World Wide Populations of Vegetarians

What do Brad Pitt, Bob Dylan, Pamela Anderson, Martina Navratilova, David Duchovny and Brigitte Bardot have in common? All are vegetarians. With the exception of India, it is estimated that about 1% of global population eats meat, poultry and fish, and that approximately 0.1% of the vegans, avoiding all animal products. However, these figures translate about 60 million people around the world, except India.

2008 a major study of vegetarians [Vegetarianism in America, published by Vegetarian Times] shows that 3.2 percent of American adults (7.3 million) followed by a vegetarian diet. Approximately 0.5 percent (1 million), those who are vegans, who consume animal products without a god. In addition, 10 percent of adult Americans (22.8 million people) say they followed a semi-vegetarian diet, which includes the occasional consumption of fish.

This study showed that of the non-vegetarians surveyed 5.2 percent, or 11.9 million people, are "definitely interested" in following a vegetarian diet in the future. This shows that many people believe that vegetarian diets are healthful diet.

vegetarian study collected data on age, gender and other demographic factors reveals that:

vegetarian study collected data on age, gender and other demographic factors reveals that:...
- 42.0 percent 18-34 years, 40.7 percent are 35 to 54, and 17.4 percent were older than 55 years.
- 59 percent of women and 41 percent of men

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2008 vegetarian study also showed that 53 percent of vegetarians eat a vegetarian diet to improve your overall health. Environmental factors were mentioned by 47 percent, 39 percent cited "natural approaches to wellness," says 54 percent of animal welfare, 31 percent said food safety concerns, 25 percent said losing weight, a 24 percent weight maintenance

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In Western Europe the number of vegetarians varies between 2% and 4% of the population according to 2006 Mintel Review (Mintel.com), with Britain as Britain iznimka.Velika is shown as having the highest per capita vegetarians in Western Europe on 6 % stanovništva.Velik number of vegetarians in the UK will be charged to some measures of health scares related to mad cow disease.

number of vegetarians in Eastern Europe varies between 0.3% and 1.9%% of the population according to Mintel, a significantly lower percentage compared to Western Europe. As for the rest of the world, the data are incomplete and estimates vary between 0.2% and 4% of vegetarians as a percentage of the population, besides India and Israel.

of Israel, to 8.5%, has the world's second largest percent of vegetarians, according to the Israeli Ministry of Health, which means a substantial 595,000 people in such a small country. India has more vegetarians than the rest of the world study Hindu zajedno.2006 list revealed that 40 percent of the population, or 399 million people, vegetarians.

It is estimated that today, more than 400 million Indians are vegetarian, mainly driven by class and religious problems, the Brahmin class is expected to not eat meat, Hinduism suggests vegetarianism and the Jain religion is demanding.

Jain religion does not believe in harming other forms of life. With more than 7 million members, they forbid the eating of any kind of meat, eggs or honey, root vegetables (which could harm the soil when the insects are harvested), and fruit or vegetables that are in the field, and those who are more than 3 days star (including pickles and preserves). Water should be boiled before drinking, and all liquids must be strained before drinking, usually with a cloth held over the mouth.

There are different types of vegetarians, depending on dietary restrictions. For example, some vegetarians do not include any cooked food, while others may exclude milk or eggs, and so on.

It is interesting to note that, when they are vegetarians compared with non-vegetarians in the same demographic (the same socio-economic-cultural background), studies show that vegetarians are less healthy. In fact, peer-reviewed studies show that vegetarians have a higher risk of cancer, dementia, obesity, heart disease, stroke, eating disorders, infertility and other diseases.

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