Wats the reason u r a vegitarian?!
i have been brought up vegitarian and my culture treats me to b as harmless as possible!.!.!.but as i grew i loved it!.!.!.plants also have life!.!.!.but anyways!.!.plucking a fruit is different from chopping head!.!.!.!.how bout u!?
probably, i know i'll have some mocking answers tooWww@FoodAQ@Com
probably, i know i'll have some mocking answers tooWww@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
Animals were not created for humans any more than women were created for men, or any more than black people were created for white people!. It's difficult to understand why a compassionate God would create beings capable of feeling pain, suffering, and a desire to live, if their only purpose in life was to suffer and die at the hands of humans!.
I'm vegetarian because I don't want to support the routine cruelty that occurs on factory farms and slaughterhouses!. also, high cholesterol runs in my family and I'm healthier as a vegetarian!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I'm vegetarian because I don't want to support the routine cruelty that occurs on factory farms and slaughterhouses!. also, high cholesterol runs in my family and I'm healthier as a vegetarian!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
There are several reasons, but the most important one to me is my health!. My cholesterol was at about 300, and I needed to find a way to get it to normal (180-200)!. I really didn't like the thought of having to be on medication for the rest of my life, so I started looking into alternatives!. I had my "eureka!" moment when I realized plants don't contain dietary cholesterol (and very few contain saturated fat), and my vegetarianism was just the practical thing to do for my health!. Within a few months my cholesterol levels were at about 200!. Originally I didn't think my vegetarianism would last!. I figured I would get healthy and then go back to my old ways!. But when I started doing a lot of research on veg*n issues, I decided I didn't want to go back to my old habits!. I don't know the exact date, but I'll reach my 1 year anniversary of being a veg-head sometime around June!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Because i grew up as a vegetarian,at first i accepted it as something we followed without questioning!.But in a way I'm glad we did cause!.!.I can't seem to think of killing something just to satisfy your hunger!.I mean as a vegetarian its not like we survive on milk and bread alone!.You actually only start appreciating all the vegetables and fruits when you're a vegetarian and you see the variety!.Though i wonder sometimes too,plants too have a life,just because we need to fill our tummies,we chop them up,cook them,wow,we're cruel,guess we don't have an option but fill our tummies one or the other way!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
My primary reason for becoming vegetarian is because, on average,
over 10 billion animals are killed each year for human consumption in the US alone!. Animals are usually kept in factory farms, which is far from their natural habitat and lifestyle!. They are confined in small cages or crates and do not have enough room to turn around!. Often, these animals do not breathe fresh air or see the light of day!. Chickens are treated the worst – the hormones they are usually fed makes them grow too big and too fast for the rest of their body to catch up, and their legs are too small for their body to even hold them up; which results in leg pain and heart failure!. Mother cows are killed much earlier than their life span really is, and their calves are taken away at birth slaughtered for veal!. Contrary to popular belief, fish is meat!. These fish spend their lives in cramped, filthy, conditions, and many fish suffer from infections or diseases!. A lot more than this happens, but trust me; you wouldn't want to me to go into great detail!.
People tell me that you can't be a healthy vegetarian, but I've done
my research!. We can get all necessary nutrients from plant sources alone!. Vegetarians have lower cholesterol and blood pressure, and have lower risk of coronary heart disease, with vegans (who are people who consume no meat, dairy, or eggs) having the least risk!. In the long run, vegetarians have lower risk of diabetes, breast and colon cancer, and are 9 times less likely to be obese!. They also have 40% of the cancer rate of meat eaters and are 50% less likely to develop heart disease, which is the number one killer in America!. Scientists also found that vegetarians have stronger immune systems, and may live up to 5 years longer!.
My last reason is for the sake of the environment!. For instance, did
you know that one acre of land can produce 20,000 pounds of potatoes, but only 165 pounds of beef!? And that, a rainforest is being cleared to grow cattle for humans to eat!? More than 70% of wheat, corn, and other grains grown are fed to animals, and it takes 10 pounds of these grains to make one pound of beef! also, over half of the water consumed is used for livestock alone!.
