Why do people choose to become vegetarian? & How does this affect their life?

Type of Vegetarians
1. Vegetarian
  1. Lacto-veg
    1. Exclude meat, seafood, eggs
    2. Include dairy products
  2. Lacto-ove-veg
    1. Exclude meat, seafood
    2. Include eggs, dairy product
  3. Ove-veg
    1. Exclude meat, seafood, dairy product
    2. Include eggs
2. Flexitarian/Semi-veg
  1. Mostly veg diet
  2. Sometime eat meat
3. Pescetarian
  1. Exclude other animal flesh
  2. Include seafood, dairy products
4. Vegan
  1. Include Veggie
  2. Exclude meat, eggs, dairy products, honey, gelatin or any food from animals
  3. Don't allow animal testing
  4. Don't use animal-derived products
Affect on lifestyle
1. Physically
  1. Do you feel you are physically healthier when having veg diet? In what way, or in what way not?
2. Mentally
  1. Do you feel mentally benefit when having veg diet? In what way, or in what way not?
3. Socially
  1. Do you have any problem when socializing with your non-veg friends?
Environmental Reason
1. Global Warming
  1. Climate change
    1. Farm animals produce greenhouse emission
      1. Manure
      2. Animal digestion
      3. Transporting animal or their flesh
        Refrigeration
        Shipping oversea
        Vehicle
      4. Slaughtering
      5. Growing crops
        Feeding
2. Pollution
  1. Manure & urine
    1. Lagoon spill
      1. Pollute underground, soil or river
        Illness for people
        Kill living creatures
    2. Lagoon didn't spill
      1. Cause diseases to people live nearby
3. Land
  1. Deforestation
    1. Soil Erosion
      1. Desertification
    2. Forest conversion
      1. Grazing land for livestock farming
      2. Growing crop for livestock
    3. Clear-cutting by forestry machines & Fire
      1. Burn fossil fuel & Timbers
        Produce greenhouse gases
      2. Alter water cycles
    4. Destroy natural habiats
      1. Extinction species
    5. Destroy livelihoods
4. Sea
  1. Ecological devastation
  2. Marine species extinction
5. Energy
  1. 28 calories fossil fuel=1 calorie meat protein.
    1. Transport chop, meat flesh and animal to slaughter
      1. Delivered meat flesh all around the world
    2. Grow chop feed animal
    3. Operate factory farm, slaughterhouse, feed mill
    4. Refrigerate flesh
6. Food
  1. Waste food
    1. World hunger more serious
      1. 70% of grain grew to fed farmed animals
        13pounds gran=1pound meat
        5pounds wild-caught fish=1pound farmed fish flesh
7. Water
  1. 2,400gallons water=1pound meat
    1. Provide water for animals
    2. Planting chops
Health Reason
1. Reduce diseases
  1. Obesity
  2. Coronary artery disease
  3. Hypertension
  4. Common cancer
  5. Heart disease
  6. Type 2 diabetes
  7. Osteoporosis
  8. Gallstones
  9. Kidney stones
2. Health benefits
  1. Low saturated and trans fats
  2. High monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats
  3. Free cholesterol
  4. High fibre
    1. Reduce constipation
    2. Reduce diverticular disease
    3. Bone strength
  5. High antioxidants and phytochemicals
  6. Live 6 to 10 years more than non-vegetarians
3. Essential dietary requirement
  1. Protein
    1. Legume
    2. Wholegrain
    3. Dairy products&eggs (lacto-ovo veg)
    4. Soy products
    5. Nuts
  2. Minerals
    1. Iron
      1. Vitamin C rich fruit&vegetable
      2. Limit coffeine
    2. Calcium
      1. Limit salt, coffeine
      2. Adequate Vitamin D
    3. Zinc
      1. Legumes, nuts, tofu&wholegrains
    4. Iodine
      1. Seaweed&iodised salt
  3. Vitamin B12
    1. Yoghurt
    2. Dairy products, eggs&milk(non vegan diet)
    3. Fortified soy products(vegan)
    4. B12 supplement
  4. Vitamin D
    1. Natural sunlight
  5. Omega 3
    1. Linseeds, soybean oil&walnuts
Religion Reaosn
Family Reason

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