More Streamlined topic with a Wealth of Sources

The latest and greatest on the research paper is that the topic is now set. It's going to be about the vegetarian diet, and the health aspects of such. I found some very compelling (and some very old) literature to make a case for the benefits of abandoning a flesh-diet. This is just to put an historical context to the way people though about vegetarian diets with regard to health.

I found an article written in 1857 by which gives a rather enthusiastic approach to adhering to a meatless diet. The claims made in this piece really sells the idea of a vegetarian diet as something that is great for a person's health. It hits on longevity, physical and mental strength and endurance, and the freedom of being burdened by life-ending diseases. 

 The next piece was about a study done in Brussels in 1907, which actually studied the effect of vegetarian 

diets on muscular endurance. The findings of the study were positively in favor of vegetarians over those 

test subjects who ate meat in their diets. There was little difference found in strength, but it was no contest 

where endurance was concerned the vegetarian subjects where observed to have three times the muscular 

endurance of their counterparts.

Forster, T. "Inquiry into the Average Longevity of Vegetarians, Compared with that of Persons who Live on 

a Mixed Diet." October 1857. jstor.org. 21 06 2014 .web.<http://www.jstor.org/stable/41134790>.

Fisher, Irving. "Diet and Endurance at Brussels." Science. New Series. Vol 26. No. 669 (Oct.25, 1907): 561-563.