I don't want to be a part of any philisophical debate
Eating plant based is simply the best thing we can do--even if you don't bring animals into the equation
The arguments you hear presented such as:
animals eat vegetation humans cannot digest.
>this is true, but it's only a small part of some animals that are free range and grass fed. A very small part, and taking up land that could be reforested.
The arguments on needing to eat animals for health have been fully discredited. While WFPB diets have prevented and reversed so many ills, even eating processed vegan foods is better than comparitive animal based diets
Raising animals necessitates vast quantities of water, and the run off creates contamination, and many methods used for disposing of the feces polluted water is a cause for many health issues in surrounding areas
Plant based diets have repeatly been shown to be the most beneficial for maintaining healthy weight. Most Americans need less calories than ever before, and plants are nutrient dense and calorie light
And of course:
“The question is not, Can they reason?, nor Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?"
If you don't have reason to interfere in anothers life you shouldn't. It really is that simple
As for taste, and being raised with meat and cheese--it's an adjustment. If you were raised on plant foods you would not crave animal foods. There is such a vast array of flavors with plants most people never experience. It's pretty amazing when you look
Eating plant based is simply the best thing we can do--even if you don't bring animals into the equation
The arguments you hear presented such as:
animals eat vegetation humans cannot digest.
>this is true, but it's only a small part of some animals that are free range and grass fed. A very small part, and taking up land that could be reforested.
The arguments on needing to eat animals for health have been fully discredited. While WFPB diets have prevented and reversed so many ills, even eating processed vegan foods is better than comparitive animal based diets
Raising animals necessitates vast quantities of water, and the run off creates contamination, and many methods used for disposing of the feces polluted water is a cause for many health issues in surrounding areas
Plant based diets have repeatly been shown to be the most beneficial for maintaining healthy weight. Most Americans need less calories than ever before, and plants are nutrient dense and calorie light
And of course:
“The question is not, Can they reason?, nor Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?"
If you don't have reason to interfere in anothers life you shouldn't. It really is that simple
As for taste, and being raised with meat and cheese--it's an adjustment. If you were raised on plant foods you would not crave animal foods. There is such a vast array of flavors with plants most people never experience. It's pretty amazing when you look
Seriously, coyotes are supposedly a problem in some areas (very possibly because wolves, which formerly kept them out, have been eliminated). And a woman was recently killed by two gators in Florida. But I can't help noticing that most folks simply use the fact that nature is violent to justify their own violence toward animals- and in fact, many meat eaters are somewhat put off by the thought of eating animals they're not used to eating.
