“The number of individuals enslaved and slaughtered on factory farms every year exponentially surpasses—by trillions—any form of exploitation of human beings anywhere, at any time. . . . American meat eaters were responsible for about 198 deaths per person in 2009, which accumulates to about 15,000 animals in the course of one individual’s lifetime.” EthicsCrueltyVeganExploitationVeganismSlaughterFactory FarmingDeathsAnymalsMeat Eaters Book:Animals and World Religions Source: Animals and World Religions
“The 5-unit BMI difference between vegans and nonvegetarians indicates a substantial potential of vegetarianism to protect against obesity. Increased conformity to vegetarian diets protected against risk of type 2 diabetes after lifestyle characteristics and BMI were taken into account. Pesco- and semi-vegetarian diets afforded intermediate protection.” VegetarianVeganDietDiabetesVegan QuotesType 2 DiabetesMeat EatersPescatarian Author:Serena Tonstad
“Speak to meat eaters the way you would speak to a wild animal: softly and without any sudden movements.” VegetarianismVeganismVegan QuotesMeat EatingVegetarianism EthicsVegetariansMeat Eaters Book:Living Among Meat Eaters: The Vegetarian's Survival Handbook Source: Living Among Meat Eaters: The Vegetarian's Survival Handbook
“When the carnivorous animal finds prey, he boldly seizes the prey and greedily laps the jetting blood. On the contrary, the herbivorous animal refuses his natural food, leaving it untouched, if it is sprinkled with a little blood. In men we find they cannot bear even the sight of [animal] killings. Slaughterhouses are always recommended to be removed far from the towns. Can flesh then be considered the natural food of man, when both his eyes and his nose are so much against it, unless deceived by flavors of spices, salt and sugar?” VegetarianVeganVegetarianismVeganismMeat EatingMeat IndustryVegetariansMeat EatersMeat Consuption Book:The Holy Science Source: The Holy Science
“The mass of the population before the modern era rarely ate meat as the mass of the peasantry rarely do in underdeveloped countries today. In Europe, in the Middle Ages, meat, especially red meat, was associated with aristocracy, landed gentry and their militaristic and hunting culture. It was this, also, that tended to strengthen the association of meat with power and aggression.” MeatVegetarianVeganismVegan QuotesMeat EatingMeat ConsumptionMeat Eaters Author:Malcolm Hamilton
“High animal protein in take was positively associated with mortality and high plant protein intake was inversely associated with mortality, especially among individuals with at least 1 lifestyle risk factor. Substitution of plant protein for animal protein, especially that from processed red meat, was associated with lower mortality, suggesting the importance of protein source.” VeganismProteinVegan QuotesVegan DietPlant Based DietCardiovascular DiseaseMeat EatersPlant Protein Author:Mingyang Song
“All vegans and vegetarians have heard it: “But what about the plants? What about their feelings? They feel pain, too. Don’t you feel bad for the carrots? You are killing them, you know.” Sorry, but the above represent the dumbest set of excuses I’ve ever heard as to why some people claim eating animals is morally equivalent to eating plants. Tellingly, these people’s concern for plant feelings has not reared its head over eating a baked potato with steak, or seeing capers in chicken piccata. No, it’s arisen because the conversation has turned to cruelty toward the animals we eat, something that’s difficult to swallow.” PainVeganismVegan QuotesMeat EatersMeat Is MurderHyprocritical Author:Mikko Alanne