There are many who make a conscious decision to eliminate animal products from their lives. They follow a vegetarian diet that is nutritious, tasty and helps them to maintain their health and vigor. If this type of lifestyle is foreign to you, you may wonder why people choose this lifestyle.
There are several reasons why individuals choose a vegetarian way of life, but the health benefits seem to be predominant among them. Hormones and drugs in cattle are commonplace, therefore, they're in your steak too. E-coli outbreaks and mad cow disease seem to be daily headlines. Obviously, these are significant points to think about when giving up beef, other meats and animal products.
The vegetarian lifestyle is very healthy, and with a little planning can be just as nutritionally beneficial as a diet containing meat and animal products. Most people that eat meat just do so out of habit. They probably have never even considered cutting meat out of their diet and replacing it with other healthy and delicious foods instead. Everybody can and should weigh their options and choose the diet that works best for them. Many people find that vegetarianism fits that bill perfectly.
Still other vegetarian people say that they eat the way they do because they object to the inhumane treatment of the animals. The meat production process in this country is truly barbaric, especially when you consider how advanced our culture is in other ways. The production of meat is a horrific process, one that would make even the most enthusiastic meat-eater think twice about what he is eating. The thing is, many people just don't know what goes into the process of getting the meat they eat each day.
Any true humanitarian or animal-lover cannot condone the awful treatment that animals are given just to provide us with food to eat. Vegetarians are people who choose to eat healthily and without being a part of the slaughtering of millions of animals for the production of meat each year.
Many people believe further that the human animal is not meant to be carnivorous. They feel that if the design of our teeth and internal digestive system were looked at closely we would discover that we are designed to be herbivores only.
Another reasons cited for vegetarianism is environmental concerns. There is so much hype and concern over global warming these days, yet most people are completely ignorant of how cattle farms are negatively impacting the situation. Millions of cattle are bred specifically for producing meat. All the carbon in Earth's stratosphere is largely due to cows, for they are huge producers of carbon. If you are really serious about wanting to do your part to safeguard the future of the Earth's environment, then choosing to go vegetarian is the most important lifestyle change you can make. - 17944
There are several reasons why individuals choose a vegetarian way of life, but the health benefits seem to be predominant among them. Hormones and drugs in cattle are commonplace, therefore, they're in your steak too. E-coli outbreaks and mad cow disease seem to be daily headlines. Obviously, these are significant points to think about when giving up beef, other meats and animal products.
The vegetarian lifestyle is very healthy, and with a little planning can be just as nutritionally beneficial as a diet containing meat and animal products. Most people that eat meat just do so out of habit. They probably have never even considered cutting meat out of their diet and replacing it with other healthy and delicious foods instead. Everybody can and should weigh their options and choose the diet that works best for them. Many people find that vegetarianism fits that bill perfectly.
Still other vegetarian people say that they eat the way they do because they object to the inhumane treatment of the animals. The meat production process in this country is truly barbaric, especially when you consider how advanced our culture is in other ways. The production of meat is a horrific process, one that would make even the most enthusiastic meat-eater think twice about what he is eating. The thing is, many people just don't know what goes into the process of getting the meat they eat each day.
Any true humanitarian or animal-lover cannot condone the awful treatment that animals are given just to provide us with food to eat. Vegetarians are people who choose to eat healthily and without being a part of the slaughtering of millions of animals for the production of meat each year.
Many people believe further that the human animal is not meant to be carnivorous. They feel that if the design of our teeth and internal digestive system were looked at closely we would discover that we are designed to be herbivores only.
Another reasons cited for vegetarianism is environmental concerns. There is so much hype and concern over global warming these days, yet most people are completely ignorant of how cattle farms are negatively impacting the situation. Millions of cattle are bred specifically for producing meat. All the carbon in Earth's stratosphere is largely due to cows, for they are huge producers of carbon. If you are really serious about wanting to do your part to safeguard the future of the Earth's environment, then choosing to go vegetarian is the most important lifestyle change you can make. - 17944
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