Category: Vegetarianism

Introduction

Vegetarians are people who do not eat meat, poultry, fish, and other animal byproducts. Vegetarians are classified into three main categories. These are the vegans, the lacto vegetarians, and the Lacto-ovo vegetarians.

The lacto vegetarians take plant products and dairy products while the Lacto-ovo vegetarians take plant products, eggs, and dairy products, and the vegans exclude all animal products in their diet. Thus a vegetarian diet is mainly composed of plant products which include beans, peas, grains, lentils, nuts, fruits, vegetables, and the like. Vegetarians can get the required nutrients if they ensure that their diets have a variety of foods (Collins 1).

Most people who become vegetarians do so to become healthier and lower their chances of catching diseases. Others become vegetarians due to the cost involved in rearing animals or due to environmental concerns. Others are forced by financial limitation to be vegetarians since they cannot afford meat and others dispute the mistreatment and killing of animals.

There are also some people who become vegetarians due to their religions. Whatever the motivation, vegetarianism has a lot of benefits on the lives of the people who practice it. Let us have a look at the interrelationship of vegetarianism with health, religion, and economy (Vegetarianisms benefits 1).

Vegetarianism and health

When vegetarian diets are planned well, they supply the nutrients that are required for healthy living. Thus most people who choose vegetarianism are enticed by the numerous health benefits that are associated with it. These include the reduction of the chances to get diabetes, heart diseases, cancer, etc. Therefore, health complications and risks have made the vegetarian community grow (Flynt 1).

The greatest of the stated vegetarian health benefits is the reduction of the chances of getting heart problems. This is because the cholesterol levels of vegetarians are lower than those of non-vegetarians. The above fact can be explained by the higher amounts of saturated fats in meat than in vegetables.

Moreover, cholesterol accumulates in blood vessels leading to heart problems and strokes. On the other hand, the components of fruits and vegetables like folic acid, potassium, etc. enables them to reduce the chances of getting myocardial infarction and other complications. The soluble fiber in some vegetarian diets like carrots is known to reduce serum cholesterol. Lastly, flavonoids present in vegetables, fruits, nuts, etc. limit the chances of cardiovascular disease (Vegetarianisms benefits 1).

Even though diabetes is still incurable, vegetarianism characterized by complex carbohydrate and fiber intake checks diabetes. This fact has been proven, and patients are normally advised by their doctors to take vegetables, grains, fruits, and legumes to check their blood sugar levels (Dworkin 1).

The fact that vegetarian diets prevent the occurrence of cancer is also a big plus to the practice of vegetarianism since cancer is incurable. The occurrence of cancers, especially epithelial, is normally checked by the consistent balancing of vegetarian diets, especially the proportion of fruits and vegetables in the diet. Chemicals like flavonoids, ellagic acid, etc. found in vegetarian diets protect people from cancer (Dworkin 1).

Apart from the explained contributions to health, vegetarian diets are also instrumental in checking blood pressure, aiding digestion, removal of body toxins and betterment of overall health. Vegetarianism also prevents other disorders like obesity, osteoporosis etc (Vegetarianisms benefits 1).

Vegetarianism and religion

As stated earlier, some people become vegetarians due to their religious beliefs. Vegetarian Christians argue that eating meat is both unchristian and immoral. Even the bible states in Corinthians 6:13 that both the meat and the belly shall be destroyed. Therefore, although religious vegetarianism is not that common among Christians, a number of Christians promote it for religious reasons. Vegetarianism is an integral part of religions whose origin is ancient India.

These include Jainism, Buddhism, and Hinduism. In Buddhism, authorities, and scriptures advocate for vegetarianism while, it is compulsory for people in Jainism. The same is true with Hinduism. Additionally, Hindus avoid beef because cows are sacred in their religion. Thus beef consumption is unpopular among Hindus.

The relationship between nonviolence and spirituality expressed in Hinduism scriptures also discourages meat consumption and thus encourages vegetarianism. Their beliefs of reincarnation and karma are also contributors to Hindu vegetarianism (Karen 1).

Other examples of religions that support vegetarianism are Chinese Taoism and Judaism. For the Chinese Taoists, nature is sacred and therefore, they are not supposed to destroy nature. This acts as advocacy for vegetarianism. On the other hand, the Torah, scripture of Judaists, has evidence that supports the practice of vegetarianism. For instance, in Genesis 1: 29  30, all creatures were commanded to be eating plants.

Judaism also prohibits the mistreatment of animals. The Judaists are supposed to reduce the burdens of overloaded animals and allow the animals to rest on Sabbath. This consideration of animal rights has also had a substantial contribution to vegetarianism among the Judaists (Karen 1).

Economics of vegetarianism

Professional critics of vegetarianism argue that if a person becomes vegetarian, the contribution the person will make is that he will reduce the demand for meat. Arguing from an economists point of view, the price of meat will reduce leading to more meat consumption. With this argument, meat consumption is not affected by vegetarianism. However, this argument is based on the assumption that meat consumption depends entirely on demand and supply (Collins 1).

Non-vegetarian diets are, arguably, uneconomical. Considering land as a factor of production, one ton of beef will be produced in a piece of land that has the potential of producing more than ten tons of nutritious vegetables. Additionally, only 4-16 % of the food consumed by cattle will be converted to flesh foods. Flesh products are also more expensive to buy than plant products. This is partly due to the fact that a significant percentage of their composition is water.

Also notable in this section is the fact that, due to the high cost of meat in some regions, people are forced to be vegetarians. In these regions, vegetarianism is exercised through the choice of cheaper food like beans, nuts, etc. over meat. Animal products, specifically beef, are consumed occasionally to check the cost of food. The high cost of meat can be explained by the lengthy process involved in the production and processing of meat.

Consumption of meat can, thus, be viewed to have triple cost effects on the consumer. Therefore the consumer pays for the production of the meat, he/she pays for the cost incurred in cleaning the environment in which the meat was produced and he/she pays the costs that are brought about by meat-related health problems. The rearing of animals for meat also leads to environmental degradation that may have adverse effects on the economic lives of people (Vegetarianisms benefits 1).

Conclusion

Given the health benefits of vegetarianism like prevention of heart problems, cancer, diabetes, obesity, etc. vegetarianism should be more popular than it is today. This is because most of the stated health complications that are prevented by vegetarianism are incurable. The effects of animal products on human health should make non-vegetarians to closely monitor their diets or better still, become vegetarians. Apart from the health benefits of vegetarianism, it also has economic benefits.

These include the fact that vegetarian food is relatively cheap, the vegetarian food also cuts down medical costs by preventing diseases and it arguably, conserves the environment. Vegetarianism has also been instrumental in the discovery of new, cheap and healthy meals thus alleviating starvation.

The relationship between vegetarianism and religion is indubitable. A lot of religious scriptures have ideas supporting vegetarianism. Examples of religions that support vegetarianism have been stated as Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Jainism and the Chinese Taoism. Therefore, the spiritual requirements of these religions attract a myriad of followers to vegetarianism. These followers, in turn, enjoy the valuable benefits of vegetarianism.

The practice of vegetarianism should be carried out with great care. Vegetarians should make sure that they balance their diets to obtain all the required nutrients. Care must be taken to ensure the consumption of foodstuffs containing enough amounts of proteins, iron, vitamins, fats, etc. Conclusively, the motivation of vegetarianism should be the health benefits that are associated with it. In this perspective, many people will be drawn to vegetarianism and it will positively impact their lives.

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Dwokin, Norine. 22 Reasons to Go Vegetarian Right Now. 1999. Web.

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Introduction

Vegetarianism refers to abstinence from the consumption of meat products. In some instances, the lifestyle may also involve the avoidance of consumption of all animal products (Agrawal et al. 2014). People adopt this type of lifestyle for various reasons. This paper explores the reasons for the rise of vegetarianism among the Chinese.

Health-Consciousness

An increase in vegetarianism among the Chinese could be explained by health concerns associated with meat consumption. For example, Roxburgh (2017) says that people living in major Chinese cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai, are increasingly concerned about chronic health conditions, such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiac conditions, which are partly brought about by the consumption of unhealthy foods (Lee & Park 2017). Such concerns have shaped broader lifestyle choices, including the rise of vegetarianism among the population.

