Ten Reasons to be Vegetarian
1 Heart disease: More animal products = more chloresterol.
2 Cancer: It has been shown in scientific studies that breast, ovarian and prostate cancers are all many times more likely to occur in people who eat meat, eggs and dairy products.
3 Body design: humans are not built like carnivores; we do not have a carnivore's dentition, nor its short gut. (When a people ingests meat, it rots in the human long gut, causing toxins to be released.) A carnivore has stronger stomach acids for digesting meat; we do not.
4 Environmental: Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels burned for meat production are three times more than those consumed during the production of vegetarian foods. 1 000 species per year become extinct due to rainforest clearance for meat production.
5 Hunger: If the US alone reduced the amount of land used for meat production by just 10% and grew food crops instead, it would feed 100 million people.
6 Antibiotics: By 1988 there were 91 types of antibiotic resistant bacteria, compare to just 13 in 1960. In Europe, routine feeding of antibiotics to livestock is now banned not so in the US however.
7 Water Consumption: It takes 5 000 gallons of water to produce a pound of beef; yet only 25 to produce a pound of wheat.
8 Ethics: Do we have the right to take the life of another living creature when we can survive without having to do so?
9 Consciousness: Our food becomes the chemicals of our own bodies, so if you are ingesting the products of an industry based on suffering, pain and killing, then how are you going to develop your consciousness in a positive way? As all our cells are renewed every seven years, we literally are what we eat...what are YOU made of?
10 Karma: The universal law of karma dictates that for every action there is a reaction. This is a central tenet in both Hinduism and Buddhism and also of many "New Age" thinkers. If you are involved in the process of animal cruelty and slaughter, even indirectly (ie: from consuming meat products) then you will have to suffer the reaction that this action generates. At some point in the future, you will undergo an equivalent measure of suffering.
For some quotes from famous people about vegetarianism, click here.
2 Cancer: It has been shown in scientific studies that breast, ovarian and prostate cancers are all many times more likely to occur in people who eat meat, eggs and dairy products.
3 Body design: humans are not built like carnivores; we do not have a carnivore's dentition, nor its short gut. (When a people ingests meat, it rots in the human long gut, causing toxins to be released.) A carnivore has stronger stomach acids for digesting meat; we do not.
4 Environmental: Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels burned for meat production are three times more than those consumed during the production of vegetarian foods. 1 000 species per year become extinct due to rainforest clearance for meat production.
5 Hunger: If the US alone reduced the amount of land used for meat production by just 10% and grew food crops instead, it would feed 100 million people.
6 Antibiotics: By 1988 there were 91 types of antibiotic resistant bacteria, compare to just 13 in 1960. In Europe, routine feeding of antibiotics to livestock is now banned not so in the US however.
7 Water Consumption: It takes 5 000 gallons of water to produce a pound of beef; yet only 25 to produce a pound of wheat.
8 Ethics: Do we have the right to take the life of another living creature when we can survive without having to do so?
9 Consciousness: Our food becomes the chemicals of our own bodies, so if you are ingesting the products of an industry based on suffering, pain and killing, then how are you going to develop your consciousness in a positive way? As all our cells are renewed every seven years, we literally are what we eat...what are YOU made of?
10 Karma: The universal law of karma dictates that for every action there is a reaction. This is a central tenet in both Hinduism and Buddhism and also of many "New Age" thinkers. If you are involved in the process of animal cruelty and slaughter, even indirectly (ie: from consuming meat products) then you will have to suffer the reaction that this action generates. At some point in the future, you will undergo an equivalent measure of suffering.
For some quotes from famous people about vegetarianism, click here.
I am naturally animal friendly since I was a kid and when I turned 24 I decided to fully turned to be a vegan. As living this lifestyle I learned so much that vegan is not just a diet it is more. I also have this favorite site that helps me so much to learn more about this life style the Leafy Souls. I enjoy reading their blogs and I love their vegan collections too specially the bags and shoes.
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