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Persuasive Speech On Veganism And Vebesity

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Did you know that heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States? 735,000 people have a heart attack each year and ¼ of the deaths in the U.S. are because of heart related issues. To make one quarter-pound hamburger, we use 6.7 pounds of feed, 52.8 gallons of water, 74.5 sq. feet of land and that's not even including the methane emissions from the animals digestive system that is put into the environment. Are these two related you may ask? And I have an answer for you, yes they are! Every time you eat red meat in any form, your cholesterol and saturated fat levels will spike and raise your blood cholesterol level. In more simple terms, with every piece of red meat you eat you raise your chance of having a heart attack, getting diabetes, getting cancer, developing a chronic disease, and more. So, how can we kill these two birds with one stone, pardon the pun? We can change our ways of eating to a heart healthy, animal friendly, environmentally loving, mind, body and soul connecting diet, or as others call it; a vegan diet. Now I know …show more content…

Veganism is defined as “a type of vegetarian diet that excludes meat, eggs, dairy-products, and all other animal-derived ingredients” (“Definition of Veganism.” The Vegan Society, www.vegansociety.com/go-vegan/definition-veganism). A vegan is a person who follows this diet. Throughout history we have seen some very beautiful minds that have declared this diet the best for the human race, including Buddha, Leonardo da Vinci, Gandhi, Albert Einstein, Plato, and Clara Barton. Some vegans also only use hygienic products that go through no animal testing when being made. There are lots of different variations of a vegan diet that people follow like for example having 3 vegan days out of your week. This variation isn’t as good for you as a full week vegan diet would be but it drastically decreases your environmental

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