Why Vegetarian?
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Vegan?
Going vegetarian is the
most effective single thing you can do to make this world a kinder, fairer
and better place and it improves your own health. There has never been a
better time to make the change: the choice of food available to vegetarians
has never been more varied or more appetizing � and the scale of
destruction caused by the global meat business has never been greater. Join
the millions of people who have already chosen to celebrate life, and turn
vegetarian today.
In the UK alone, 850 million animals and
hundreds of millions of fish are killed every year to put meat on tables
� that's more than three million animals a day. Before they are
slaughtered, hundreds of millions lead desolate, disease-ridden lives
on factory farms. Turning vegetarian means you're no longer a part of
that cycle of death.
Rainforests are cleared for grazing; methane
from livestock causes global warming; soil is eroded by cattle; slurry
poisons waterways; and the seas are laid to waste by overfishing. The
global appetite for meat and the industrial techniques of the meat industry
are destroying the Earth.
While 750 million people go to bed hungry
every night, one-third of the world's grain is fed to farmed animals. It
takes about 10kg of good quality plant protein - such as wheat and soya -
to produce 1kg of meat protein. A typical Western meat-based diet can
only feed 2.5 billion people: a plant-based diet will feed every one
of us.
Vegetarians live longer and suffer less
from diseases such as hypertension, obesity, coronary artery disease,
certain kinds of cancer and diabetes. Vegetarian diets can even be
used to treat illnesses.
Going vegetarian is the
most effective single thing you can do to make this world a kinder, fairer
and better place and it improves your own health. There has never been a
better time to make the change: the choice of food available to vegetarians
has never been more varied or more appetizing � and the scale of
destruction caused by the global meat business has never been greater. Join
the millions of people who have already chosen to celebrate life, and turn
vegetarian today. GOING VEGGIE: 4 GREAT REASONS
1. Saving Animals
In the UK alone, 850 million animals and
hundreds of millions of fish are killed every year to put meat on tables
� that's more than three million animals a day. Before they are
slaughtered, hundreds of millions lead desolate, disease-ridden lives
on factory farms. Turning vegetarian means you're no longer a part of
that cycle of death.
2. Saving the Planet
Rainforests are cleared for grazing; methane
from livestock causes global warming; soil is eroded by cattle; slurry
poisons waterways; and the seas are laid to waste by overfishing. The
global appetite for meat and the industrial techniques of the meat industry
are destroying the Earth.
Find out more about how eating meat and fish is ravaging our environment on land and sea
3. Saving Others
While 750 million people go to bed hungry
every night, one-third of the world's grain is fed to farmed animals. It
takes about 10kg of good quality plant protein - such as wheat and soya -
to produce 1kg of meat protein. A typical Western meat-based diet can
only feed 2.5 billion people: a plant-based diet will feed every one
of us.
Find out more about how eating meat contributes to poverty and starvation
4. Saving Yourself
Vegetarians live longer and suffer less
from diseases such as hypertension, obesity, coronary artery disease,
certain kinds of cancer and diabetes. Vegetarian diets can even be
used to treat illnesses.
Find out more about how a vegetarian diet will benefit your health
