Dear Vegetarians,

To put it bluntly my friends, homosapiens are in fact omnivores. This means we must consume the nutrients from both plants and animals in order to maintain a health body. But as many of us are aware, this widespread debate doesn’t simply end there. The controversy between Vegetarians and Meat-eaters has many roots, but the most common focuses for this conflict are ethics and of course, health.

So, does becoming a vegetarian make you more ‘ethical’ or even healthier? The answer is no, and here’s why.

Say the world’s population all turned Vegetarian over night. To all those animal lovers out there maybe this sounds like a dream come true. BUT, this would actually raise a vast number of problems for civilization. Animal product production makes up for an unmeasurable amount of industry and jobs. Not only would this effect things like overall health and life span, we would be left without many of the resources we depend on such as animal hides, fats, eggs, whey, oils and more… and let’s hope your family doesn’t live on a farm.

Also, just in case you were wondering.. no, the increase in plant production would not make up for an even slightly comparable number of jobs.

Now let’s take a moment to focus on health. Many believe that a Vegetarian life style is a healthy choice. Sorry plant lovers, wrong again. Humans depend on meat for many essential vitamins and nutrients found in animal products that would not be accessible simply by eating plants, such as omega 3 fatty acid, and vitamin b12. Not to mention BMD. Bone mass density is an important part of physical health that is largely impacted by meat consumption, and it has been proven that vegetarians bone mass is a whopping 4% lower than that of an omnivore. (The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Nguyen, 2009)

https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/90/4/943/4597049

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