Pesci-Vegetarianism is beneficial

First of all, the he is a she. Second, a vegetarian, even lax ones that eat some meat, live about two years older than a person who eats meat on a daily basis. The protein in soy products such as tofu helps to lower LDL (bad cholesterol) and reduces the risk of heart disease. It is also a whole chain, as are the proteins in fish, eggs, shellfish, and other seafood products that they eat. Therefore, they can easily get an adequate amount of protein just like those who eat meat. The protein argument is irrelevant because proper amounts of protein can be achieved and because this also helps your heart, it is beneficial to the body. Iron facts. You need 14 mg a day if you are a man or a woman after menopause. You need 33 mg a day if you are a woman before menopause. Here is a list of foods that can help to achieve iron goals. All of these foods have a better amount of iron per calorie than meat. Food Amount Iron (mg) Soybeans, cooked 1 cup 8.8 Blackstrap molasses 2 Tbsp 7.2 Lentils, cooked 1 cup 6.6 Spinach, cooked 1 cup 6.4 Quinoa, cooked 1 cup 6.3 Tofu 4 ounces 6.0 Bagel, enriched 3 ounces 5.2 Tempeh 1 cup 4.8 Lima beans, cooked 1 cup 4.4 Swiss chard, cooked 1 cup 4.0 Black beans, cooked 1 cup 3.6 Pinto beans, cooked 1 cup 3.5 Turnip greens, cooked 1 cup 3.2 Chickpeas, cooked 1 cup 3.2 Potato 1 large 3.2 Kidney beans, cooked 1 cup 3.0 Prune juice 8 ounces 3.0 Beet greens, cooked 1 cup 2.7 Tahini 2 Tbsp 2.7 Veggie hot dog 1 hot dog 2.7 Peas, cooked 1 cup 2.5 Black-eyed peas, cooked 1 cup 2.3 Cashews 1/4 cup 2.1 Brussels sprouts, cooked 1 cup 1.9 Bok choy, cooked 1 cup 1.8 Bulgur, cooked 1 cup 1.7 Raisins 1/2 cup 1.6 Almonds 1/4 cup 1.5 Apricots, dried 15 halves 1.4 Veggie burger, commercial 1 patty 1.4 Watermelon 1/8 medium 1.4 Soy yogurt 6 ounces 1.1 Tomato juice 8 ounces 1.0 Green beans, cooked 1 cup 1.2 Kale, cooked 1 cup 1.2 Sunflower seeds 1/4 cup 1.2 Broccoli, cooked 1 cup 1.1 Millet, cooked 1 cup 1.1 Sesame seeds 2 Tbsp 1.0 We store between 2 and 5 micrograms of vitamin B12 and only excrete a very small fraction of this each day. They can be found in fortified cereals and multivitamins. It can also be found in fish, and we need very little of it, and the fish can supply us with what we need. Also, the B12 vitamins in red meat come with a lot of unhealthy fats that can clog arteries and become a burden to the human body. Calcium can be found in milk, cereal, yogurt, and cheese, all of which a pesci vegetarian would eat, and get about as much as a person who eats meat. Therefore, that argument is entirely irrelevant, becasue a meat eater achieves their calcium in the same way. Pesci vegetarians can also eat oysters, and they have the highest zinc content. Other good food sources include beans, nuts, certain seafood, whole grains, fortified breakfast cereals, and dairy products. This argument as well, is irrelevant. Besides, you are adding two years to your life by doing this. Pesci vegetarianism does help the environment. Over 100 animals are saved each year, reducing the amount of overgrazing as well as the demand. If many people did this, the amount of overgrazing would go down and would help the environment's weak soil. Also, a 2006 United Nations report found that the meat industry produces more greenhouse gases than all the SUVs, cars, trucks, planes, and ships in the world combined. Greenhouse gases cause global warming, which studies show will increasingly lead to catastrophic disasters—like droughts, floods, hurricanes, rising sea levels, and disease outbreaks—unless we drastically reduce the amounts emitted into the atmosphere. Becoming pesci-vegetarian helps to reduce this pollution thus benefiting the environment and your lungs. Methane: The billions of farmed animals crammed into factory farms produce enormous amounts of methane, both during digestion and from the acres of cesspools filled with feces that they excrete. Methane is more than 20 times as powerful as carbon dioxide at trapping heat in our atmosphere.5 Statistics from the Environmental Protection Agency show that animal agriculture is the number one source of methane emissions in the U.S.6 Nitrous Oxide: Nitrous oxide is about 300 times more potent as a global warming gas than carbon dioxide. According to the U.N., the meat, egg, and dairy industries account for a staggering 65 percent of worldwide nitrous oxide emissions.7 Eliminating the meat helps a lot with reducing emissions without drastically burdening your health. It is actually better for your health to give up meat because it helps to keep the air that you breath clean so that pollutants have a minimal effect on you. I do believe that the transition should be made slowly, so that not too many people lose jobs. But people lose their jobs every day, and many are losing jobs today because of the recession. But as usual, they will once again find jobs. About your "other perspective," how about we give the last of them to places that butcher for the remaining meat eaters, or, just decrease the demand so that the people who don't want to give up meat can have some, but also have people who will eat meat and just lower the amount of land used and cattle, pigs, chicken, etc. Also, vegetarianism helps to lower high blood pressure, one type of diabetes and some cancers. With the reduced risk of these complications, a person will more likely live longer, which, most people see as beneficial. Besides, an unhealthy meat diet, for which the average American is responsible for, can lead to the diseases mentioned above, as well as obesity, high LDL. Also, unless getting organic meat, most animals are fed with growth hormone grains, that the animals consume and then you consume, leading to clogged arteries, heart disease, and a weak immune system.