I just found out that vegetarianism goes way back to ancient India and Greece!
Wow, I didn't know the concept of vegetarianism dates back so far.
I heard that a big reason was the idea of nonviolence towards animals and tied to religious philosophies.
I wonder when people started doing it for health reasons.
I am not positive the actual dates, but it nearly disappeared in the 4th through 6th centuries.
What are some health benefits to being vegetarian?
I know the 2010 Affordable Care listed 10 categories of benefits, but I haven't looked at the regulation myself.
What are some common proteins vegetarians eat?
Vegetarian nutrition
Vegetarian nutrition is the set of health-related challenges and advantages of vegetarian diets.
If well-planned and fortified to balance possible deficiencies, vegetarian diets can become nutritionally adequate and can be appropriate for all stages of the human life cycle, including during pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence. When fortified, a vegetarian diet can provide adequate protein, iron, zinc, vitamin B, and calcium intake. However, in non-fortified vegetarian diets, or when not enough calories are
History of vegetarianism
The earliest records of vegetarianism as a concept and practice amongst a significant number of people are from ancient India and the ancient Greek civilizations in southern Italy and Greece. In both instances, the diet was closely connected with the idea of nonviolence toward animals (called "ahimsa" in India), and was promoted by religious groups and philosophers.
Following the Christianization of the Roman Empire in late antiquity (4th–6th centuries), vegetarianism nearly disappeared from Europe. Several orders of monks in medieval Europe restricted or