/ck/ - Food & Cooking

YOU NEED TO EAT LESS MEAT.

YOU NEED TO EAT LESS MEAT.

There are three reasons why:

>1) Ethics: Farm animals are conscious they have a central nervous system and feel pleasure and sadness, excitement and resentment, depression, fear and pain. Killing them and confining them to small spaces is inhumane.
>2) Environment: The meat industry is in the top three of causing environmental problems. Livestock production is by far the biggest cause of land use, as it accounts for 30-40% of the global land surface. Also producing 1kg of meat requires up to 15,000 liters of water. It's unsustainable for our large population.
>3) Health: Eating to much meat, especially processed meats, can lead to many health problems like cancer, diabetes and hearth disease. There aren't any nutritions you can't find in non meat products, so eating less meat has no negative outcome on health.

>“You kill plants to survive, how is that any different?”(The old “Screaming carrots!” argument.)
Fact: Plants do not have nervous systems or anything structural that perceives pain. The fanciful research of 19th century pseudoscience and any amount of wishful thinking will not change that fact. Additionally, more plants are cut down to feed farm animals than to feed humans, so by eating less meat, you are still killing fewer plants than if you eat more meat.

Are you gonna eat less meat next year?