A vegetarian is defined as someone who does not eat meat, poultry, or fish and instead consumes a diet consisting mainly of fruits, vegetables, grains, seeds, legumes, and nuts. Some reasons for becoming vegetarian include living a longer, healthier life, reducing pollution, and objecting to eating animals for ethical reasons. While vegetarian diets can potentially lack certain nutrients, these deficits can be avoided by consuming alternatives sources such as dairy, eggs, soy, legumes, grains, nuts, and vitamin supplements. Overall, vegetarianism has been linked to health benefits like lower risks of death from chronic disease, cancer, diabetes, and obesity.

1. BEING A VEGETARIAN

2. WHAT IS IT?
A vegetarian is a person
who does not eat meat,
poultry and fish.
Poultry:kümes hayvanları

3. Vegetarians eat mainly
fruit, vegetables, legumes,
grains, seeds, and nuts.
Many vegetarians eat eggs and
dairy products but avoid hidden
animal products such as beef and
chicken stocks, lard.
Grain:tahıl | Legume:baklagil | Lard:domuz yağı

4. WHY DO WE NEED
TO BE VEGETARIANS?

5. Some of us want to live
longer, healthier lives or do
our part to reduce pollution.

6. Others have made the switch because we want to preserve Earth’natural resources
or because we’ve always loved animals and are ethically opposed to eating them.

7. DISADVENTAGES
OF BEING A
VEGETARIAN

8. LOW CHOLESTEROL LEVELS
High cholesterol
levels may
cause death,
it’s known. But
low cholesterol
may cause
death, too.
*Cholesterols are a kind of fats.

9. LOWER BONE MINERAL DENSITY
Although
vegetarians take
their nutrients
from non-meat
products,
researches show
that vegetarians
have 5% lower BMD
than meat-eaters.

10. LOWER LEVELS OF VITAMIN B12
There are a lot of
vitamin B12 in meat
products so, lack of
these products may
cause low level of B12 if
you don’t get your B12
from meat products.
B12:a vitamin that is used by your body to keep your nerve system healty.

11. LOWER LEVELS OF OMEGA-3
It’s known that there are a lot of omega-3 inside
fishes. So, not eating fish may cause lack of omega-3.

12. THEY MAY SAY…

14. These are the people who:

15. But if you be careful about what you eat…

16. You can get your proteins from;
DAIRY

17. EGGS

18. SOY

19. LEGUMES
&
GRAINS

20. NUTS

21. …and you can get your B12 from;

22. …and you can get your omega-3 from;
Walnut Soy Spinach

23. …and you can get your minerals by
drinking 8-10 glasses of water every day.

24. Actually,
unlike the
common
idea, being a
vegetarian is
a healty way
to live.
Scientists
approve
that.

25. Because there are a lot of adventages of being a vegetarian

26. LOWER RISK OF DEATH
With none of the
saturated fat and
cholesterol that clogs
arteries, vegetarians
maybe at a lower risk
for chronic diseases
overall.

27. BETTER MOODS
A 2012 study randomly split participants into three diets:
All meat allowed Fish only Vegetarian diet, no meat

28. The researchers found that after two weeks, the people on
the vegetarian diet reported more mood improvements than
those on the other two diets.

29. LOWER RISK OF CANCER
Vegetarian diet has a lot
of antioxidant nutrients
so, this diet offers you a
highly protected body
against cancer.
Antioxidant: matters that keep toxics away from your body

30. LOWER RISK OF DIABETES
Studies have shown
that vegetarians
are at a lower risk
of developing
diabete.

31. LESS LIKELY TO BE OVERWEIGHT
Researches show that vegs
have lower body-mass index.
So, this keep them
away from obesity.

35. Not everybody
knows that meat
sector feeds the
global warming,
too.

36. SO WHY DON’T YOU DO YOUR PART ABOUT CONSERVATION OF THE EARTH?

37. Vegetarian food is
very common today.

38. You can buy
vegetarian
food in
markets.

40. ANY QUESTIONS?

41. SOURCES:
*Popular Science (Magazine)
*Google Pictures
*www.vegeterian.about.com
*www.vejetaryenkulubu.com
*www.youtube.com
*www.cookinglight.com
*www.greenchef.gr
*www.villa-florencia.co.uk
*www.ecorazzi.com
*www.popularvegan.com
*www.bbc.co.uk
*www.cookerecipe.com
*www.yesvegetarian.com
*www.menshealt.com
*www.vegeteriantimes.com
*www.brown.edu
*www.peta.org
*www.healtplus.vn