Could You Go Veggie For A Month? 3 Reasons To Be A Vegetarian
- louisehewison
- Oct 1, 2014
- 2 min read
Yesterday was World Vegetarian Day, with people pledging to go veggie for the month of October.
With more vegetarian options in restaurants, plenty of meat and dairy alternatives, fantastic recipes and even apps, it's never been easier to go meat free.
Here are 3 big reasons going veggie is a great idea...
1. Animal Welfare
Animals are suffering in factory farms with no quality of life, living and dying in extreme pain.
Animals for slaughter are drugged to grow as big as possible as quickly as possible. Not only are these animals in pain under weight far too heavy for them to carry but when you eat their meat, you are also injesting these drugs.
By switching to a vegetarian diet you can save more than 100 animals a year from a life of torture.
"If slaughter houses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian." Paul McCartney
2. Health
Cholesterol levels in vegetarians and vegans are much lower than meat eaters, greatly reducing the risk of heart attacks.
Vegans are approximately one-ninth as likely to be obese as meat-eaters and have a cancer rate that is only 40 percent that of meat-eaters.
People who consume animal products are also at increased risk for many other illnesses, including strokes, obesity, osteoporosis, arthritis, Alzheimer’s, multiple allergies, diabetes, and food poisoning.
3. Environment
Our meat addiction is poisoning and depleting our water, land, and clean air.
More than 50% of global greenhouse-gas emissions are caused by animal agriculture, according to a report published by the Worldwatch Institute.
Farm animals consume 70% of corn, wheat, and other grains that we grow, and one-third of all the raw materials and fossil fuels used go to raising animals for food.
"Every year in the U.S. alone, more than 27 billion animals are slaughtered for food. Raising animals on factory farms is cruel and ecologically devastating. Eating animals is bad for our health, increasing the risk of developing various diseases and illnesses, including heart attacks, strokes, cancer, diabetes, and obesity." Read more: http://www.peta.org/living/food/vegetarian-101/
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