A vegetarian is a person who does not eat meat, and
sometimes other animal products, for moral, religious, or health reasons.
Not exact matches
Other people may follow a type of vegetarian diet for religious or spiritual reasons, and some choose not to eat
animal products for ethical reasons, such as the exploitation of
animals that
sometimes occurs in the meat industry.
You can read about that here (I don't particularly like Dr. Mercola as he still advocates the use of
animal products which is archaic among
other things, and that's putting it nicely, but
sometimes there's some informative articles on this site, such as this):
First of all, I will not even consider feeding any foods that contain any of the following: meat by -
products, poultry by -
products, any food with the actual words «meat meal» in the ingredient list (meat meal could potentially contain anything such as diseased or dead / dying
animals, including the possibility of euthenised pets from shelters (yes with the euthenasia drugs still in their systems and
sometimes even with collars still on), as well as a legal allowed % of plastic, chemicals and
other unmentionables), soy, corn or any fragments thereof, wheat or any fragments thereof, any kind of gluten or gluten meals, sugar, artificial flavours, artificial colors, BHA, BHT, ethoxyquin
It's not news that meat and dairy are among the largest contributors to the world's growing carbon footprint, but lamb, beef, cheese, pork, and farmed salmon in particular generate the most greenhouse gases —
sometimes four times more than
other animal products and 13 times more than plant - based proteins.