Aniamls have feelings and want a chance to live just like you and me!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
over 10 billion animals are killed each year for human consumption in the US alone!. Animals are usually kept in factory farms, which is far from their natural habitat and lifestyle!. They are confined in small cages or crates and do not have enough room to turn around!. Often, these animals do not breathe fresh air or see the light of day!. Chickens are treated the worst – the hormones they are usually fed makes them grow too big and too fast for the rest of their body to catch up, and their legs are too small for their body to even hold them up; which results in leg pain and heart failure!. Mother cows are killed much earlier than their life span really is, and their calves are taken away at birth slaughtered for veal!. Contrary to popular belief, fish is meat!. These fish spend their lives in cramped, filthy, conditions, and many fish suffer from infections or diseases!. A lot more than this happens, but trust me; you wouldn't want to me to go into great detail!.
People tell me that you can't be a healthy vegetarian, but I've done
my research!. We can get all necessary nutrients from plant sources alone!. Vegetarians have lower cholesterol and blood pressure, and have lower risk of coronary heart disease, with vegans (who are people who consume no meat, dairy, or eggs) having the least risk!. In the long run, vegetarians have lower risk of diabetes, breast and colon cancer, and are 9 times less likely to be obese!. They also have 40% of the cancer rate of meat eaters and are 50% less likely to develop heart disease, which is the number one killer in America!. Scientists also found that vegetarians have stronger immune systems, and may live up to 5 years longer!.
My last reason is for the sake of the environment!. For instance, did
you know that one acre of land can produce 20,000 pounds of potatoes, but only 165 pounds of beef!? And that, a rainforest is being cleared to grow cattle for humans to eat!? More than 70% of wheat, corn, and other grains grown are fed to animals, and it takes 10 pounds of these grains to make one pound of beef! also, over half of the water consumed is used for livestock alone!.
Aniamls have feelings and want a chance to live just like you and me!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I was born in to a vegetarian family so I am a vegetarian!. I never had any reason to turn into a meat eating person!. I get enough nutrients from my home cooked everyday vegetarian meal!. I don't even need to swallow vitamin this and that!.
Animals are our friends and we don't eat our friends!. They are not given to us by God to eat but to enjoy their company as a fellow living being!. How can anyone have a pet they love and still eat the meat of another animal!? There is enough vegetarian food around for everyone!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Animals are our friends and we don't eat our friends!. They are not given to us by God to eat but to enjoy their company as a fellow living being!. How can anyone have a pet they love and still eat the meat of another animal!? There is enough vegetarian food around for everyone!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
i'm not completely vegetarian!. Most of the time I don't eat meat but I will have it if I need protein or there is no alternative!.
I think the average diet has far more meat than is healthy or ethical!. So many people feel it's an all or nothing approach, but I think if more people just ate meat as a special treat the environment would be much better off and we'd be healthier too!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I think the average diet has far more meat than is healthy or ethical!. So many people feel it's an all or nothing approach, but I think if more people just ate meat as a special treat the environment would be much better off and we'd be healthier too!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
It's just difficult to understand why God would create species capable of feeling pain n suffering, and aspire to live, if their only purpose in life was to suffer and die at the hands of mercyless humans!. v as humans r bein ruthless day by day!. our heart has no feelin 4 dees wounderful creation of god!.
v r slaughterin dem 4 our satisfaction!.!.!.
but don't imagin dat sum day v 22222 coud b in deir place!!!!!!!Www@FoodAQ@Com
v r slaughterin dem 4 our satisfaction!.!.!.
but don't imagin dat sum day v 22222 coud b in deir place!!!!!!!Www@FoodAQ@Com
vegetarian !.!.!. means respecting our culture and saving our exhausting amount of animals !.!.!.!. most of the animals are being used by the gods to travel as far !.!.!. so now the amount of animals is too low !.!.!. thats why now we are mostly facing many problems !.!.Someone will not believe in my answer , i have nothing to tell them , they are not a problem , but are addicted to non vegWww@FoodAQ@Com
when i was a little girl i used to go with my father for meat shopping, i saw how they kept all the meat and how they cut them, it was soooo terrifying for me, since then i hate to even look at meat it makes me puke!. my all family members are non-veg but not meWww@FoodAQ@Com
Well, I feel bad saying this next to all the people out there doing it because of the poor helpless animals, but I've just never liked meat- the texture, the taste, and the fact that what you are eating was ALIVE!. It grosses me out!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I am a vegetarian because i can not kill any innocent living being for my pleasure!. even because i was brought up in a vegetarian family!.
more ever i try to make people vegetarian!.
