Vegetarians less likely to die from heart disease study finds.

  Long term vegetarianism is linked to various benefits as longevity is enhanced, risk of cancer and diabetes is decreased. Weight loss and improved digestion are encouraged significantly. According to American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vegetarianism can offer protection against heart disease by lowering cholesterol and blood pressure.

 Researchers at the University of Oxford monitored the blood and cholesterol levels of 450000 English and Scottish Volunteers-34% of which vegetarian. During that period, 1,235 volunteers that didn't follow a vegetarian diet developed heart disease, 169 died from it and the remaining 1.066 recovered but continued to suffer throughout their lives. The risk of heart disease for vegetarians is a third lower than comparable non vegetarians. 

 Vegetarianism is characterised by some distinctive features.

1. Extended rather than short intestinal tract
2. Too weak hydrochloric acid to digest meat and parasites
3. Saliva alkaline rather than acidic. 

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