Yes. The production of a quarter-pound hamburger requires 625 gallons of water, the destruction of 55 square feet of forest, and wastes 50 times more fossil fuel than would the production of the same amount of plant-based food. Up to 16 pounds of grain and soybeans are needed to produce one pound of beef. Of the grain grown in the United States, 80% is fed to animals to produce meat, milk, and eggs. That statistic is even more alarming now that we are also using grain to produce more fuel. Out of the huge amount of pesticide used on these grains, a percentage ends up on the food is destined for animals that are used to produce meat, milk, and eggs. The pesticide concentrates in the bodies of the animals. This pesticide is then eaten by people, and fed to their companion animals. The other 99% of pesticide ends up in the air that we and other animals breathe and the water that we and other animals drink. The meat industry generates nearly one-fifth of man-made greenhouse gas emissions, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. Using animals to produce food is bad for the environment.
There is some debate on this topic. Some individuals agree that farming for meat is very resource intensive and requires more resources per area per calorie.
People eating a plant based diet.
The Kind Diet is based on a book by Alicia Silverstone. It is focused on eating a vegan diet. A vegan diet is free of meat and animal products. You can buy the book online or at bookstores.
Yes, he followed a plant based diet.
It can be. You can have a low sodium vegan diet.
No, a vegan diet will do that anyway.
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A vegan diet
A healthy way to start a vegan diet is to ease into it and start with subsutues like morning star and boca for a couple months and then go into a more vegan diet
Shoes are called Vegan shoes when they are made without the use of leather, silk, wool, or any animal based glues. Vegan shoes are like the Vegan diet, where a person doesn't eat meat or use anything that comes from an animal.
A raw food vegan diet does not consist of foods that have been cooked. Pasteurized milks, and cooked meats are also not a part of a raw food vegan diet.
You certainly could lose weight on a vegan diet if you choose to, but going vegan won't guarantee that you will lose weight. You can still over eat even if everything you are eating is vegan.