Vegetarianism is increasingly gaining popularity among certain communities and religious groups due to some belief that eating meat can be harmful to their health. Though there may be some effects to health by eating meat, it may not be practical for every one of us to be vegetarians for that reason.
Firstly, over a period of million years of human evolution, humans turned out to be omnivorous, which means that they depend of both plant and animal sources for their food intake and the human anatomy and biology also has evolved to facilitate that. Secondly, the human physiology is such that, it cannot acquire the entire protein requirement of the body by plant proteins alone which lacks certain amino acids, the building block of proteins that are present only in animal meat, therefore it is not always healthy to be self-sufficient on plant proteins alone. Thirdly, animal meat is a great source of other essential nutrients of human body such as Iron, Vitamins, Calcium etc. without which human body cannot survive, unless taken externally as supplement.
On the contrary, the adverse health effects of meat are mostly a product of over consumption of various kinds of processed meat with many additives and preservatives, and not “solely” because of meat consumption. Even certain vegetables, if over consumed, can be detrimental to health, for example, over consumption of cabbage can lead to thyroid gland disorders including cancers.
As such, it can be concluded that everybody becoming vegetarian due to the concerns of serious health issues is not supported evidently by science and evolution. And even if somebody wants to be a vegetarian, their food consumption should also be regulated in order to avoid health problems of vegetarianism.
Vegetarianism is
increasingly
gaining popularity among certain communities and religious groups due to
some
belief that eating
meat
can be harmful to their
health
. Though there may be
some
effects to
health
by eating
meat
, it may not be practical for every one of us to be vegetarians for that reason.
Firstly
,
over
a period of million years of
human
evolution,
humans
turned out to be omnivorous, which means that they
depend
of both plant and animal sources for their food intake and the
human
anatomy and biology
also
has evolved to facilitate that.
Secondly
, the
human
physiology is such that, it cannot acquire the entire protein requirement of the body by plant proteins alone which lacks certain amino acids, the building block of proteins that are present
only
in animal
meat
,
therefore
it is not always healthy to be self-sufficient on plant proteins alone.
Thirdly
, animal
meat
is a great source of other essential nutrients of
human
body such as Iron, Vitamins, Calcium etc. without which
human
body cannot survive, unless taken
externally
as supplement.
On the contrary
, the adverse
health
effects of
meat
are
mostly
a product of
over
consumption
of various kinds of processed
meat
with
many
additives and preservatives, and not “
solely
”
because
of
meat
consumption
. Even certain vegetables, if
over
consumed, can be detrimental to
health
,
for example
,
over
consumption
of cabbage can lead to thyroid gland disorders including cancers.
As such, it can
be concluded
that everybody becoming vegetarian due to the concerns of serious
health
issues is not supported
evidently
by science and evolution. And even if somebody wants to be a vegetarian, their food
consumption
should
also
be regulated
in order to avoid
health
problems of vegetarianism.