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Implications of Vegetarianism for Personal Weil-Being

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As we have seen, many people become vegetarian because they anticipate benefits in the form of better health, personal growth, or an enhanced spiritual life. Do people really experience these rewards? Does vegetarianism make a difference? To answer these questions, we asked people about the ways in which they had changed since they became vegetarians. In framing our questions, we asked people to consider the health, psychological, ethical, spiritual, and sexual aspects of their lives.

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  1. Paul R. Amato Ph.D.
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  2. Sonia A. Partridge
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Amato, P.R., Partridge, S.A. (1989). Implications of Vegetarianism for Personal Weil-Being. In: The New Vegetarians. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6004-7_4

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