About 3.2% of the United States is vegetarian, which is equivalent to about 7.3 Americans, according to a Vegetarian Times article written in 2015 on vegetarianism in America. One of these vegetarians is my aunt, Jowell, who I have had the pleasure of conversing with about her reasoning to decide to make such a dramatic change in her diet. There were many things she took into consideration when making this decision, and it came down to her beliefs and what was best for her. Some of her reasons included her compassion for animals, health and weight loss. While I don't like the idea of killing anything, it's the circle of life, and just because you don't eat the meat, people are killing animals anyway, and the meat is just more likely to go to
