Many of the health benefits derived from a vegetarian diet have to do with creating a healthy environment in the bowels and stomach. Our digestive systems, from prehistory on, were designed to metabolize vegetable matter, more than animal products. Fruits, vegetables, legumes and nuts provide the kind of dietary fiber our digestive systems need to function properly. The Western diet that’s high in processed and refined flour and sugar, and in animal products that are laden with hormones and antibiotics, are actually anathema to our insides.

When the digestive system doesn’t function and work as it’s intended to, that leads to opportunistic diseases or changes in the DNA of cells in the stomach and colon. And there are more practical considerations as well. When we don’t get enough of the fiber we need, we incur a host of digestion and elimination problems, such as constipation and hemorrhoids that are a result of straining. These diseases and syndromes are much less evident in a vegetarian population than in a meat-eating population.
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You would experience a great deal of discomfort when your digestive system is not working properly. These symptoms can be constipation, nausea, loose stools, sweaty and in serious cases, can also be life threatening. Your digestive system is comprised of a digestive tract and other organs that aid in breaking down your food for absorption and the remaining to be removed as waste. Your digestive tract is a series of hollow organs that are joined together in a long, twisting tube. It extends from your mouth to your anus and includes your mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum and anus. Here are some digestive diseases that might result from having an unclean colon.
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