Humans Are Biologically Herbivores - 1091 Words

Can you imagine living in a crammed cage with hundreds of other animals for your whole life? Then being transported for days and days in the back of a truck with no water or food and little room to move? Can you imagine being skinned, beaten, shot, stunned, slit and dismembered while you are completely conscious? This is unfortunately reality for the 56 billion animals that are slaughtered each year, just so we can eat their meat. In the time that it took you to read that another 60,000 animals were killed for human consumption. From when we are children we’re conditioned to view cows, pigs, chickens, sheep and fish as inferior beings whose sole purpose of their existence is to provide us with meat. Humans are biologically herbivores;†¦show more content†¦Meat and dairy products can increase the risk of developing many forms of cancer, including; breast, ovarian, prostate and colon cancer. â€Å"Studies conducted by scientists at the University of Toronto and St. Mic hael s Hospital have found that a vegetarian diet made up of certain plant foods can lower cholesterol as effectively as a drug treatment† {Medical News today, 2014} The results of this study showed that a vegetarian diet reduced levels of bad cholesterol that are known to clog coronary arteries. In a meat-eaters diet the main source of saturated fat comes from animal products, by cutting these products out the risk of heart disease decreases. Within two weeks of becoming a vegetarian blood pressure significantly reduces. Through a healthy vegetarian diet and exercise non-insulin-dependent diabetes can be controlled and sometimes even eliminated, a diet such as this that is low in fat, high in fibre and complex carbohydrates allows insulin to work more effectively. There is no other human activity that impacts our planet more than that of raising livestock. The global meat industry provides food and livelihood for billions of people; however the meat industry has significant environmental and health consequences for the planet. It’s predicted that the worldwide consumption of meat will double by 2020 and this will have a huge impact on the environment. Roughly 40% of the world’s land surface is