Should everyone be vegetarians

In 2022, approximately 1.5 billion people are vegetarian, and the number is constantly increasing.
The idea of everyone adopting a vegetarian diet might sound extreme, but as we all know, there are
more people in the world that are considered “vegetarian.”

But, before telling you why you should be vegan, I am going to explain what it consists of.

Vegetarians are people who do not eat meat, poultry, or seafood. But, based on the Harvard medical
school website, people with many different dietary patterns call themselves vegetarians.

 Vegans (total vegetarians): Do not eat meat, poultry, fish, or any products derived from
animals, including eggs, dairy products, and gelatin.
 Lacto-ovo vegetarians: Do not eat meat, poultry, or fish, but do eat eggs and dairy products.
 Lacto vegetarians: Eat no meat, poultry, fish, or eggs, but do consume dairy products.
 Ovo vegetarians: Eat no meat, poultry, fish, or dairy products, but do eat eggs.
 Partial vegetarians: Avoid meat but may eat fish (Pesco-vegetarian, pescatarian) or poultry
(pollo-vegetarian).

First of all, contrary to popular belief, if you only avoid dairy altogether, you can still get a good
quantity of calcium from food like dry beans, tofu, soy milk, and dark green vegetables (broccoli,
kale, collards, and turnip greens.)

Furthermore, a vegetarian diet reduces the risk for “chronic degenerative diseases” like obesity, high
blood pressure, diabetes, and certain types of cancer.

Michael F. Roizen, MD, says in the book The Real Age Diet that too much fat in your bloodstream
means that arteries will not open properly and that your muscles will not get enough oxygen.

Eating a lot of vegetables necessarily means consuming more fiber, which pushes waste out of the
body. People who eat lower on the food chain tend to have fewer instances of constipation,
hemorrhoids, and diverticulitis. Being a vegetarian is a health benefit.

Good nutrition allows the body to have sufficient energy to perform daily tasks such as Household
chores or making work more qualitative.

However, we know that being vegan does not necessarily mean you are eating healthily. You can still
miss vital nutrients whether you eat meat or not. If you are following a vegan diet, it is important to
include protein foods such as beans, lentils, chickpeas, tofu, soya versions of milk and yogurt and
peanuts are good vegan sources of protein. Nuts and seeds are also valuable such as cashew,
pistachio, flaxseeds, chia seeds and pumpkin seeds. Quinoa is especially useful in a vegan diet
because it can easily replace any deficiencies that you could have if you’ re a vegetarian.

Finally, a meat-eater’s diet requires 17 times more land, 14 times more water and 10 times more
energy than a vegetarian’s, according to research published by The American Journal of Clinical
Nutrition. This is principally because we use a sizable proportion of the world’s land for growing
crops to feed livestock (bétail), rather than humans. Of the world’s approximately five billion
hectares of agricultural land, 68% is used for livestock.

The United Union predicts that in 1050 will be 10 billion people on the planet. To feed us all, it says,
we will need to grow food more sustainably. Dr Walt Willett, professor of medicine at Harvard
University, says we could eliminate the worst cases of world hunger today with about 40 million
tonnes of food – yet 760 million tonnes are fed to animals on farms every year.

According to the United Nations again, the number of industrial livestock sent to slaughter each year
is equivalent to eight times the human population on planet Earth. At no other time in history have
so many animals died or suffered so much throughout their lives.

Factory farming is the main cause of animal suffering and abuse. These silent victims have been
converted into machines that generate meat, milk, and eggs. These animals are sentient beings with
a desire to live, but we take that life away.

Factory farms often have these big windowless sheds with artificial light are the living spaces of the
innocent animals that end up packaged at the supermarket. Without even realizing it, these sinister
places are all around us.

If you ever think about helping animals, there is no better time than now. With every meatless meal,
you can help make these atrocities a part of the past.

This way you will do your part to create a better world for all, including the animals.

Factory farms often have these big windowless sheds with artificial light are the living spaces of the
innocent animals that end up packaged at the supermarket. Without even realizing it, these sinister
places are all around us.

This is the very source of the problem. Therefore, we need to fight against animal cruelty, starting by
reducing your weekly quantity of meat. One minor change in your plate, can make the world ten
times better.

https://www.vegetariantimes.com/health-nutrition/plant-based-diet/why-go-veg-learn-about-
becoming-a-vegetarian/

https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/becoming-a-vegetarian

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/what-would-world-look-if-everyone-went-vegan