It is important to understand health concerns supporting vegetarianism within the wider socio-political context of the Chinese people because, in the past, meat products were considered a luxurious food because of past famines and food shortages (Roxburgh 2017). However, this perception has changed because people are now more concerned about the health effects of animal products (Lee & Park 2017).

This transition means that many Chinese consumers today are more concerned about their health than their social standing. This paradigm shift is partly explained by the Maslow hierarchy of needs theory, which presupposes that basic needs are often met first before higher-level needs. The theory also postulates that health needs are basic (Wilkinson & Johnstone 2016). Other needs include safety, love/belonging, self-esteem, and self-actualization, in that order (Fallatah & Syed 2017). The increase in vegetarianism among the Chinese could be partly explained by their quest to address physiological needs as opposed to their esteem needs, which were often fulfilled when they ate meat as a luxurious food.

Awareness of Animal Rights

A cross-section of Chinese consumers is also motivated to abstain from meat products because of concerns about the infringement of animal rights (Lestel 2016). Particularly, increased awareness about animal cruelty has discouraged some consumers from buying meat products because they believe doing so would be abating the practice (Barstow 2017). Some animal rights organizations have encouraged customers to avoid buying meat products because of animal cruelty and such-like practices (Campbell & Campbell 2016).

Their efforts seem to be effective in some quarters of the Chinese population who are re-evaluating the need to buy meat products in the first place. An inclination towards vegetarianism, which is brought by this trend, is partly explained by the dissonance theory, which suggests that customers avoid buying products, which are misaligned with their core beliefs (Shuster & Campos-Castillo 2017; Yan & Jeyaraj 2014). Therefore, the motivation to embrace vegetarianism could emerge from the dissonance that consumers experience if they buy animal products and yet they do not support animal cruelty.

Conclusion

The evidence gathered in this paper suggests that the motivation for many Chinese to be vegetarians stems from a growing concern for the health implications of consuming animal products and increased awareness of animal rights. Maslows hierarchy of needs and dissonance theories support these reasons by explaining this consumer behavior. Overall, they presuppose that the Chinese are likely to buy products that satisfy their primary needs and align with their core beliefs and values.

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Market Analysis

The market for vegan hot dogs is a constantly growing market because the younger layer of the population is becoming more adherent to non-meat or vegan food sources. Therefore, the overall demographics and segmentation will mostly involve young vegan adults, but there is also a small proportion of older generations who are long-time vegans.

Market Size

Market size is a challenging concept to calculate due to the lack of available information. However, it can be estimated for the potential revenue available in the market by adding estimated starting hot dogs for a projected five years and multiplying the number to the average price. Thus, 57,507,270 * 10$ = 575,072,700$ is a maximum market size for vegan hot dogs.

Competition

The main competitors are Qdoba and Twisted Foods, which serve Mexican grill and prepared meals, respectively. They also cater to their customers in order to appeal to them because the events are highly crowded, and catering poses a challenge for visitors. In addition, Pizza Hut and Burger King can act as indirect competition due to they sell fast food, which can be carried to sports events. The primary advantage of our company is that we offer a cheaper and healthier alternative compared to our direct competitors. In regards to big and indirect competitors, we solely serve vegan food, which makes it more appealing to our target customers.

Marketing Strategy

The marketing strategy will be focused on putting an on-site poster, where the key information will be given about vegan hot dogs. By appealing to healthier and non-meat sources of food, we will be able to attract customers to the events directly. The main reason is that many vegans will pass the meat serving stands and go directly to vegan-only ones, which is us. Later social media advertising will be an effective tool to promote our company by gathering loyal vegan followers and expanding the business on sports event pages.

Primary Target Market

The primary target market is vegan individuals who do not consume any animal products. They are most likely going to be younger generations, such as millennials (Parker). In addition, it is clear that many non-vegan and non-vegetarian people will try vegan hot dogs. This is one of the critical opportunities to acquire loyal customers, who will not consume our products due to their nutritional choices, but because the vegan hot dogs are delicious.

Marketing Mix

Price: We will present ourselves as a cheaper and healthier alternative to our competitors. Therefore, prices will be lower with larger portions served, which is 10$.

Product: The sole products are meatless hot dogs or vegan hot dogs.

Place: The location will be dependent on the place of sports events in Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee.

Promotion: Firstly, we will apply for on-site promotion by attracting customers nearby, but after we will gather some resources, we plan to establish a strong social media identity.

Sales Plan

We plan to sell 500 kits at each game, which will result in estimated earnings of 1200$ per event. In order to simply return the investments, we will have to sell 278 kits, which is a break-even point. In addition, it is important to note that every three people must be willing to buy our hot dogs in order to achieve 500 kits sold. Also, every five people must be ready to purchase our product in order for us to the break-even point.

Work Cited

Parker, John. The Year of the Vegan. Economist, Web.

Albert Einstein once said, ‘I think the changes and purifying effects that a vegetarian diet has on a human being’s disposition are quite beneficial to mankind. Therefore, it is both auspicious and peaceful for people to choose vegetarianism.’ The aforementioned quote aligns with the assertion that vegetarianism is a better alternative and should become universal for the good of animals, human health, and the environment. This dietary practice has important philosophical grounds related to killing animals and the fact that all life on earth should be respected and protected. Supporters of vegetarianism derive from one simple belief – that slaughtering animals is wrong and that animals have the same right to live. However, there are more objective arguments in favor of vegetarianism, and such arguments hinge on the nutritional benefits of a vegetarian diet.

A vegetarian diet eliminates all meat and fish, and sometimes, in the case of vegans, all animal products from one’s diet. While this is a fair definition of the vegetarian diet, the actual practice of vegetarianism is somewhat less clear-cut. There are several subcategories of vegetarianism including ovolactarian, who eat dairy products and eggs but abstain from meat, and lactarians, who eat dairy products but abstain from meat and eggs, while pescatarians include fish in their diet but still consider themselves vegetarians. Vegans are the strictest subcategory of the vegetarian campaign, refraining from all animal-based products. While vegetarians and vegans often avoid eating animal products for similar reasons, the largest difference is the degree to which they deem animal products acceptable. For example, vegans and vegetarians may exclude meat from their diets for health or environmental reasons. However, vegans additionally choose to avoid all animal by-products because they believe these have the largest impact on their health and the environment.

The earliest records of vegetarianism as a practice amongst a significant number of people are from ancient India and the ancient Greek civilizations in southern Italy and Greece. In both origins, the diet was in close connection with the idea of nonviolence concerning animals and was encouraged by religious organizations and philosophers. While religion sometimes orders for a vegetarian diet, over the years we have seen an increasing number of individuals choosing not to consume animal products based on their own personal beliefs. In more recent history, many noteworthy individuals throughout history have practiced vegetarianism during their lives, including Benjamin Franklin. While employed as a printer at the young age of 16, he was motivated by the vegetarian philosophy discussed in a piece of writing he read. After adopting a vegetarian diet, Franklin found that it had its economic advantages and that his food expenses were decreased by half, allowing him the opportunity to buy more books for his collection. Franklin soon thereafter became an advocate of animal rights, which seamlessly fit with his anti-slavery and political rights agenda.

