“Four Reasons Why People Become Vegan’” Naturalnews.com. Naturalnews.com, 2 Jan. 2011. Web. 8 Oct. 2015
In this article, the author talks about the reasons why people become vegan and vegetarian. The first reason it is the health; most of them have healthy diets because they can’t eat meat or any type of animal product. Vegans get more fiber than the normal people because they don’t eat meat. In fact, vegan people tend to weigh less than people who eat animal products. The second reason; is the environment. The author supports that meat-eating diet contributes indirectly to deforestation, also cattle produces large amounts of methane and the methane contributes to global warming. Many people that become vegan or vegetarian feel good when they know that are helping the environment. The third reason, are the ethical reasons that talks about Vegan people that care for animals, they just don’t want to eat something that had to die. In addition, they don’t want any animal exploited for any reason. The last reason is the global food storage. Some vegan societies know that a cattle is wasting large amounts of water and more than one-third of grain is fed to …show more content…
But what about eating animal products?. The author believes that meat, chicken and all animal products are essential for human and planet health. For instance, she provides 10 reasons why she will never be vegan. Moreover, the most important reason is that vegan diets do not provide vitamins A and D. These vitamins are essential for immune regulation, fertility, digestion and hormone balance. The second reason is that vegan diets include large amounts of soy. The primary concern is the phytoestrogen content which can cause a chain reaction of hormone imbalances. Additionally, animal fats offer unique nutrients. For example, vitamin K2 and cholesterol, which is a vital ingredient for healthy hormones. For the last important reason, vegan diets are deficient in vitamin B12 and