The amount of cattle crowded and injected with steroids to inhance there figure and meat density are suffering , not to forget animals in those breeding sectors are being beaten , and crowded , which causes mass spreading of infection . cross contamination is also a danger people can face from the consuming of meats , Each year, as many as 600 million, or almost 1 in 10 people in the world, fall ill after consuming contaminated food. Of these, 420 000 people die, including 125 000 children under the age of 5 years. 62% of those contamination are caused by meat contamination .
While the research—which originally began in 1958 and included various studies on Seventh-day Adventists, who typically eat plant foods because of their religious beliefs—is only partially finished, the results suggest that, on average, vegetarian men and women live 9.5 and 6.1 years longer, respectively, than other common meat eaters
In fact, a study published in the Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition in 2015 found that a vegetarian diet is cheaper than its meat-inclusive alternative. The researchers compared the costs of a plant-based meal plan that included olive oil and an economical diet that included meat
Our planet is heating up. By replacing meat with vegetarian sources of protein, (nuts, seeds, beans and lentils, for example), we can reduce carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions. ... A vegetarian diet requires two-and-a-half times less the amount of land needed to grow food, compared to a meat-based diet