Although vegetarianism can be roughly divided into vegan, lacto-vegetarian, ovo-vegetarian, ovo-lactovegetarian, etc., in principle, vegetarianism generally refers to not eating animal protein. Because you don't eat meat, you can lower and regulate cholesterol in your body, and you won't ingest too much uric acid due to eating meat, which will increase the incidence of kidney failure and kidney stones. In addition, the human body is alkaline. Eating too much meat can easily make the body acidic, which increases the chance of getting sick. A vegetarian diet can help neutralize the acid-base of the body.
The benefits of being vegetarian are well known, but eating incorrectly can also be harmful. For example, if you eat overly processed products, not only will there be less nutrients, but the chemicals and pigments contained in them will also affect the human body. Excessive fats and oils used in cooking will actually cause a burden on the human body. Therefore, when cooking vegetarian food, do not use too complicated cooking procedures and eat more fresh vegetables; use an appropriate amount of oil and choose raw and rough ingredients (traditional tofu is better than boxed tofu, and sesame seeds are also sugary and less nutritious than sesame paste) (High); Changing the type of rice frequently, eating some brown rice occasionally, or adding grains, oats, etc. to rice are all good ways to achieve balanced nutrition.
Knowing the benefits of being vegetarian, perhaps your only worry is not getting the nutrients that meat only has. In fact, as long as you can choose a variety of dishes when eating vegetarian and don't prefer a few dishes, you can still get enough nutrients. In addition, because the cell tissue of meat is closer to that of the human body, the human body can absorb it better. Vegetarians need to master several principles in their diet to reduce their meat intake:
1 . Whole wheat bread, germ bread, brown rice, etc. should be used instead of white rice and white flour.
2. Meat is high in protein, but beans such as soybeans, edamame, mung beans, or processed beans such as tofu and dried beans are also rich in protein, which can supplement the lack of meat. Eating more beans is cholesterol-free Worry about too much.
3. Eat more cashews, almonds and other stone fruits. Their rich oils can replenish the calories needed by the body.
4. It is best to have four or five variations of vegetables; the iron contained in meat can be supplemented by consuming more high-iron fruits such as tomatoes, kiwis, and grapes.
5. Do not cook with more fat in order to make vegetarian food more flavorful. You should follow the principles of light, less salt and less sugar in vegetarian food to be in line with the healthy orientation of vegetarian food.
6. Vegetarians are prone to vitamin B12 deficiency, which can be improved by taking more multivitamins. It is not so easy for a beauty-loving woman to maintain a slim figure by following a vegetarian diet. If you cook incorrectly, use too much oil, or choose fried foods such as fried tofu skin, or sweets such as mung bean cakes, even though these foods They are all vegetarian. However, they are high in fat and sugar, making it difficult not to gain weight.
If you are a novice vegetarian, you may feel hungry very quickly even though you eat a lot at first. This is precisely because plants are easier to be absorbed by the gastrointestinal tract. Don’t worry, if you keep at it, you will deeply feel how good being a vegetarian is for your health.
Vegetarian food is mostly based on plant foods, or natural foods. It originally refers to monasteries that prohibit animal raw materials and prohibit five kinds of hard food (i.e. garlic, garlic, asafoetida, green onions, and green onions). Taoist dishes and Taoist dishes that prohibit five kinds of meat (i.e. leeks, scallions, garlic, coriander, and coriander) now mainly refer to vegetarian dishes made with vegetables (including fungi), fruits, and soy products, such as gluten, and make good use of bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, etc. Can the cooked vegetarian soup be more delicious? The main benefits of eating vegetarian dishes are as follows:
Vegetarian nutrition is the easiest to digest and absorb: all meat is not easy to digest in the stomach, and most of it even reaches the large intestine. Undigested or only half-digested, carnivorous animals are highly corrupted in the large intestine and are often toxic and harmful to the human body. On the contrary, the nutrients in fruits, vegetables and cereals are the easiest to digest and absorb directly. The fiber in plants can also prevent the occurrence of constipation.
