On the other hand another large percentage of our population considers themselves as vegans or vegetarians which are to very distinct diets. Both diets are different a vegetarian diet is one that does not contain any meat (including poultry and seafood), but can contain eggs (ovo) and dairy (lacto) products, which is why the diet is sometimes called the ovo-lacto vegetarian diet. Vegans do not use or do not eat any animal products including meat, eggs, and dairy products. Acquiring a vegetarian diet is one of the healthiest diets available to society. Vegetarians’ and vegan diets provide both nutrition and certain health benefits. A few of the health advantages that comes with being a vegetarian is low blood cholesterol levels, having a lower risks of heart diseases, lower blood pressure levels, lower risk of hypertension, and lower risk of type two diabetes. As shown above just by making this simple adjustment it can lower so many health dilemmas that most omnivores are …show more content…
A big problem that the United States is facing is overgrazing livestock by doing this it is hurting the “environment through soil compaction, erosion, and harm to native plants and animals” (ProCon.org). A result of this is the endangerment of vegetation causing it to disappear and being “replaced by unpalatable weeds, thorny shrubs and unproductive woodlands” (BLM, 1989) grazing is destroying the environment by not making suitable for growing crops and vegetation. Clearly grazing is effecting the environment dramatically, bur can be reduce just by cutting down on meat production and