Why do vegetarians become vegetarians? Are "ethical reason" really justified?

Becoming a vegetarian?" The first place to start, is learning about nutrition. Specifically what foods contains the nutrients your body needs.

Then as you learn start the transition to a vegetarian diet. Work towards becoming a lacto-ovo vegetarian, as this allows you dairy, eggs, and honey, and a reliable source for vitamin B12. Learn how to balance out foods, so that you're not getting to much of one thing, and leave yourself lacking elsewhere nutritionally.

As for advantages of being a vegetarian, there really aren't any, beyond learning about proper nutrition. Becoming a vegetarian does NOT guarantee instant longevity, or escaping from genetically passed on health issues, such as diabetes, heart disease, or things like lower cholesterol. Cholesterol for example is NOT as much dietarily related as was once believed.

Shortly after the beginning of this century, new information has come out, showing that cholesterol is actually produced by the human body,in the liver, that even those with a low fat diet were still being told "you're cholesterol is high." However even those who know this still attribute high cholesterol to being solely a dietary matter. There is a veritable plethora of myths for and against being a vegetarian, but you need to learn what they are.

While being a vegetarian MAY lower SOME risk, it MAY also have increased risks elsewhere. Another common myth is that vegetarians (and vegans more so), can't get enough of the proper proteins, to be healthy. That's pure male bovine feces.

Getting all ten of the essential proteins can be done easily enough. But one needs to know what foods to eat, in combination with each other for the body to make them. The one most commonly recommended vitamin to supplement, is vitamin B12 for vegetarians, and vegans more so.

However some who eat meat also need to supplement it as well. Mainly those who drink, and/or smoke tobacco, or those exposed to tobacco smoke, and those who are over fifty, due to the body not absorbing it as well, or a general malabsorption problem. It's also recommended by many vegetarians and vegans as well to have vitamin B12 levels in the blood checked, to prevent serious health issues, from a vitamin B12 deficiency, or vitamin B12 anemia.

Learn how to balance the omega six fatty acids to omega three fatty acids, and get the proper ratios. Many have to high a ratio of omega six fatty acids to omega three fatty acids. Which often exceeding twenty to one.

Also many through the world (well over one third), are deficient in vitamin D3. Many don't get enough sunshine for the body to make it, or use a sunscreen, that prevents it from being made. While SOME foods are fortified with it, it still may not be enough. Vitamin D3 is important to help the body with using calcium properly.

But don't take it in massive amounts, and even see about being tested first for a deficiency, before adding it as a supplement. A quick word on studies, they are just that studies, and not solid proof, and are often cherry picked, for what will help to support, a specific belief/opinion. The same with text from holy books such as the Bible as well.

Some will claim it's been misquoted,or wrongly, to support something with, or about a specific type of diet. Now some links to help you get started with developing a bit better understanding about nutrition. While Wikipedia isn't always that great, it can make a good starting point.

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I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.