When discussing our health and the consumption of livestock it has many people wondering if this vast consumption of livestock is in fact bad for our health. Veganism is a movement in which people are making the choice in refusing to consume or use animal products and food. People in todays generation have been adapting to a new way of eating and a way to change the course of the future of this world. Adapting to this new life style can help reduce the problems with diminution of our natural resources, the rapidly growing problem with climate change, and the pollution that the livestock is creating on a day today bases. The effects of veganism can have an impact on how we are dealing with the livestock industry, and by reducing the consumption
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“Health professionals are increasingly recognizing the link between high intakes of meat and the rise of non-communicable or chronic disease. A diet high in animal-sourced foods contributes significantly to, among other things, hypertension, heart disease, certain types of cancer, diabetes, gallstones, obesity, stroke, and food born illness. With an estimated 66 percent of Americans reported as being overweight or obese.” (Steinfeld, 2006). Different health experts are saying is that large consumption of meat are linked to many health problems that can and could be somewhat prevented when people stop eating meat or decreasing the intake of meat in their …show more content…
People will always turn their heads and look the other way but there is no denying that the producing and consuming of livestock is having an effect on our health and on our environment. When people decide to change their diet not only are they fixing their health for the better but they are also helping the environment because of that
“Health professionals are increasingly recognizing the link between high intakes of meat and the rise of non-communicable or chronic disease. A diet high in animal-sourced foods contributes significantly to, among other things, hypertension, heart disease, certain types of cancer, diabetes, gallstones, obesity, stroke, and food born illness. With an estimated 66 percent of Americans reported as being overweight or obese.” (Steinfeld, 2006). Different health experts are saying is that large consumption of meat are linked to many health problems that can and could be somewhat prevented when people stop eating meat or decreasing the intake of meat in their …show more content…
People will always turn their heads and look the other way but there is no denying that the producing and consuming of livestock is having an effect on our health and on our environment. When people decide to change their diet not only are they fixing their health for the better but they are also helping the environment because of that