REASONS TO BE VEGETARIAN
- Healthy and Disease Free – Vegetarian food includes vegetables, fruits, dry fruits, grains, lentils, seeds, milk and milk products. It excludes all kinds of meat, fish and egg. As compared with non-vegetarian food, the vegetarian food is lower in fat and lower in cholesterol. It lowers blood pressure and is disease free. As a matter of fact the vegetarian food prevents diseases.
- Structure of human body – Human teeth and digestive system are agreeable to vegetarian food and not to non-vegetarian food. Vegetarian food takes much less time to digest than non-vegetarian food.
- Cruelty – Killing animals or birds for food or fun is a cruel act. Humans are not supposed to be cruel like wild animals. They are expected to be humane. They need take care of all living beings and not kill them.
- Nature – By nature no living being likes to be killed. They want to live and that is the birth gift to them from God. Killing is an unnatural act. Being most intelligent living beings humans are supposed to make the best use of the God’s creation without hurting or harming them.
- Pain – Animals and birds feel pain and pleasure the same way as we humans do. So they feel intense pain when they are being killed. Under God’s justice system the killers will get the same amount of pain as they are giving to the killed.
- Water and Grains use – It takes 8 times more water and grains to produce meat than vegetarian food. Therefore non-vegetarian food is much more expensive than vegetarian food. It is gross misuse and sheer wastage of the vital resources.
- Pollution – Killing animals or birds produces large amount of pollution. Producing vegetarian food does not produce any pollution.
- (British Medical Journal) – The researchers admit that fruit and vegetables rich vegetarian diet boosts brain power.
- A study of thousands of men and women revealed that those who stick to a vegetarian diet have IQ around 105 that is about five points higher than those who regularly eat meat. However, vegans – vegetarians who also avoid dairy products scored significantly lower, averaging IQ score of 95.
- George Bernard Shaw was a vegetarian. He said, “A mind of the caliber of mine cannot derive its nutrient from cows”.
- Benjamin Franklin stated that a vegetarian diet resulted in ‘greater clearness of head and quicker comprehension’.
- Not only the butchers, but also those who sell meat, buy meat, cook, serve and eat meat are responsible for the killings of the animals.
- If slaughter houses have glass walls, no one will eat meat. This is because of the cruelty caused to the animals while slaughtering.
- Vegetarianism is an intelligent, compassionate choice benefiting animals, people and the environment.
Krishan C. Garg
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