Rachel Alvarez has lived a very healthy life for the past twenty-three years. In those past years, she made a choice, one that she can’t even comprehend going back on. She has been happier, healthier and doesn’t even want to go back. Rachel Alvarez is a vegetarian.
Vegetarianism is very self-explanatory. It is a non-meat based diet. In the standard vegetarian way, not a single piece of meat is consumed when one follows this life-style. And, in recent years, more and more people have taken the leap into vegetarianism. 7.3 million people follow the diet in the United States alone, while 22.8 million people choose to go on a vegetarian-inclined diet, with more going onto full vegetarianism later on. That is a total of 10% of the United States, …show more content…
Why would one sacrifice literally millions, nay, billions of animals each year? Especially when something like vegetarianism exists? Most people’s response to why they continue to eat meat is that it tastes good. Billions of living, breathing creatures are brutally, mercilessly butchered because they merely taste good. There are other foods out there, delicious, mouth-watering dishes composed of zero-percent meat. Moreover, if one is worried about the lack of their favorite food, there are replacements out there. Tofurky, for example, creates non-meat “meat” products, that taste rather similar to their counterparts. And, there are alternate diets, such as pescanarians, which has fish as the only meat they eat. Many people start out as these, and eventually transition into full on vegetarianism. A large portion of restaurants also have vegetarian options, or dishes, like quesadillas, that can have the meat removed upon one’s request. In this day and age, there is no reason for the pointless sacrifice anymore. We are all apart of this world. The planet, ourselves, and every living things around us. It is our duty to protect and nourish all of those things. And, by being a vegetarian, you do that job. Your body is healthy, all of the living beings that surround you are healthy, and even the planet itself is living a healthier existence. At one point, maybe meat was the healthy option. Maybe meat was even necessary. But now? Now it has proven to be outdated, and even destructive. There’s no reason not to take the leap into the herbivorous diet that more and more are doing every
Vegetarianism is very self-explanatory. It is a non-meat based diet. In the standard vegetarian way, not a single piece of meat is consumed when one follows this life-style. And, in recent years, more and more people have taken the leap into vegetarianism. 7.3 million people follow the diet in the United States alone, while 22.8 million people choose to go on a vegetarian-inclined diet, with more going onto full vegetarianism later on. That is a total of 10% of the United States, …show more content…
Why would one sacrifice literally millions, nay, billions of animals each year? Especially when something like vegetarianism exists? Most people’s response to why they continue to eat meat is that it tastes good. Billions of living, breathing creatures are brutally, mercilessly butchered because they merely taste good. There are other foods out there, delicious, mouth-watering dishes composed of zero-percent meat. Moreover, if one is worried about the lack of their favorite food, there are replacements out there. Tofurky, for example, creates non-meat “meat” products, that taste rather similar to their counterparts. And, there are alternate diets, such as pescanarians, which has fish as the only meat they eat. Many people start out as these, and eventually transition into full on vegetarianism. A large portion of restaurants also have vegetarian options, or dishes, like quesadillas, that can have the meat removed upon one’s request. In this day and age, there is no reason for the pointless sacrifice anymore. We are all apart of this world. The planet, ourselves, and every living things around us. It is our duty to protect and nourish all of those things. And, by being a vegetarian, you do that job. Your body is healthy, all of the living beings that surround you are healthy, and even the planet itself is living a healthier existence. At one point, maybe meat was the healthy option. Maybe meat was even necessary. But now? Now it has proven to be outdated, and even destructive. There’s no reason not to take the leap into the herbivorous diet that more and more are doing every