nervous system, almost exists only in animal food; Affect the absorption of calcium and zinc. Most plant foods contain phytic acid and oxalic acid. Excessive intake will hinder the absorption of calcium and zinc. Calcium deficiency is not conducive to bone health, and zinc deficiency will affect immune function. Low calorie intake, long-term vegetarians generally have protein and insufficient fat intake, which leads to low calorie intake for a long time and easily leads to malnutrition. Therefore, long-term vegetarians should pay attention to the reasonable collocation of nutrients to avoid diseases caused by partial eclipse.

decreased immunity

Insufficient intake of protein for a long time has a great influence on human body's resistance, which will unbalance the proportion of carbohydrate, protein and fat in human body, thus leading to anemia, emaciation, dyspepsia, memory loss and other symptoms. Studies leading to infertility show that women's long-term vegetarian diet will affect hormone secretion in the body and may even lead to infertility. Especially for women over the age of 30, the fertility itself has declined, and vegetarianism needs to be more cautious.

Not conducive to lowering blood pressure

Many hypertensive patients think that they can control hypertension without eating meat, so they refuse any meat and stick to a vegetarian diet. In fact, this is not conducive to controlling high blood pressure. Because of long-term vegetarianism, refusing the intake of animal protein and fat will easily lead to poor vascular elasticity and eventually lead to hypertension.