---- MasterWww@FoodAQ@Com
more ever i try to make people vegetarian!.
---- MasterWww@FoodAQ@Com
I was brought up in a vegetarian household!. I never realized its importance until i grew up and started actually understanding what really pain was!. I can never eat another innocent living being !.Www@FoodAQ@Com
la razon de ser vegetariano responde a que hay menos probabilidades de enfermarse, devido al colesterol que contienen los alimentos de origen animal, el colesterol el estres y el sedentarismo son la causa del cancer y de enfermedades cardiovasculares!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Hi, because I felt I could no longer contribute to an industry which involves so much cruelty, suffering and pain, the way animals are treated is despicable!.
Would God be happy with that!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
Would God be happy with that!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
For the most part it is cruel, inhumane, and ungodly!. And secondly its disgusting! Have you ever seen a slaughter house!? Nasty !.Www@FoodAQ@Com
omg u r not the one killing the animal!.!.!.i mean i think people become vegitarians the same reason people have eating disorders, because they want the attentionWww@FoodAQ@Com
because i dont like no veg
u ask me u r a vegitarean whyWww@FoodAQ@Com
u ask me u r a vegitarean whyWww@FoodAQ@Com
well, i've been taught since childhood that animals are not meant for food !.!.!. its kinda sin ,, so i am vegitarian !.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
i am vegetarian because i think if people had to kill the animals they eat themselves (i did when i lived on a farm) a lot more people wouldn't eat meat!. I feel hypocritical eating meat when i don't want to kill the animals!. i have been vegetarian for a year and a half and i like it!!!
other answerers: what if i don't believe in god!? what if i'm not hindu!? plants feel pain too, so you !.!.!. eat them anyway!?!?!?!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
other answerers: what if i don't believe in god!? what if i'm not hindu!? plants feel pain too, so you !.!.!. eat them anyway!?!?!?!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
im a vegetarian because animals have a life just like we humans do, and they deserve to live it just as we live ourss!. its only fairr!
it kinda sucks for me though, because i hate vegetables, but i refuse to eat meat, so im not like all vegan, i eat fish and eggs, since thats basically my only source of protein lolll!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
it kinda sucks for me though, because i hate vegetables, but i refuse to eat meat, so im not like all vegan, i eat fish and eggs, since thats basically my only source of protein lolll!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
not to be mean, but God gave us animals as a gift!. we should enjoy them!. if he didnt want us to eat them, he wouldn't have given it to us and told us to eat them!.
just a thought=]
however i do respect your decisions =]Www@FoodAQ@Com
just a thought=]
however i do respect your decisions =]Www@FoodAQ@Com
I'm not a vegetarian!!XD
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I only call myself a "vegan" if I am very VERY DRUNK!.
Otherwise, I love meat, lamb, steak, fish, and other awesome meat!Www@FoodAQ@Com
Otherwise, I love meat, lamb, steak, fish, and other awesome meat!Www@FoodAQ@Com
i am not a vegetarian!.
read on to know why
Indeed, a large number of people consider the consumption of meat and other non-vegetarian products to be a violation of animal rights
God has created the earth and its wondrous flora and fauna for the benefit of mankind!. It is upto mankind to use every resource in this world judiciously!.
Let us look at various other aspects of this argument!.
1!.Meat is nutritious and rich in complete protein
Non-vegetarian food is a good source of excellent protein!. It contains biologically complete protein i!.e!. all the 8 essential amino acid that are not synthesized by the body and should be supplied in the diet!. Meat also contains iron, vitamin B1 and niacin!.
2!.Humans have Omnivorous set of teeth
If you observe the teeth of herbivorous animals like the cow, goat and sheep, you will find something strikingly similar in all of them!. All these animals have a set of flat teeth i!.e!. suited for herbivorous diet!. If you observe the set of teeth of the carnivorous animals like the lion, tiger, or leopard, they all have a set of pointed teeth i!.e!. suited for a carnivorous diet!. If you analyze the set of teeth of humans, you find that they have flat teeth as well as pointed teeth!. Thus they have teeth suited for both herbivorous as well as carnivorous food i!.e!. they are omnivorous!. One may ask, if Almighty God wanted humans to have only vegetables, why did He provide us also with pointed teeth!? It is logical that He expected us to need and to have both vegetarian as well as non-vegetarian food!.
