Argument Against Vegetarianism

Vegetarianism is the dietary way of avoiding animal products. Many individuals are replacing animal products in their daily meals with different kinds of vegetables. They believe that eating non-animal products is an ideal way of cleansing out the toxins in their bodies. Moreover, most people consider vegetables as the best foods that can help them lose weight without causing any side effects. Although many people believe the animal products are the best foods for providing the basic vitamins in life, the UTA community should be interested in vegetables because eating vegetables help people maintain a healthy body, growing vegetables would also help our world reduce pollution, and more animals will not be killed for food.
Many opponents of

vegetarianism would say that animal product consumption is healthy for human and has the necessary nutrition that only comes from animal flesh. However, many vegetarians still live with healthy bodies without any animal food sources.

“According to the American Dietetic Association, a vegetarian diet can meet protein requirements, provide all the essential amino-acids (the building blocks of protein), and improve health” (Vegetarian). In another aspect, vegetarians show the sign of decreasing the kidney stones and gallstone in the human body. People who consume animal flesh will obtain animal protein, which is the main component of making kidney stones and gallstones. “A diet high in animal protein is responsible for the high rates (15% of men and 7% of women) of kidney stones in the United States” (Vegetarian). Furthermore, many studies had proven that meat consumption is linked to colon and rectal cancer. As people consume a small amount of animal product everyday they will obtain a higher amount of heme iron, which causes an increased risk of colon and rectal cancer. Heme iron in red meats is much more harmful to health than in vegetables. “Vegetarian sources of iron like leafy greens and beans contain non-heme iron” (Vegetarian). In addition, vegetarians usually live longer. “A study of 121,342 people found that eating red meat was associated with an increased risk of death from cancer and cardiovascular disease” (Vegetarian). Since red

meats contain a large amount of saturated fats and cholesterols, they are the reasons for cancer, cardiovascular disease, and clog arteries. In contrast, most vegetarians are wholesome nutritionally adequate because they consume a smaller proportion of calories from meat and more vitamin C, fiber, and potassium from vegetables that may provide nutritional elements form preventing some diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes or bacteria named “Campylobacter” (“Should”). Vegetarians are not only healthy people, but they also help us to clean our environment. Many slaughter houses have released a large amount of ammonia and hydrogen sulfide to the air or water, which is why the air and water pollution is skyrocketing today.