Comments on: Thinner You, Healthier Planet

By: Lisa Johnson

Lisa Johnson — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:40:15 +0000

Thanks for the compliment. I was a journalism major undergrad for a while and I worked as a newspaper reporter in college. I definitely have my moments where grammar seems to slip away from me ;-)

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By: Kristi

Kristi — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:23:25 +0000

@Brad I think the theory is that in order to feed the animals that we eat, we give them veggies. So the veggies will have to be grown, delivered, and fed to animals that are going to produce a lot of waste and greenhouse gas. Then the animals have to be “processed” and then shipped to stores for us to buy and consume. So you eliminate one step in the process by just eating the veggies directly instead of eating the animals that ate the veggies. You have to assume there will be less energy used to cook the veggies, most of which can be eaten raw, than meat that has to be cooked thoroughly to be safe for consumption.

If people were eating vegetarian they would probably be fixing the meal at home as opposed to driving to McDonald’s or other establishments that don’t offer many vegetarian options, another gas saver. And, as an additional smaller bonus, if more people were vegetarian, there would be less people driving to the doctor for high cholesterol prescriptions, or to the pharmacies for refills.

By: Veronica (lifewithnature)

Veronica (lifewithnature) — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:12:18 +0000

While eating one meatless meal per week might not saves gas properly, as vegetables still needs to be transported, there are many green benefits to eating vegetarian:

-Growing vegetables takes much less water than cattle breeding
-Cattle needs to be fed, and the crops used to feed animals are often the most polluting
-Animals contributes to global warming (because of the methane formation)
-The space used/food produced ratio is by far better by growing plant based food than for cattle breeding

And at last, at least here in eastern Canada, meat meals cost more than vegeterian ones (beans and legumes cost much less than a steak!)

By: David ghostwriter

David ghostwriter — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:30:57 +0000

Skinny people use less soap, cream and other skin care products.

By: BRAD

BRAD — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:16:41 +0000

how in the heck is ”to eat one vegetarian meal per week. If everyone in the US ate one vegetarian meal per week we’d save 70 million gallons of gas per year.”theres no way it can save the person or gas, as the vegetables cost more,they still have to be transported just like the meat to the store, i mean the only way this could be possible,is if all the truckers took a day off,hauled no food for one day a week,and everyone had there own garden, that was given to them, so no cost,as then they would pick there own veggies from there garden with out driving to town… i like to know how u figured this one out,huh…