If you are thinking of becoming a vegetarian you may be debating if it is for health reasons or because you do not like the thought of animals dying to be used as food. You might wonder how much of a difference one additional person can make.
Although a single person’s sacrifice may be small, you have to multiply that by many millions around the world. One argument for making this change are the benefits it has on your health and the problems that an excess of meat causes, like heart disease; this is the most common reason for death in America and other big meat eating nations.
Circulatory, heart problems, high cholesterol and heart attacks are primarily caused by the regular consumption of dairy products, eggs and meat; a reduction in this consumption would lower these health problems.
The organization Earth Save has calculated that a vegetarian has only a quarter of the chance of a heart attack as someone who has meat in their diet. On the other hand the numbers of heart attacks in vegans are an astonishing 10 times less than those of people that eat meat. A healthy heart is not the only ‘health benefit’ to becoming a vegetarian as there are other reasons too.
Preservatives which are used a great deal in meat are reduced and so are the incidences of cancer. Hormones used in animal feed are obviously not present either in vegetarian meals, which have proved to create hormone problems in people.
It is also much easier to avoid the consumption of lactose which many people have intolerance to, causing digestive conditions. n addition to health benefits you will receive as an individual by becoming a vegetarian, you will also reduce your share of the suffering human beings inflict on animals.
According to experts, just in a couple of decades, many hundreds of animals would not need to loose their lives if you were to make this commitment. The suffering of many cows and battery farmed hens would also be reduced if you were to give up eggs and milk as well.
In addition to this, if you stop eating eggs and drinking milk, you will also reduce your share in the suffering and death of battery hens and their offspring, as well as dairy cows. Well after reading this it is obvious the easy answer is yes it is better to become a vegetarian. The reduction in animal life lost and the improvement in your health should be convincing enough.
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