Veganism

In this society, the amount of ways to be dieting is endless. Some people choose to eat a Vegetarian or Vegan diet. Being a Vegetarian means a person does not eat any meat, where as a Vegan diet means a person does not eat anything at all that comes from any given animal such as meat, eggs, and dairy. It is a tough life style to live but some people truly believe it is the right way to live. The way animals get treated in some situations at factories and other places of the like is extremely…

According to the Harvard study from the Archives of Medicine in 2010, eating an abundance of meat will cause a 20% increase in the likelihood of death by cancer and heart disease. On the other hand, those who don’t eat meat decrease their chances by 12 to 40 percent. In 2011 the number of American adults who reported not eating animal products more than doubled from 1% to 2.5% within a span of two years (Don’t Eat Anything with a Face- Debate Details, 2013). The growing health, environmental,…

Laughter has been said to be the best medicine of all. This medicine, however, cannot cure the effectiveness of an argument and instead can be seen to poison it in some cases. In Laura Fraser’s “Why I Stopped Being a Vegetarian,” Fraser depicts personal incidents of dabbling in vegetarianism and uses this to assert that people should not be vegetarian and instead decrease the amount of meat consumed. Though humor may then seem to be the appropriate method of conveying her opinion, it is often…

It is a well known fact that the United States of America is a developed country where many opportunities are available. Unfortunately, one such opportunity is to eat and eat. America has become one of the top ten most overweight countries in the entire world. As America grows and grows, so does its people. However, some of the population has the desire to turn this around and slim down. Losing weight, if an individual is already obese, is a very difficult journey to accomplish. This is…

Vegetarianism: A diet evolving Is the vegetarian diet worth the major change in lifestyle? This diet is evolving into more than just “doing it for the animals,” it could be that someone wants to improve their health or reduce their risk of cancer. According to dieticians and researchers, a person’s health can benefit immensely with a no meat diet. On the contrary, when your diet excludes meat, you are at more of a risk to mental health side effects. With every health and ethical reason put…

Being vegetarian is a big argument in our society. Being vegetarian is to stop eating or cook almost anything that comes from animals. So you are not allowed to eat any kind of meat, fish or milk, but you are still allowed to eat eggs and honey. Don’t confuse being vegetarians with being vegan. Vegan is a higher degree of vegetarianism. When people are vegan they stop buying or eating anything that is from an animal so they won 't buy eggs, honey, leather boots, wool and so on. Being vegetarian…

Mireia Lopez Nowadays vegetarianism is a "fashion" or a trend, meaning that more and more people are vegetarians. Vegetarianism as defined by The World Book Dictionary (1989) is " The practice or principle of eating only vegetable foods and refraining from eating meat, fish, or other animal products". Therefore, limits the nutrition of plant origin. But like everything we found different degrees of vegetarianism. Is called vegetarian or lacto-ovo-vegetarian to the people who does not eat meat,…

As we continue through life, we experience many forms of genres. A genre is a category or sort, but it can change according to the content of the genre as well as through the perception of the author and/or audience. Genres may be strict on their criteria, but many genres overlap. To explain, the informative genre relates to anything that is informative. A photo essay is an essay, which contains photos, and very little text. A news article can be seen as part of the informative genre, but if the…

Will Going Vegan Help the Environment? Have you ever thought about going vegan? According to Bill McKibben, changing to vegan is better for the environment. Going vegan means that the person is on a plant based diet. Vegans help the environment with the go around of animal mistreatment and slaughter, the elimination of health risks that come with the animals and also the reduction of environmental waste. With that, McKibben believes that we should stop eating meat. When people stop eating meat…

The Herbivore Way Being a vegan means eliminating the consumption or use of animal products, including dairy. One might think that without any meat or dairy in the diet, the human body would suffer. However, a plant based diet has many beneficial health effects on the body. The vegan diet lowers the risk of many health problems, such as diabetes and heart disease, that a carnivorous or omnivorous diet does not. Along with lowering these health risks, a vegan diet can reduce the exposure to…