“We must consume meat to get a sufficient amount of protein for daily use.” “Meat gives us protein.” These are a myth in fact. In general, people think vegans are thin and without muscles, however, Mac Danzig, a mixed material art champion, stated that he is a vegan and he has noticed that since he stopped consuming any animal proteins, he is more energetic during training and exercise and his muscles grow and repair faster and better than before.
Many studies have shown that vegans have a much lower risk of getting cancer, chronic diseases, and cardiovascular diseases than those who eat meat. They even have a lower death rate.
In fact, the higher the intake of dairy products (milk, cheese, etc.), the higher the risk of osteoporosis. The reason for this is because one of the main mechanisms for this is that animal proteins create an acid body called metabolic acidosis. To balance this habitus, our bodies would naturally take out the best buffer that can against the acid, which is the calcium in our bones. When calcium is used to neutralize excess acid in our bodies, our bones become weak. Yet, it is incredibly difficult to change people’s behaviors. Therefore, many international organizations nowadays are recommending people to drink low-fat or nonfat milk.
However, do you know that if we compare dairy products that are high in protein and low in fat to prostate cancer, they are as closely related as lung cancer to smoking? Isn't this crazy? I mean, how many of us knew about this? This clearly shows the damage that animal proteins can do to the human body.
You may not know that your dietary choices have profound global effects!
Eating less meat would reduce the need for livestock farmers to raise food animals, which would increase biodiversity since there would be less deforestation for growing corn, soybeans, and other monocultures for farm use; Eating less meat, deforestation of the Amazon jungle region will be reduced;
Eating less meat, the food system would not be controlled by only a few large food corporations; Eat less meat, greenhouse gas emissions will be greatly reduced and the greenhouse effect will be greatly improved;
Eating less meat will help the world to go green several times more than strict recycle or saving a lot of natural resources.
You can simply save the world by eating less meat! Because it takes 10 times more fossil fuel to produce one calorie of animal food as it does to produce one calorie of plant food! Doesn't this blow your mind?! Since the 1970s, more than 20% of the Amazon jungle region has been cleared for livestock, which equals to the size of the entire state of California. Just think about it for a sec! The world's livestock alone consume enough grain to feed 8.7 billion population, but there are still 1 billion people living on a daily basis of underfed or malnourished.
According to public information released by the United Nations, animal husbandry is the main cause of global warming! Alert here! Animal husbandry produces more greenhouse gases than all transportation combined (locomotives, cars, trains, boats, planes, etc.)!
Livestock farming is the leading cause of global warming, according to published United Nations data. Animal husbandry produces more greenhouse gases than all transportation (motorcycle, automobile, train, boat, airplane, etc.) combined!
The best way to take responsibility for your health and for the survival of the earth is to eat fewer animal products. Just a small change in your food choice, the world can be saved.
Reference:
COWSPIRACY: The Sustainability Secret
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