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Vegetarian

Vegetarians, about 3.2% of the US population,

do not eat meat. The US Department of

Agriculture does not only include meat as part of

a balanced diet, but it also states that a vegetarian

diet can meet “the recommended dietary

allowances for nutrients”

Many proponents of vegetarianism say that

eating meat harms health, wastes resources,

causes deforestation and creates pollution. They
often argue that killing animals for food is cruel

and unethical since non-animal food sources are

plentiful.

Humans evolved to be primarily vegetarians.

Humans do not have the large mouth or long,

pointed teeth of carnivores. Human teeth are

short and flat for chewing fibrous food. The liver

of a carnivore can detoxify the excess vitamin A

absorbed from a meat-based diet. The human

liver cannot exceed vitamin A.