Why Stop Meat Eating
Are there any logical reasons to choose vegetarianism?
Answer: Yes; there are many. Let's discuss five logical reasons here.
Firstly, non-vegetarian food generally costs much more money – and secondly, it costs much more than money.
These hidden costs comprise the next four reasons and can be represented by the acronym HELL (Health, Environment, Life – Subhuman, Life – Human). Let’s first look at these hidden costs and then see how we can practically adopt vegetarianism.
1. Health: Grain-fed animals contribute to severe health problems to humans like heart disease, several types of cancer, diabetes, etc. How? Cattle have stomachs meant to digest grass, not grains. But grains, unlike grass, can be grown elsewhere, transported to the slaughterhouses and fed to the animals there. The unnatural change of diet for cattle from grass to grains causes many diseases in them. So they are routinely administered antibiotics, which lead to the formation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria being formed in their bodies. When the meat of such animals is eaten by humans, the resistant bacteria threaten the effectiveness of the medicines that treat the meat-eaters. No wonder 90-97% heart diseases can be stopped by switching to a vegetarian diet.
Anatomy:
Let us compare some of the physiological features of flesh eaters, plant eaters & human beings: Sr. No. | Features of flesh eaters | Features of Plant eaters | Features of human beings | 1 | Intestinal tract only 3 times body length, so rapidly decaying meat can pass out of body quickly | Intestinal tract 10-12 times body length, fruits do not decay as rapidly, so can pass more slowly through body | Intestinal tract 12 times body length | 2 | Small salivary glands in the mouth ( not needed to predigest grains and fruits ) | Well developed salivary glands, needed to predigest grains & fruits | Well developed salivary glands needed to predigest grains & fruits | 3 | Acid saliva; no enzyme ptyalin to predigest
Answer: Yes; there are many. Let's discuss five logical reasons here.
Firstly, non-vegetarian food generally costs much more money – and secondly, it costs much more than money.
These hidden costs comprise the next four reasons and can be represented by the acronym HELL (Health, Environment, Life – Subhuman, Life – Human). Let’s first look at these hidden costs and then see how we can practically adopt vegetarianism.
1. Health: Grain-fed animals contribute to severe health problems to humans like heart disease, several types of cancer, diabetes, etc. How? Cattle have stomachs meant to digest grass, not grains. But grains, unlike grass, can be grown elsewhere, transported to the slaughterhouses and fed to the animals there. The unnatural change of diet for cattle from grass to grains causes many diseases in them. So they are routinely administered antibiotics, which lead to the formation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria being formed in their bodies. When the meat of such animals is eaten by humans, the resistant bacteria threaten the effectiveness of the medicines that treat the meat-eaters. No wonder 90-97% heart diseases can be stopped by switching to a vegetarian diet.
Anatomy:
Let us compare some of the physiological features of flesh eaters, plant eaters & human beings: Sr. No. | Features of flesh eaters | Features of Plant eaters | Features of human beings | 1 | Intestinal tract only 3 times body length, so rapidly decaying meat can pass out of body quickly | Intestinal tract 10-12 times body length, fruits do not decay as rapidly, so can pass more slowly through body | Intestinal tract 12 times body length | 2 | Small salivary glands in the mouth ( not needed to predigest grains and fruits ) | Well developed salivary glands, needed to predigest grains & fruits | Well developed salivary glands needed to predigest grains & fruits | 3 | Acid saliva; no enzyme ptyalin to predigest