This causes excess nitrogen in the blood that creates a host of long-term health problems. To increase ones risk of getting degenerative disease means decreasing ones chance to live a naturally long healthy life. Huzas and other peoples with large centenarian populations maintain lifestyles that are relatively meat free. Personal Finances Health care costs. Being healthier on a vegetarian diet means spending less on health care.
Vegetarian foods tend to cost less than meat based items.
Ethics Love of animals. I love animals as I love myself. I have no desire to kill them or cause them harm. I cannot make a statement against factory farming if I myself eat animals. Respect for Sentient Life.