I will briefly highlight a few of these findings. Studies comparing high meat-consumption countries with low ones have found higher mortality rates from a number of conditions, including heart disease, cancer, and strokes. Furthermore, a vegetarian diet has been associated with a reduced risk of obesity, coronary artery disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and some cancers. More specifically, the average U.S. male's risk of death from a heart attack is 50 percent. This is reduced to 15 percent if the meat-centered diet is avoided, and all the way down to 4 percent if no meat, dairy products, or eggs are consumed.
Animal products contain too much protein, too much fat, and no fiber.
Many are fed or injected with antibiotics combat disease and growth hormones to increase output. These drugs end up in the meat that you eat. Second, there is the health and well being of the animals that are raised to be our food. Most lead very abnormal, unpleasant lives. Chickens are raised in dark, overcrowded sheds.