A Vegetarian Diet One Bite at a Time

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Living a life without meat is healthier, kinder to the environment and more

humane than a diet with meat. I should know, I was shortening my life span by eating so

much meat. I was literally killing myself, one bite at a time. After my diagnoses with

high cholesterol I started researching ways to begin a healthier lifestyle. It was then that I

found out about the many negative effects farmed animals have on the environment.

Sufficed to say, I was ultimately mortified when I read about the cruel and inhumane

lives these poor animals live until their death.

I know that we as humans have eaten meat for thousands of years, but thousands

of years ago we had to eat anything we could in order to survive! Some may think we

cannot attain the right amount of nutrients and vitamins that a meat diet can provide. I

would concur with this statement; if we do not monitor our diet correctly we run the risk

of anemia, or lack of protein and the B-12 vitamin we need. However, according to many

doctors around the world (including my own) a vegetarian die...

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