World Vegetarian Day: Significance, quotes, Facebook & WhatsApp messages

Bhubaneswar: Today is World Vegetarian Day. Instituted by the North American Vegetarian Society in 1977 to promote a vegetarian lifestyle and make people aware of the benefits of maintaining a vegan diet, the day (October 1) also marks the beginning of Vegetarian Awareness Month.

The day is observed to spread awareness on social, health, and environmental benefits of going meatless. Vegetarian diets or vegan diets are healthy, nutritional, and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of several diseases.

Here’re few WhatsApp & Facebook messages:    

–You don’t become a vegetarian by force, you become one by choice…. So always make a better choice for a healthier and happier life ahead….. Happy World Vegetarian Day.

— I am a vegetarian not because I love animals but because I hate plants more….. Sending my best wishes on World Vegetarian Day!!!

–Eating vegetarian food doesn’t mean that you have to eat boring food…. Just explore the other size of the fence to know how delicious vegetarian food can be….. Happy World Vegetarian Day.

Quotes by leaders who laid emphasis on vegetarian lifestyle 

–Vegetarian food leaves a deep impression on our nature. If the whole world adopts vegetarianism, it can change the destiny of humankind—Albert Einstein

-When we eat vegetarian foods, we need not worry about what kind of disease our food died from; this makes a joyful meal!—John Harvey Kellogg

-I am a stronger follower of Veganism by principle, not just because of moral and aesthetic reasons. I truly believe in a Vegetarian lifestyle and I have faith and hopes in change in human destiny, thanks to the physical effects and benefits of a healthier diet and its influence on the character of the people. It will bring about some benefit and improvement to human society—Albert Einstein

-If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian. We feel better about ourselves and better about the animals, knowing we’re not contributing to their pain—Linda McCartney

-I am a vegetarian as well as a passionate anti-alcoholic, because I can thus make better use of my brain—Thomas A. Edison

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