Vegetarian

Many people think while they are still eating meat, that they could never survive without a burger or a nice big steak every once in a while. Even I thought this before I began to live as a vegetarian, however once you start it is so easy. The substitutes for meat (tofu, boca burgers, hemp seed, etc.) may not be entirely appetizing, but the health benefits are just amazing. A 3.5 oz sirloin steak can have on average .85 oz of protein, in other words, it is about 24% percent protein, however just one hemp seed is comprised of 34.6% protein. A 10 percent difference, and still most of America, and possibly the rest of the world believes that it is impossible to get the right amount of protein without meat. 

Other than the health benefits, the the large-scale slaughter houses that are being set up around the world to fill the growing demand for meat; have a devastating effect on the environment, and the humans on our planet. First of all cows, that we are over breeding, release an unhealthy amount of methane through their flatulence, adding significantly to the problem of global warming that we are now facing. Second of all, we feed in amazing amount of our wheat, corn, and other forms of produce, to our farm animals. If we took half of that food and gave it to the humans that actually need it the idea of world hunger, would be gone. Thirdly, because of the growing demand for meat, the standards for meat have been lowered, and now we are eating meat from animals that is just all around unhealthy for us.

In conclusion, many people think that if just one person stops eating meat, it doesn't make a difference. This is could not be further from the truth, if you become a vegetarian, and then you tell five people about the problems with meat, and they become vegetarians, and each of them them tell five people, and so on... Soon we could really start to stop the problem that is the meat production industry in our country.

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