Friends! Do you like to be eaten by Tiger? Do you like to be killed? If not! Why we kill animals for food? Many studies proved it beyond doubt that human digestive system and body is made for vegetarian food and vegetarian food is much better for human being than animal based diet. More and more people are turning to veg food. Thus it’s a time to think and switch over. I myself and my parents are vegetarian and enjoy good health.
Looking the health benefits, environmental benefits and humanitarian grounds I think and suggest all my friends to be vegetarian. With the additional benefit of avoiding many diseases caused by high fat diets such as heart disease and many cancers, vegetarianism is clearly the superior choice.
If you are not, you must at least try becoming a vegetarian that is an exciting experiment that has many advantages and no risks. Do it for your body, for your lifestyle and for your environment. Here are some of the health and environmental benefits of going vegan:
Why not to consume meat?
Very High protein in harmful: A high-protein meat diet may be the reason of high uric acid causing gall stone and gout. Also may worsen kidney function because your body may have trouble eliminating all the waste products of protein metabolism. Many people have the idea that animal protein is superior to plant protein because the former is considered a complete protein, and the latter is incomplete. The truth is that some plant proteins are complete, and that food combining can create complete proteins out of several incomplete protein foods. Wheat has 17% of its calories as protein, broccoli has 45% and rice has 8%. It is very easy to have a protein rich diet without eating meat.
Meat creates toxins: Carnivores have shorter and smooth intestines. Because of the low fibre content and high protein density of meat, the intestines do not require a long time to absorb nutrients. Whereas humans, like other naturally vegetarian animals, have larger intestine and not smooth. Thus the meats you eat stays in intestines for a longer period of time and create toxins. These toxins have been implicated as a cause of colon cancer, and they also increase the burden on the liver, which has the function of getting rid of toxins. This can cause cirrhosis and even cancer of the liver. Beside meat contains many steroids, antibiotics and pesticides.
Bad effect onkidneys: There is a lot of urokinase protein and urea in meat, which add burdens on the kidneys, and can destroy kidney function. Urokinase protein destroys metabolic functions of cells. Furthermore, meat lacks cellulose or fibre, and lack of fibre can easily create constipation. It is known that constipation can cause rectal cancer or piles.
Cardiovascular diseases: The cholesterol and saturated fats in flesh also create cardiovascular disorders. Cardiovascular disorders are one of the most leading causes of death around the world.
Spread of animal antibiotics and drugs: Antibiotics as well as other drugs including steroids and growth hormones are either added to animal feed or injected directly into the animals. It has been reported that people eating these animals will absorb these drugs into their bodies. There is a possibility that antibiotics in meat are diminishing the effectiveness of antibiotics for human use.
Health benefits of vegetarian foods
Avoids toxic chemicals: Nearly 95 percent of the pesticide residue comes from meat, fish and dairy products. Fish, in particular, contain carcinogens (PCBs, DDT) and heavy metals (mercury, arsenic, lead, cadmium) that can’t be removed through cooking or freezing. Meat and dairy products can also be laced with steroids and hormones, so be sure to read the labels on the dairy products you purchase.
reduces risk of food-borne illnesses: food-borne illnesses of all kinds account for 76 million illnesses a year. That cause millions of hospitalization and thousands of deaths. Foods rich in protein such as meat, poultry, fish and seafood are frequently involved in food-borne illness outbreaks.
Longer life: If you switch to a vegetarian diet, you can add about 13 more healthy years to your life. Meat and saturated fat eaters have shorter life span and at the end their life is more disabled. Animal products clog arteries, zap energy and slow down immune system. Meat eaters also experience accelerated cognitive and sexual dysfunction at a younger age.
Ward off diseases: An estimated 70 percent of all diseases, including one-third of all cancers, are related to diet. People, who eat meat, consume more proteins and fats than need. An excess of proteins can cause kidney failure and/or osteoporosis, and a high-fat diet can eventually lead to heart disease, cancer, obesity, and diabetes. A vegetarian diet reduces the risk for chronic degenerative diseases such as obesity, coronary artery disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and certain types of cancer including colon, breast, prostate, stomach, lung and esophageal cancer.
keep your weight down: The standard meat diet high in saturated fats and processed foods and low in plant-based foods and complex carbohydrates is making us fat and killing us slowly. About 64 percent of adults and 15 percent of children aged 6 to 19 are overweight and are at risk of weight-related ailments including heart disease, stroke and diabetes.