Avoiding meat and dairy products is the single biggest way to reduce your environmental impact on the planet, according to the scientists behind the most comprehensive analysis to date of the damage farming does to the planet. Environmental vegetarianism is the practice of vegetarianism when motivated by the desire to not contribute to the negative environmental impact of meat production. Livestock as a whole is estimated to be responsible for around 18% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Technological advances in agriculture have secured increased production and output but have meant devastating environmental impacts, including climate change (Clarke 106). As a result, a significant reduction in meat consumption has been advocated by, among others, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in their 2019 special report. Other than climate change, environmental concerns about the production of animal products may also relate to pollution, deforestation, unsustainability and the overuse of water and land. The agriculture system expends fossil fuel, water, and topsoil at unsustainable rates. It contributes to numerous forms of environmental degradation, including air and water pollution, soil depletion, and diminishing biodiversity. Meat production contributes heavily to these problems, in part because feeding grain to livestock to produce meat—instead of feeding it directly to humans—involves a significant energy loss, making animal agriculture more resource-intensive than other kinds of food production. Billions of people worldwide do not have access to clean water while abhorrent amount of water is instead going to livestock, which are later slaughtered for their flesh. Producing plant foods require fewer natural resources than producing animal products, making plant-based diets are more sustainable and less demanding on the environment

Traditionally, research on vegetarianism focused primarily on probable nutritional deficiencies, but in recent years, the focus has shifted, and studies are confirming the health benefits of meat-free diets. Although vegetarians were once viewed in primarily negative terms, public attitude has shifted considerably, such that they are now viewed as good and principled (Ruby 147). Today, plant-based eating is recognized as not only nutritionally sufficient but also as a way to reduce the risk for many chronic illnesses. Scientific evidence points to the positive association between a vegetarian diet and reduced risk for several chronic diseases and conditions such as obesity, coronary artery disease, hypertension, diabetes, and some types of cancer (Rajaram and Sabaté 531). Vegetarian diets have low intakes of total fat, saturated fatty acids, and cholesterol. Since the vegetarian diet is lower in cholesterol and fats the chances for hypertension are decreased. Hypertension is just one cause that can lead to heart disease; the main cause of heart disease is due to having high levels of cholesterol. High cholesterol is an indicator that a person is consuming a high amount of animal products that contain cholesterol and saturated fat. The vegetarian diet contains high amounts of soy, nuts, oats, and vegetables, all of which have been found to reduce cholesterol. In addition to lowering cholesterol levels, another reason why vegetarian diet reduces heart disease lies in the fact that it contains high levels of antioxidants. Antioxidants include essential nutrients such as vitamin C, vitamin E, and beta-carotenes which all help to minimize the damage that could occur in cells. Population studies on vegetarians have shown an inverse relationship between vegetarian diet practices and incidence of cancer, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and total mortality (Rajaram and Sabaté 532). However, these benefits will not immediately follow a decision to stop eating meat. Like any diet, a vegetarian diet should be part of an overall healthy lifestyle, which includes exercise and excludes unhealthy choices, such as smoking and drinking excess alcohol.

Appropriately planned vegetarian diets are healthful, nutritionally sufficient, and may provide health benefits towards the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. ‘Appropriately planned’ is the operative term. In fact, To set the record straight, protein needs can be met solely from plant sources when a variety of plant foods are consumed and energy needs are met. Furthermore, plant foods have generally more than 10% of calories from protein. In fact, the percentage of calories from protein for vegetables (not root vegetables) is 20% to 40%, for legumes it is 20% to 37%, and for grains, nuts, and seeds it is 10% to 17%. The exception is fruits, starchy vegetables, and rice, which have less than 10% of calories from protein. (Panebianco 55) However, unless the recommended guidelines on nutrition, fat consumption, and weight control, are followed, becoming a vegetarian won’t necessarily be beneficial. To get the most out of a vegetarian diet, choose a variety of healthy plant-based foods, such as whole fruits and vegetables, legumes and nuts, and whole grains. It’s also essential to replace saturated and trans fats with good fats, like those found in nuts and oils. At the same time, cut back on less healthy choices, such as sugar-sweetened beverages, fruit juices and refined grain. When in doubt, a registered dietitian can create a vegetarian plan that’s right for a given individual.

Becoming a vegetarian has become more appealing and accessible, as a result of year-round availability of fresh produce, more vegetarian dining options, and the growing culinary influence of cultures with plant-based diet. Shopping for vegetarian foods today is much easier than it was twenty years ago. Veggie burgers, “not dogs,” and tofu can be found in most grocery stores, even in remote areas. Most communities have at least one local health food store, and many support a food co-operative (or co-op), making it easy to find vegetarian foods, organic produce, and bulk goods such as grains and nuts (Maurer 131). In addition to some individuals fearing the convenience of a meat-free diet, to many, a vegetarian lifestyle may provoke overwhelming thoughts and fear of a drastic change in diet. For a majority, it’s loving the taste of meat, but it might come as a surprise to learn that veggie alternatives can actually be made to taste like real meat. As for meat substitutes, often times vegetarians will swap out meat for soy. Soy can be made into many different forms, such as tofu, tempeh, milk, and cheese, which makes it a great source of protein. Actually, it can be rather difficult to tell the difference between coloring, texture, and taste of meat versus a meat-free option. Due to the rise in vegetarians, many businesses offer meatless menu options for consumers. In fact, companies today make vegetarian alternatives to dishes that traditionally contain meat. Tofu is a great source of protein and common meat alternative that is soft, white, and flavorless but it can be cooked in pairing with almost anything and it will take on the taste of that food. A more meat-like alternative is tempeh, made from fermented soybeans that is denser than tofu and also has a taste and texture similar to meat products. A wider availability of vegetarian products has made vegetarianism easier to adopt, more now than ever before.

Apart from health considerations, people become vegetarian for a range of reasons. Many people stop eating meat for ideological, ethical, or religious reasons, but often, the focus is on health. Producing vegetarian food is more ecologically sustainable, and it reduces damage to the environment.

Vegetarianism, the hypothesis or practice of living exclusively upon vegetables, organic products, grains, vegetables, and nuts—with or without the expansion of milk items and eggs—by and large for moral, parsimonious, natural, or dietary reasons. All types of tissue (meat, fowl, and fish) are prohibited from all veggie lover consumes less calories, however numerous vegans use milk and milk items; those in the West generally eat eggs additionally, yet most vegans in India avoid them, as did those in the Mediterranean grounds in Classical occasions. Veggie lovers who reject creature items by and large (and in like manner dodge creature determined items, for example, calfskin, silk, nectar, and fleece) are known as vegetarians. The individuals who use milk items are now and then called lacto-vegans, and the individuals who use eggs also are called veggie lovers. Among some agrarian people groups, tissue eating has been rare aside from among the advantaged classes; such individuals have rather misleadingly been called vegans.

HISTORY OF VEGETARIANISM

Intentional shirking of substance eating likely first showed up inconsistently in quite a while, either as an impermanent cleansing or as capability for a clerical capacity. Backing of an ordinary fleshless eating regimen started about the center of the first thousand years BCE in India and the eastern Mediterranean as a feature of the philosophical arousing of the time. In the Mediterranean, shirking of tissue eating is first recorded as an educating of the scholar Pythagoras of Samos (c. 530 BCE), who claimed the family relationship of all creatures as one reason for human consideration toward different animals From Plato ahead numerous agnostic savants (e.g., Epicurus and Plutarch), particularly the Neoplatonist’s, suggested a fleshless eating routine; the thought conveyed with it judgment of ridiculous forfeits in adore and was regularly connected with faith in the rebirth of spirits and, all the more for the most part, with a quest for standards of inestimable concordance as per which individuals could live. In India, supporters of Buddhism and Jainism declined on moral and plain grounds to murder creatures for nourishment. Individuals, they accepted, ought not incur hurt on any aware animal. This guideline was before long taken up in Brahmanism and, later, Hinduism and was applied particularly to the dairy animals. As in Mediterranean idea, the thought conveyed with it judgment of wicked forfeits and was regularly connected with standards of enormous agreement. In later hundreds of years the historical backdrop of vegetarianism in the Indic and Mediterranean areas wandered essentially. In India itself, however Buddhism bit by bit declined, the perfect of innocuousness (ahimsa), with its result of a fleshless eating routine, spread consistently in the first thousand years CE until a significant number of the upper positions, and even a portion of the lower, had received it. Past India it was conveyed, with Buddhism, northward and eastbound to the extent China and Japan. In certain nations, fish were remembered for an in any case fleshless eating routine. West of the Indus the incredible monotheistic conventions were less great for vegetarianism. The Hebrew Bible, in any case, records the conviction that in heaven the most punctual people had not eaten substance. Plain Jewish gatherings and some early Christian pioneers objected to tissue eating as voracious, coldblooded, and costly. Some Christian devout requests precluded tissue eating, and its evasion has been a repentance and a profound exercise in any event, for laypersons. Various holy people, for example, St. Anthony of Egypt, were noted veggie lovers. Numerous Muslims have been antagonistic to vegetarianism, yet some Muslim Sufi spiritualists prescribed a meatless eating regimen for otherworldly searchers

VEGETARIANISM AND RELIGION

Hinduism’s energizes a veggie lover diet, however not all Hindus are vegan. Hindus all around maintain a strategic distance from meat since they consider the dairy animals sacrosanct. Hinduism’s huge sacred writings contain a huge number of sections prescribing vegetarianism dependent on the significant connection between ahimsa (peacefulness) and otherworldliness. For instance, the Yajur Veda says, ‘You should not utilize your undeniable body for executing God’s animals, regardless of whether they be human, creatures, or whatever.’ (12.32) Mahatma Gandhi, in any case, made Hindu vegan recognition one stride further by proclaiming, ‘The enormity of a country and its ethical advancement can be estimated by the manner by which its creatures are dealt with.’