A vegetarian diet can reduce the absorption of animal toxins and slow down aging: When animals are slaughtered, a large amount of toxic secretions will be produced due to anger, fear, sadness, pain, and struggle. People eat their meat, and they don’t know. Unknowingly, these toxins are taken into the body, which increases the load on the kidneys, liver and other detoxification organs, making people prone to illness and aging. If the machine is used too much or improperly, it will require more maintenance and the life span will be shorter.
Vegetarian food makes people calm and clear-headed: when eating animals, they also eat animal hormones and hormones into the stomach, making people prone to irritability and losing temper. On the contrary, most vegetarians have a docile personality and always remain calm, just like elephants, giraffes and other herbivores, who do not bully the weak. Animal fat blocks blood vessels and produces cholesterol, which causes aging of the body (including the brain). The blood of vegetarians is clean and their brain power can be greatly improved.
Chinese vegetarian cuisine is an important part of Chinese cuisine. Its distinctive features are mainly seasonal fresh food, exquisite selection of ingredients, exquisite skills, wide variety and unique flavor. Vegetarian dishes usually refer to dishes cooked with plant-based raw materials such as vegetable oil, vegetables, soy products, gluten, bamboo shoots, fungi, algae, and dried and fresh fruits.
Chinese vegetarian cuisine consists of three flavors: temple vegetarian dishes, palace vegetarian dishes, and folk vegetarian dishes. Temple vegetarian dishes, also known as vegetarian dishes, are dishes specially prepared by Xiangji Kitchen (Monk Kitchen) for monks and pilgrims to eat; Palace vegetarian dishes are dishes specially prepared by royal chefs for emperors to enjoy when they are fasting; folk vegetarian dishes are dishes developed in folk vegetarian restaurants by absorbing the essence of palace and temple vegetarian dishes on the basis of inheriting traditional vegetarian varieties. Here are some side dishes:
Persimmon Straw Mushrooms
Ingredients: 10 tomatoes, about 1000 grams, 10 rape leaves, 45 straw mushrooms
Preparation method: 1. Clean and blanch the rape leaves, remove them, apply sesame oil, and place on a plate; 2. Peel the tomatoes, cut off the roots, dig out the inner flesh, and place the insides with the openings facing down. Arrange them on the rape leaves. Clean the straw mushrooms and add 4 mature ones. Stir-fry briefly in oil, then add cooking wine, soy sauce, white sugar, vegetarian soup and MSG, stir-fry, thicken and add to tomatoes
Dry-roasted winter bamboo shoots
Ingredients: Winter Bamboo Shoot Tip 250 30 grams of mushrooms, 25 grams of carrots, 25 grams of green beans
Preparation method: 1. Slice winter bamboo shoots, cut into thick strips with a cross-cut knife, dice mushrooms and carrots, chop Danxian watercress, green onions Chop the ginger into mince, boil the winter bamboo shoots, mushrooms, diced carrots, and green beans in boiling water and take them out; 2. Add the minced green onion to the pot, add the watercress and stir-fry the red oil, add cooking wine, vegetarian soup, salt, and white sugar, and then add all the ingredients. After boiling, simmer over low heat for 10 minutes, then reduce to medium heat to reduce the juice, until the juice is gone and the oil is clear, then serve on a plate
Longan and Shrimp
Ingredients: 250 grams of fresh mushrooms, longan, red 6 cherries each, 25 grams of carrots, 10 grams of green beans
15 grams of water-cooked winter bamboo shoots
Preparation method: 1. Cut the mushrooms into shrimp shapes, clean the carrots and winter bamboo shoots and cut them into cubes ; 2. Make a batter with egg white, starch and baking powder. Put the shrimps in 70% hot oil under the batter and fry until light yellow; 3. Leave the bottom oil in the pot, add shredded ginger and ingredients, add salt, monosodium glutamate, cooking wine, fresh After the soup is boiled, thicken it, pour in the "shrimp meat", toss it twice on a plate, and surround it with longan and red cherries. Serve.