3!. Human beings can digest both vegetarian and non-vegetarian food
The digestive system of herbivorous animals can digest only vegetables!. The digestive system of carnivorous animals can digest only meat!. But the digestive system of humans can digest both vegetarian and non-vegetarian food!. If Almighty God wanted us to have only vegetables then why did He give us a digestive system that can digest both vegetarian as well as non-vegetarian food!?
4!. Hindu scriptures give permission to have non-vegetarian food
There are many Hindus who are strictly vegetarian!. They think it is against their religion to consume non-vegetarian food!. But the true fact is that the Hindu scriptures permit a person to have meat!. The scriptures mention Hindu sages and saints consuming non-vegetarian food!.
It is mentioned in Manu Smruti, the law book of Hindus, in chapter 5 verse 30
"The eater who eats the flesh of those to be eaten does nothing bad, even if he does it day after day, for God himself created some to be eaten and some to be eater!."
Again next verse of Manu Smruti, that is, chapter 5 verse 31 says
"Eating meat is right for the sacrifice, this is traditionally known as a rule of the gods!."
Further in Manu Smruti chapter 5 verse 39 and 40 says
"God himself created sacrificial animals for sacrifice, !.!.!.!., therefore killing in a sacrifice is not killing!."
5!. Even plants have life
Certain religions have adopted pure vegetarianism as a dietary law because they are totally against the killing of living creatures!. If a person can survive without killing any living creature, I would be the first person to adopt such a way of life!. In the past people thought plants were lifeless!. Today it is a universal fact that even plants have life!. Thus their logic of not killing living creatures is not fulfilled even by being a pure vegetarian!.
6!. Even plants can feel pain
They further argue that plants cannot feel pain, therefore killing a plant is a lesser crime as compared to killing an animal!. Today science tells us that even plants can feel pain!. But the cry of the plant cannot be heard by the human being!. This is due to the inability of the human ear to hear sounds that are not in the audible range i!.e!. 20 Hertz to 20,000 Hertz!. Anything below and above this range cannot be heard by a human being!. A dog can hear up to 40,000 Hertz!. Thus there are silent dog whistles that have a frequency of more than 20,000 Hertz and less than 40,000 Hertz!. These whistles are only heard by dogs and not by human beings!. The dog recognizes the masters whistle and comes to the master!. There was research done by a farmer in U!.S!.A!. who invented an instrument which converted the cry of the plant so that it could be heard by human beings!. He was able to realize immediately when the plant itself cried for water!. Latest researches show that the plants can even feel happy and sad!. It can also cry!.
7!. Killing a living creature with two senses less is not a lesser crime
Once a vegetarian argued his case by saying that plants only have two or three senses while the animals have five senses!.
Therefore killing a plant is a lesser crime than killing an animal!. Suppose your brother is born deaf and dumb and has two senses less as compared to other human beings!. He becomes mature and someone murders him!. Would you ask the judge to give the murderer a lesser punishment because your brother has two senses less!? In fact you would say that he has killed a masoom, an innocent person, and the judge should give the murderer a greater punishment!.
In fact the Qur’an says:
"O ye people! Eat of what is on earth, lawful and good"
[Al-Qur’an 2:168]
8!. Over population of cattle
If every human being was a vegetarian, it would lead to overpopulation of cattle in the world, since their reproduction and multiplication is very swift!. God in His Divine Wisdom knows how to maintain the balance of His creation appropriately!.
No wonder He has permitted us to have the meat of the cattle!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
read on to know why
Indeed, a large number of people consider the consumption of meat and other non-vegetarian products to be a violation of animal rights
God has created the earth and its wondrous flora and fauna for the benefit of mankind!. It is upto mankind to use every resource in this world judiciously!.
Let us look at various other aspects of this argument!.
1!.Meat is nutritious and rich in complete protein
Non-vegetarian food is a good source of excellent protein!. It contains biologically complete protein i!.e!. all the 8 essential amino acid that are not synthesized by the body and should be supplied in the diet!. Meat also contains iron, vitamin B1 and niacin!.
