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Why not eat meat?
Health Reasons:You'll be healthier without meat, and you'll live longer! An average American male meat eater has 50 percent chance of dying of a heart attack, compared to a four percent chance of a vegetarian suffering the same fate. A woman who eats meat daily is four times more at risk for breast cancer than a woman who eats meat once a week. The overloaded fat and protein content of meat and dairy products is also linked to other cancers, obesity, and stroke.Vegetable protein is just as good as animal protein for strength, and current studies show that too much protein intake is linked to diabetes, cancer, and osteoporosis. Every nutrient we need is easily obtained from plant sources.
Environmental Reasons:Today's factory farms use everything, but in the process they leave behind an environmental toll that generations to come will be forced to pay. Raising animals for food requires more that half the water used in the United States each year and one-third of all raw materials, including fossil fuels. This industry is the greatest polluter of our waters and is directly responsible for 85 percent of soil erosion. Our country's meat addiction is steadily poisoning and depleting our land, water and air.To learn more about environmental concerns, click here.
Information courtesy of PETA
Here's an editorial written by CAAR member, Emily Hewitt, about the health risks of eating meat.
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