I'm not saying go veggie, but the church says "Eat meat sparingly" for a reason. 18% of the word's greenhosue gas emissions come from cattle. So let's eat all the cows to bring this percentage down! Ummm, no it doesn't work like that. By incraesed meat consumption, that percentage will continue to increase. Supply and demand, people! The more meat we eat, the more cattle they will "create" and slaughter. Cattle are fed corn and soy, which are grown using fossil fuel. It then takes tons of fuel to transport that food TO the cattle. Then, the cows (yes, I'll say it) fart! The methane gas they produce is 23 times WORSE than carbon dioxide! And thennnn more fossil fuel is burned while slaughtering the cows. If we all reduced our meat consumption by 20%, it woud be as though we all switched to hybrid cars. So, want to go green? Don't go out and spend all that money on a hybrid car, just cut down on the meat! Source: Check out this video.
However, if you are in the process of cutting out a good portion of meat out of your diet, start with getting rid of fast food such as Wendy's, McDonald's, Burger King, and small fast food restaurants. In the fast food industry, the treatment of animals is so inhumane it's disgusting. Before you take a big bite of that chicken sandwich or quarter pounder, think of how that meat got from the factory into your hands. If more people thought about where their food comes from, we would be a much healthier country.
Make a difference. You can fill this out and automatically send a letter to McDonald's to switch to a less cruel way of slaughtering their animals. Now I don't want to be one of those people who preach to everyone "Meat is bad, blah blah blah." To each his own. But I do feel like it couldn't hurt to spread the word about fast food chains and how terrible they are: 1. They are incredibly cruel in killing meat, and 2. They are SO unhealthy!
From the genius movie Supersize Me, here is the intro to it. If you get a chance, rent it, watch it, and actually listen to it.
Come on people, let's get healthy.
Nice post! I love it when people post stuff like this, I'm so glad you're helping to spread the word!
ReplyDeleteSuper Size Me is so good, but so nasty at the same time! I love how his girlfriend is a vegan and after McDonald's pretty much destroys his body, she puts him back on a vegan diet to help his body recover. haha, so awesome!
There's another video that this guy does too, where he puts different McDonalds foods into jars to see how fast they breakdown. And seriously, the fries just sit there for months without getting moldy! Have you seen it? I can't believe it!
I was listening to a podcast the other day, and the lady was talking about processed food. She said that all the additives and preservatives that are in those foods keep them from breaking down, so when they enter the body they are super hard to break down and digest so they pretty much help to preserve the body. Man, isn't that scary?
Keep it up, Kate! I love your posts!