"There are numerous reasons why athletes choose to follow a vegetarian diet, including ecological, economical, humanitarian, and health. Regardless of why athletes choose to become, or remain vegetarians, the various health benefits have been well documented..."

With the increasing knowledge that a vegetarian diet can have positive health benefits in humans, you may start to wonder if a vegetarian diet can help your dog live a longer and healthier life. There's actually some convincing evidence that this may be true.

“Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.” -Albert Einstein

You can get many of the health benefits of a vegetarian diet without trading your turkey for Tofurkey by trying "flexitarianism" on for size.

It is a complete myth that people who are devoid of animal foods would have nutritional deficiency. People on vegetarian diets have no danger of health problems or nutritional deficiencies.

Vegetarianism is the practice of a diet that excludes all animal flesh, including poultry, game, fish, shellfish or crustacea, and slaughter by-products. The reasons for choosing vegetarianism may be related to morality, religion, culture, ethics, aesthetics, environment, society, economy, politics, taste, or health.There are several variants of the diet, some of which also exclude eggs and/or some products produced from animal labor such as dairy products and honey. Veganism, for example, excludes all animal products from diet. By some strict definitions, animal products are not used for attire either, whether or not the production of clothing or items has involved the actual death of an animal (dairy, eggs, honey, wool, silk, down feathers, etc.) A generic term for both vegetarianism and veganism, as well as for similar diets, is "Plant-based diets".Vegetarian diets have been found to satisfy the nutritional needs for all stages of life, and large-scale studies have shown vegetarianism to increase longevity, improve health, and significantly lower risks of cancer and other diseases.