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It’s really that simple: Meat-eaters are fatter. The only regimen that’s been proved to take weight off and keep it off is a low-fat vegan diet. Obesity is one of the most pressing health problems in the U.S. and will soon become the country’s leading cause of preventable deaths. Despite the growing number of “diets” that are being touted throughout the country, Americans just keep getting fatter. Research studies cited by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) have shown that “the vast majority of people who lose weight gain it all back—and then some—within a year or two.” Dr. Dean Ornish, a medical doctor and the author of Eat More, Weigh Less, cites government studies that show that within five years of losing weight, 97 percent of dieters are just as fat as they were when they first began to diet—fatter, in some cases. They would have been better off if they hadn’t dieted at all.

Fortunately, the deadly epidemic of obesity can be stopped and even reversed. Switching to a vegan diet is the best way to lose weight and keep it off—for good. And the best part about it is that it’s not really a “diet” at all: Delicious vegan foods are naturally low in fat, so quantity and calorie restrictions are unnecessary. Eating vegan food helps us lose weight effortlessly.

Researchers have found that overweight people consume about the same number of calories as slim people—but that they don’t consume the same kinds of food. Animal products contain much more fat than plant-based foods—animal flesh, after all, is designed to store calories, which makes it one of the worst things that a dieter can eat. It’s no surprise that population studies have proved that meat-eaters have three times the obesity rate of vegetarians and nine times the obesity rate of vegans. It’s possible to be a fat vegan, of course, just as it’s possible to be a thin meat-eater, but adult vegans are, on average, 10 to 20 pounds lighter than adult meat-eaters.

Adopting a vegan diet won’t just help you slim down, it will also help you fight—and maybe even treat or cure—an array of ailments, including heart disease, cancer, diabetes, arthritis, and more. Dr. T. Colin Campbell of Cornell University, arguably the foremost epidemiologist in the world, states, “Quite simply, the more you substitute plant foods for animal foods, the healthier you are likely to be. I now consider veganism to be the ideal diet. A vegan diet—particularly one that is low in fat—will substantially reduce disease risks. Plus, we’ve seen no disadvantages from veganism. In every respect, vegans appear to enjoy equal or better health in comparison to both vegetarians and non-vegetarians.”

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