Why I don’t Promote VEGETARIANISM

Here is the thing guys. Vegetarianism (not eating meat, but still dairy and eggs) is a good start in helping the causes a vegan(does not eat, use, or buy ANY animal products) stands by. I do think it is better than nothing, and a good start, but I do believe it is not good long term. I applaud people who go from eating meat everyday to being a vegetarian. But I will always advocate for that person to be vegan. Here is why.

Animal Rights

If you stand by animal rights, being a vegetarian doesn’t do much for animals. If you read my dairy article and my animal rights article, it will help you understand this concept better but dairy and eggs are cruel. There is no other way of putting it. With that, you must know every single dairy cow and every single egg laying hen is slaughtered in the end for meat anyway, so when you are paying for dairy in eggs you are therefore paying for the enslavement of animals, AND them being slaughtered in the end even though you are not consuming their meat. Also, part of being a vegan is not wearing anything that comes from an animal, like leather. Of course that leather came from a cow that was violently slaughtered, so even if you are not eating their meat, your still buying parts of their body, weather it is shoes, jackets, etc. So, overall, if you are a vegetarian (or not) that is passionate about helping the animals, you should be vegan. 🙂 (Animal article link) Watch, Land of Hope and Glory, and Dominion.

Environment

Many people like me are very concerned about our Earth’s health. Every one should, because after all, there is no Planet B. Veganism is optimal for helping this planet stay healthy because the animal agriculture industry is among the most horrid for our environment. (read my environment article) But, here is why vegetarianism doesn’t do near enough for our beautiful earth. Like I said in the paragraph above, when paying for dairy or eggs, you are also in a way paying for the meat in the end. This means that even if you don’t pay for that meat directly, there is almost no difference. I bet you are still wondering why that is bad for the environment. Well I will tell you. When you pay for any animal product, you are purchasing something that had it’s whole life of eating and drinking put into it. What am I talking about you ask? For instance when you eat a hamburger, you are eating that entire cows life. You are essentially eating every single gallon of water and every single grain of food that cow ate in it’s (miserable) life. This is a whole lot of water for one hamburger patty. Would if I told you one hamburger patty was 600 gallons of embedded water. Imagine how much water we are wasting by eating meat. Now your probably asking why the heck I am talking about something a vegetarian wouldn’t eat anyway. Well this is very similar with milk and eggs. Even though you aren’t eating the body of that animal, you are still paying for a farmer to raise thousands of animals, which requires millions of pounds of grain, and billions of gallons of water. Not to mention they will be slaughtered for meat in the end anyway so that water will always be used catastrophically in order to produce any animal product weather it is milk, eggs or meat. So if you are concerned about the environment, you should be vegan! 🙂 Watch Cowspiracy.

Health

Most people are concerned about their health. They wan’t to be around in this world as long as they possibly can, I know I do. Most vegetarians are more concerned about their health than the average person, but here is the problem here. Through the many hours of research I have done, dairy and eggs are one of the worst things for human health. Why, well its somewhat obvious…. they just weren’t made for human consumption. Cows milk is for a baby cow, and is literally breast milk, and eggs are well…. Chicken periods. Literally. This article would be very, very long if I were to tell you all the facts right now. That is why I have an article just on health alone. (check it out… Health) Also you can watch documentary’s such as the Game Changers, What the Health, and Forks over Knives to learn more. But what I’m telling you now is that according to all my research, we need cows milk about as much as we need giraffe’s milk or rat’s milk, we just don’t. (that is why 68% of the world is lactose intolerant.) And we need eggs about as much as we need parrot eggs or animal periods. 🙂 If you are concerned about your health, become vegan.

Conclusion

I respect all vegetarians and people who eat meat. All I am asking is you do a little research. I believe veganism is the only way to, not pay for animal cruelty, help the environment, and be good for you health. Happy holidays!

-Ava 💚