Are Meat-Based Diets Bad For The Planet

Have you ever been a vegetarian? In our days, vegetarianism is becoming more and more popular amongst people, particularly realizing what harm can bring the eaten meat. According to the article “Are Meat-Based Diets Bad for the Planet?” By Ed. Amy Francis, “Those who believe that vegetarianism has a positive effect on the environment argue that the massive production of animal products for human consumption can lead to land degradation, water and air pollution, and even a change in climate. Academic research indicates that these detrimental effects accrue as we continue producing meat products.” I absolutely agree with author and have faith in that vegetarians can prevent many problems. Possibly you may ask, “Is vegetarianism really a healthy

In the culture of vegetarianism, people choose very carefully before they eat something. Experts have shown that vegetarianism not often suffer from fatness and live longer than people who eat a lot of meat. Perhaps, it affects by the fact that among the vegetarian less smokers and more wealthy people. For good nutrition, people need seriously assess the state of health and financial abilities. Some vegetarians do not recommend sharp stop eating regular food and become a vegetarian because it can harm their health. I know a very few vegetarians in my native country, but based on my experience in the USA, I can say that vegetarianism is more common here than in Ukraine. Only one thing is for sure that more and more people in the world become vegetarians, and somewhere should be explanation of this phenomenon. I think if many people are doing something together, it should get our attention. Based on many facts, I believe that vegetarianism is a great decision because has many benefits for people and

Unfortunately, the entire global transportation of cars, planes, and ships allocates a large amount of interest and disposing of all greenhouse gases. Because in the world many people who like to eat meat, countries allocate a huge swath of land to make more room for animals. Also, there is scattered land to feed these animals. According to the article “Vegetarianism” by Ramsey P, “Animals not confined to feedlots pose different problems for the environment. Overgrazing and disagreements about land use in the western United States have become major battleground issues between ranchers and environmentalist.” I believe that this is a big problem for our environment. In addition to polluting the environment, factory farming strives to produce the most meat, milk, and eggs. Moreover, they try to do it as quickly as possible and sell cheaply as possible under severe conditions for the animals. Cows, pigs, chickens, ducks, rabbits, and other animals are keeping in small cages or stalls, where they are often unable even to turn around. Often animals cannot even move, so that all their energy went to the production of meat, eggs or milk. Animals are given medicines that help to grow rapidly and genetically manipulated to produce much more milk or eggs than they would naturally. For me it was a shocking fact that two pounds of beef causes more greenhouse gas emissions than the selection of the car