10 interesting facts about vegetarianism

    




1. The birthplace of the vegetarian movement is considered to be Ancient India. It is worth noting that today many of the inhabitants of Wonderland, voluntarily forgo meat, thus making more than 70% of the total vegetarian "population" of the planet.

2. The world's first vegetarian community was formed in 1847 in England. The main goal of the activists was debunking the myth that eating meat is incompatible with health and longevity.

3. Vegetarianism, like any ideology, can sometimes go to extremes. So, strict vegetarians – vegans – not only refuse meat, but also, for example, from the honey (this product is often accompanied by the death of bees) and sugar, for "bleaching" which is used animal charcoal.

4. One of the radical forms of vegetarianism is proteinto, or fructigena, allowing the absorption of only those fruits, which are collected in a nonviolent way. In other words, frutarian for a sweet soul will eat a fallen tree with pear, but no carrots, the collection of which is associated with the destruction of the root of a plant.

5. A large part of people refuses animal food in the name of caring about the environment. And I must say, their concerns are not groundless.

6. A significant number of people joined the army "grazers" and for religious and ethical reasons. In particular, vegetarianism is widespread in the environment of Krishna, and Rastafarians.

7. British scientists say that the probability of joining the ranks of vegetarians is directly proportional to IQ. The researchers attribute this regularity with the common analytical bias of thinking characteristic of "intelligent" people.

8. Another study, in which women are "sniffed" t-shirts vegetarians and meat eaters, showed that men who refused from eating red meat, have a more pleasant and attractive body odor.

9. In the ranks of "star" of vegetarians, among others, were listed and include: Leonardo da Vinci, albert Einstein, Henry Ford, Paul McCartney, Ozzy Osbourne, Sinead O'connor and brad pitt.

10. There are in this list and the infamous celebrity: some people believe that a few years before the death of Adolf Hitler "took" vegetarianism. However, some biographers claim that the dictator didn't eat meat just in front of the guests, pointedly blaming those for their "murderous" habits. At the table Hitler liked to tell about the process of slaughtering, and when the audience had lost his appetite and pushed away the plates, he accused them of "hypocrisy". On one of the gala dinners, the Fuhrer said: "Here you have an example of how cowardly people. They are not able to kill the animal, but without the slightest remorse absorb the results of other people's murders."

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