Questions tagged [vegetarianism]
Vegetarianism encompasses the practice of following plant-based diets (fruits, vegetables, etc.), with or without the inclusion of dairy products or eggs, and with the exclusion of meat (red meat, poultry, and seafood).
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Do 80% of antibiotics used for food animals get used by pigs and cattle?
In the debates about veganism, you often hear the claim that most (the exact percentage varies) of antibiotics go to the egg industry, and that therefore vegetarianism is not really helping, and that ...
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Are the mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna vegan?
The mRNA vaccines from both Pfizer and Moderna contain cholesterol.
On the website for the UK National Health System NHS we may read:
The COVID-19 vaccines do not contain egg or animal products.
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Does going vegan roughly save 600 gallons of water a day?
On average, a vegan, a person who doesn't eat meat or dairy, indirectly consumes nearly 600 gallons of water per day less than a person who eats the average American diet.
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Has the lifespan of farmed animals decreased? [closed]
So, one of the common arguments made by vegans (and generally people who oppose factory farming) is that the average lifespan of farmed animals has decreased, and that that's a proof that lives of ...
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Do most people have no idea where their food comes from or how it’s made?
Mercy For Animals article
According to U.K.-based paper The Herald [Plymouth], a new study shows most people have no idea where their food comes from or how it’s made.
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Is plant-based food healthier for humans than animal-based food? [duplicate]
The website attached to the film "The Game Changers" says:
The preponderance of scientific evidence suggests that a standard animal-based diet — where foods like meat, eggs and dairy are at the ...
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Does animal protein consumption cause inflammation?
This article
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Michael Greger, M.D.
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We’ve known for 14 years that a single meal of meat, dairy, and eggs triggers an inflammatory reaction inside the body within hours of consumption.
I've ...
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Does having one fewer child reduce my carbon footprint as much as 71+ people going vegan?
In July 2017, ScienceMag reported on a study:
Eating no meat cuts an individual’s carbon footprint by 820 kilograms of carbon dioxide (CO2) each year [...] by choosing to have one fewer child in ...
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Do vegan diets have lower environmental impact? [duplicate]
The Guardian has a 2018 article, Avoiding meat and dairy is the single biggest way to reduce your impact on earth, which is commonly brought up by my vegan friends:
Avoiding meat and dairy products ...
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Does vegetarianism save animals? [duplicate]
A common belief about vegetarians is that they reduce the number of animals that die or at least reduce the demand for meat. But I also heard that less demand for meat will reduce meat prices and ...
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How true are the claims about the dairy industry in this poster? [closed]
I came across the following image via social media. It depicts a poster placed in the window of a British cafe. The text of the poster reads:
This Is Why We're Ditching Dairy...
In celebration ...
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Does the meat industry cause 414 billion dollars in externalized costs?
About 34 minutes into the 2014 Documentary Cowspiracy, there is a statement by David Simon, the author of Meatonomics, about hidden costs of animal food production.
I've added up the costs of animal ...
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Is a vegan diet nutritionally complete and suitable for babies?
We have a related question of a more general nature, but there has been a lot of talk in Italy on whether to disallow or otherwise restrict vegan diets to people who are below a certain age.
This has ...
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Does broccoli have a nervous system?
It appears there are non-reliable sources on the internet claiming broccoli has a nervous system:
forum at funnyjunk.com:
Broccoli have a very primitive nervous system. Technically, they are able ...
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Are vegetarians more intelligent?
In a post titled Why Vegetarians Are More Intelligent than Meat Eaters, evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa claims:
Among the British respondents in the National Child Development Study, ...
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