Carrot swallow in clear soup
Ingredients: About 1000 grams of ivory white radish, a few coriander leaves
Preparation method: 1. Wash, peel and cut the radish into long slices , then cut into 5 connected blades, rinse in water, drain, pat dry and shake the starch to disperse, steam in a basket, rinse in water, then soak in clean water; 2. Add salt to the plain soup, bring to a boil, and soak Boil the good radish slices briefly, remove them and put them into a soup basin; 3. Boil the vegetarian clear soup, add salt, pepper, MSG, beat off the foam, pour it into the soup basin and sprinkle with coriander and serve
Terrible Botulinum After reading the following text, you can naturally feel where cancer comes from without the research reports of doctors and scientists (although there are a lot of reports in this area). If you continue to love eating meat, you will risk your life by eating it. It tasted like puffer fish. Moreover, these materials come from the United States, which is ten times stricter than mainland China in terms of food inspection and prevention.
“Why did I become a vegetarian?” An American writer wrote: “When you truly understand that meat is filthy and unclean, and it is also a corpse with infectious diseases, you can no longer be embarrassed. Do you gobble it up with fear? I don’t eat any meat or take any vitamin pills, and I have lived a healthy life for half my life. I have traveled many times in the United States and often ate in restaurants and other people’s homes. The experience of giving up meat and becoming vegetarian has never made me feel uncomfortable. Let’s take it slow.
“When I was traveling, I took two or three bites of liver and felt that it tasted strange. The worms have already been cooked. From that day on, I felt sick to my stomach every time I saw liver. But beef was still my favorite, until something shocked me and I gave it up completely! What happened was that my neighbor selected the best cow from the herd and supplied him with his own milk . One day, the health worker came to check and said that the cow had tuberculosis and should be destroyed. The neighbor said he didn't believe it and ignored it. Later, another inspector came to check again and reported the same situation. My neighbor reluctantly sent the cattle to a larger slaughterhouse, obtained permission, and watched the cutting. What appeared in front of him was a whole leaf of lung that had been rotted by tuberculosis bacteria... Shortly after this incident, I led the students in my class to go hiking. When we passed the slaughterhouse, I asked the government inspector who was the guide. Butcher: "Excuse me, brother, if a cow has tuberculosis and one of its lungs is rotten, how do you deal with it?" "I also want to ask you, what do you do if there is a rotten spot on your apple? Why don't you treat it with rotten spots?" Do you peel it and eat it?" I noticed the surprised expressions on the students' faces. After leaving the slaughterhouse, I asked them if peeling an apple was the same as cutting beef. "It's different, just kidding!" They denied in unison. They said: "The blood from the diseased lungs will circulate throughout the body." So I pointed out another difference: "Animal germs will parasitize our bodies, while apple molds will only live on fruits and vegetables. Furthermore, it It won't circulate. Even if you eat the rotten apple, you won't get sick. "In this way, some meat foods that I hated in the past have become more disgusting to me.
“I used to love eating chickens. But after visiting a nearby chicken farm, I lost my appetite for this aspect. I saw that the chicken farmers inspected the chicken houses every day, removing sick chickens and those that lay less eggs. The chickens were picked out and sent to the market. Those guys with dejected faces and wet butts entered the processing factory. To my surprise, there was no inspection at all. My stomach seemed to tell me not to send any more dead chickens to me.
“One time, I went fishing in a mountain stream in Arizona with my friends, and I couldn’t figure out what was going on. Nearly one-half of the fish we caught had tumors. Either inside or outside, it was unappetizing to look at. After consulting relevant information, I learned from government reports that fish cancer is endemic in some mountain streams, especially trout. The infection rate is as high as 90%. ".
Compared with China, the sky in the United States is much purer and the water is much cleaner. Even so, fish in the United States are still infected with cancer. What about the animals in China? As you can imagine Know.
The pig head meat that a man from the north of China chews in Erguotou today is completely different from the pig legs that Fan Kuaihao ate during the Chu-Han conflict. Today’s animal carcasses are poisoned both internally and externally: modern agriculture. With the widespread application of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, animals eat plants, and toxins enter the animals' bodies. People eat animals, and humans have become the highest collectors of toxic substances. There is no way around it. Carnivores are at the top of the food chain.
