why should meat not be eaten?

Question

what are the reasons on why meats should not be eaten? what are the dangers of eating meat? are human teeth really designed for eating plants only?

Answer 1

The reasons are numerous.

-Hunger

Number of people worldwide who will die as a result of malnutrition this year: 20 million.
Number of people who could be adequately fed using land freed if Americans reduced
their intake of meat by 10%: 100 million.
Percentage of corn grown in the U.S. eaten by livestock: 80.
Percentage of oats grown in the U.S. eaten by livestock: 95.
How frequently a child dies as a result of malnutrition: every 2.3 seconds.
Pounds of potatoes that can be grown on an acre: 40,000.
Pounds of beef produced on an acre: 250.
Percentage of U.S. farmland devoted to beef production: 56.
Pounds of grain and soybeans needed to produce a pound of beef: 16.

-Environmental

Primary cause of greenhouse effect: carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels Fossil fuels needed to produce meat-centered diet vs. a meat-free diet: 3 times more . Percentage of U.S. topsoil lost to date: 75. Percentage of U.S. topsoil loss directly related to livestock raising: 85.
Number of acres of U.S. forest cleared for cropland to produce meat-centered diet: 260 million. Area of tropical rainforest consumed in every quarter-pound of rainforest beef: 55 sq. feet. Current rate of species extinction due to destruction of tropical rainforests for meat grazing and other uses: 1,000 per year.

-Cancer

Increased risk of breast cancer for women who eat meat daily compared to less than
once a week: 3.8 times. For women who eat eggs daily compared to once a week: 2.8 times. Increased risk of fatal ovarian cancer for women who eat eggs 3 or more times a week vs. less than once a week: 3 times. Increased risk of fatal prostate cancer for men who consume meat, cheese, eggs and milk daily vs. sparingly or not at all: 3.6 times.

-Cholesterol

Most common cause of death in the U.S.: heart attack.
How frequently a heart attack kills in the U.S.: every 45 seconds.
Average U.S. man's risk of death from heart attack: 50 percent.
Risk of average U.S. man who eats no meat, dairy or eggs: 4 percent.
Amount you reduce risk if you eliminate meat, dairy and eggs from your diet: 90 percent
Average cholesterol level of people eating meat-centered-diet: 210 mg/dl.
Chance of dying from heart disease if you are male and your blood cholesterol level is
210 mg/dl: greater than 50 percent.

-Natural Resources

User of more than half of all water used for all purposes in the U.S.: livestock production.
Gallons of water needed to produce a pound of wheat: 25.
Gallons of water needed to produce a pound of California beef: 5,000.
Years the world's known oil reserves would last if every human ate a meat-centered diet:13.
Years they would last if human beings no longer ate meat: 260.
Calories of fossil fuel expended to get 1 calory of protein from beef: 78.
To get 1 calory of protein from soybeans: 2.

-Antibiotic

Ingredients: Any one of our instant noodles, fresh vegetables (if you don't have fresh
veggies handy, then our Just Corn and Just Veggies are just as good), Roasted Seaweed (optional), Wei-I Best Grade Laver Ro Su (bacon bits) (optional) and any of our frozen gourmet.

Percentage of U.S. antibiotics fed to livestock: 55.
Percentage of staphylococci infections resistant to penicillin in 1960: 13.
Percentage resistant in 1988: 91.
Response of European Economic Community to routine feeding of antibiotics to livestock: ban.
Response of U.S. meat and pharmaceutical industries to routine feeding of antibiotics to livestock: full and complete support.

-Pesticide

Fewer than 1 out of every 250,000 slaughtered animals is tested for toxic chemical
residues.
Percentage of U.S. mother's milk containing significant levels of DDT: 99.
Percentage of U.S. vegetarian mother's milk containing significant levels of DDT: 8.
Contamination of breast milk, due to chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides in animal
products, found in meat-eating mothers vs. non-meat eating mothers: 35 times higher.

-Ethics

Number of animals killed for meat per hour in the U.S.: 660,000.
Occupation with the highest turnover rate in U.S.: slaughterhouse worker.
Occupation with the highest rate of on-the-job-injury in U.S.: slaughterhouse worker.

-Spiritual Consciousness

Food is the source of the body's hemistry, and what we ingest affects our consciousness, emotions and experiential pattern. If we want to live in higher consciousness, in peace and happiness and love for all creatures, then we should
consider not eating meat, fish, shellfish, fowl or eggs.

-Karmic Consequences

Major religions around the world such as Buddhism or Hinduism teach that all of our actions including our choice of food have karmic consequences. By involving oneself in the cycle of inflicting injury, pain and death, even indirectly by eating other creatures, one must in the future experience in equal measure the suffering caused.

-Here's some links for you.
www.pcrm.org
www.vegsource.com
www.peta2.com <- simply for the videos
www.earthsave.org

Answer 2

I don't think meat should not be eaten, I just don't personally like they way the animals are being manufactured, abused and tortured in certain facilities.

If you want eat meat, and you know how to hunt properly and within all reasonable limitations, (for example, hunt wild boar because there are too many of them, or hunt an animal in the wild who is fully-grown and not nursing young) I say go for it. I couldn't do it, but I think that is the only way we as humans should be eating any meat.

Answer 3

I don't know where the thing for eating plants only came from. Teeth are made for chewing whatever you're eating, but I personally am a carnivore. I don't think I could go without eating meat. I don't believe there are any real dangers. If you go by that then it's dangerous to eat anything and everything.

Answer 4

Meat consuming animals could style specific from herbivores. An animal's nutrition extensively results the flavour of the beef. I reside in Michigan and consume rather slightly of venison; whilst the deer is from the southern aspect of the state it tastes specific than whilst it's from the UP, that is since deer within the south have well-nigh the equal nutrition as farm animals while northern deer consume anything they may be able to get- extra bark. Also, meat consuming animals are predators. This signifies that there are fewer to be had to devour than say farm animals. Since they're predators they're additionally extra muscular than the animals we usually consume, this could make for a far harder meal.

Answer 5

If you ask me, I think plants shouldn't be eaten either. Read this article on plants have feelings.

http://www.pureinsight.org/pi/index.php?news=1496

How do you think those poor plants feel on harvest day!? What a slaughter! We as humans must stop eating animals and plants. That'll make the next trip to the grocery store really inexpensive.

Oh and I enjoyed the reading Andy.

Answer 6

As a general rule, people should definitely not eat meat. If they don't eat meat, the demand for meat is low, so meat prices are low. As a result, I get to eat more of it. I am therefore thankful to all the vegetarians and vegans out there.

Answer 7

human teeth are designed for us to be omnivores, meat and plants. Thats why you have your sharp ones, the canines, for tearing flesh in the front, and your flat ones in the back for grinding veggies.

Answer 8

People should not eat meat everyday.White meat is better than red meat. example of red meat- beef,pork,lamb etc.Instead.White meat can be consumed for example sea food,chicken,duck etc.Besides beef &pork contain lots of fat's.

Answer 9

I don't eat meat because I don't believe in the unnecessary killing of animals.

Answer 10

To paraphrase Sue Donym's answer.
If God didn't intend on us eating animals, he wouldn't have made them so delicious.

Answer 11

Because it is tamastic! It withdraws your prana.