| A vegetarian lifestyle is better for many reasons but | | | | and chronic diseases. Eating correctly now will save |
| how about where it hits your pocket book? Eating | | | | you a lot of money when you're older - compare the |
| vegetables, fruits, grains, rice and healthy foods is | | | | price of open-heart surgery or the drugs and |
| much more frugal than one that includes meat. There | | | | medication you will take for high cholesterol and other |
| are a lot of reasons for this but it has been said to | | | | heart related issues plaguing our nation versus eating |
| produce a pound of beef can cost our precious natural | | | | carrots and healthy vegetables, fruits, grains and nuts. |
| resources of water, land, and air, etc. | | | | The savings are clear! Even health insurance |
| 80 times to that of vegetables. Also by doing what | | | | companies are looking objectively on vegetarian diets |
| your mother and grandmother so wisely always said | | | | when the likes of Dr. Joel Fuhrman and Dr. John |
| to you to, "Eat your vegetables," you will live a longer, | | | | McDougall prove the cost savings to someone put on |
| healthier life and your doctors' bills will be significantly | | | | a healthy vegetarian diet versus standard medical care |
| reduced in a short period of time! | | | | of medications and surgery! It simply costs them less |
| Another notable savings will be on a day-to-day basis. | | | | money when people stay healthy. |
| Beans, rice and corn, the staples of a vegetarian diet | | | | The costs of health care in the U.S. is a whopping $2.4 |
| are inexpensive. Once you remove meat from your | | | | trillion with a "T" and is increasing about 6.7 percent |
| grocery list, you'll find that plant foods are a lot cheaper | | | | each year. Insurers are urging their clients to make |
| than even the lowest-priced hamburger. Even canned | | | | healthy lifestyle choices. |
| and likely mercury toxic tuna costs about $2 per | | | | One of our most problematic areas is the rising |
| pound - compare that to a bag of dry beans or a | | | | numbers of people diagnosed with heart disease. |
| package of tofu, and the difference over the course | | | | Research has proven that a plant-based diet improves |
| of even just a few months can be profound. | | | | all of things that lead to heart problems. Blood pressure, |
| The price of fruits and vegetables vary greatly | | | | cholesterol and weight. According to a spokes person |
| depending on what you buy. Locally grown produce | | | | for Blue Cross, "The connection between a vegetarian |
| changes depending on the season. When you start | | | | diet and reducing the costs of these high-impact health |
| buying organic, the prices go up. Spending a little more | | | | conditions is clear as a bell." |
| for organics will give you the confidence these foods | | | | The mounting evidence for going vegetarian is more |
| offer more nutritional punch and less chemical | | | | obvious day-to-day. The increasing price of meat, |
| additives. Of course the best and cheapest is your | | | | dairy, poultry, fish and eggs is one reason. The |
| own home grown! | | | | inhumane treatment of these poor animals and |
| The most significant cost savings to us individually and | | | | livestock is another and the cost to our environment to |
| as a nation will be to our health and health care | | | | produce animal based products is yet an |
| system. Better nutrition will lead to better health, which | | | | overwhelming economic reason. But with all that said, |
| will result in untold cost savings to your own health | | | | the primary benefit is to your health and well being. Be |
| care but help our nation get back on track. Years of | | | | frugal with our environment, be good to your body, |
| poor nutrition can lead to a variety of health ailments | | | | enjoy a healthy life, go vegetarian. |