Famous Vegetarians

Vegetarians

Famous Vegetarians

·  Alanis Morrisette

·  Alicia Silverstone

·  Andre 3000

·  Avril Lavigne

·  Goldberg

·  Billie Joe Armstrong

·  Bob Dylan

·  Bob Marley

·  Carrie Underwood

·  Clint Eastwood

·  Coretta Scott King

·  Drew Barrymore

·  Gandhi

·  All of the Beatles

·  Jared Leto

·  Jesus

·  Linda Blair

·  Lisa Simpson

·  Natalie Portman

·  Orlando Bloom

·  Pam Anderson

·  Pauly Shore

·  Prince

·  Pink

·  Plato

·  Rosa Parks

·  Tobey MacGuire

·  Weird Al

·  Clark Kent

Reasons why?

Religious Reasons

·  Cultural factors or traditions

·  Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism

Personal Preference:

·  Think it is inhumane to kill animals, factory farming, bad for environment

·  Don’t like the taste, texture of appearance of meat, the thought of decaying animal parts not as pleasing as vegetables off the branch. The metaphor by Douglas Dunn is that if one gives a young child an apple and a live chicken, the child would instinctively play with the chicken and eat the apple, whereas if a cat were presented with the same choices, its natural impulse would be the opposite.

·  (Most of the world's population today subsists on vegetarian or near-vegetarian diets for reasons that are economic, philosophical, religious, cultural, or ecological". Meanwhile, according to the United Nations Population Fund "Each U.S. citizen consumes an average of 260 lb. of meat per year, the world's highest rate. That is about 1.5 times the industrial world average, three times the East Asian average, and 40 times the average in Bangladesh)

·  Also chosen as a way to offset poor labor conditions in meat packing plants

Cost to consumer-

·  De-facto Vegetarians -- cheaper to eat grains and rice (this is why most third world countries survive off a meatless diet.) U.S. could feed 800 million people with grain that livestock eat; Cornell ecologist advises animal scientists Future water and energy shortages predicted to change face of American agriculture. It requires 10 times as many crops to feed animals being bred for meat production as it would to feed the same amount of people on a vegetarian diet. Currently, 70% of all the wheat, corn and other grain produced are fed to farmed animals. This has led many proponents of vegetarianism to believe that it is ecologically irresponsible to consume meat.

·  Economic Vegetarianism- concerned with the issues of public health, world starvation. Vegetarianism offsets the need for health insurance due to good health and will show a change in the depletion of natural resources since animals would be able to graze again rather than feeding them in factory farms

Health reasons

·  Lowers weight

·  Reduces the risk of heart disease

·  Prescribed by doctors as a form of treatment

1992—68% female and 32% male

Vegetarian women more likely to have female babies, effect of soy on feminization of the embryo

Types of Vegetarians

Vegan: does not eat or use any animal products or by-products. This includes food, clothing and any other products. The most common reasons for becoming a vegan are ethical commitment or moral convictions concerning animal rights, the environment, or human health, and spiritual or religious concerns. Of particular concern are the practices involved in factory farming and animal testing, and the intensive use of land and other resources required for animal farming.

Various polls have reported vegans to be between 0.2% and 1.3% of the U.S. population, and between 0.25% and 0.4% of the UK population. The Times estimated in 2005 that there were 250,000 vegans in Great Britain.

Vegan diets are a subset of vegetarian diets, which are credited with lowering the risk of colon cancer, heart attack, high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure, prostate cancer, and stroke. However, vegan diets can be low in levels of calcium, iodine, and vitamins B12 and D. Vegans are therefore encouraged to plan their diet and take dietary supplements as appropriate.

Total Vegetarian: Does not eat beef, pork, fish, or poultry. Also does not eat any animal by-products (milk, cheese, eggs, etc.)

Lacto Vegetarian: Does not eat beef, pork, fish, or poultry or eggs. Does eat/drink dairy products such as milk, cheese, etc. Thinks eggs are the same as killing an unborn animal. Chosen by some vegetarians to lower cholesterol because of egg yolks. Popular in Eastern Religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism.

Ovo Vegetarians “eggetarians”: Does not eat beef, pork, fish, or poultry or dairy products. Does eat eggs in addition to foods from plant sources. An ethical reason for choosing this diet is the necessity for the cow to give birth in order to lactate, the upshot being that dairy consumption supports the meat industry by increasing the population of animals that cannot be sustained for any other purpose, as well as the immediate issue of denying the calf its natural source of milk. In contrast, however, hens are able to lay eggs for human consumption without being fertilized or reproducing.

Lacto-Ovo Vegetarians: Does not eat beef, pork, fish or poultry. Does eat/drink milk, dairy products, end eggs. Most common form of vegetarians and what we usually call a vegetarian. Their lifestyle is well incorporated in most restaurants in metropolitan cities and in Europe. Some lacto-ovo vegetarians who are motivated by ethical reasons may avoid fertilized eggs as well as caviar, feeling that both involve the killing of beings or torture and exploitation of source animals. They avoid cheese that contains rennet and yogurts that contain gelatin as these two things involve killing.

Pollo Vegetarians: Does not eat beef, pork or fish. Does eat poultry and poultry products (eggs)

Pesco Vegetarians: Does not eat beef, pork, or poultry. Does eat fish in addition to foods from plant sources.

Nutrient Shortage (green leafy vegetables, grains, nuts, and fortified juices or soymilk)

B Vitamins- thiamin, riboflavin, niacin

B 12-

·  Recommended that vegans either consistently eat foods fortified with B12 or take a B12 supplement. Deficiencies in Vitamin B12, a bacterial product that cannot be reliably found in plant foods can have serious health consequences, including anemia and neurodegenerative disease. If a person has not eaten more than the daily needed amount of B12 over a long period before becoming a vegan then they may not have built up any significant store of the vitamin. Clinical evidence of Vitamin B12 deficiency is uncommon given to the fact that the human body preserves B12, using it without destroying the substance. Vegetarians who were previously meat eaters may preserve stores of Vitamin B12 in their bodies for up to 30 years

·  Collard greens, leafy greens, tofu, tempeh

Calcium—dairy products--soy

Vitamin D—dairy products and fish—cereal grains, mushrooms if exposed to sunlight

Protein— essential amino acids—soy, rice, beans, hummus, pita