While the brutality of butcher wrongs creatures, it additionally hurts the individuals who devour creatures. Causing superfluous agony and passing produces terrible karma (sick impacts on oneself as an outcome of abuse of others). Confidence in the holiness of life, rebirth, peacefulness, and the law of karma are focal, between related highlights of the Hinduism’s ‘profound nature.’ While Hinduism’s reason for vegetarianism is profoundly otherworldly, its down to earth merit has additionally been affirmed by science. For instance, the denial against hurting or slaughtering dairy animals often benefits sustenance in India. Cows contribute milk and dairy nourishments, work, transportation, and manure fuel

JAINISM

Vegetarianism is normal practice among Jains, who hold that it isn’t right to slaughter or mischief any living being. Jain conventions regard ahimsa (peacefulness), aparigraha (non-acquision), asteya (regard for other’s privileges) and satya (truth). While Jains include under 1% of India’s populace, they contribute the greater part of all the cash gave in India to give clinical and other social help to India’s destitute individuals

Buddhism

Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, was a Hindu who acknowledged a significant number of Hinduism’s center tenets, for example, karma. His life and lessons offered extraordinary bits of knowledge into how to address issues of human presence, and he unequivocally showed vegetarianism as a segment of his general guidance to be careful and caring.

The Buddha in certain Mahayana sutras emphatically reproves the eating of meat. In the Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra, the Buddha expresses that ‘the eating of meat stifles the seed of extraordinary sympathy’, including that all and each sort of meat and fish utilization (even of creatures previously discovered dead) is disallowed by him. The Buddha additionally predicts in this sutra that later priests will ‘hold deceptive works to be the bona fide Dharma’ and will prepare in the Lankavatara Sutra their own sutras and duplicitously guarantee that the Buddha permits the eating of meat, while truth be told (he says) he doesn’t. A long section shows the Buddha weighing firmly for vegetarianism, since the eating of the substance of individual conscious creatures is said by him to be inconsistent with the sympathy a Bodhisattva ought to endeavour to develop. A few other Mahayana sutras additionally determinedly forbid the utilization of meat

Taoism

The Chinese religion of Taoism holds nature as consecrated, and this view in like manner favors vegetarianism. Taoism energizes that yin and yang are the two significant energies on the planet, and Taoists have continually ‘taken the accomplishments of yin [the serene, non-powerful approach] and rescue of creatures as their need.

For example, the notable Taoist Master Li Han-Kung explicitly denied ‘the people who consume meat’ from his favored mountain.

Taoism is specific in concentrating on ease. As exactly on schedule as the 6th century BCE, the Taoist sacrosanct content called Tao Te Ching advised against waste (80 TTC). The Tao Te Ching trains that straightforwardness allows the individual to continue with a quiet life and it shields nature from misuse and defilement. Current examinations of condition and assembling plant developing have demonstrated that meat creation today is incredibly tangled and inefficient. The U.S. Division of Agriculture reports that meat use is far less capable in making protein than use of beans and grains. Since it requires indisputably more grain, present day meat creation requires more pesticides, more water, and logically oil based good to run tractors to develop the extra fields of grain. Expending dynamically oil subsidiary wastes ordinary resources and taints the planet. Taoist ease underpins eating vegetables, grains, and natural items as opposed to meat. According to the Tao, the technique of meat creation will as a rule be too yang – unreasonably intense; it remembers ludicrous and unnecessary impact for the earth.

Judaism

The Torah (Hebrew Scriptures) portrays vegetarianism as a perfect. In the Garden of Eden, Adam, Eve, and all animals were told to eat plant nourishments. (Beginning 1:29-30) The prophet Isaiah had an idealistic vision where everybody will indeed be veggie lover: ‘The wolf will abide with the sheep … the lion will eat straw like the bull … They will not hurt or decimate in the entirety of My sacred mountain’ (Isaiah 11:6-9).

Judaism prohibits tsa’ar ba’alei chayim, causing superfluous agony on creatures. For instance, Exodus 23:5 necessitates that one calm the weight of an over-burden creature, and the Fourth Commandment incorporates the guidance that Jews must permit domesticated animals to lay on the Sabbath. The parameters of such laws are examined in the Talmud and systematized in the Shulchan Arukh (Code of Jewish Law). The respected medieval lawful power/thinker Moses Maimonides composed that we should demonstrate leniency to every single living animal. The sixteenth Century spiritualist Rabbi Moses Cordovero and nineteenth Century scholar Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch communicated comparable notions. On the other hand, production line cultivates routinely restrict creatures in squeezed spaces; regularly medicate and ravage creatures; and deny creatures outside air, daylight, work out, and any chance to fulfill their common senses. In light of this, previous Chief Rabbi of Ireland Rabbi David Rosen has stated, ‘The present treatment of creatures in the domesticated animals exchange unquestionably renders the utilization of meat as halachically inadmissible [not kosher].’ Other rabbis, while concurring that creatures ought to be brought and butchered up in accommodating manners, don’t concur that such meat is prohibited.

Other Jewish qualities favor vegetarianism. Judaism advocates treating the earth deferentially, while creature agribusiness wastes water, vitality, land, and different assets. Judaism holds that human life is consecrated, and we ought to perseveringly think about our wellbeing. Since creature based nourishments can build the danger of coronary illness, diabetes, and certain malignant growths, we should move towards a plant-based eating routine. Judaism urges us to impart our bread to hungry individuals. However, the wasteful aspects of creature horticulture squander grains and grounds that could be utilized for staple harvests, subsequently denying hungry individuals of nourishment. In outline, in spite of the fact that Judaism doesn’t order vegetarianism, numerous Jewish lessons bolster the eating routine.

Christianity

Christianity, in light of Judaism, forbids cold-bloodedness to creatures. Jesus’ focal lessons included love, sympathy, and leniency, and it is difficult to envision Jesus viewing contemporary production line homesteads and slaughterhouses and afterward cheerfully devouring tissue.

Christians have consistently endeavoured to clergyman to poor and hungry individuals. Nonetheless, today the wastefulness of meat eating neutralizes that service. In the United States 66% of the grains are taken care of two creatures being raised for butcher, squandering most grains’ calories and proteins. Ron Sider of Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary has watched, ‘It is a direct result of the elevated level of meat utilization that the rich minority of the world eats up such an out of line portion of the world’s accessible nourishment.’ (Rich Christians during a time of Hunger, pp. 43-44). Knowing the injurious impacts of creature put together nourishments with respect to human wellbeing, Christian standards favor a plant-based eating regimen.

What are the sorts or levels of vegetarianism?

There are a few ‘levels’ of vegetarianism, or kinds of veggie lover diet that rely upon which nourishments you decide not to eat. Beginning from the most prohibitive and working our way down, the sorts of vegan are as per the following:

Vegetarian : Kinds of Vegetarian: Vegan

Vegetarians don’t expend any creature items or results. So vegetarians obviously don’t expend red or white meat, fish or fowl. They additionally don’t expend eggs and dairy. Vegetarians don’t utilize nectar or beeswax, gelatin and some other creature side-effect fixings or items. Veggie lovers ordinarily don’t utilize creature items, for example, silk, calfskin and fleece, too.

