D.P. said:
When you eat a plant you are supporting the mass killing of innocent ligfe at a far larger level. Do you know how many innocent lives are needlesly ended when you eat your bowl of pasta?
Don't be so pedantic.
Eating any vegetables and crops (e.g. pasta, potatoes, vegetables and fruit) is helping destroy the planet at an exceptional rate greater than that of eating animals since the output per hectare is greater for meat than vegetables and arable crops.
I think you need do a little more research on this one,
- "all the wild animals and trees in more than 2.9 million acres of rainforest were destroyed in the 2004-2005 crop season in order to grow crops that are used to feed chickens and other animals in factory farms".
- "Meat-eating is the number one driving force for the destruction of these forests. Two-hundred and sixty million acres of U.S. forestland has been cleared for cropland to produce the meat-centered diet. Fifty-five square feet of tropical rainforest is consumed to produce every quarter-pound of rainforest beef. An alarming 75% of all U.S. topsoil has been lost to date. Eighty-five percent of this loss is directly related to livestock raising".
- "Each year 1,000 species are eliminated due to destruction of tropical rainforests for meat grazing and other uses. The rate is growing yearly".
- 2Meat-eating is devouring oil reserves at an alarming rate. It takes nearly 78 calories of fossil fuel (oil, natural gas, etc.) energy to produce one calory of beef protein and only 2 calories of fossil fuel energy to produce one calory of soybean. If every human ate a meat-centered diet, the world's known oil reserves would last a mere 13 years. They would last 260 years if humans stopped eating meat altogether. That is 20 times longer, giving humanity ample time to develop alternative energy sources".
- "Raising livestock for their meat is a very inefficient way of generating food. Pound for pound, far more resources must be expended to produce meat than to produce grains, fruits and vegetables. For example, more than half of all water used for all purposes in the U.S. is consumed in livestock production. The amount of water used in production of the average cow is sufficient to float a destroyer (a large naval ship). While 25 gallons of water are needed to produce a pound of wheat, 5,000 gallons are needed to produce a pound of California beef. That same 5,000 gallons of water can produce 200 pounds of wheat".
- "Meat-eating is devouring oil reserves at an alarming rate. It takes nearly 78 calories of fossil fuel (oil, natural gas, etc.) energy to produce one calory of beef protein and only 2 calories of fossil fuel energy to produce one calory of soybean. If every human ate a meat-centered diet, the world's known oil reserves would last a mere 13 years. They would last 260 years if humans stopped eating meat altogether. That is 20 times longer, giving humanity ample time to develop alternative energy sources".
- "Twenty percent of the corn grown in the U.S. is eaten by people. Eighty percent of the corn and 95% of the oats grown in the U.S. is eaten by livestock. The percentage of protein wasted by cycling grain through livestock is calculated by experts as 90%",
Basicly I can go on and on and on and on and on and on..............this kind of information just does'nt input in most meat eaters head, why ?, because they prefer to live in ignorance than accept the truth, with most meat eaters it's a simple case its just a product of their upbringing and they will defend eating meat to the death but without any real reasoning behind it.
People eat meat because our bodies evovled to eat a mixture of meat and vegetables. Hence the term "hunter gatherer". Cats evolved to eat only meat. Rabbits evolved to eat only veg. Thats life really.
What do you mean "evovled to eat a mixture of meat and vegetables", you say that like we've finished evoloving already lol, trust me we've got a lot more to do and with the rate that people are turning to vegiterian food it's not hard to see where we're going.
No, it tastes good, it is good for your and is part of a healthy balanced diet. It is an excelent source of many vitamins, amino acids and other nutrients which are hard to find in vegetables. It is an excelent source of protein which can help muscle development. It helps distribute energy evenly through longer time periods and to satisfy hunger which can actually lead to healthy weight loss as oposed to eating eating a strict limited calorie vegetable diet designed for weight loss. This is along the lines of the takins diet, but note the Atkins diet is just a modern name for something which has been known for a long time.
Yes it's good for you as part of a healthy diet but so is eating the right vergiterian food, so ultimitly you have a choice to do the right thing.
Don't kid yourself in your fantasy world that all meat eaters are murders and their is no purpose in eating meat. Don't impose your ill-informed views on others.
I wish I was living in a fantasy world but sadly i'm not.
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In theory, scientists and science-fiction fans should be healthy, lean examples of the benefits of a vegetarian diet. The science of weight is simple: don't consume more calories than you use. The science of meat is equally simple: meat is bad for humans and bad for the earth.
But humans are proud creatures of illogic. We want the food we grew up with, not some new-fangled liberal revisionist food. When facts are against us, we proudly proclaim our faith that science's understanding of the facts will change before we will. I know this. I've been the fat meat-eater who just wanted to eat what I always ate. I know how hard it is to give up old pleasures.
I also know this: I love too many people who are killing themselves with food. So, if logic doesn't work for you, consider these reasons to become a vegetarian:
Vanity: The most effective weight-control diets are vegetarian.
Economy: Vegetarians save money at restaurants and grocery stores.
Politics: The meat industry helps no one but itself.
Hypochondria: There are no vegetable equivalents of mad cow disease or bird flu, and vegetarians are much less likely to get salmonella.
Longevity: Vegetarians live longer than meat-eaters.
Adventure: There's a world of great vegetarian food waiting to be explored.
Comfort: There are tasty alternatives to most forms of meat.
Energy: Vegetarians consume their food more efficiently than meat-eaters.
Dating: Vegetarians are sexy"
*thumbs up* 
