Vegetarians Vs. Meat-Based Diets

Introduction

In today’s society, it is not uncommon to see people incorporating meat into their daily diets. With the raising climb in vegan and vegetarian diets, we are starting to see a trend of plant-based and meat-based diets. The question remains, is one diet better than the other? Some would say yes, others say no. In recent years, the demand for meat has been up higher than ever before and many resources have been used to meet those demands. Certain plants have also been demanded more as well. The articles I have chosen, go into the pros and cons of both diets and how they affect the environment as well as our bodies.

Annotated Bibliography

Pimentel, David, and Marcia Pimentel. "Sustainability of Meat-based and Plant-based Diets and

The total weight of food consumed was slightly higher (1002 kg per year) in the lactoovovegetarian diet than in the meat-based diet (995 kg per year). The most food calories consumed in both diets were associated with food grains, and the second largest amount of calories consumed was from sugar and sweeteners. The amount of feed grains used to produce the animal products (milk and eggs) consumed in the lactoovovegetarian diet was about half (450 kg) the amount of feed grains fed to the livestock (816 kg) to produce the animal products consumed in the meat-based diet”

An exclusively plant diet will not cause our dentition or digestive system to get exhausted or start to malfunction. Our anatomy is not capable of consuming meat on its own, especially raw meat. Our dentition and digestive system is not at all like that of a tiger or lion. Therefore, I call such a diet predan (meat-eating), not predator (carnivorous). Without doubt we are not capable of consuming grass on its own – that is raw grass – like in case of a cow, horse, or elephant’s digestive system. Some vegetables humans take cooked, prepared with heat, peeled, cut, using herbs, thus making it more easily