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Keep The Spirit Alive!!!
Vegetarian
Vegetarians, about3.2% 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.
It is unnecessary to take an animal’s life when
vegetarian options are available. In the US about 35
million cows, 115 million pigs and 9 billion birds are
killed for food each year. These animals should not
have to die to satisfy an unnecessary dietary
preference
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