Lacto-veggie lovers don’t eat red or white meat, fish, fowl or eggs. Be that as it may, lacto-vegans do devour dairy items, for example, cheddar, milk and yogurt

Ovo Vegetarian

Ovo-veggie lovers don’t eat red or white meat, fish, fowl or dairy items. Be that as it may, ovo-vegans do devour egg items.

Lacto-ovo veggie lover Kinds of Vegetarian: Lacto-Ovo

Lacto-ovo veggie lovers don’t devour red meat, white meat, fish or fowl. Be that as it may, lacto-ovo veggie lovers do expend dairy items and egg items. This is the most well-known sort of vegan.

Pescatarian (Pescetarian)

While in fact not a kind of veggie lover, these people do limit their meat utilization to fish and fish as it were. Pescatarians don’t expend red meat, white meat or fowl. This is viewed as a ‘semi-veggie lover’ or ‘flexitarian’ diet.

Pollotarian

Much like the pescatarian, this ‘semi-veggie lover’ diet confines meat utilization to poultry and fowl just, and isn’t authoritatively viewed as a vegan. Pollotarians don’t devour red meat or fish and fish

Flexitarian

A plant-based eating regimen with the intermittent meat thing on the menu. These people put forth a valiant effort to constrain meat consumption however much as could reasonably be expected and they have a for the most part plant-based eating routine. This isn’t in fact considered a ‘veggie lover’ diet, yet we laud the effor

Being picked up by their ears and fleeces and thrown across rooms; having cigarettes stubbed out on their faces; being stunned and killed whilst suckling their children; being kicked, punched and beaten. This may sound like a nightmare, but for animals, this is a common occurrence they are forced to endure. (subjugation)

Approximately ONE BILLION farmed animals are slaughtered for food each year in the UK. Every animal farmed for his or her meat, eggs or milk is an individual with a unique personality. Just like us they can be shy, playful and affectionate. And just like us, they are capable of feeling fear, pain, and distress. Billions of Farmed animals across the world are typically locked up, forcibly impregnated, fattened and slaughter. They are exploited to their limits so that farmers can get the most profit out of them.

In more recent years’ vegetarian diets have gained increased popularity. Vegetarianism as a moral stance has its roots in some of the world’s oldest belief systems, including religious and philosophical ideas from ancient India and Greece. Today, despite being minority views, vegetarianism and veganism have become increasingly popular lifestyle choices in the developed world. An estimated five percent of the UK public identifies as vegetarian and the proportion identifying as a vegan has more than trebled in the past decade. Yet at the same time, meat consumption is at record levels and growing fastest in developed countries. In response, there have been widespread calls to reduce meat consumption in the interests of public health and environmental protection. Campaigns such as Meat Free Monday and National Vegetarian Week have used the power of social media to change cultural attitudes towards the eating of animals. More and more mainstream restaurants and grocery stores are stocking their shelves and menus with plant-based alternatives and their popularity is soaring.

More and more people are questioning where their food comes from, how their meat is produced and what impacts eating it is having on their health, animals and the environment.

To find out more about the animals we eat we need to start at the beginning. Until the 1950s, the majority of farms in those days were owned by small families. But soon after the second world war, the thing began to change. Farming methods became driven largely by the quest to produce vast quantities of cheap food, animals were bred to grow faster, put on more muscle for meat and give birth to larger litters. Making huge profits for the farmers. Big companies started to control the industry.

Gradually it became standard practice to imprison huge numbers of animals inside large sheds where light, heat, and feed can be closely controlled. This is known as factory farming because animals are treated like units on a production line. And everything that makes life worth living like fresh air and exercise is ignored. Most farmed animals are kept in huge, crowded, barren units for the whole of their short lives. Pigs, chickens, turkeys, and ducks have long been kept this way and now dairy cows, goats, and sheep are increasingly being factory farmed too. To try to prevent bored and stressed animals from hurting each other, farmers subject them to mutilations, such as beak trimming, castration and the removal of their tails, usually done without anesthetic.

Animals born and raised on factory farms don’t know what it is like to be free. They are bred into a lifetime of extreme confinement and suffering. Factory farms are starting to get more visibility in the mainstream media. And the reasons are far from positive. It is becoming common knowledge that factory farms are horrific places where animals aren’t treated as living, sentient beings. The truth is that factory farming is an abomination and needs to end.

Factory farms are essentially industrial animal factories that breed and raise animals for human consumption. The main thing connecting all of these farms is the cruelty and suffering that the animals face while living a confined life awaiting imminent slaughter and also the main goal is to be as efficient as possible disregarding the welfare of the animals where money could be made.The industrial food complex is aware of the public’s distaste for factory farming that they are hidden from the public eye. The meat industry knows this well. Food lobbyists influence lawmakers to create laws to punish the people looking to expose the horrors behind the barbed-wire fences of factory farms.

The laws are called ‘Ag-gag laws’ and are designed specifically to protect large corporations in the food industry. Ag-gag laws aim to prevent employees, undercover or otherwise, from documenting factory farm operations without their employers’ consent. Because food executives in the meat, dairy, and egg industries know that the general public would be horrified by what happens at their farms, ag-gag laws have been used to try to silence or scare of animal rights activists that go undercover to expose animal abuse on factory farms.

These laws essentially give farmers and those behind the food industry free reign at doing what they want to animals. Animals born and raised on factory farms don’t know what it is like to be free. These animals don’t know comfort. They aren’t allowed to experience family and friends as they do in nature. Every minute of their short lives is spent experiencing fear, suffering, and extreme discomfort before being packed into trucks and taken to slaughterhouses. To the companies and farmers responsible for their survival, they are nothing more than pegs in the machine. They are far from sentient beings deserving of a life free from fear.

Factory farming was created to create the amount of meat necessary to meet the demand of a growing population. If grown on a rolling pasture the way many people think of animal farming, the global meat supply would be much more expensive. Factory farms allow farmers to grow huge numbers of animals quickly and without taking into account the well-being of those animals. Because of this, they can produce meat at extraordinarily low prices. This meat turns into processed meats that then perpetuate the growing popularity of the Western Diet. This diet increases people’s risk of becoming obese or suffering from many preventable diseases like diabetes, heart disease, and certain types of cancer.

Approximately 95% of the chickens farmed for food in this country are reared inside huge windowless sheds the size of football grounds. There may be up to 100,000 birds crammed into a single shed with space as little as half an A4 piece of paper. They are known as ‘broiler birds’ and have been specially bred to grow twice the natural rate. They are also fed a high protein diet to make them put on more weight quickly and grow unnaturally fast. To put that into perspective imagine having an adult’s body on a child’s legs and those legs simply cannot cope with that weight. This results in the animals becoming lame or that are crippled and these animals die because they cannot reach the water and food. More than one in 20 birds die before they can be a slaughter.

While healthy chickens have a natural lifespan of 10 years, these broiler birds are sent to be slaughtered at only six weeks old. That’s less than one-half term. In the UK 800 million chickens are slaughtered every year. Now that’s the same as more than two million chickens being killed every day.

