Lindsey Steele Mrs. E. Conn English Composition February 22, 2018 Annotated Bibliography: Is Vegetarianism healthier than being a meat eater? Becoming a Vegetarian. Oct. 2009, www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/becoming-a-vegetarian. Is vegetarianism better than being a meat eater? There are many pros to becoming any type of vegan or vegetarian.
The Dalai Lama simply and humbly replied “I eat what is served.” There are a lot of people who have specific preferences towards what they eat for many different reasons. The more popular of these special dietary choices are vegetarians and vegans. Vegetarians do not eat meat of any kind but will eat eggs or dairy products and vegans do not eat any food that comes from animals in any way In “Pro-Animal, Pro-Life,” Eberstadt uses an ethical and moral argument to debate in favor of the benefits a vegetarian diet holds over carnivorous or omnivorous dietary lifestyles. Although Eberstadt seems to be passionate about her point of view, she uses manipulative writing and exploits the delicate nature of human emotion to back up her own claims, all the while overlooking important factual and rational aspects of the issue, but uses deceivingly relevant events and facts from history to ease up the persuasion process of the reader towards her favor. The article “Pro-Animal, Pro-Life” by Mary Eberstadt is about the relationship between vegetarianism and veganism with abortion.
“Veganism is the practice of eliminating the use by human beings of non-human animal products. Ethical vegans reject the commodity status of animals and the use of animal products for any purpose, while dietary vegans or strict vegetarians eliminate them from their diet only” (Wikipedia, 2010) The first time I heard the word “VEGAN”, I thought of someone who only ate vegetables and didn’t think of veganism as a lifestyle. There are many different types of vegans. There are people who choose the lifestyle for dietary reasons or to lose weight, and there are also people who choose the vegan lifestyle for ethical reasons. Vegetarians are strictly people who do not eat meat, eggs or dairy.
“Being Vegetarian- Pros and Cons of Being a Vegetarian.” Vegetarian Choice-The Skinny On Vegetarian Diets.Web.25 Jan.2012. This source provides me with many pros and cons of being a vegetarian. Some pros it provides me are the vegetarian diet is based on good solid healthy foods and you can make tons of yummy dishes. A con of being a vegetarian is you may lack the vital vitamin B12. It gives me a good place to start with, to see each point of view.
Good parents have always worried about the health and development of their children and good vegan parents are no different. But according to Marilyn Sterling R.D. some vegan children may not be getting the vital nutrients they need to prosper. Many native vegetarian cuisines, such as those in India, gives us evidence that humans are naturally omnivorous and need meat to survive, reproduce and grow. Even though “traditional vegetarian diets, in places like India, regularly include dairy and eggs for complete healthy diet with protein, essential fats and vitamins” (Planck), that does not attest to the fact that an animal-free diet is unsafe, or even a bad idea for adults and older children.
There is no guarantee that raw ground beef or sprouts will be free of certain harmful bacteria. These foods provide a favorable environment for bacterial growth, whereas, the production process does not include a step to reduce these bacteria, such as cooking or pasteurization. For these foods, irradiation provides a bacteria-killing step. However, one association disagrees that the issue and claims that irradiation only covers up problems that the meat and poultry industry should solve, increasing the fecal contamination that results from speeded up slaughter and decreased federal inspection. Per Organic Consumers Association, Irradiation is a ‘magic bullet’ that will enable the company to say that the product was ‘clean’ when it left the packing plant.
She claims that the Prius became a standard for environmentalism because of its low emissions, however the real issue is not vehicle emissions, but it is raising a preparing livestock for food.Freston continues by saying that a large issue is the gases produced, not only carbon dioxide but methane and nitrous oxide and that these gases come primarily from farmed animals. She ends by claiming becoming vegetarian has never been easier due to the immense amount of vegetarian friendly foods that have come about in recent years. The main appeal of the essay is the logical appeal. Freston uses hard evidence from sources such as reports published from the United Nations which concluded, “The livestock sector emerges as one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global.” (800)This is effective because is shows the reader that the issue of environmental problems is even being noticed by the United Nations. Freston continues by stating “the U.N. report says almost a fifth of global warming emissions come from livestock - that’s more emissions than from all of the world’s transportation combined.” (800) This can be alarming for the reader and is effective
Autonomous, antipatriarchal being is clearly vegetarian. To destabilize patriarchal consumption we must interrupt patriarchal meals of meat” (200). In contrast, Kathryn Paxton George argues that feminists should boycott not meat but, rather, ethical vegetarianism, on the grounds that it assumes a ‘male physiological ideal’ that ultimately reduces most women, children, and many elderly people to second-class moral citizens. Because women, children, and a large number of people living in poor and/or developing countries are nutritionally vulnerable in comparison to the male physiological ideal, “[t]hey are physiologically barred from ‘doing the right thing’ because they are not ‘being the right thing’” (106). Paxton George concludes that vegetarian diets are not morally superior to diets that include the consumption of animal products; she advocates a view that treats dietary choices as expressing “intersubjectively valid aesthetic [as opposed to moral] values” (171).
They have become vegetarians, and some have become almost pure meat eaters. People have had life altering causes that affected their view on whether to eat meat or become a vegetarian; these eating habits have similarities but also differences by the two opposing groups. Sometimes things can occur in someone’s life that causes them to make a drastic change in their lifestyle. Meat eaters can become leaf eating herbivores, and also vegetarians can grab ribs and change into ravenous carnivores. One of my friends used to eat meat and only ate vegetables because he was made to.
However, Helston Sainsbury’s Café menu does not cater for people with special dietary needs; this could be one area of improvement in which I could base my project on. On the menu shown above, there are dishes to cater for vegetarians but with very limited choices. Also, there is no labelling/nutritional information of the ingredients used within their dishes to inform customers what is in the food. For example, those with a food allergy or tolerance; intolerance to gluten, known as Coeliacs Disease; or have diabetes; or are vegetarian/vegan, will need to be aware of what is in the dishes prior to making an order. The Kitchen A second area of improvement in which I could base my project on is the kitchen plan/set up could be improved so that it works more economically.