Vegetarianism: The Healthy and Mora

Vegetarianism: The Healthy and Moral Choice

What is a vegetarian? It seems like a simple question, but the answer is complicated because many people who follow very different diets all declare themselves vegetarians. Some, known as vegans, eat no animal products at all: no meat, no fish, no eggs, no products made from milk such as butter and cheese, and no honey. Some vegans, known as fruitarians, go even further; they avoid killing plants, eating only fruit, seeds, beans and nuts. Other vegetarians are less extreme, eating no products that require killing animals. They decline to eat meat or fish but do eat milk products and eggs. Finally, there are vegetarians who eat some kinds of meat and fish. Some eat fish but no meat; some eat fish and chicken but no red meat such as beef. Because such people eat fish or chicken, strict vegetarians do not consider them to be vegetarians at all.

There are multiple good reasons for becoming a vegetarian. First, animals raised for food are kept in cruel conditions, where they suffer and are ultimately killed. It is simply wrong to cause the death and substantial suffering of another living creature. With their religious beliefs, such people as Hindus and Buddhists share this point of view. As well, it is wrong to use land to raise animals for their meat; the amount of land and energy required to produce a kilogram of meat protein is about 10 times that needed to produce the equivalent amount of plant protein. As a consequence of switching to a non-meat diet, more people could be fed on the same amount of land, and in a world where one-third of the population struggles in poverty, a non-meat diet is more appropriate

Apart from these moral reasons, the current method of raising animals in massive factory farms threatens the environment. Not only do these farms cause exposure to pollution and disease in rural areas, but they also contribute to climate change in several ways. First, cattle themselves are a source of methane, which has a much more significant greenhouse warming effect than carbon dioxide (CO2). As they digest food, cattle produce around 18 percent of the methane in the atmosphere caused by human activity. In addition, tropical rain forest is burned and cut down in order to grow crops to feed cattle. This burning adds CO2 to the atmosphere, and the forest can no longer capture CO2 and produce oxygen. Lastly, raising animal protein, with its requirement of oil-based chemicals and fuel, uses more energy. In all these ways, our hunger for cheap meat adds to the global warming problem.

Finally, we should all pursue a vegetarian diet for health reasons. A diet rich in meat is also often one that is high in fat; this can lead to disease, especially heart disease and cancer. On average, vegetarians live much longer than meat eaters. Eliminating meat from our food will enable us to lead a healthier and longer life.

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Vegetarianisme: Sehat dan Moral pilihanApa itu vegetarian? Tampaknya seperti sebuah pertanyaan sederhana, tapi jawabannya rumit karena banyak orang yang mengikuti semua diet yang sangat berbeda menyatakan diri mereka vegetarian. Beberapa, dikenal sebagai vegan, tidak makan produk hewani sekali: daging, ikan tidak, tidak ada telur, tidak ada produk yang dibuat dari susu seperti mentega dan keju, dan ada madu. Beberapa vegan, dikenal sebagai fruitarians, pergi lebih jauh; mereka menghindari membunuh tanaman, makan hanya buah, biji, kacang-kacangan dan kacang. Vegetarian lain kurang ekstrim, makan tidak ada produk yang memerlukan pembunuhan binatang. Mereka menolak untuk makan daging atau ikan, tetapi memakan produk susu dan telur. Akhirnya, ada vegetarian yang memakan beberapa jenis daging dan ikan. Beberapa makan ikan tetapi daging tidak; beberapa makan ikan dan ayam, tapi daging merah tidak seperti daging sapi. Karena orang-orang seperti makan ikan atau ayam, vegetarian ketat tidak menganggap mereka untuk menjadi vegetarian sama sekali.Ada beberapa alasan yang baik untuk menjadi vegetarian. Pertama, hewan yang dibesarkan untuk makanan yang disimpan dalam kondisi kejam, dimana mereka menderita dan akhirnya dibunuh. Ini hanya salah menyebabkan kematian dan substansial penderitaan dari makhluk hidup lain. Dengan keyakinan agama mereka, seperti Hindu dan Budha berbagi pandangan ini. Juga, salah untuk menggunakan tanah untuk meningkatkan hewan daging mereka; jumlah tanah dan energi yang dibutuhkan untuk menghasilkan satu kilogram daging protein adalah sekitar 10 kali yang dibutuhkan untuk menghasilkan jumlah yang sama protein tanaman. Sebagai akibat dari beralih ke diet daging, lebih banyak orang bisa makan jumlah tanah yang sama, dan di dunia di mana satu-sepertiga dari populasi berjuang dalam kemiskinan, diet daging lebih tepatApart from these moral reasons, the current method of raising animals in massive factory farms threatens the environment. Not only do these farms cause exposure to pollution and disease in rural areas, but they also contribute to climate change in several ways. First, cattle themselves are a source of methane, which has a much more significant greenhouse warming effect than carbon dioxide (CO2). As they digest food, cattle produce around 18 percent of the methane in the atmosphere caused by human activity. In addition, tropical rain forest is burned and cut down in order to grow crops to feed cattle. This burning adds CO2 to the atmosphere, and the forest can no longer capture CO2 and produce oxygen. Lastly, raising animal protein, with its requirement of oil-based chemicals and fuel, uses more energy. In all these ways, our hunger for cheap meat adds to the global warming problem.Finally, we should all pursue a vegetarian diet for health reasons. A diet rich in meat is also often one that is high in fat; this can lead to disease, especially heart disease and cancer. On average, vegetarians live much longer than meat eaters. Eliminating meat from our food will enable us to lead a healthier and longer life.