Pig farms are unusually cruel to the animals being raised for slaughter. Just under one billion pigs are being raised for food at any given moment around the globe. Breeding sows are forced to produce as many piglets as possible. Many female pigs spend their lives on their sides in gestation crates, a barbaric way of keeping them stationary prisoners throughout their repeated pregnancies. A week before they are due to give birth, Sows are moved to a farrowing crate – a metal cage-like structure with a concrete floor. They are unable to turn around or move freely to prevent them from crushing their babies, which could occur due to the abnormally large litter’s modern sows are forced to produce One week later, the mother is forcefully impregnated and is back in the gestational crate. This process goes until she is no longer able to have babies and is slaughtered for her meat. At three or four weeks old, the piglets are taken away from their mothers. A high protein diet causes them to grow very big, very fast. As a result, the pigs suffer painful leg and joint problems. The unnatural conditions also lead to breathing problems, as well as to infections that affect the gut, skin, brain and nervous system. Many common practices found across pig farms are barbaric. Tail docking and tooth clipping happen and the farmers claim it’s to help the pigs. Many pigs in horrid conditions and squalor can act out due to stress and anxiety

The dairy cow is one of the most exploited of all farmed animals. Selectively bred to produce unnaturally large and ever-increasing quantities of milk, she is also subjected to a constant cycle of pregnancies, usually by artificial insemination. To produce milk, a cow must be made pregnant, which of course results in a calf being born. These calves are considered by-products by the dairy industry, which usually separates them from their mothers at just one or two days old. This is so that the milk meant for them can be bottled for people to drink. Separating a mother and her calf is extremely distressing for both – cows have been known to break out of fields in search of their stolen babies. Every year, tens of thousands of male calves are shot in e head soon after birth, as they will never produce milk and won’t gain weight quickly enough for beef production Many others are sent away to be raised on veal farms and will be slaughtered at just a few months’ old

These are just some of the instances of animal cruelty, However, due to the obscurity of the meat industry many atrocities occur behind closed doors, with little accountability for the perpetrators

Over the past 50 years, global meat production has almost quadrupled from 84 million tons in 1965 to more than 330 million tons in 2017. The IAASTD predicts that this trend will continue, especially because the growing urban middle classes in China and other emerging economies will adapt to the so-called western diet Animal agriculture is an inefficient way to produce food. Animal farming uses more land, energy, and water than plant-based agriculture and is a significant cause of pollution.

Only 55% of the world’s cropland goes to feed humans. That means that 45% of all crops grown on the planet is fed to animals on factory farms. We can feed up to 10 times as many people (which is an extra 3.5Billion) by using the available land to feed people directly, rather than devoting it too fattening up animals. Yet animal products provide just a small fraction of our nutrient intake. In short, we get less food out of animals than we put into them.

And it’s not just land that is wasted producing animal products. Animal farming uses vast quantities of water in its production and maintenance. Animal agriculture is responsible for 20 to 33 percent of all freshwater consumption in the world. It takes 900 liters of water to produce 1kg of wheat compared with 100,000 liters to produce 1kg of beef. As the human population increases around the world, millions of people are dying of hunger. Soon, world food production will not be able to keep up with the demands of a Western meat-eating diet – which is now being adopted by developing countries.

Cited by under-25s as their leading reason for giving up meat, the environmental impact of livestock farming features prominently in pro-veggie campaigns. Vegetarian activists accuse the meat industry of harming the environment in several ways. Methane produced by animals like cattle, sheep, and goats (in the form of waste) adds to the stock of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which is a contributor to climate change. According to the United Nations, Emissions from agricultural production accounts for 18 percent of all greenhouse gases, which is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than the entire transport sector on earth combined.

A recent analysis showed that beef results in up to 105kg of greenhouse gases per 100g of protein, while tofu produces less than 3.5kg per 100g of protein. But the environmental impact of animal agriculture goes beyond climate change. It is a major driving force behind deforestation, 70 percent of former rainforest in the Amazon is now being used for grazing animals and is also the leading cause of the current mass extinction of wildlife. It is also the single biggest cause of water pollution in the UK and many other countries, killing wildlife and causing disease outbreaks.

In the words of the environment writer George Monbiot, ‘farming animals is as unsustainable as mining coal’. Only by cutting back on global meat consumption will we ever be able to feed everyone in the world. However, expecting the world to employ vegetarianism is simply unrealistic. Many factors hinder global vegetarianism such as religion, different country’s registrations and taste of meat

The good news is that there is already government around the world that are taking steps to reduce the consumption of meat in the face of climate change. The Danish ethic committee has advised the Danish government put a tax on all red meat. The Chinese government has outlined a plan to reduce its citizens’ meat consumption by 50% by 2030,

Existing Nutritional labels could be modified to state where and how the meat was killed and haw sustainably was it slaughtered. However, More than 200 million animals are killed for food around the world every day – just on land. That comes out to 72 billion land animals killed for food around the world every year. This is a global issue that will only be rectified as a united species taking the steps to save the planet we call home

It’s up to us to start a movement, inspire a generation and fix the wrong done to the world Now you may be thinking “how do a few people not eating meat save these animals” well, being a vegetarian saves animal by reducing the demand for meat, causing few animals to be born into a harsh life owned by the meat industry, where callousness abounds and mercy is scant. Factory farms will one day be looked back on as a dark and barbaric practice where Squalor, misery, disease, and death runs rampant.

People are becoming more and more aware of what happens on these farms and plant-based alternatives to meat are growing at incredible rates. Clean meat is close to becoming a reality and will provide meat eaters with an identical culinary experience as meat without animal farming being a part of the process. While a vegan world may seem like a distant future, a world where factory farming is acceptable may come to an end shortly.

In the end, the choice is yours. The fate of billions of animals depends on the choices that ordinary people like you make about the food on your plate. Every decision you make can make a difference in their lives saving billions of sentient beings, significantly reduce pollution and provide people with much healthier and more ethical alternatives to their diets.

I. Introduction

A. Attention Getter: Recently, Burger King Sweden announced that they have created a “50/50” menu. This menu will include all of Burger King’s classics, but with a twist. They will be randomly selecting who will receive the meat patties or a plant-based patty to see if their customers will be able to tell the difference. So… could you? Would you know the difference? Should you try it out?

B. Specific Purpose Statement: Due to the ongoing conversation, I would like to inform you about the pros and cons of vegetarianism.

C. Credibility Statement: My mother has been a vegetarian for nearly thirty-five years and my father has been an avid meat eater for fifty-six years, as of two weeks ago. So from a very young age, I have seen the advantages and disadvantages of the two lifestyle choices. Because I have only seen the personal side of this discussion, I have chosen to research this topic in more detail and would like to share with you what I have found.

D. Preview of Main Points

1. One of the main reasons people follow a vegetarian diet is their concern about the unethical treatment of animals in the meat industry.
2. Other Americans have transitioned to a meat-free diet due to the health benefits associated with the lifestyle, including a lower risk of heart disease and less likely to develop colon cancer.
3. However, studies have shown nutrient deficiencies in protein, as well as vitamins B-12, iron, and zinc.
4. Some scientists believe that the resources required to maintain a vegetarian diet may be destroying the environment.

Transition: Now, I would like to start with the first pro…

II. Body

A. Pro 1. Many vegetarians become vegetarians because they believe it is cruel and unethical to kill animals for food when there are many vegetarian options available.

1. Supporting fact #1: Dr. Temple Grandin, a professor of animal science at Colorado State University, claims that “Animals are sentient beings that have emotions and social connections. Scientific studies show that cattle, pigs, chickens, and all warm-blooded animals can experience stress, pain, and fear.”
2. Supporting fact #2: According to the United States Department of Agriculture’s economic research team, nearly 14 thousand cows, 53 thousand pigs, and 4 million birds have been butchered for food from January to May 2019.

B. Pro 2: Studies show that a vegetarian diet lowers the risk of heart disease and that vegetarians are less likely to develop cancer than meat eaters.

1. Supporting fact #1: In a study at Oxford University in the United Kingdom, 6,000 vegetarians and 5,000 nonvegetarians were monitored for nearly twelve years. At the end of this study, vegetarians were shown to have a 24% lower mortality from heart disease than meat eaters. The vegetarian diet also showed lower blood pressure, prevent hypertension, and thus reduce the risk of stroke.
2. Supporting fact #2: According to a 1994 study by Harvard researchers, consuming beef, pork, or lamb five or more times a week significantly increases the risk of colon cancer by nearly forty percent. The World Cancer Research Fund has found that eating more processed meats such as bacon or sausage increases this risk even further.

Transition: While there are many health benefits to following a vegetarian diet, one major concern is the nutrient deficiencies caused by removing meat from your diet.

C. Con 1: With meat being the easiest source of protein and iron, vegetarians have a difficult time trying to replace these within their diets.