It goes without saying that there are pesticide residues on plants, but research results from Edward State University in the United States show that the content of pesticide residues such as DDT in meat is 13 times that of plants. That is, the amount of pesticide residues in meat-eaters may be higher than that in plants. Vegetarians are 13 times more likely to eat it. What's more, pesticide residues on plants can be washed away, but pesticide residues in animal meat cannot be washed away.
There is a saying that people who eat hairy crabs and river fish are now. They are all brave people.
Farmers are a group of terrible people. They pour sacks of chemicals into animal feed and lakes and rivers to stimulate the growth of livestock, poultry, fish and shrimp, force-feed, inject hormones, and add appetizers to the feed. , antibiotics, tranquilizers, and preservatives (this type of meat containing nitrates is very dangerous to feed cats), regardless of the carcinogenic effects of these chemicals, meat eaters enjoy this kind of meat with their eyes closed.
There is also a poison called botulinum toxin. "Botulinum poison is extremely harmful!" Zhang Luping, director of the Beijing Human and Animal Environmental Protection Science Center, once again called on people to be vigilant after witnessing an animal killing scene.
A dog market somewhere in Beijing. Zhang Luping described it as a bloody place that can only be seen by those with a heart of stone. In front of other dogs, the butcher put a sharp serrated instrument on a dog's head, knocked it unconscious, hung it up, stabbed it to death, and immediately skinned it. The bloody and steaming dog meat was hung in front of the dogs. Zhang Luping clearly saw that the same dogs in the world went from barking together to silence, with tears in their eyes. The eyes looked frightened, sad, plaintive, angry, cursing... "If they could talk," she said, "they must be cursing the butchers for being inferior to animals.
Such dog meat is harmful to human health. The most frightening thing is that when animals are killed, they secrete a toxin, which is very harmful to the human body. Modern scientific research shows that this is a harmful adrenaline substance. Similarly, when pigs, cows, soft-shell turtles, chickens, etc. are killed, they are poisonous. Not only does it secrete emergency toxins, but it also contains sewage in the body. How is it safe to eat meat like this?
Cancer, mad cow disease, avian influenza, foot and mouth disease, SARS and other diseases are all directly related to animal botulinum in Zhang Luping’s opinion. . It is some kind of resistance in animals.
Cancer is positively related to meat.
That is to say, the more meat you eat, the more likely you are to get cancer. A survey by a medical committee composed of famous doctors from hospitals and other institutions showed that there is a positive correlation between meat consumption and cancer. The survey report reads: "The incidence of cancer in Beijing was 5.2 times higher in 1996 than in 1955. We surveyed hospitals and residents in urban areas. In the last century, the prevalence of colorectal cancer was less than 10 per 100,000. In the 1980s, it was 20 per 100,000, in the 1990s it was 24 per 100,000, and in 2001 it was 6 per 100,000. Ten forty-five. Why are there more and more cancer patients in cities? It’s related to diet. Eat more meat, don’t eat whole grains, and have less fiber... The growth rate of cancer is similar to the growth rate of meat...
A report by another medical investigation team said: "Our country was originally a low-incidence area for colorectal cancer, less than 10 per 100,000. However, in the past 20 to 30 years, with changes in food structure, the amount of meat consumption has increased. The incidence rate continues to rise, reaching 24.31 per 100,000, which is equivalent to the international moderate incidence rate. According to research estimates, after 2000, the incidence of colorectal cancer will be 1.45 times higher than in the 1980s. The mortality rate from colorectal cancer in Shanghai increased by 75% from 1972 to 1989. After 2000, the incidence of colorectal cancer will be 1.45 times higher than in the 1980s.
“Fifty percent of cancers are related to diet.” At the "2004 Tianjin Cancer Prevention and Treatment Awareness Week", experts said: "The number of new cancer cases in Tianjin is 16,000, and it is growing and getting younger. According to reports, although cancer is related to genetic factors, it is mainly caused by environmental factors including diet. For example, eating too much meat, eating too many staple foods, and lacking fiber, that is, eating too little whole grains, miscellaneous grains, etc., can lead to colorectal cancer. The increase in incidence rates; high fat and high protein intake are important reasons for the increase in the incidence rates of breast cancer and colorectal cancer; about 75% of head and neck cancers are caused by drinking and smoking...
