{"id":4632,"date":"2015-10-01T14:30:47","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T10:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/?p=4632"},"modified":"2015-10-01T14:35:06","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T10:35:06","slug":"1st-october-world-vegetarian-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/1st-october-world-vegetarian-day\/","title":{"rendered":"1st October- World Vegetarian Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A vegetarian, by definition, eats no meat. That includes fish and other forms of seafood.\u00a0<strong><i>World Vegetarian Day<\/i><\/strong> encourages us all to eat our vegetables and fruits. Countless studies have proven that a diet filled with fruits and vegetables is good for our health. Vegetarians, have taken this path either for their health.\u00a0There are plenty of groups and organizations that support the vegetarian effort.\u00a0Whether you are a vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, or \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/jennifer-grayson\/eco-etiquette-can-you-be-_b_781369.html\" target=\"_hplink\">weekday vegetarian<\/a>,&#8221; going veggie-friendly can be good for both your physical and mental health. Science Daily notes that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2009\/07\/090701103002.htm\" target=\"_hplink\">a vegetarian diet is associated with low blood pressure<\/a> and cholesterol, better heart health and even lower rates of cancer.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><em><strong>Reasons to go Vegetarian:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>a) Vegetarians are about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cancerproject.org\/diet_cancer\/facts\/meat.php\" target=\"_hplink\">40% less likely <\/a>to develop cancer than meat eaters.<\/p>\n<p>b)\u00a0\u00a0If you want to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcrm.org\/health\/\" target=\"_hplink\">get healthy<\/a>, you should start with food! Replace cancer-causing, fat, pesticide and hormone-laced meats with cancer-preventing, anti-inflammatory, cholesterol lowering foods like apples, broccoli, blueberries, carrots, flax, garlic, leafy greens, nuts and sweet potatoes.<\/p>\n<p>c)\u00a0 Because our meat and dairy-centric diet is woefully lacking in health-giving fiber, contained only in plant-based foods. A minimum of 35 grams per day is recommended;<\/p>\n<p>Here are the celebrities who \u00a0are vegetarians:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/slide_253473_1578818_free.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4635 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/slide_253473_1578818_free.jpg\" alt=\"slide_253473_1578818_free\" width=\"302\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/slide_253473_1578818_free.jpg 302w, https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/slide_253473_1578818_free-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/slide_253473_1578818_free-190x252.jpg 190w, https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/slide_253473_1578818_free-280x371.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/slide_253473_1578827_free.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4636 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/slide_253473_1578827_free.jpg\" alt=\"slide_253473_1578827_free\" width=\"260\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/slide_253473_1578827_free.jpg 252w, https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/slide_253473_1578827_free-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/slide_253473_1578827_free-190x302.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/slide_253473_1578831_free.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4637 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/slide_253473_1578831_free.jpg\" alt=\"slide_253473_1578831_free\" width=\"293\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/slide_253473_1578831_free.jpg 293w, https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/slide_253473_1578831_free-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/slide_253473_1578831_free-190x259.jpg 190w, https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/slide_253473_1578831_free-280x382.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/slide_253473_1578836_free.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4638 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/slide_253473_1578836_free.jpg\" alt=\"slide_253473_1578836_free\" width=\"291\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/slide_253473_1578836_free.jpg 314w, https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/slide_253473_1578836_free-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/slide_253473_1578836_free-190x242.jpg 190w, https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/slide_253473_1578836_free-280x357.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a href=\" http:\/\/www.holidayinsights.com\/moreholidays\/October\/worldvegetarianday.htm\" class=\"button medium grey\">Source<\/a>\n<a href=\" http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/kathy-stevens\/thirty-days-thirty-reason_b_1923921.html\" class=\"button medium grey\">Source<\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A vegetarian, by definition, eats no meat. That includes fish &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4633,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","cat_1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4632"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4645,"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4632\/revisions\/4645"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}