Diner's Guide
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For most humans, especially those in modern urban and suburban communities, the most direct form of contact with non-human animals is at mealtime; we eat them.
why?
Submitted by drupadmin on May 24, 2006 - 6:45pm.
Reasons why an individual chooses to live a vegetarian lifestyle:
- Compassion for the animals
- Prevent the destruction of our environment
- Our personal health
VOA has collected a very small sampling of the information available on reasons for being vegetarian. For much more information, see our links page, specifically the Organizations category.
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why go vegetarian?
- how much does a fast food hamburger REALLY cost?
- animal suffering in food production is extremely cruel
- help prevent world hunger
- Red meat is linked to heart disease, strokes, and cancer
- one acre of legumes provides 10 times as much protein than the same acre used for meat production
- preventing water wastage and pollution
- vast resources wasted in converting vegetation to meat
- 16 pounds of grain to 1 pound of animal protein
- the inefficiency of beef production
- lower risk for disease