Foreign studies have also confirmed that cancer is closely related to meat eating. According to a 1995 research report by the British Vegetarian Society, vegetarians are only half as likely to die prematurely as non-vegetarians, and vegetarians are less likely to suffer from heart disease and cancer. The main reason is that vegetarians have lower blood cholesterol levels. Reason... What is in meat and why does it cause cancer? In addition to accepted medical theories, many schools and experts point to carcinogens as poisons in meat. As mentioned above, botulinum poisoning is scary, but this cannot be emphasized enough.
Guo Geng, a well-known environmental expert in China and the person in charge of the Beijing Elk Garden, said: "I will cite one piece of evidence and you will understand: when animals, big or small, are tied up and killed, they feel so painful and resentful. Now they have aroused hatred. , toxins will flow throughout the body, so meat contains toxins. This kind of poison is very powerful. For example, if a breastfeeding woman is angry, the milk will contain toxins, and if you don’t believe it, you will get sick easily. When a woman with a baby gets angry, she squeezes out some of her milk and puts it in the sun for a while, and it turns green. Normal milk turns white when exposed to the sun.
How does vegetarianism prevent cancer? What about? Dr. Johnson from the University of Texas MD Anderson Hospital in the United States has discovered the fact that in areas where people consume a lot of potassium on a daily basis, the content of potassium in human cells is always lower than that of sodium. Ten times, when cells divide, the potassium content decreases and the sodium content increases. Cancer cells are no exception. Every time a cell is injured, potassium leaks out of the cell, and the cancer cells begin to multiply. If a person suffers from a chronic disease. There are ways to increase the potassium content of cells in the body, which reduces the chance of cancer. On the contrary, potassium in the elderly is particularly easy to leak from the cell membrane, so the chance of cancer increases with age. Medical research has further found that if some cancer cells are present. When potassium is added to the culture medium, it will suddenly turn into normal cells. The blood cancer cells of mice cannot form hematopoietic cells, but when the potassium in the culture medium is increased to more than ten times, hematopoiesis occurs. , the ratio of potassium and sodium is the key to the formation of cancer cells... The secret of dietary therapy to prevent cancer in recent years is based on this principle, more potassium and less salt. Both table salt and MSG (a sodium salt) contain a lot of sodium, and vegetables and Beans contain a lot of potassium, so eating more fruits, vegetables and beans and less salt and MSG is an important measure to prevent cancer, high blood pressure, and diabetes.
The saying that God has made us vegetarian has been around for many years. It has been agreed and acquiesced by many medical institutions and experts, that is, from the perspective of human structure and functions, people may be more suitable to be vegetarians. Therefore, some people say that people are originally vegetarian animals, but they can only eat them for various reasons. The medical community has conducted studies comparing the intestines of carnivores and humans. Taking tigers as an example, its intestines appear to be short and straight. Many wrinkles. We know that meat is perishable, so God gave tigers short intestines so that the digestion residues of the meat will not stay in the intestines for too long. The total length of human intestines is about 30 feet, and the large intestine alone is only 30 feet long. Five feet long, nearly three times as long as a tiger, so people should not eat meat; because meat is easy to putrefy and is more susceptible to decay and fermentation at the temperature of the intestines. This can be explained by the fact that the feces of herbivores do not have the same stench as those of meat eaters. Just imagine how many pathogenic bacteria will be produced by rotten meat in human intestines.
As for herbivorous animals such as cattle and sheep, God has given them several stomachs. Because they only eat grass, which has a lot of fiber and takes a long time to digest, and requires a lot of food to maintain body functions... so they have several stomachs for rumination, and their intestines are longer than humans. God does not want people to eat grass. We have grains, nuts, beans, fruits, etc. as food. The fiber in these foods is not as thick as grass and is difficult to digest. There is no need to ruminate, so one stomach is enough. Another point, people The molars of animals are well-developed and suitable for grinding food, that is to say, they are suitable for eating grains and beans; while carnivores have sharp incisors and staggered canine teeth, which are obviously used to seize life and crush human bodies...Understanding this, people may understand that humans Why are there so many diseases? It's because people have violated the will of nature and eaten things they shouldn't have eaten.
