Free sample essay on Vegetarianism and Non-Vegetarianism. There are two schools of thought regarding our eating habits. Some say that vegetarianism is good for the health of the human beings and some others say that non-vegetarianism is good for the health of the human beings. Those who eat rice, wheat and vegetables are not physically as strong and mentally as alert as those who are non-vegetarian, it is said.
Non-vegetarian food is protein-rich food. Animal protein contributes to our health, it is said. This is true. Vegetables and rice or wheat are not rich resources of protein. Protein is very essential for our healthy growth and resistance power. The practice of non-vegetarianism is based mainly on the fact that vegetarian food is poor in protein.
All over the world most of the people are non-vegetarian. The Chinese, the Thais, the Americans, the British, the people of the Arab countries are non-vegetarian. They eat, beef, pork, chicken, fish and even fried, large worms. Some even drink snake- soup. Some in the west do not know what vegetarianism is. They scoff at those who take only rice or wheat and vegetables. They ask the vegetarians how they live having eaten only rice, wheat and vegetables.
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But those who advocate vegetarianism say that the vegetables, rice and wheat have all kinds of nutrient properties and they are sufficient for a human being to live in good health. Green leafy vegetables are said to contain many nutrients. Soya beans are a rich source of protein. The advocates of vegetarianism say that a human being’s teeth are not meant to eat the flesh of animals. Research reveals that the human beings’ teeth are meant only to eat vegetarian rood. It is a sin to kill birds and animals for our food. The Jains are vegetarians. They believe in not causing harm to any living creature.
The main contention against non-vegetarianism is that a non-vegetarian eats fatty food. As the fatty substance increases in the blood it may cause heart attack and other deadly diseases. Food of excessive fat should be avoided, the vegetarians advocate.
Great saints and poets like Thiruvalluvar and Rambling Daigle advocate vegetarianism.
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Many have switched over from non-vegetarianism to vegetarianism. They have realized that vegetarianism is better than non-vegetarianism. It is good not to be non-vegetarian, not to get addicted to liquor and drugs.
Restraint in eating and drinking is most essential for old health.