A Comparison between Vegetarians and Meat Eaters
A Comparison between Vegetarians and Meat Eaters
During the last 20 years more and more people decide to cut their daily menu any meat and animal products for many different reasons such as fear of food poisoning, diseases or etc. However, eating meat is part of the daily life of billions of people all over the world. Meat is a prehistoric, basic food full of proteins, iron, and amino-acids. People who eat meat live longer than vegetarians, but a meatless diet is healthier than a diet containing meat. To say truth, they are equally healthy. Vegetarianism and meat eating are similar rather different, both of them get the same nutrients but from different foods, both concur in health, both are popular. They are different only in taste, foods, but similar in results and value.
The first major similarity between vegetarianism and meat eating is their nutrients. Modern Vegetarian diet provides not enough nutrition as eating meat only. Meat is an easy and reliable source of protein as vegetarian way to get vitamins, minerals, fiber, and protein is harder, although both get the similar value. Research shows that vegetarians who eliminated meat from their diet are educated about alternative sources of protein while meat provides an easily, absorbed, concentrated source of protein, vegetarians replace them by other foods such as dairy products, eggs, grains, legumes, and various soy foods (Dunham et al., 2006). One study found that meat is also the first source of vitamin B12 (iron) that vegetarians get from cereals, bread, and fruits. Calcium is taken from milk products, also vitamin D can be making by sunlight (Jabs et al., 1998). Overall both get the same necessary minerals but from different foods and sources.
Another similarity is that they concur in health topic. Vegetarian and meat diet have the similar medical influence. One study shows that modern vegetarian diet can cut the risk of heart disease, because of the abundance of food and different kinds
During the last 20 years more and more people decide to cut their daily menu any meat and animal products for many different reasons such as fear of food poisoning, diseases or etc. However, eating meat is part of the daily life of billions of people all over the world. Meat is a prehistoric, basic food full of proteins, iron, and amino-acids. People who eat meat live longer than vegetarians, but a meatless diet is healthier than a diet containing meat. To say truth, they are equally healthy. Vegetarianism and meat eating are similar rather different, both of them get the same nutrients but from different foods, both concur in health, both are popular. They are different only in taste, foods, but similar in results and value.
The first major similarity between vegetarianism and meat eating is their nutrients. Modern Vegetarian diet provides not enough nutrition as eating meat only. Meat is an easy and reliable source of protein as vegetarian way to get vitamins, minerals, fiber, and protein is harder, although both get the similar value. Research shows that vegetarians who eliminated meat from their diet are educated about alternative sources of protein while meat provides an easily, absorbed, concentrated source of protein, vegetarians replace them by other foods such as dairy products, eggs, grains, legumes, and various soy foods (Dunham et al., 2006). One study found that meat is also the first source of vitamin B12 (iron) that vegetarians get from cereals, bread, and fruits. Calcium is taken from milk products, also vitamin D can be making by sunlight (Jabs et al., 1998). Overall both get the same necessary minerals but from different foods and sources.
Another similarity is that they concur in health topic. Vegetarian and meat diet have the similar medical influence. One study shows that modern vegetarian diet can cut the risk of heart disease, because of the abundance of food and different kinds
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