Imagine KFC’s fried chicken, McDonalds’ Big Mac, or Arby’s Smoked Italian Porchetta is sitting right in front of you, waiting for you to add some sauce or salt and pepper on it. Now, imagine being inside a prison, a cage, looking at the same food, but you can’t reach it. Your legs and body has been genetically enlarged to the extent that you can’t even walk to get yourself water let alone the KFC, McDonald's’ or Arby’s food. Yes, that’s the same animal that’s in your fried chicken, Big Mac, and Smoked Italian Prochetta. To consider reducing the amount of suffering these animals go through, one should consider embracing a vegetarian lifestyle. Eating a diet without any meat or animal flesh not only produces animal liberation but also …show more content…
A major advantage of vegetarianism is the improvement of personal health for the long run. Meat eaters showed a 300 percent risk of colon cancer in a Harvard investigation whereas a study done by England and Germany displayed a 40% less cancer risk for those committed to a vegetarian diet (“Vegetarian Foods”). Vegetarianism helps reduces the risk of cancer. Moreover, research shows that meat consumption often allows overabundance of protein in the body which leads to “kidney stones, osteoporosis, and . . . heart disease” (“Vegetarian Foods”). A vegetable diet with grains, beans, and other protein sources help maintain a balance of protein. Additionally, a rising obesity rate concerns an overwhelming amount of people who desire to lose weight (in a healthy way). Many can turn to a vegetarian lifestyle which keeps their weight and health in check. A research study showed how plant-based diet helped “people with type 2 diabetes to lose weight . . . and improve their metabolism” (“Vegetarian Diet”). Basically, a vegetarian diet even promotes healthy weight loss. The impact of vegetarianism further extends to a global and environmental level. One of the major global issues includes the effect human overpopulation on poverty levels. Too many mouths exist, waiting to be fed though not enough food is readily available. Studies indicate that animals consume approximately 40% of the global grains harvest which could feed millions and billions of starving people on the planet
Do animals have the right to a certain quality of life? How would your views change if our cooks got treated the same way cattle and poultry do? How would you feel about them being beaten and brought to their knees just to be detained to know how to cook todays specials? You might think that the food industry has no issues and no faults behind their tasty food, but when you open up the meat curtain, there is a different kind of world out there that is cruel and inhumane. In Robert Kenner’s 2008 film, Food, Inc., He shows the conditions that cows, chickens, and pigs have to live in. The dark and closeted homes in which the animals are closely compacted together and eating, sleeping, and walking in their own manure. As a person who would consider themselves an animal rights activist, most people would agree that the food industry treats their animals like products instead of living things.
Peering into the fridge, there’s nothing to eat. One may settle on a bag of chips. While you take a bite, you may take a glance at the nutritional facts. Ignorance covers the rest of the package with lies. You may see the fat content but you do not honestly know how much effort it took to get that bag to you. Erase that ignorance and you can change your health, your ecological footprint, and the world by simply changing what you eat. Looking at the vegetarian diet and its health benefits; the environmental effects and pollution of meat production; and the destruction of your health by meat products;there are major consequences from the production of animal products.
Meals with more fruits and vegetables can reduce the risk of several different cancers among many other diseases. Vegetarians generally have lower body weight than those who eat a significant amount of meat.
Thesis statement: There should be meat free alternatives and more awareness of the benefits of choosing a vegetarian lifestyle as eating less meat is better for an individual’s health and the environmental.
“Meats, Dairies, and Eggs, Oh Why” (2014) is an argumentative essay written by Rebecca Dent that explains the benefits of eating a plant-based diet and advocates for the better treatment of the animals affected by the meat industry. Dent supports her assertions by discussing the negative health effects of an omnivorous diet, addressing reasons some might be hesitant to convert to a plant-based diet, describing the advantages of substituting meat for vegetables for both the consumers and the animals, and finally, by including expert opinions and statistical facts. Dent’s purpose for this essay is to highlight the benefits of vegetarianism in order to convince readers to convert to a plant-based diet. The intended audience for this argument is those who currently eat an omnivorous diet so that they would assess and change their eating habits.
