Meat is but one class among twenty-two unedible substances.
Its harvesting causes the death of innumerable Jivas. It involves violence to innumerable and invisible living beings, usually due to the culturing of microscopic organisms. It spoils easily or very quickly after harvesting. When mixed with other foodstuffs, it accelerates the growth of micro-organisms. It effects on the body impair the ability to perceive reality, impair alertness, impair mental faculties, and impair the ability to discern right from wrong.