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Cheyenne Stith
DeBock
28 September, 2016
English 4
Why is Veganism a Growing Diet among Americans?
The veganism diet is growing throughout the US because of its amazing health benefits,
followed by a moral justice for animals as well. Studies show that controversial topics present
themselves to a veganism lifestyle, along with some hidden information about the meat industry
products. Veganism has been a growing lifestyle for decades now due to the moral and health
benefits presented by it.
Veganism has many beneficial contributions to a person's well being and health. Studies
throughout the decades have observed that eating a plant-based diet shows a decrease in health
problems. Health problems such as high blood sugar, acne, an improvement in digestive
functions, and a big contribution to veganism is the weight loss. While exceptional reasons for
veganism are present, some risks to the diet portion of this lifestyle, are things that people should
be informed about. Eating raw and natural food gives our bodies the amount of nutrition that it
needs, yet some people may avoid certain foods causing a deficiency in particular vitamins.This
bacterially produced vitamin is hard to come across in a strict plant based diet (Vegan Diet). B12
is a vitamin that is often overlooked during a plant based diet. This vitamin is essential for
healthy of nerve and blood development, and due to the lack of information, it is constantly
overlooked.
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A powerful moral aspect faces veganism. For every one person in the US who does not
eat meat, they save nine hundred animals a year. The true controversy about veganism is whether
or not if people are entitled to the rights to kill innocent creatures who do not have a voice to
object (McGrath, Emma). In 1975 over 41,000 cattle were raised specifically for being sent to
the slaughter house. In 2015 the number dropped drastically to a little over 14,000. Veganism is
becoming more commonly known throughout the US, and many vegan myths are being
debunked. Myths about a strong lack of protein with a plant-based diet are common among
vegans stereotypes. With the now famous vegan body builders, people began to not believe these
statements. Some famous vegan body builders include Billy Simmonds, and Amanda Riester.
It is okay to eat the animals that are treated well before sent to the slaughter house right?
As long as they are free-range eggs or grass-fed steak, what's the harm? The animals that are
free-range go through just as much trouble and torture as ones held in factories. Free-range
means that the animals are not kept in cages inside factories or farms, they are allowed to run
around and spread their wings. Free-range, hardly means free; More than 20,000 hens and
chickens are crammed into a hectare (Whyte, Sara). One hectare is equivalent to one hundred
acres, this is a loophole that the meat industries were able to create do to the lack of product
consumption, when in actuality, these free-range chickens are packed into a room, to the point of
not being able move around. This causes the chickens to constantly become injured do to lack of
space needed to thrive. Grass-fed beef is also just a lable made to make meat industries look
good. Grass-fed cows is a real life paradox, cows are allotted a feeding field with grains to feed
off of, but this is not as helpful as it sounds. To produce one pound of grass-fed beef, it takes 716 pounds of grain, resulting in people getting less food than

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what they think; Not only is it a waste of food, but the grains fed to cows is being put into their
flesh, it does not allow them to grow properly or thrive well.

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