3月20日是国际素食日,这个节日始于1985年,由总部设在美国华盛顿的公益性组织“农场动物改革运动”发起,目的是拯救动物、保护环境和改善人体的健康状况。随着社会文明的进步和物质生活的丰富,素食主义蔚然成风。据某独立的国际组织统计:中国的素食人口已经超过5000万人;印度是世界上素食人口最多的国家,有40%左右的人口、即近4亿人吃素。越来越多的人认识到,经常摄入大鱼大肉等油腻食物, March 20 is the International Vegetarian Day, which started in 1985 and was launched by the nonprofit organization Farm Animal Reform, headquartered in Washington, USA, to save animals, protect the environment and improve the health of the human body. With the progress of social civilization and material life, vegetarianism has become common practice. According to an independent international organization, China has more than 50 million vegetarian people. India is the world’s most vegetarian country with about 40% of the population, or nearly 400 million people. More and more people realize that they often consume greasy food such as big fish and big meat,