People often worry that vegetarian diets are nutritionally deficient. The most common reaction among vegetarians to this concern is to laugh it off. They may enjoy competing with meat eaters to see who is healthier.
There is no doubt that vegetarians look healthier from every angle: their bodies are lighter, their reflexes are sharper, their brains are more energetic, they fall asleep more easily, they need less sleep, and they are in a more cheerful mood As a result, they suffer less from depression, they catch colds less frequently, and get better quickly once they catch them. They are less prone to calcium deficiency, and even better, they are less likely to get cancer, high blood pressure, diabetes and Alzheimer's disease - an important factor in Alzheimer's disease. The cause is vascular distortion caused by fat. A set of national data this year shows that the proportion is higher in the north than in the south, and there are more women than men. The most at risk group are older women in the north. They happen to be regular buyers of fatty meat fillings... Theoretically, vegetarian food can provide better nutrition than meat food. First, let’s break a stereotype: Meat is higher in protein than vegetarian food. In fact, many vegetarian foods have higher protein content than meat: for example, the protein content in various nuts and melon seeds reaches 30%, grains contain about 10%, and the protein content in beans is even higher, nearly 40%, which is twice that of meat. The protein content of soybean skin is as high as 50%, and the protein in soybeans is a complete protein, which is easier to be absorbed by the human body.
People joke that a Cantonese man who makes broth is not as strong as a northern man who eats steamed buns. People often use meat for supplementation. In fact, meat is not only not as rich in protein as beans, but also the most lacking in vitamins and minerals among various foods.
Peas, wheat, and oats contain twice as much iron as beef, and almost every plant contains more iron than meat; meat does not contain as much calcium as vegetarian food: per 100 grams of food The calcium contained in chicken is 5 (mg), beef is 8, pork is 12, fish is 30, peas are 71, mushrooms are 125, fungus is 207, seaweed is 850... Chinese people are generally deficient in calcium, or The calcium-phosphorus ratio is imbalanced due to love for eating meat.
Even the fat that meat is best at is always overshadowed by vegetarian food. For example, the oil content of walnuts is as high as 66.9; peanuts are as high as 48.7, sesames are as high as 48.23, soybeans are as high as 20.20... There are 13 kinds of fatty acids, animal fats and oils contain 6 kinds, but vegetable fats and oils contain all, and animal fats are saturated fats. High cholesterol content can easily cause arteriosclerosis, hypertension, heart disease, and facilitate the reproduction of cancer cells; vegetable fats are unsaturated fats, which can promote the excretion of bile acids, reduce cholesterol, and avoid heart disease and various cardiovascular diseases.
Vegetarian food is not lacking in nutrients, and vegetarians who live long lives are the best proof.
An American medical organization wants to conduct a comparative study on vegetarian diets. The meat-eating group is extremely easy to find, but it is not easy to find pure vegetarians. So they went to temples in China, to remote temples in Sichuan and Hunan, and they were shocked when they asked, "How old are the old monks and the old monks who served as the control group?" The average is over 80 years old.
Being vegetarian makes your body strong.
Meat eaters are strong and vegetarians are weak. This common belief may have existed for thousands of years. The actual situation will probably surprise all the meat eaters who think they are more powerful than vegetarians (vegetarians will not be surprised, they have long known that they are more powerful than meat eaters). It is a complete reversal of our ideas: the Olympics seems to be vegetarian A place where great efforts are shown, the Olympic Games have also become a place where vegetarians gather. Pauline Ross, the swimming champion of the first Olympic Games, was a vegetarian. He was the most famous athlete because of his amazing speed and endurance. His appearance set off a trend of vegetarianism among Western athletes.
