by Das Govind

Created on: January 19, 2010

5 reasons to go meatless

Here are five really good reasons to go meatless.

1. Eating too  much of meat is not good for the body. People who eat too much of meat generally suffer from health related issues, which affect their cardiovascular system, causing complications like heart disease, calcification's of arteries, strokes and high blood pressure. Many people do not know the full might of what meat eating can do to them. They prefer to carry on eating the flesh. Red meat is particularly bad for gout and cardiovascular disease. Red meat should be eaten in moderation.

2. Going meatless does wonders for the environment. We all know that cattle farming is not good for global warming, whereas farming crops can save a lot of land as this takes less land. Mankind can do so much more with the land, and of course the earth shall be saved.  Going meatless will actually help save our entire species, if looked at it logically.  Animals also consume more energy, and eat more grain.Animals reared for producing meat also emit nitrous oxide, a gas more lethal than carbon di oxide emissions. Growing meat takes a lot of resources as animals eat grain. Meat production also requires large amounts of water.

3. Neat production or consuming the remains of another creature that was once alive, can be seen to be very cruel by most people. Many eastern religions do not allow the eating of meat, and say that it is very cruel. Many people today do not have to kill the animal themselves, therefore they have very little compassion. A purely compassionate person will give up eating meat. Lots of people who are spiritual will give up eating meat.

4. Eating meat means that an innocent animal is killed. Today people do not have land or resources to rear their own livestock. Most people buy their meat from the supermarket or abattoir. The animals have been mass reared, and are killed mostly in cruel and inhumane fashions.  This is very bad, and the person who is consuming meat that has been killed like this will suffer severe bodily harm. Animals go through severe traumas when killed like this. They are frightened, and the animals have adrenaline pumping through their bodies, when going to the slaughterhouses. The whole technique used to kill animals is cruel, and horrifying.

5. What would the last reason be? Sacrificing eating meat is a good thing. A compassionate or environment caring perosn is giving up his/her pleasure in order to help some other creature on the planet. Going veggie is really cool!

These are the above five reasons why many people would rather go meatles, and good for them.

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