It is well known that the number of vegetarians is increasing. There are many reasons why people are becoming vegetarians, whether it is health benefits or beliefs. Is eating meat is really necessary? In the past few years, a lot of research has been done on the health benefits of vegetarianism. Most agree that not eating meats helps with health issues as well as with the plant’s health. Vegetarian diets should, if done right, make herbivores healthier than meat eaters. A vegetarian is, by definition, a person who removes meat from their diet because they believe in or practice living solely on vegetables, fruits, grains and nuts (Merriam-Webster’s School Dictionary). There are different types of vegetarians, but some do not follow the definition
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The type of meat people commonly eat create health problems. The protein rich meats that people often eat, are often involved in foodborne illnesses. Vegetarian diets are thought to be capable of lowering the risk of cancer. It is believed that the carcinogenic compounds that form while cook meat, such as HCA and PAH, increase the risk of cancer. The increase of hormones given to us from animals, through the high fat content in animal products increase the risk of hormone related cancers (Top 10 Reasons for Going Veggie). Improving health can be as simple as not eating any red meat, because it removes the risk of colon cancer (Becoming a …show more content…
Methane is a more dangerous greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. This means that because vegetarians don’t eat meat, they do not produce as much greenhouse gas as the omnivores. Food production and agriculture are responsible for about 25 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. Meat production is a large part of that 25 percent, it is 15 percent of greenhouse emissions. The cow is a major cause of this. Also, to make matters worse, the grazing animals that humans eat use more than 25 percent of Earth 's ice-free land. The past 50 years have seen a major increase in meat production. Just in the time between 1963 and 2014 meat production raised from 78 million pounds to a surprising 300 million tons. David Tilman, the lead author of the department of ecology at the University of Minnesota, said, “We showed that the same dietary changes that can add about a decade to our lives can also prevent massive environmental
The type of meat people commonly eat create health problems. The protein rich meats that people often eat, are often involved in foodborne illnesses. Vegetarian diets are thought to be capable of lowering the risk of cancer. It is believed that the carcinogenic compounds that form while cook meat, such as HCA and PAH, increase the risk of cancer. The increase of hormones given to us from animals, through the high fat content in animal products increase the risk of hormone related cancers (Top 10 Reasons for Going Veggie). Improving health can be as simple as not eating any red meat, because it removes the risk of colon cancer (Becoming a …show more content…
Methane is a more dangerous greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. This means that because vegetarians don’t eat meat, they do not produce as much greenhouse gas as the omnivores. Food production and agriculture are responsible for about 25 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. Meat production is a large part of that 25 percent, it is 15 percent of greenhouse emissions. The cow is a major cause of this. Also, to make matters worse, the grazing animals that humans eat use more than 25 percent of Earth 's ice-free land. The past 50 years have seen a major increase in meat production. Just in the time between 1963 and 2014 meat production raised from 78 million pounds to a surprising 300 million tons. David Tilman, the lead author of the department of ecology at the University of Minnesota, said, “We showed that the same dietary changes that can add about a decade to our lives can also prevent massive environmental