Animal Products Are Not Necessary For Good Health

â€Å"You put a baby in a crib with an apple and a rabbit. If it eats the rabbit and plays with the apple, I will buy you a new car†, said Harvey Diamond in his book â€Å"Fit for Life.† By nature, humans are not omnivores but society has the population blinded into believing animal products are a necessity to a healthy diet. Animals—other living things are dosed with hormones and seen as byproducts, their rights being ignored and denied. Cutting meat and other animal products out of the â€Å"normal† lifestyle would benefit humans just as well as animals (â€Å"Vegan Diets: Healthy and Humane†). Animal products are not necessary for good health, and removing them would have a positive effect on human health all around. No longer supporting the dairy and†¦show more content†¦The global appetite for meat is growing and there is not enough land to keep up with it. Meat production takes too much out of the environment. The earth’s resou rces are not limitless and the ignorance of us as a species is continuing to grow(â€Å"How does†¦Ã¢â‚¬ ). Technology will not save us from ourselves. The land is being used to raise livestock instead of crops and valuable resources are being wasted thus having a devastating effect on the world. Raising animals to be slaughtered is using up more than half of the water in America. While it takes 2,500 gallons of water to produce a pound of beef it only takes 25 gallons to produce a pound of wheat(â€Å"How does†¦Ã¢â‚¬ ). According to PETA, the average pig factory creates the same amount of waste as a city with about 12,000 people in it(Bittman, Mark). Currently raising animals for food is the number one source of water pollution. Irreversible damage is being done to the only planet there is for human life yet no one seems to care. â€Å"The world’s cattle alone consume a quantity of food equal to the caloric needs of 10.7 billion people—more than the enti re human population.† Gradually reducing the consumption of meat throughout the population would have a positive impact on the rest of the world(â€Å"How does†¦Ã¢â‚¬ ). People would not have to starve and animals would not have to die. Most of society believes that