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Vegetarians


Growth problems. Animal population problems. Disease. These are all problems
caused by being a vegetarian, that is, one who only eats vegetables. There are
different degrees of being a vegetarian. To one extreme, is a person who eats
nothing associated with animals (no yogurt, ice-cream, or even anything that has
come in contact with meat or another animal). The opposite are those who just
eat vegan most of the time and will still eat animal bi-products. Then there
are others who are in between.

Being a vegetarian is not natural. Since the beginning of time, humans have
been consuming animals. A vegetarians diet lacks energy, calcium, zinc, and
vitamins (B-12 and D). Without ...

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Lentze, a German who found that vegetarianism
causes impaired growth in children five years or younger. Vegan children even
fail to grow as well with supplements that exceed the Recommended Daily
Allowance.

It is true that many vegetables contain a high amount of protein, but the amount
is not even close in comparison to meat. To get the same amount of protein from
vegetables as you would from just one pound of meat (although most people don’t
eat this much meat anyway!), you would be eating for hours.

Most people become vegetarians because of the Animal Rights Movement (ARM). But
in fact, the movement has "elevated ignorance about the natural world" according
to Richard Coniff. If you give rights to animals, you should give rights to
plants. Think of how they feel, often they are consumed before they even die!

If we all went vegetarian, the animal population would increase dramatically.
In fact, if there were too many animals, us humans would starve because the
animals ...

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