| Have you ever thought of becoming a | | | | Animal rights concerns: Ethical vegetarians are |
| vegetarian? Perhaps you are wondering if it really | | | | concerned about animal unkindness. Many animals |
| makes a difference in the big picture. You may | | | | live in very terrible conditions and are treated |
| ask whether it really matters if you eat meat or | | | | horribly prior to and during their killing. |
| not. You may perhaps think about how big a | | | | Food safety and protection: Many people die |
| difference an additional vegetarian can make in | | | | because of food-borne diseases each year. There |
| the world. | | | | have been many extensive calls of meat |
| First, let us review the reasons why many people | | | | contaminated with e-coli. |
| are becoming vegetarians, and from their | | | | From the above reasons, we can now come up |
| experiences maybe we can find the answer to | | | | with an answer to the question above. Personally, |
| the question: "Does it really matter if I become a | | | | I must say that the benefits of becoming a |
| vegetarian?" | | | | vegetarian are both helpful to ourselves, mankind, |
| People choose to become vegetarians for a lot of | | | | animals and our environment. It definitely matters |
| different reasons - probably as many reasons as | | | | that an individual is a vegetarian. We all know that |
| there are vegetarians! But the majority of | | | | a lot of big things start from small actions. |
| vegetarians cite one or more of the following | | | | Therefore, a single individual can make a big help |
| issues: | | | | and difference, not only for her or his self, but for |
| Health issues: A healthy vegetarian diet can | | | | the living things around him/her. I can say that we |
| reduce the risk and symptoms of many chronic | | | | are the change that this world needs, and we can |
| diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. | | | | start this change right now. |
| Righteous religious restrictions: Hinduism and | | | | In addition to this, you will also reduce your share |
| Buddhism hold vegetarianism as the best way to | | | | of the suffering human beings inflict on animals. It |
| promote nonviolence and spiritual fulfillment. | | | | matters to the thousands of animals you could |
| Ecological degradation: Many ecologists state that | | | | probably save, and it matters to you as an |
| our planet's large-scale meat and poultry | | | | individual because you can greatly reduce your |
| production is environmentally unsustainable. They | | | | chances of suffering from severe illnesses, such |
| stress out the effects this has on water quality, | | | | as heart disease and cancer. |
| waste disposal, overuse of antibiotics, and other | | | | Our human body is clearly designed for a healthy |
| concerns. | | | | vegetarian diet. |