Why am I Vegetarian?

Well, I am a convinced vegetarian for the following obvious 4 reasons:

1- I don’t want to kill; killing animals is also killing and it is cruel.

“While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered beasts, how can we expect any ideal conditions on this earth?” George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950

“I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.” Leonardo da Vinci 1452 -1519

“As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love.” Pythagoras ?580-?500 BC


2 - I want to be healthy; so many medical researchers and famous doctors have confirmed it.

“The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined. If beef is your idea of 'real food for real people,' you'd better live real close to a real good hospital.” – Dr. Neal D. Barnard, M.D., President, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. Washington, D.C.

“A Low-Fat Vegetarian Diet may not only Help Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke but also some of the most common Cancers, including Breast, Prostate, Colon, Lung, and Ovarian Cancers. Vegetarians also have Lower Rates of Osteoporosis, Adult-Onset Diabetes, Hypertension, Obesity and many other Illnesses." - Dr. Dean Ornish, MD, Professor who has received many important Awards, physician consultant to President Clinton.

3- I want to protect the environment; the cattle industry is polluting and destroying the planet.

Environmental Impacts:

* Number of acres of U.S. forest which have been cleared to create cropland to produce a meat-centered diet: 260 million

* How often an acre of U.S. trees disappears: Every 5 seconds

* At present rate of deforestation, number of years before not a single tree will remain standing in the United States: 50

* Amount of trees spared per year by each individual who switches to a pure vegetarian diet: 1 acre

* Driving force behind the destruction of the tropical rainforests: American meat habit

* Amount of meat imported annually by U.S. from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras and Panama: 200 million pounds

* Amount of meat eaten by average person in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras and Panama: Less than the average American housecat consumes

* Current rate of species extinction due to destruction of tropical rainforests and related habitats: 1,000 species a year.

John Robbins, author of Diet for a New America

4- I want to be intelligent; so many intelligent people have advocated a vegetarian lifestyle.

“Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.” ~Albert Einstein

“You put a baby in a crib with an apple and a rabbit. If it eats the rabbit and plays with the apple, I'll buy you a new car. » Harvey Diamond

“If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian. “ ~Paul McCartney