Morally, one may feel obligated to exercise Vegetarianism due to the inhumane treatment of animals throughout the farming process. The issue is that roughly ten billion animals are raised for United States food consumption alone. Animals such as cows, fish, chickens, pigs, and turkeys are subjected to
Going vegetarian can help preserve the limited land and water system that us humans take for granted sometimes. Factory farming along with free range farming are destroying the earth and its biodiversity. When people think of pollution like unnecessary CO2 emissions and deforestation of rainforests, they do not think about the animals being raised for consumption. In an article, “Concentrated animal Agriculture Is The Biggest
About a year ago, I asked myself a question why am I not a vegetarian? After all, I am one of the green kids. I grew up with my vegetarian dad in a small town. I even joined a club called “Tree Huggers”. I knew that eating a mere hamburger a day could increase my risk of dying by a third. I knew that the 10 billion animals we raise each year for meat are raised in factory farmed conditions that we hypocritically wouldn’t even consider for our own cats, dogs and other pets. I knew that I was not alone, we as a society are eating twice as much meat as we did in the 50s. So, what was once the special little side treat now is the main course much more regular. What if I told you, that we can change our world through our food choices. The fact
Imagine a world where killing animals for food was outlawed, and yes while for a second that seems idealistic, if you dive a little past the surface some terrible facts begin to emerge from the depths. Now imagine trying to obtain millions of vegetables, many of which are vulnerable to disease and are very hard to grow, or telling a sick patient that they cannot be cured, when the simple solution would be to add meat in their diets. The fact is our chances of solving world hunger would plummet, millions of people would be out of jobs, and hospitals would be over run by people who can’t live on a diet without meat. Only because people believe eating meat is unethical. Does this world still seem perfect? For years people have been fighting about whether or not we should eat meat, and the truth is not only is it okay to eat meat, but it is better than not eating it, for you, the environment and the world.
Your friend’s dying screams rip through your ears as you shuffle down the cramped trench, abruptly another scream rings out and you know your own demise is imminent. This demonstrates only one horror that livestock encounters in slaughterhouses. However, you can liberate these ill-fated animals; by becoming a vegetarian you not only rescue animals from a ghastly life, but you also boost your own body’s and mind’s health.
You want to know something horrify and heartbreaking? People say they love animals but that’s false. Something that animal lovers don’t know is that 56 billion farmed animals are killed every year by humans and 200 million animals are reported killed by hunters in the United States every year. Treating animals for their fur and bones is not good for them and us. There meat can cause cancer, using their belongings is depressing and there should be more compassionate for them. I see animals as humans because they can feel happiness, sadness, anger and lastly pain. Animals can’t fight for their body but in this generation many vegetarians and vegans are against animal cruelty.
Most of you probably have a pet of your own. Maybe a dog named Max or a cat named Oliver. Could you imagine seeing them in terrible pain? I honestly don't think there will be one student in this class that would volunteer to let their own pet be tortured for any reason. Am I wrong?
Having a healthy dietary method can reduce the chances of receiving many health diseases. These health diseases include obesity, heart disease, and cancer. By consuming certain foods and nutrients in one’s diet the risk factors for these health diseases can be reduced. A healthy dietary method that is beneficial to reducing and/or improving these health diseases is the vegetarian diet. The vegetarian diet follows a dietary pattern that is characterized by the consumption of plant-like foods and the avoidance of flesh foods (meat, poultry, and fish). The foods in this diet provide the body with many essential nutrients. This is why many health benefits have been associated with the vegetarian
For some people raising livestock is way of life. We take pride in raising animals, treating them with respect and care. Some people have animals who have a end product that requires the animal to give it’s life so we can feed ourselves. After hours of taking care of animals we harbor a great amount of respect for the animals. Farmers put their heart and soul into raising animals. People show their animals at events to be judge on quality, to learn, and develop friendships with fellow animal enthusiast. Yet there are people who see this industry as nothing but a heartless machine that treat animals with disrespect, and only care about end products and money. These people highlight the few farmers who don’t represent the majority. Then
Consumption of meat by humans creates several problems. First and foremost, raising animals for food compromises the environment. For example, it takes a large amount of natural resources to sustain the meat industry. The use of water, land, and food to raise animals for human consumption is not an efficient use of our limited resources. In contrast, it is more efficient to feed humans directly than to use land, food, and water to feed animals to be used as food. There are shortages of fertile land, clean water, and food in several third world countries. Many of these countries’ resources are allocated to produce feed for animals in developed countries around the world. As a result, the citizens of these countries are stricken with water and food shortages, while their crops are feeding cattle from across the globe. However, this problem can be solved by adopting a vegan diet. The vegan diet will allow a more efficient use of resources that in turn can be used to feed starving men, women, and children throughout the world. Consequently, more people in the world could be fed if the land used to grow feed for animals was used to grow food for humans.