Build strong bones: Vegetarian and dairy products are good sources of Calcium. Foods also supply other nutrients such as phosphorus, magnesium and vitamin D that are necessary for the body to absorb and use calcium.
When there isn’t enough calcium in the bloodstream, our bodies will leach it from existing bone. The metabolic result is that our skeletons will become porous and lose strength over time.
Higher stamina and energy: Good nutrition generates more usable energy. Too much fat in your bloodstream means that arteries won’t open properly and that your muscles won’t get enough oxygen. The result? You feel zapped. whole grains, legumes, fruits and vegetables are so high in complex carbohydrates, they supply the body with plenty of energizing fuel. Many long distance track athletes keep a vegetarian diet for the time preceding competitions.
Avoid constipation: Eating a lot of vegetables necessarily means consuming more fiber, which pushes waste out of the body. Meat lacks cellulose or fibre, and lack of fibre can easily create constipation. People who eat lower on the food chain tend to have fewer instances of constipation, hemorrhoids and diverticulitis.
Ease the symptoms of menopause: Certain foods are rich in phytoestrogens, that mimic the behavior of estrogen and can increase and decrease estrogen and progesterone levels. Thus helps ensure a more comfortable passage through menopause. Phytoestrogens can be found in foods such as soy, apples, beets, cherries, dates, garlic, olives, plums, raspberries, squash and yams. Because menopause is also associated with weight gain and a slowed metabolism, a low-fat, high-fibre vegetarian diet can help ward off extra pounds.
Ant aging and anti-cancer: Whole grains, fruits and vegetables contain lots of phytochemicals and antioxidants, which fight with free radicals and carcinogens. Free radicals are produced as residue of metabolic reactions and reduce the efficiency of our cells. Thus antioxidants help our cells to regain the efficiency and prevent cancer.
Effect of eating animal flesh of environment
Raising animals for meat has its consequences. It leads to rain forest destruction, global heat rising, water pollution, water scarcity, desertification, misuse of energy resources, and world hunger. The use of land, water, energy, and human effort to produce meat is not an efficient way to use the earths resources.
Large extensions of forests have been cut and changed into grasslands that provide cattle with food. To conserve grasslands, fertilizers and other chemical substances are used; consequently, soil and water resources are polluted. Even though there are methods that avoid this kind of deterioration, producers prefer to ignore them so they can keep satisfying the increasing meat demand without affecting their production rates.
High environmental pollution: Chemical and animal waste runoff from factory farms are responsible for more than 173,000 miles of polluted rivers and streams. Runoff from farmlands is one of the greatest threats to water quality today. Raising cattle contributes significantly to the production of three gases which cause global warming, is a leading cause of water pollution. It requires a staggering 2464 gallons of water for the production of each pound of beef. It only takes 29 gallons of water to produce a pound of tomatoes, and 139 gallons to produce a one pound loaf of whole wheat bread. There are three root causes of environmental degradation :
1 The large volumes of animal waste produced;
2 Lack of appropriate management and disposal of these materials; and
3 Unsustainable water usage and soil degradation associated with feed production.
World Hunger: raising cattle requires massive amounts of water that could be used elsewhere. The amount of grain grown to feed cattle could be used to feed starving nations. Nearly one billion people suffer from hunger and malnutrition on this planet. Over 40 million die each year of starvation, and most of them are children. Despite this, more than one third of the worlds grain harvest is diverted from feeding people to feeding livestock. Imagine how many people those grains could feed. If we fed people instead of livestock, no one would go hungry. Whereas only a third of nutrients fed to animals are absorbed, rest just go waste.
spare animals: Many vegetarians give up meat because of their concern for animals. Ten billion animals are slaughtered for human consumption each year. And, unlike the farms of yesteryear where animals roamed freely, today most animals are factory farmed crammed into cages where they can barely move and fed a diet tainted with pesticides and antibiotics. These animals spend their entire lives in crates or stalls so small that they can’t even turn around. Farmed animals are not protected from cruelty under the law in fact, the majority of state anti cruelty laws specifically exempt farm animals from basic humane protection. And not to speak of cruelty against these animals.
Albert Einstein said, "I think the changes and purifying effects that a vegetarian diet have on a human beings disposition are quite beneficial to mankind. Therefore, it is both auspicious and peaceful for people to choose vegetarianism." This has been the common advice of many important figures and sages throughout history!
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