1. Supporting fact #1: Meat is the best source of vitamin B12, a vitamin necessary for a healthy nervous and digestive system. B12 can be found in eggs, milk, yogurt, and other dairy products, all of which most vegetarians will consume. However, in the study by Dr. Wolfgang Hermann, the senior scientist in the Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, the results showed two in three vegetarians were vitamin B12 deficient compared to one in 20 meat eaters.
2. Supporting fact #2: Eating meat provides a better source of iron than a vegetarian diet. The body absorbs 15% to 35% of the heme iron in meat, but only absorbs 2% to 20% of the non-heme iron found in vegetarian sources like leafy greens and beans.

D. Con 2: In the last ten years, many studies have been done with regard to the environmental harm that the vegetarian lifestyle may …….

1. Supporting fact #1: Processed vegetarian protein options such as tofu can cause more greenhouse gas pollution than farming meat. A 2010 report from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) found that the production of soy-based proteins such as tofu could contribute more to greenhouse gas emissions than eating locally produced meat. According to a Finland study in 2009, giving up all animal products would only give a 7% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, not enough to be worth the dietary sacrifice.
2. Supporting fact #2: According to Doug Gurian-Sherman and Margaret Mellon, senior scientists in the Union of Concerned Scientists Food and Environment Program, vegetarian diets are not necessarily better for the environment. They estimate that about 90% of US cropland suffers from topsoil loss at 13 times the sustainable rate. Approximately 92% of US soybeans, which is a vegetarian staple protein, are planted with genetically modified soy, which is immune to herbicides. This immunity allows soy farmers to douse their fields with large quantities of weed-killing herbicides which are toxic to other plants and fish. Some scientists worry that increased herbicide use could create ‘super weeds.’

Transition: Now that I have presented the two sides of the topic, I would like to recap on what I have covered today.

III. Conclusion

A. Summary of Main Points

1. First, I explained why many vegetarians believe that the meat industry is unethical.
2. Second, I went over the major health benefits of a vegetarian diet.
3. After that, I showed the nutrient deficiencies that can be associated with the vegetarian lifestyle,
4. And lastly, I stated that some scientists are concerned with the environmental threats that vegetarianism poses.

B. Restate Purpose: My purpose in this speech is to inform you about the pros and cons of vegetarianism.

C. Remind Audience of Credibility: As I said earlier, why I am exposed to vegetarianism on a personal level, I was very interested in learning more, so I spent the last week researching the topic in more detail.

D. Decisive Concluding Statement: Well both sides of this argument have scientific validity, the power to choose a side is up to the individual. Everyone has their own opinion on what a vegetarian is and I hope after listening to my speech today, you will feel more informed to formulate your own opinions.

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Introduction

I chose to research Vegetarianism because I have met a few people that are vegetarians and I have always wondered how they are able to get enough nutrition like proteins and fats that come from meat and other animal products. I understand why people want to be vegetarian because if anyone has ever seen how meats are processed from an animal, it can churn your stomach big time. However, I do not know how they can stop eating meat for as long as they have. While I would never participate in this diet, it is interesting to me to see how people with different diets such as this one to get the health benefits that every human being needs.

Summary of Article 1

This first article is about the risks of being a strict vegetarian and how it can link to some cancers. In this article written by Jakub G. Sobiecki, he explains that because vegetarians do not eat meat, they eat some processed foods instead which can lead to colorectal cancer (Sobiecki 1819). These days, it can be proven that basically everything causes cancer. However, according to Sobiecki, this probability of getting the cancer is at a higher risk for vegetarians. In order to avoid this problem at all costs, Sobiecki writes that one of the European authors strongly encourages vegetarians to take supplements that they would miss out from eating certain foods (qtd in Sobiecki, 2017, p.1828). This will not prevent everything, but it will certainly help.

Summary of Article 2

This article focuses on both the benefits and the hazards of being a vegetarian. Written by Svetlana Stanisic, this article explains the different types of vegetarianism. This is incredibly important because there are various health benefits and risks associated with each one. Each type of vegetarianism chooses to eat different things, so it is important that people are careful when researching the diet that they choose to practice. It also explains that these diets have many vitamins and minerals as well as fiber and fatty acids that are extremely beneficial to their health. Not only that, but it also mentions the risks associate with vegetarianism as well. Some of these include but are not limited to some vitamins and minerals that are not in their diet that can only be accessed through animals or supplements especially B12 (Stanisic et al, 2018, pp.63-66). It can be very easy to miss out on those important supplements, so taking the time to figure that out is crucial.

Summary of Article 3

This article is very similar to the second one. It also mentions the benefits and risks of vegetarianism with a different perspective. This article was written by Navneet Kumar Kaushik and explains that some of the benefits are lowering BMI, blood pressure, diseases, diabetes and cancer. Something that I thought was interesting about this article was that it mentioned that vegetarians also have a “higher self-respect” because of their habits with eating. However, some of the risks that are associated with this diet are the low amounts of vitamin B12 and complications with the body systems. At the end of the article, the authors are able to conclude that there are more benefits than there are risks with this diet (Kaushik et al, 2015, pp.206-209). These findings were interesting to me because the authors give a different perspective on the benefits and risks of this diet.

Summary of Article 4

This article is a good read for everyone who is planning on doing a plant-based diet. In this article by Ellen Feldman, MD, she makes a good point by stating that not all plant-based diets have the same benefits and risks. She also mentions that processed foods that many vegetarians eat are not healthy (Feldman, 2018, pp.1-4). This is another reminder that it is crucial to understand exactly what you will lack in your diet in order to be as healthy as possible.

Comparison of Articles

These articles are very similar to each other. Some of the health benefits and risks are something that they all tend to agree on. They also understand that there are various types of vegetarian diets with different needs that must be addressed in order for vegetarians to stay healthy and avoid unnecessary risks. Supplements are a huge part of this, particularly for vitamin B12.

Contrast of Articles

One article that I thought was very interesting was article number three. The authors do not just mention the physiological risks and benefits of this diet, but they also explain the psychological aspects as well. Especially in America where we eat meat at practically every meal, it can be very challenging to choose other foods and that can give a person some incredible self-control and respect. While the third article has some things that are similar to the others, it also mentions differences that the rest of the articles never mention.

Scientific Findings

One study that I found the most interesting is in the second article. Stanisic mentions that with vegetarians, there is a lower risk for obesity and cardiovascular complications and a 32% mortality rate. The author quotes Crowe et al (2013) that vegetarians are less likely to get heart disease by 28% (qtd. in Stanisic et al, 2018, p.65). These are incredible numbers that can be hopeful for those who are thinking about trying this diet.

Conclusion

I am not going to lie, I was a little skeptical about how being a vegetarian can be healthy. We are always told to eat our fruits, vegetables, dairy, grains and meat, so it seemed weird that vegetarians could get by without eating any meat. It takes a lot of work, preciseness and dedication to be healthy on this diet though. My opinions have changed a little bit because I never knew there were so many resources out there for vegetarians to be healthy as well. In my opinion however, I do not think it is worth the effort to watch every little bit of food you eat, and the vitamins and minerals that you lack from your diet. However, I am more understanding why people choose this diet and as long as they are healthy using it, I do not see a problem with it.

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ABSTRACT

“BE QUIET AND ACT YOUR AGE! DON’T BE SUCH A BABY ”. Let us start by considering the facts that every 8 out of 1 000 people will die in each day.(Assuming them a thousand humans are alive on the very start of the day and there aren’t births but of course there are births and so we do now not all die out in one hundred twenty-five days). Clearly ,151 600 people pass away each day 6 316 people die each hour 105 people die each minute nearly two people die each second and 55.3 million people kick the bucket each year. This research article will bring humans one method to live longer in the future when they are vegetarian. Obviously, humans will know more about vegetarianism such as general about vegetarianism, types of vegetarianism, vegetarian eatwell guide, and benefits of vegetarianism then reading this paper.

