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I know most people become vegetarian because they feel eating meat is cruel to animals, but I'm thinking of becoming vegetarian for environmental reasons. I will still eat chicken because they're grown and slaughtered locally and I know the conditions there.
Is this a common reason? Are there other reasons people have too?
I missed a word there. I know eating chicken won't make me vegetarian lol. I'm thinking of still eating chicken because of the local thing I meant to say.
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Well, there are health benefits and environmental benefits, but you've got those covered if you're buying local and avoiding antibiotics, etc. (Just eat in moderation and don't deep fry them.)
There are also human rights benefits. However, eating local, organic, pasture-raised covers most of these, so long as you're eating the meat in moderation.
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eating chicken wont make you a vegetarian you would be a pescitarian
Sure, there are plenty of reasons besides the animal cruelty. I, personally, simply cannot digest meat protein in any form. I was sick and crippled when I ate meat, and now I am perfectly fine. When I was forced to give up meat, I started doing a lot of research on it, and I soon realized that eating dead animals just doesn't make sense. Animal protein is very similar to human flesh, so why would we want to plug up our gut with decaying flesh? My cholesterol has dropped dramatically, my skin conditions cleared up, and my overall health improved very quickly. Environment is another great reason to give up meat. The negative impact that factory farming has on the planet is stunning-between the manure runoff, and the horrendous amount of medications that must be pumped into animals in confinement really does contribute to a lot of whats wrong with our food chain, not to mention the carbon footprint it is leaving on this earth! For me, it just quit making any sense at all. Good luck, whichever way you go.
sometimes people become vegetarians because they love animals so much,like vets. if thats what you mean? and if you still eat chicken, you could eat fish and eggs and be called a vegan. and yes thats a PERFECT reason. i was thinking of doing the same thing myself!
This list will give you almost all the reason's people choose to become veggie.
101 Reasons Why I'm a Vegetarian
http://www.vivavegie.org/vv101/101reas2001.htm
BTW: Vegetarians don't eat animals so if you eat chicken you will not be a vegetarian.
When an animal dies (Atheist look AWAY!!) they look down from heaven and they see someone eating their body. How would YOU feel if someone ate YOU?
If you eat chicken still then you're not veg! Even if they are humanely slaughtered.
Just pointing it out.
I became a vegan for environmental reasons. Every cow raised for slaughter needs 4 acres of land. So in order to raise cattle for beef you have to destroy forests. By stopping the consumption of meat products you are helping to stop the destruction of forest and helping to save the planet.
You can't be vegetarian and still eat chicken
You can always source local meats (and veggies, and anything really) by buying your food at farmer's markets, or dealing with farmers directly.
Health and environment are two great reasons to eat vegetarian. But I have known several vegan people who think nothing of ordering specialized food from all over the world… that's not helping the environment any, so it depends on how you are going about being vegetarian.
I eat meat, but I live in the country and buy all my food from local producers. I raise my own meat animals, one pig and one cow a year will feed my family (the cow feeds my family and my brother's family). We do eat vegetarian a few nights a week though, purely for health reasons.
Rio: Our cow does just fine on one acre, and that amount of meat is feeding 10 people for one year… our pig lives off the kitchen compost garbage… shipping protein sources for vegans thousands of miles is hurting the environment just as much as the the cow in my backyard, and the fact that everything I eat is produced within 10 miles of my house.
Some people become vegetarians because:
animal rights
might be allergic
may cause some reactions
don't like the taste of meat.
GO VEGETARIANS!!!
I just plain feel better when I don't eat meat…so I choose not to. There are all kinds of reasons for being veg
I read in a book that it takes 300 gallons of water a day to make the food for a vegan, and 2400 gallons of water a day to make the food for an omnivore. You can obviously figure that that's because of the fact that the animals that become the food drinks waaaay more water than the U.S. population. They also eat way more corn than the population does. And they create more bad stuff for the ozone layer with their excrements than cars do.
For the environment. Giving up meat is probably the BEST thing a single person could do for the environment.
Otherwise in 100 years this world is going to be a really messed up place.
watching your weight is another reason i guess? it makes u healthier and in way better shape
I choose to be vegetarian for a number of reasons:
Animal rights
Health
Religious beliefs
Environment
and the fact that after i eat meat i feel bloated and sick
i dont eat meat because:
animals rights
enviroment
unhealthy
and i dont like the taste
to help end world hunger
every year we feed our livestock enough food to feed 250,000,000 people while in the world 30,000,000 people die of starvation
we feed the to food to animals so we can eat them… why not just eat the food directly ??
&&
to reduce your risk of food poisoning
80+ % of food poisoning is caused from meat
&&
its better for the environment too
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allergy
health
religion
intolerance
digestion
taste
etc.
Health and environment.
Honestly, whatever your reasons for becoming a vegetarian, becoming a vegan will be 100 times more effective and, of course, 100 time more difficult.
I wouldn't be able to subscribe to either of those reasons I just mentioned though. I've also known others who have tried and failed, for the same reasons I know I would. There simply is not enough of a connection. If I end up needing to use a plastic bag at the grocery store, I don't see, feel, smell, taste, or notice in any way shape or form the impact that one bag had on the environment. Thinking it out logically, I can eventually connect the dots but when I'm standing in line at the grocery store and the simplest solution is the one staring me in the face, I'm not going to sit there and debate whether or not I should run home to get my own bags or use the plastic ones in the store.
I guarantee that, as a veggie eater, your're going to come into similar situations with your diet. When you haven't eaten for several hours and the easiest, fastest solution is a non-vegetarian meal, will you actually be able to sit there and debate to yourself the values in finding a vegetarian alternative when the rewards in doing so are so far removed from your everyday life, or will you just order the first thing you see and "make up" for your decision later on?
Health wise, it's the same. 20 years down the road, you might have wished you had been a vegetarian but at the moment you're hungry, 20 years is a long time away.
Animal rights is really the only reason that you can truly feel and, for that matter, the most effective reason to keep you going. When you bite into a chicken leg, you don't think about the 5 degrees of separation in greenhouse gasses you're having an impact on, and you're not thinking of the dialysis you'll be needing 20 years down the road, you're thinking about the chicken that was slaughtered to produce the food you're holding in your hand at that moment.
So good luck with your effort, but you might want to reconsider your reasons.
Health.
Chickens are one of the worst things being pumped full of chemicals to make them grow faster and to prevent them dying of disease before they are ready to be slaughtered
Health, religion, environment, etc.
Environment is a big one recently. Producing meat for human consumption takes more land, water and energy than producing other foods.
this website goes over almost all the reason why to be vegetarian..
http://pleasedonteattheanimals.com/index.html
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Jesus, vegetarians really ARE a bunch of whining faggots. I always thought that was just some sort of myth.
And I LOVE seeing the “We’re not designed to eat meat!” argument being used here, and in such a poor manner! If “we’re made of meat so we shouldn’t eat it” was a valid argument, all carnivores and omnivores in nature would be eating tofu.
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