A few decades later, a special vegetarian exercise theory also appeared. This is the "Vegetarian Sports Nutrition Manual", written by Lisa. Dovman is a sports nutritionist in Miami who also competes in marathons and triathlons. She has benefited greatly from a vegetarian diet during her high-volume sports career. She also coaches several Olympians. She said that a vegetarian diet is very effective for people who exercise a lot or want to keep fit.
She did not exaggerate the power of vegetarians. She said: Meat eaters can also have good explosive power like vegetarians, but after explosive power, vegetarians begin to show their advantages in durability. The endurance is far beyond that of carnivores.
Just like if a cheetah cannot catch an antelope in one swoop, it will never be able to catch up with the antelope. This carnivore runner will always be defeated in the endurance competition.
Therefore, Dovman said, "Olympic-level athletes or professional sports players do not necessarily need to eat meat. Being vegetarian can still make you a powerful 'exercise machine.'".
In the book, she lists the training secrets and three-meal recipes of 17 of the world's top athletes, including Olympic wrestler Campbell, six-time triathlon champion Scott and professional American Football player Schier. These people are all vegetarians or basically vegetarians (for example, no meat and only a little fish). Dovman said that eating more plants has many benefits, one of which is that vegetables and fruits are rich in carbohydrates, “which is good for long-distance running or Sprinting and increasing momentum are all helpful.
What makes the Chinese people lose their sight is that the world's most famous middle-distance running king, Carl Lewis, is a strict vegetarian. When he recalled his sports career, he said, " I discovered that one can be a successful athlete without animal protein. In fact, my best track year was my first year on a vegan diet. Additionally, by continuing to eat a vegan diet, my weight is under control and I love the way I look. (I know this sounds silly, but we all want to like the way we look.) I like to eat a lot and I feel great. Below is my story.
The concept that eating meat makes people strong and powerful may come from the ancient barbaric times. At that time, carnivorous tribes such as safari clans, bandits and pirates had nothing to eat, so they packed their bellies with meat and conquered conquests. Countries with agricultural culture often succeed, and the peaceful character of vegetarians is always suppressed by the barbaric momentum of carnivores. For example, the Huns and Mongols, regarded as the "yellow peril", swept Europe twice in a thousand years, leaving these "civilized people" "I was shocked again and again by these tribes who eat less vegetables and eat purely meat. The concept of carnivorous bravery has also deepened in human thinking time and time again. But these Mongols, who also defeated the Westerners, a carnivorous people, were defeated twice by the Japanese, a herbivorous people, in the thirteenth century. According to historical records, those Japanese warriors who rarely ate meat and only ate a little sashimi, but ate a lot of rice and vegetables, were more fierce than the Mongols, making it impossible for those grassland warriors and Goryeo soldiers to get close, and they were defeated along the coast of Japan. fall. The Mongols' invincible march to conquer the world was halted by the Japanese.
Everyone knows that ancient Rome was a rich and corrupt society. Even slaves can eat meat porridge and so on. But the gladiators in this society who needed the most courage, strength, and agility were vegetarians. In Roman, gladiators had another name, "barley chewers." These gladiators usually ate coarse wheat bread or soaked barley. Their food is truly reflected in the movie "Gladiator". The yellow and sticky stuff is probably a kind of porridge mixed with peas and oats. You must know that they do not have to chew that barley because they are mistreated. Gladiators are generally the treasures of manor owners, rich men, and even governors. Although they are slaves, this makes their faces gilded and their pockets bulging. Slaves, just like the masters of English castles who now keep noble thoroughbred horses, although they are beasts, can eat better than their masters if necessary. And those Roman slaves chewed raw barley because they had to fight and survive in a life-and-death duel. They had bloody lessons, and of course they knew what to eat was more beneficial to physical strength and brave perseverance. Indeed, it is difficult for us to imagine that a man who is full of wine and meat can defeat these slaves who are as thin as iron. In addition, eating raw vegetables and some grains has been confirmed by many Chinese and foreign nutritionists and medical scientists to be more beneficial than cooked food because they are more complete with natural nutrients. This is why they chew barley raw.
