Meat Eaters vs. Vegetarians

Many things influence are lives, where we live, culture, and our everyday hectic schedule. It even effects how and what we eat. Are bodies also choose what we eat in a demand for the vital minerals and vitamins we need. There are some who ignore what their bodies are saying and drop eating certain foods. Vegetarians who some refuse to meat for cruelty to animals. Their morals cause them to stop eating meat. Their morals say it’s wrong to end life of another to provide sustenance for them. Meat eaters say it’s okay, that it’s the circle of life. So the question is meat or no meat?
I’ve interviewed several people and came back with different and similar answers. There are the meat eaters who some take this name almost literally, with a ravenous carnivore like hunger for meat preferably beef, steak, ribs; it doesn’t matter as long as it comes from a cow. I have asked why they love meat so much and most answered that they don’t feel full without having a good portion of meat for dinner. Most don’t worry about the health and have convinced themselves that they can’t go a day without it. Without those who are worried about whom only eat white meat like chickens and turkeys, beef is a very popular choice. It is also a hard food to digest. If one was to die now and had there stomach cut open one would be shocked at the pounds of beef that has been sitting there for a while slowly digesting. But if one does not worry about health of all that fat, artery clogging goodness called meat, then how does one feel about where it comes from and the treatment of the animal before it was turned into your food. How do you feel about another being losing its life so you can survive? When asked this question most said they never really thought about it. Some said they have seen specials on the TV about how food was treated but said that was awful but continued to eat meat. This made me realized that most people especially the meat eaters detach themselves from their food. They turn a blind eye to such things as how the animals were treated and where stuff like veal comes from. It’s like a defense mechanism so they can continue to eat never seeing a slaughter house or ever having to slaughter their own animal. I was even told that feeding their family their serving of meat comes before the cruelty. Not everyone thinks like this. There are come who deny their bodies the protein enriched meat to stand up for their morals.
Vegetarians deny themselves meat. Some have no choice but can’t eat it for health issues, some don’t eat it to be healthy, some just don’t like the taste of meat, and other don’t eat meat because of what they believe. Where the meat eaters consider it the circle of life and emotionally detach themselves from the cruelty some animals have inflicted upon them vegetarians don’t. They believe that it is wrong to take the life to provide nourishing food for them. They must seek protein from other sources. Some are strict and won’t eat or have anything from an animal in their houses. These are the vegans. Just because they don’t eat the artery clogging meat doesn’t mean that there aren’t health issues. Vegetarians still have to get there daily amount of protein and if vegan, they have to get other vitamins that they would get from dairy products. Vitamin b is a big issue. Having a vitamin b deficiency can cause problems like memory loss. Lacking this vitamin you’ll find yourself forgetting things easily. It is also expensive to be a vegetarian you find yourself spending more money buying a substitute for meat than what a pack of steaks would cost.
It isn’t an easy road living differently sticking up for what you believe in and not many fast food places offer vegetarian options yet another reason why its healthier eating only veggies. I struggle with this also getting a taste for a burger now and then. I’m even odd among other fellow vegetarians. While they are pointing out how cruel some of these animals get treated they also think we shouldn’t eat them even if they were treated humanely. That is where I disagree. I agree with the meat eaters, I believe its part of the circle of life but they could bet treated with some dignity and respect, humanely since they’re going to end up on your plate.
I’m not saying meat eater aren’t sticking up for their morals, they are. They believe that it is okay to eat meat. That’s their standing and vegetarians believe the exact opposite. Then they are the few like me who are somewhere in between. We have both the beliefs of both the meat eaters and vegetarians and that is never an easy road. For both sides don’t understand each other and they really don’t understand you. I can’t say which the right choice is. It all depends on the person, your tastes, culture, and mainly your beliefs and morals. I realize that affects both meat eaters and vegetarians a like. If anything that is their one similarity, their morals that and their conviction to eating meat or only munching on vegetables. Other will try to influence you on both sides but in truth only you can decide if you’re a meat eater or a vegetarian.