why to be a vegetarian

Allright, so on the top 10 for this week I have my top 10 reasons to be vegetarian. I'm not one myself, not yet at least, because I'd never been interested on this until now, and as I'm living in Ireland I don't want to cause trouble to my hostparents or stuff like that. But I'm definetly going to try this summer, once I'm back in Spain, and here's why:
10- Loads of researchs have proved that low-fat diets (as the vegetarian one) prevent the heart-diseases.
9- Vegetal fats decrease blood pressure, while animal fats increase it.
8- Vegetarian diet is a really good measure to prevent cancer because of all the fibers existing on it.
7- Pasta without meat the best way (specially for athletes) to get loads of energy with not too much fat.
6- The most vegetables, fruits and cereals you eat, the most nutrients your body gets.
5- It helps to prevent diabetes.
4- contrary of what people tends to say, a vegetarian diet is not poor on proteins.
3- Getting interested on this lifestyle will give you more knowledge about your health and nutrient's           ingest.
2- Is much more cheap than a diet with meat.
1- It's a complete diet as vegetables have all the sustances our body needs, and is more clean than water.
So, as you see, I tried to choos "scientific" reasons, not the typic "you're eating something with a soul".
Anyways, if you decide to take this as a lifestyle, you have to be conscious of what you're doing, make sure you have all your nutrients and don't make it as a fad. It's a very important decision on your life.
are you vegetarian? why? why not?
xoxo

Elisa