There is another example that illustrates the courage and health of vegetarians. That is China's Shaolin monks. Because of the random writing in film and television works, the Chinese public has always believed that the monks of Shaolin Temple are "the wine and meat passed through the intestines, and the Buddha's heart is retained." This has added a big "stain" to this famous temple. Masters have come out many times to clarify that all Shaolin Temple's Official disciples are all vegetarians and practice in strict accordance with the rules of Buddhist sutras.
Indeed, the first major precept in Buddhism is to abstain from killing. Even the weapons of the monks never have swords, at most they are sticks, and they do not care about taking human lives. Eating meat must involve killing, so how could this ancestral home of Zen blatantly maintain a bunch of drunkard monks and undermine Shaolin's prestige in the Buddhist world? There is no doubt that the Shaolin warriors are vegetarians. Their power can be heard and seen by all ears. This shows that vegetarians can perform lighter, more violent and stronger tasks than meat eaters.
Being vegetarian makes people smart.
Are vegetarian people smarter or carnivorous people smarter? There has been much debate about this. In fact, history clearly shows that since ancient times, the Han people have been a vegetarian or semi-vegetarian nation. It is self-evident who is smarter between them and the surrounding carnivorous clans and tribes. The splendid ancient books, beautiful things and abundant people all tell the story of a nation’s creative brain active in the world. Even in modern times when the Western powers were defeated in their struggle with the carnivorous nations, the question of whether a Westerner is smarter or a Chinese is smarter is open to question.
Because India believes in Hinduism, the whole country is vegetarian (except Muslims, of course). It is open to public opinion whether Indians are smart. In the world, mathematics and philosophy, the kings of wisdom, are controlled by Indians. It is universally recognized that Indians are the best at mathematics. Many mathematics masters in the world are from India. Even today, India has become the number one country in software. Indian classical philosophy surpasses ancient Greece and ancient Egypt in its profound and systematic study of things. It even surpasses the German (German) philosophy represented by Hegel and Nietzsche, and other countries cannot compare to it.
Most of the most influential religions in the East originate from India. Needless to say, the wisdom and profundity of Buddhism are great. People who study and believe in Buddhism often suddenly realize after getting started and sigh: It is too profound and too wise. ! Indeed, a Western scientist (forgot his name) said that the more he studies, the more he feels that modern science is only confirming the discovery of Buddhism as early as three thousand years ago... The system of the older Hinduism is as vast and rational as Buddhism... It is widely spread in the West , Jesus returned after studying in India for more than ten years and preached Christianity... The ancient Greek philosophy that is most admired by the world's intellectual circles was also created by vegetarians. The ancient Greek masters Socrates, Plato, and Pythagoras were all strict vegetarians... … Among the great masters since the Renaissance, there are also many vegetarians. In the past, we mostly knew a little bit about their works and political tendencies, but we knew very little about the life tendencies that affected their entire lives. This is actually the most important and essential aspect of them. Leonardo da Vinci, Tolstoy, Bernard Shaw, Gandhi, and Einstein (who were strict vegetarians for a long time) why were they vegetarians? Because they all have a kind of love and non-violence in their hearts that they consider to be the most sacred. Unfortunately, there is another notorious person who was also a vegetarian. He was Hitler. There is no doubt about the impact of vegetarianism on his intelligence.
The above-mentioned kingdoms of wisdom that require the most brainpower to build are all done by vegetarians. There is really nothing to say.
One of the hallmarks of a vegetarian is a flexible mind. The mark of a carnivore is dullness of mind. The Chinese were once guarded against by Westerners because they were too flexible.
After switching to a vegetarian diet, many people find that their brains have become more flexible, their imagination has become richer, their comprehension has improved, their thinking has become sharper, and some of their memory has increased... In short, the brain function has obviously improved. A beautiful state, more beautiful than the state of youth. In fact, children around the world who have been vegetarians since childhood are often very intelligent. From this, it can be seen that it is absolutely true that vegetarianism improves brain power.
As early as more than 2,000 years ago, our ancestors also made the same observation and judgment! "Eating meat makes you brave and powerful; eating grain makes you smart and skillful." These are the words in the "Book of Rites of Great Destiny", written in black and white, and have been passed down for so many generations.