Dietary Prophecy

This day was excellent.  I had an awesome interview with a vegetarian waiter who answered several of my questions that I had about vegetarianism.  However,  I will talk about this interesting story tomorrow because I want to share an awesome article.  I read an article titled "Long-Term Benefits of a Vegetarian Diet".  The article, written by Dr. Erik J. Lindbloom, can be read here.  

The article displayed a statistic that was produced by The Oxford Vegetarian Study that shows that the mortality rate for ishemic heart disease for vegetarians is lower than non-vegetarians.  Other diet trials for the favor of vegetarianism have included nephrolithiasis, rheumatoid arthritis, and dysmenorrhea.  The fact that vegetarianism can prolong your life is an excellent reason why people become vegetarians.  Mentally healthy people usually want to live longer lives.  Whether people are seven or seventy years old, it is never too late to live a healthier, longer life.  

For lunch, my mother, my sister, and I ate at the Olive Garden.  All of us ate the same appetizers:  bread sticks and salads.  However, for the main dishes, we all ordered something different.  My sister ordered stuffed chicken Marsala, and mother obtained lasagna; these two dishes were probably my favorites.  However, I had to stay strong, so I ordered the five cheese ziti al forno.  It was delicious, and it was filled with cheese and tomatoes!  I consumed it so quickly that I almost forgot to take a picture.

Today, I pondered why more people do not become vegetarians, nor at least, think about becoming one in the future.  I think it has to do with the negative connotations that are attached to vegetarianism:  hippies, health nuts, horrible food, and too difficult of an option.  However, nothing could be farther from the truth, and hopefully more people will become vegetarians in the future.