| Mind you, I`m not the kind of person who tries to force my opinions or beliefs on anyone..... This is my "Get Preachy" moment 10 REASONS TO GO VEGETARIAN Because a vegan diet reverses heart disease.... On the American Heart Association (AHA) diet, which includes meat, patients` arteries continue to clog, while Dr. Dean Ornishs vegan diet unclogs arteries. In one study, AHA dieters experienced a 28 percent average worsening of clogged arteries, while dieters on Ornis`s program experienced an 8 percent improvement in their arteries. Because eating meat and dairy products makes you fat... As a nation, were getting fatter, and the Atkins diet has only made matters worse because it only works in the short term. Only 2 percent of pure vegetarians are obese, which is about one-ninth the figure for meat-eating Americans. Because in every package of chicken, there`s a little poop.... A USDA study found that 98 percent of broiler chicken carcasses had detectable levels of E. coli, indicating fecal contamination. Because you wouldn`t eat your dog... Most people are horrified that some cultures eat dogs or whales, but these animals suffer no more than animals commonly consumed in the U.S. The difference is only cultural, not moral. Because mad cow disease is in the U.S... Any animal with a brain could contract a version of mad cow disease, yet millions of pigs and chickens are still being fed the remains of diseased animalsin violation of World Health Organization recommendations and the laws of Europe and Japan. Because it takes a small person to beat a defenseless animal ... and an even smaller person to eat one... If you`re eating meat, you are paying others to commit acts so cruel that if committed against dogs or cats, they would warrant felony cruelty charges in most U.S. states. Because the grain used to feed animals could be used to feed hungry people... A full 80 percent of U.S. agricultural land is used to raise chickens, pigs, and other farmed animals; 70 percent of grains produced are used to feed them. If the massive quantities of grain, soy, and corn now fed to factory-farmed animals were freed up, there would be plenty of food for the worlds starving people. Because more than half of all water used in the U.S. is used to raise animals for food... A totally vegetarian diet requires 300 gallons of water per day, while a meat-eating diet requires more than 4,000 gallons of water per day. Time magazine reports, Around the world, as more water is diverted to raising [cattle], pigs, and chickens, instead of producing crops for direct consumption, millions of wells are going dry. Because when animals feel pain, they scream, too.... If you burn them, they feel it. If you give them electric shocks, they feel it. Other animals feel pain in the same way and to the same degree that we humans do. Because it isn`t fair.... Killing other animals is an act of exploitation and violence, and we do it only because we have the power to. Also.. Just because you "only eat fish" or "only eat chicken"... DOES NOT MAKE YOU A VEGETARIAN!!!! There are 2 terms for people on a flesh free diet. Vegetarian: A person who abstains from eating animal flesh. This includes red meat, pork, poultry, fish and eggs. This is done for religious, ethical and/or health reasons.Essentially: If it poops you don`t eat it. Vegan:Same as the vegetarian but abstains from all animal products including dairy and, sometimes, but not alwayas other animal derived items such as honey. This is for the people who always ask me why I`m a vegetarian. |
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