WHY VEGAN? @ Karmavore Vegan Shop


Cruelty to Animals More than 27 billion animals are killed for food every year in the U.S. alone As many as 115 million animals are experimented on and killed in laboratories in the U.S. every year Every year, the global leather industry slaughters more than a billion animals and tans their skins and hides

Destruction of Our Planet Livestock production causes 18% more greenhouse gas than transport Water and Land Degradation Livestock now use 30 percent of the earth’s entire land surface, mostly permanent pasture but also including 33 percent of the global arable land used to produce feed for livestock Most farms are not organic, thus dumping countless chemicals into our environment and food supply

Human Health Problems Vegan foods provide us with all the nutrients that we need, minus the saturated fat, cholesterol, and contaminants that are found in meat, eggs, and dairy products The American Dietetic Association states that vegetarians have “lower rates of death from ischemic heart disease; … lower blood cholesterol levels, lower blood pressure, and lower rates of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and prostate and colon cancer” and that vegetarians are less likely than meat-eaters to be obese

Sources & Recommended Reading: GoVeg.com Stop Animal Tests.com Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) Lifeforce: Better Living Campaign Humane Seal Vegan Outreach Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Livestock a major threat to environment)