Q62. Why you should not eat meat?

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Health – Scientific research has concluded that meat eaters are much more likely to suffer from cancer, heart disease, and other diseases compared to vegetarians.

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Morality – The cow gives her milk to people as much as she can, people drink her milk and then kill and eat her. This is evil. The humans are not food for the animals, the animals are also not food for the humans. It is wrong to kill. Why kill when you don’t have to?

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Economics - It would take at least 146kg of vegetation, over 500 liters of water, and many years to produce just 1kg of beef. If cattle were not produced for slaughter, then there would be at least 146kg of vegetables and more than 500 liters of water for human beings to consume. The 1 kg of beef would feed at most 2 people, and the 146kg of vegetables would feed at least 292 people. If animals were not produced for human consumption, then there would be an abundance of vegetables for human consumption and the price of vegetables would be extremely low and there would be no poverty in the world. Also, the humans would become healthier by eating more vegetables, as confirmed by scientific research.

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Environmental – The breeding and killing of animals for food is leading to the destruction of forests and global warming.

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Violence – The root cause of terrorism is evil ideology and the mentality of violence. The mentality of violence is created when humans kill for a living. The simple fact is that a person who cuts the throats of animals (directly or indirectly) is much more likely to cut the throats of humans too.

There is plenty of protein in a vegetarian diet and scientific studies have shown that vegetarians are healthier than their meat-eating counterparts, their fiber and calcium intake was much higher. Vegetarians also consumed more magnesium, potassium, iron, thiamin, riboflavin, folate, and vitamins A, C, and E, and less total fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol. The Bhagavad-Gita very clearly states that we should be friendly to all living beings and compassionate. This can be practiced with animals by not killing them. Why kill when you don’t need to? You should stop killing from this day on. Go veg.