Health is more and more be caring for everybody. It is clearly that vegetarianism is not only practiced by Buddhists but also are becoming a way of useful life. The movement, of vegetarianism, be more and more popular around the world. Within the letter to letter to Harmann Huth, Dec. 27, 1930, Albert Einstein said “Nothing will advantage human wellbeing and increment the chances for survival of life on Soil as much as the advancement to a veggie lover diet” . There is an irrefutable fact that vegetarianism is a popular method which may help we protect our health with the nutritional value of food as well as the environment.

GENERAL ABOUT VEGETARIANISM

Vegetarianism is a shape of meals derived from Buddhism. In particular, a plant-based diet is all about relying on plant foods—fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, seeds, herbs, and spices—to fill al, but do not eat foods be made from animals’meat. Moreover, the term was made up in 1944, the concept of flesh-abstinence may be started by ancient Indian and eastern Mediterranean societies. Subsequent, there are 4 kinds of vegetarianism that human beings can select to put in the meal.

• Lacto-ovo-vegetarian: Lacto-ovo vegetarians do not enjoy red meat, white meat, fish or fowl. Instead, Lacto-ovo vegetarians do consume dairy products and egg products. This is the most common form of vegetarian.
• Lacto-vegetarian: Lacto-vegetarians do now not eat pink or chicken, fish, bird or eggs. but, Lacto-vegetarians do eat dairy products together with cheese, milk, and yogurt.
• Ovo-vegetarian: Ovo-vegetarians do not eat pink or white meat, fish, chook or dairy products. however, ovo-vegetarians do just eat egg products.
• Vegan: Vegans absolutely do not consume any animal products or by-products in meals. So vegans, of course, do not only eat red or white meat, fish or fowl but also do not enjoy eggs and dairy.

In order to achieve the best results of a vegetarian diet, it is imperative that vegetarians need to know how to be vegetarian. First, consume a spread of fruit and veggies each day: Vegetarian try to use at minimal 5 80g portions of fresh, frozen, canned, dried or juiced fruit and vegetables each day. Similarly vitamins and minerals, fruit and vegetables provide fiber, which can help digestion easily and avoid constipation. Next, devour beans, pulses, eggs and different sources of protein: Pulses encompass beans, peas, and lentils. they’re a low-fat supply of protein, fiber, vitamins, and minerals, and count as a part of veggies. Nuts and seeds also are a supply of protein and other nutrients. People should consume an expansion of various assets of protein to get the proper mixture of amino acids, which might be used to build and repair the frame’s cells. And vegetarian should not eat junk food, fast food, etc. owing to it brings many common diseases like obesity, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes.

PERSONAL BENEFITS OF INDIVIDUAL VEGETARIANS

• Improve the good quality of life: a vegetarian meal may build up fitness. As Jen points out, ‘many athletes, from tennis gamers to frame builders at the moment are following a vegan eating regimen to enhance their performance.’ this is due to the fact a plant-based totally weight-reduction plan is thought to offer people ‘extra electricity, fewer aches, and higher health’.
• Prevent and treat some diseases: IHD(Ischemic heart disease). Besides, cancer will be averted while the affected person has a vegetarian eating regimen.

THE PLANET CAN BE HELPED SAVE BY VEGETARIANISM

• Cut down overheating the planet: cut human’s greenhouse gas emission. When a lot of people tend to be vegetarian, the consumption of meat, fish, etc. become decreased. This thing makes many factories or farms being not built and do not out emissions due to meat production.
• Preserve habitats species: eating animals is a big problem for any ecosystem environment. It not only causes an imbalance in the habitat, but it can also cause extinction.
• Defend the oceans and the air: factory farms produce big amounts of contamination that pollute the air and water. 5 million tons of manure is churned out through modern-day American farms each day. That’s greater than a hundred times our human populace and way extra than our planet can possibly take in over a protracted time period. The number of organisms under the ocean is balanced and their lifespan will be extended if people are vegetarian.

CONCLUSION

To draw the conclusion, the vegetarianism not only prevents disease but also improves the habitat. Thank of this report readers will receive a lot of useful knowledge. For example, the International Vegetarian Federation was founded in 1908 and the first pure vegetarian society appeared in 1944. Additionally, the right vegetarianism will assist save you many diseases like cardiovascular ailment, cancer, and so on. further, it improves the quality of existence. As all of us realize, the surroundings around us are dealing with growing pressure and harm, frequently due to human movements. To put it differently, everybody needs to be responsible for protecting personal health and the surrounding environment because it will affect not only directly but also long-term people.

REFERENCES

1. http://www.worldometers.info/

The numbers and statistics revealed in this film are really unbelievable and lots of people are questioning if it is really true. If the documentary’s content is true, then why there are no environmental organizations talking about it? If the number one goal and aim of these organizations are to save the planet, then why do they keep on saying that fossil fuel is still the main cause of greenhouse gases when it is impossible for scientists and professionals not to know about the emissions from animal agriculture? What’s behind their silence and why are they keeping their mouths shut about how the planet is being destroyed by the livestock industry?

This scientific article claims that the information and details from “Cowspiracy” are accurate, it may be hard to believe but there are several types of research supporting the claims aforementioned. For example, a Canadian cow consumes 115 liters per day which convert to almost 30 gallons which equates to 30 gallons per cow per day for 365 days. (Ontario Ministry, 2015). There is no doubt to how 55% of water usage in the United States just falls to cattle raising (Anderson/Kuhn, 2014). In addition to water usage, the issues including land have checked out as well. In line with this, the film also conveys that the main reason for rainforest loss is cattle grazing. Rainforest destruction is possible because cows need a large area of land to graze as well as their food which also needs a place to grow (Lund, 2006). Adding these aspects or factors together, it is really obvious and logical to say how animal agriculture is killing the Earth’s lungs. Then, if the information presented in the documentary is supported and known to be accurate, why are the environmental organizations not talking about this? Simply because no one wants to be told that their mom’s treasured recipe for pot roast is bad for the planet. Some NGOs, like The Nature Conservancy and WWF, take money from food companies that produce or sell meat and other green groups may be despised to offend their boards or their members who are into meat industries and businesses. This is the sad reality that the human race has to face; even big organizations will keep silent and keep us away from the real deal because they’re worried that their funds will be affected. They’ll continue pursuing the practices of using fewer plastics, riding bikes, using metal straws, etc. in our minds, but not consuming less meat which is the main claim and main solution of what the producers of Cowspiracy are suggesting to people.

The film proposes that individuals must try to adjust to a vegetarian way of life. By doing this, the measure of all the resources that are utilized would be lessened and be better for the planet. To sustain a person in a plant-based vegan diet for a year, will take 1/6 part of the land. On the other hand, to sustain a similar individual on a full diet takes 18x as much land. (Anderson/Kuhn, 2014). By practicing a vegan lifestyle, people would not need to overbreed animals for food or utilize land to develop feeds for them. The land at present being taken up by the livestock industry could be utilized for substantially more significant things, for example, sustaining food for people who are starving in underdeveloped nations (Anderson/Kuhn, 2014). Although changing the diets of every person in this world is really idealistic, the idea of “meatless Mondays” sounds much more reasonable and realistic. The majority of the First World population has grown up eating meat and other foods that come from the animal agriculture business that’s why the transition to a vegan lifestyle would be very difficult for most people. However, if people practiced ‘Meatless Mondays’, it will result in cutting back on meat intake which can make one person save 45lbs of grain, 30sq.ft. of forest, 10lbs of CO2, and the life of one animal. (Anderson/Kuhn, 2014). It must be remembered that a global shift away from animal-based foods is absolutely an essential key to saving the planet and not just climate change.

To conclude, the planet is under a large threat because of animal agriculture. Greenhouse gases are starting to dominate and turn out to be an even more dangerous phenomenon. Over half of the portion of water in America is going to dairy animals like cows as opposed to individuals who are kicking the bucket out of thirst each day. The valuable place where there is earth, including the rainforests which give oxygen to people to live off of, is being destroyed so cows can have a place to stroll and graze before being slaughtered for the food of the riches. The oceans, sharks specifically, are in a grave measure of danger due to overfishing and the resources that our planet brings to the table are being wasted on overbred animals.