The Vegetarian Me

Here's what I try to say when people ask why I'm a vegetarian or if they are interested for themselves. I put it here so I can just say that vegeme.com will answer it.

Reasons to be Vegetarian Less Cruelty to Animals It seems that this becomes more important to people as years pass after they become vegetarian. Better for You In countries around the world where people eat a mostly vegetarian diet, they have less heart disease, cancer, obesity, diabetes, and cholesterol. At best, meat is hard to digest and lacks things we need, but the meat we buy contains antibiotics, hormones, pesticides, and diseases. Better for the Environment Production of meat uses about ten times the resources (fuel, water, land) of vegetable production and causes about ten times the environmental damage (pollution, global warming, species extinction). Meat production is one of the top users of these resources and one of the top causes of this damage. Here's a cute web page with more reasons. Reasons not to be Vegetarian Vitamin B12 deficiency This is easily rectified. Here's how. Protein Deficiency Somebody just made this one up. Here's more.

What a Vegetarian Eats We eat fruits and vegetables, grains and beans, nuts and seeds. Some of us also eat milk and eggs. What a Vegetarian Avoids We don't eat animals. Some of us don't eat animal products either.