2!.Humans have Omnivorous set of teeth
If you observe the teeth of herbivorous animals like the cow, goat and sheep, you will find something strikingly similar in all of them!. All these animals have a set of flat teeth i!.e!. suited for herbivorous diet!. If you observe the set of teeth of the carnivorous animals like the lion, tiger, or leopard, they all have a set of pointed teeth i!.e!. suited for a carnivorous diet!. If you analyze the set of teeth of humans, you find that they have flat teeth as well as pointed teeth!. Thus they have teeth suited for both herbivorous as well as carnivorous food i!.e!. they are omnivorous!. One may ask, if Almighty God wanted humans to have only vegetables, why did He provide us also with pointed teeth!? It is logical that He expected us to need and to have both vegetarian as well as non-vegetarian food!.
3!. Human beings can digest both vegetarian and non-vegetarian food
The digestive system of herbivorous animals can digest only vegetables!. The digestive system of carnivorous animals can digest only meat!. But the digestive system of humans can digest both vegetarian and non-vegetarian food!. If Almighty God wanted us to have only vegetables then why did He give us a digestive system that can digest both vegetarian as well as non-vegetarian food!?
4!. Hindu scriptures give permission to have non-vegetarian food
There are many Hindus who are strictly vegetarian!. They think it is against their religion to consume non-vegetarian food!. But the true fact is that the Hindu scriptures permit a person to have meat!. The scriptures mention Hindu sages and saints consuming non-vegetarian food!.
It is mentioned in Manu Smruti, the law book of Hindus, in chapter 5 verse 30
"The eater who eats the flesh of those to be eaten does nothing bad, even if he does it day after day, for God himself created some to be eaten and some to be eater!."
Again next verse of Manu Smruti, that is, chapter 5 verse 31 says
"Eating meat is right for the sacrifice, this is traditionally known as a rule of the gods!."
Further in Manu Smruti chapter 5 verse 39 and 40 says
"God himself created sacrificial animals for sacrifice, !.!.!.!., therefore killing in a sacrifice is not killing!."
5!. Even plants have life
Certain religions have adopted pure vegetarianism as a dietary law because they are totally against the killing of living creatures!. If a person can survive without killing any living creature, I would be the first person to adopt such a way of life!. In the past people thought plants were lifeless!. Today it is a universal fact that even plants have life!. Thus their logic of not killing living creatures is not fulfilled even by being a pure vegetarian!.
6!. Even plants can feel pain
They further argue that plants cannot feel pain, therefore killing a plant is a lesser crime as compared to killing an animal!. Today science tells us that even plants can feel pain!. But the cry of the plant cannot be heard by the human being!. This is due to the inability of the human ear to hear sounds that are not in the audible range i!.e!. 20 Hertz to 20,000 Hertz!. Anything below and above this range cannot be heard by a human being!. A dog can hear up to 40,000 Hertz!. Thus there are silent dog whistles that have a frequency of more than 20,000 Hertz and less than 40,000 Hertz!. These whistles are only heard by dogs and not by human beings!. The dog recognizes the masters whistle and comes to the master!. There was research done by a farmer in U!.S!.A!. who invented an instrument which converted the cry of the plant so that it could be heard by human beings!. He was able to realize immediately when the plant itself cried for water!. Latest researches show that the plants can even feel happy and sad!. It can also cry!.
7!. Killing a living creature with two senses less is not a lesser crime
Once a vegetarian argued his case by saying that plants only have two or three senses while the animals have five senses!.
Therefore killing a plant is a lesser crime than killing an animal!. Suppose your brother is born deaf and dumb and has two senses less as compared to other human beings!. He becomes mature and someone murders him!. Would you ask the judge to give the murderer a lesser punishment because your brother has two senses less!? In fact you would say that he has killed a masoom, an innocent person, and the judge should give the murderer a greater punishment!.
In fact the Qur’an says:
"O ye people! Eat of what is on earth, lawful and good"
[Al-Qur’an 2:168]
8!. Over population of cattle
If every human being was a vegetarian, it would lead to overpopulation of cattle in the world, since their reproduction and multiplication is very swift!. God in His Divine Wisdom knows how to maintain the balance of His creation appropriately!.
No wonder He has permitted us to have the meat of the cattle!.Www@FoodAQ@Com