Why is nutritionism bad for us? Food has always been about survival for us human for many generations. However, scientists discovered a new way that they can just simply take food and make a lot out of it. The big question is: are we eating real foods? And are these food products good for us?
Insofar as I can make-out, people are uncomfortable to know how animals die and to assume such a responsibility. When I've showed people videos of --seemingly credible-- factory farm footage they either react in two different ways: (1) either they quiver-away or plea me to turn it off (2) or they uncomfortably scoff at how ridiculously cynical it all is. Albeit, appalled, this doesn't generally discourage people to stop eating meat altogether. They simply look past it when they go-off and buy animal-based products. The fact of the matter is that the animal products we buy are the source of considerable pain and cruelty.
We humans eat animals for fuel. While it is very much like humankind to feel for the other creatures around, we should not be confused as to which of human or animal requires our attention or empathy more. There are still people in this world who are not treated like human beings; I think we should put our efforts into getting equality for all of humankind not
Different cultures will select food their society is comfortable with or has a plentiful about of. For example in certain Asian cultures Canine is considered to be a delicacy, while in America Dogs are pets not food. Livestock throughout history has always carried a higher price than plants, the more livestock you owned the more wealth you possessed. Now different cultures place different values on livestock. For example Muslims, Hindu, and Jewish cultures find pork to be a taboo, in India they consider the Cow to be a scared animal.
If people hunted just for the meat, then no one would do it. Weather hunting is a necessity or not, a man or women will benefit and feel successful when they accomplish the goal of hunting and killing their own food (Jackson). At one time, hunting was the only means of human survival. The men generally took on the task while the women cooked the game. In the past it was very ethical to hunt, because it was the only way a man could survive.
For example, this corn is fed to pigs to give people thicker bacon. Just imagine someone eating two-hundred pounds of contaminated meat every day; nobody could tolerate that. The food industry is selling sick cows to people for money. They are killing cows who are just trying to find a place to peacefully graze on the earth. The cows have no say in what they have to eat so they are pretty much fed toxic garbage.
Carter argues to support or enhance the key issues that eating meat is right based on superiority, self-consciousness, reasoning, moral capability, rights, duties, and sentience. Carter shows that the statement that animals have an interest in their own lives and that we should not treat them like things is a cornerstone in many vegetarian theories. But then he questions this argument in that even the smallest insect has an interest in its own life, but you do not see people actively opposing the killing of all living creatures. He also questions the statement that animals can even make this assertion and are not just living out of basic instinct. And, although a creature may try to stay alive, is it doing so out of the fact it doesn't want to die, or the basic instinct that it has to stay alive.
Conventionally raised cattle have long been fed fats and proteins along with grass and grains; it helps them gain weight more quickly. Unfortunately, much of the fat and protein they’ve been fed in more recent times comes from other animals. This to me is a huge ethical issue; we have gone from letting our cattle naturally eat grass, which they have always done, to changing their diets to something completely different. The FDA still permits cattle to eat feed containing byproducts of pigs, fish, chicken, and horses, among other animals, to promote weight gain. This weight gain is not necessary, it is just desired because cattle can be slaughtered at a younger age and more meat can be produced.
Nowadays vegetarianism is promoted widely since people are concerning beauty and healthy. Also, some animal-right defenders are trying to save the animals by not eating them and be a vegetarian. In traditional, human beings are classified as omnivore since we eat meat and vegetables as food to gain energy and nutrition in general. In 20th century, some researches stated that vegetarian has a healthier life and longer life span. However, do vegetarians healthier and have a longer live-span than meat eater?
This is wrong, because as humans we must respect hashem and not disobey his commandments. Also, all life is valuable because G-d created every creature on this planet as part of his divine plan. Therefore, he must decide when animals lives should end, because as humans we must not interfere in plan. Judaism teaches about the sanctity of life and that life is holy, therefore the preservation of life is important therefore ending an animals life would be wrong. This is showing that Jewish people should be vegetarians.