September 05, 2004

10 reasons to be a vegetarian

  • it is a more compassionate dietary choice.
  • vegetarian food is more attractive. while one often sees painting of bowls of fruit, one rarely sees a painting of, say, a pork chop. (basic reason borrowed from an essay by moby)
  • one can fill one's nutritional needs without killing anything. want proof? see vegan ultramarathoner, scott jurek, or any of the number of top notch vegan or vegetarian athletes
  • a vegetarian diet is more sustainable, as it requires less of earth's resources
  • a vegetarian diet makes you be more creative with your food choices. Spinach pie, falafel, bananas, cheese, curry, sesame sauce?! delicious!!! but what meat eater would think to even try it?
  • not eating very strong tasting meat allows you to appreciate the more subtle taste of everything else
  • all this, and healthful too!
  • life is tough for farm animals. folks, meet your meat.
  • if i don't convince you, maybe leonardo da vinci, george bernard shaw, henry david thoreau or k. d. lang will
    I have learned from an early age to abjure the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men. da vinci
    A man of my spiritual intensity does not eat corpses. shaw
    One farmer says to me, "You cannot live on vegetable food solely, for it furnishes nothing to make the bones with;" and so he religiously devotes a part of his day to supplying himself with the raw material of bones; walking all the while he talks behind his oxen, which, with vegetable-made bones, jerk him and his lumbering plow along in spite of every obstacle. thoreau
    If you knew how meat was made, you'd probably lose your lunch. I'm from cattle country. That's why I became a vegetarian. lang
  • or, if they don't consider this...
    You put a baby in a crib with an apple and a rabbit. If it eats the rabbit and plays with the apple, I'll buy you a new car. harvey diamond
Posted by Mike at September 5, 2004 11:17 AM
Comments

But if we are not supposed to eat meat, why did God make animals so tasty?

Posted by: JenBen at September 5, 2004 11:53 AM

hmmm - that argument could be applied to heroin.

tasty is in the tongue of the beholder...

Posted by: mike at September 5, 2004 12:13 PM

Thanks for the Moby link.

My wife and I have recently celebrated 5 years as vegetarians and we cannot ever think of going back.

Posted by: Herb at September 6, 2004 08:23 AM

hey great - it's about 4 years for me!!!

Posted by: mike at September 6, 2004 09:37 AM

Heroin tastes good? Hmmmm...

Posted by: JenBen at September 6, 2004 12:08 PM

uh - i wouldn't know - however, apparently some derive pleasure from it. it was an analogy - the point being because one derives pleasure in something does not necessarily mean one ought to partake in it. of course you knew that and were simply being argumentative - but i forgive you cause that's your way...
;-)

Posted by: mike at September 6, 2004 01:01 PM

lol. you crack me up.

Posted by: JenBen at September 6, 2004 03:19 PM

i've been a vegetarian for 7 months, my Mom is really agaist it. (I'm 15) see I went to the veggie side because there is a cow mill next to the stable where I board my horse, one day I saw them loading up the cattle and the fear of the cattle as they were forced on to the trailer is something I will never be able to escape my mind. She insists in telling me practically everyday "you can't save the world you know" I can't think of something I can say without her snapping back another comment _can you help me?

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be patient and be compassionate towards her and those who don't agree with your choice. see if you can find resources in the library or online that will show her why you are doing it. there are a lot of reasons to be a vegetarian. she is likely concerned of the health issues - that you are getting adequate nutrition. point out athletes that are vegetarian/vegan - peta has info like this... while it is true that one person can't save the world, that doesn't mean our actions are irrelevant. most good causes started with just a handful of people doing what they believe in and letting the rest of the world catch up

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According to studies, vegetarians have better health than people that eat meat. They have lower rates of coronary artery disease, gallstones, cancer (particularly lung and colon cancer), kidney stones, colon disease, diabetes and high blood pressure. It has been shown that sometimes a vegetarian diet can help cure these diseases. A vegetarian is also less likely to be overweight than a non-vegetarian.
In 1961, the Journal of the American Medical Association stated that ninety to ninety-seven percent of heart disease, the cause of more than half the deaths in the United States, could be prevented by a vegetarian diet.


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