By: Elizabeth Katsion, Student Nutritionist
One of the most rewarding aspects of leading a vegetarian lifestyle is actually its effects on the environment. Being a meat-eater, while having its benefits in protein content, actually contributes to environmental issues such as pollution, greenhouse gases, and overall climate change. Bold statements, but there is a lot of scientific backing on the methane gas emissions (farting basically) from cows, chickens and pigs and how it leads to increased greenhouse gas effect and temperature. So as more people eat meat, the more animals are bred and distributed throughout the food industry for consumers. More animals=more gas emissions=more environmental impact. Additionally processing meat involves many different industries that require energy, transportation and funds to reach the consumers. Now I know people will ask, but if we all take up a vegetarian lifestyle won't that make even more pollution with animals not being consumed regularly? Not quite, because if there is less demand for the cows, then less cows will be bred so quickly leading to increased populations and more gas production. Taking up a Meatless Monday tradition is an easy way to start decreasing your carbon footprint without committing to a full lifestyle change!
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