Vegetarian By Choice » Reasons for being a Vegetarian

Cattle Population Needed To Sustain Meat Eating By Humans

Sanjeev Sharma — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:27:07 +0000

I have been saying all this while that the only reasons why we should not eat meat are natural and environmental. We have already had a fair amount of discussion with reference to the natural reasons – God Made Us Vegetarian, We Made Ourselves Meat Eaters.

Let us now embark on the environmental factor. Before we do so, in my opinion we need to first work out what is the number of animals needed to satisfy the meat eating craving of the man. For the sake of simplicity let us assume

Second Negative Reason for Vegetarian diet – Health

Sanjeev Sharma — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:51:34 +0000

Now we need to get serious. Last time we talked about Love and being a vegetarian. This time I would like to talk about the second negative reason for being a vegetarian – Health.

I have done a fair amount of research on the internet and otherwise and summary of all comments that I have read or heard are:

More and more people are dying from diseases that are directly tied to their eating habits. Studies have shown that a vegetarian diet is healthier than a non-vegetarian diet. Vegetarians live longer than

Converting into a Vegetarian for Love is the First Negative Reason for being a Vegetarian!

Sanjeev Sharma — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:27:44 +0000

Though I became a vegetarian to start with because I fell in love with a vegetarian woman (I am a Vegetarian by Choice), I think it is a negative reason to become a vegetarian because:

It does not pass the test of Universal Truth: It can be used to argue a case both for and against the cause of vegetarianism

It does not pass the test of Universal Truth:

I think that turning into a vegetarian because you happen to be in love (with a vegetarian) does not pass the