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February 1, 2010

Vegetarian Versus “Meatetarian”

Filed under: meatetarians,omnivores,Uncategorized,vegan,vegetables,vegetarian — Candace @ 6:11 pm

Being a vegetarian takes plenty of sacrifices but may reap great benefits. It is thought that a vegetarian’s diet lacked many essential nutrients only acquirable with eating meat. Comparing the pros and cons of meat free diets may change people’s minds about vegetarianism.

Pros of Vegetarianism:

An omnivore’s diet is normally high in fat.

Hamburgers are made from cows which are dead, disabled, diseased, and dying.

In eating cow, we also maintain the chemicals and hormones that are supplied to them to promote growth and weight gain.

Vegetarians have a cheaper diet than omnivores.

Meat raises cholesterol levels and increases the risk of arthritis and gout.

Vegetables contain protein.

Soy products provide isoflavins, which limit bone loss, restrain tumor growth, and lower cholesterol (healthier than meat)

A successful diet of a vegetarian lessens ones risk of various diseases including cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and obesity.

Vegetarians can live up to ten years longer than “meatetarians”.

Green leafy vegetables are a terrific source of calcium.

Cons of Vegetarianism:

Having a diet including meat gives you rich quality proteins and essential amino acids which can only be obtained by eating red meats.

Red meat also contains iron in great amounts.

Phosphorous is also more easily acquired through meat than through vegetables.

Vitamin B12 can only be obtained through meats only. Although vitamin B12 can be found in seaweed and fermented soy products, it is thought that vitamin B12 does not have the same benefits when eaten in plant form. B12 is needed in forming red blood cells and helpful in keeping the nervous system healthy.

Vitamin B2 may also be lacking in a vegans diet. This vitamin is essential in changing protein, fats and carbohydrates into energy.

A vegetarians diet lacks Vitamin D as well.

From this you can conclude that being either a vegetarian and being an omnivore have different outcomes.

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June 30, 2009

If everyone in the United States became Vegetarian for one day…

Filed under: healthy food,natural food,natural foods,Uncategorized,united states,vegan,vegetables,vegetarian — Amanda @ 1:42 pm

Have you ever wondered what would happen if everyone in North America stopped eating meat for a whole day? The idea is mind-blowing!! Here is a list of compiled facts that show the effects of nationwide vegetarianism.

Think of the resources that we could save!

The US would save enough water to supply 6 states- Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine – with enough water to last 4 months!!

Not only would we save water, but 1.5 BILLION pounds of crops, 70 million gallons of gas (which by the way would fuel all the cars in both Canada and Mexico), 3 million acres of land, 33 tonnes of antibiotics, and $70 million in economic damages.

225 million tonnes of soy is produced every year to feed the animals that we breed, so if we stopped eating meat, there would be enough food & grain saved to feed 1.5 billion starving people with 3 pounds of food a day.

Think of what we could stop!

All of the trucks, cars, SUV’s, ships, and planes in the world do not make as much greenhouse gas emission as the meat industry, which makes 40% more greenhouse gas than any other pollutant.

By going vegetarian for a day, we would prevent 1.2 million tons of CO2 greenhouse gas emissions from polluting the air – That’s as much as the Greenhouse gas emissions from all of France!

The University of Chicago concluded that going Vegetarian for a day would be the equivalent to the environment as if everyone in the states switching their cars to hybrid cars.
If every American family skipped a meat-meal one day a week and had a vegetarian meal instead, the carbon dioxide prevention would be the same as if half a million cars were taken off American roads.

If we all went vegetarian for a day…

The solution would be right in front of us. We would have the ultimate weapon against the effects of pollution and global warming!

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