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Save Money with Less Meat
#ISavedWhen As we’ve said many times, eating less meat greatly benefits your health (see our weight loss and heart disease posts) and the environment– but another benefit that’s regularly overlooked is the amount of money you can save! The people over at LearnVest did a ...
Animal Cruelty
Having control over and ownership of animals means that we also are responsible for their health and their humane treatment. As is the case with factory farms, there is a massive disconnect between the animals and the owners, so much so that the handling of ...
Heart Disease and Meat Consumption
Coronary heart disease is the number one killer in the world, responsible for over 12% of all deaths. Consuming an unhealthy amount of meat (which nearly ALL of us do) drastically effects your health later on in life- It not only increases your chances of ...
Water Usage
The global effects of meat production extend to every corner of the globe, including those that are underground. Groundwater levels are plummeting, rivers are overstressed and, with shortages already emerging, water is quickly becoming an expensive commodity that most people around the world won’t be ...
Less Meat = Weight Loss
In general, the less meat you eat, the thinner you are. I know it sounds like quite a stretch, but it’s been proven! A 2009 study by Oxford’s Tim Key found that vegetarians (who don’t eat animals) and vegans (who don’t eat animals or animal ...
Factory Farming
Try to think of the last piece of meat you ate. Now think of the animal it came from and where that animal lived. Are you thinking of a green pasture stretching for miles? A cool patch of mud next to a big red barn? ...