Values of the vegetarian diet

While many choose to assume a vegetarian lifestyle for the mere fact of the pleasure they find in consuming this type of food, or perhaps because of a repulsion to fat or the need to lose weight, there are many who become vegetarians motivated by a series of values and principles.

Regarding this issue we want to deepen in the following guide, since what we consume often corresponds to the culture, traditions and education with which we have been formed, without neglecting the nutritional needs of human beings, the choice of one food over another is often motivated by various phenomena.

Values of vegetarians: As we have already said, there are vegetarians who are vegetarians simply because they like this type of food or because they consider that they can find here a dietary style that helps them to lose weight or have a healthier life. However, this point focuses on those who decide to adopt this lifestyle motivated only by their ethical and moral conditions.

Vegetarians are not allowed to consume any type of meat, seafood or fish. The essence of vegetarianism is based on this, not consuming any type of meat, and vegetarians show great respect for animals, many are often involved in movements in defense of them, where they strongly criticize the methods used in the production of meat, the suffering to which animals are subjected and the rights they have to live their lives without interference from the human hand.

Vegetarians commonly reject the exploitation of animals in the acquisition of various consumer goods, the production of leather of animal origin among many others. The mistreatment to which certain animals are subjected for the mere fact of entertainment, such as bullfighting, cockfighting or dogfighting, are offenses to all defenders of animal life.

Consuming meat is a choice, at least from the vegetarian point of view, so that choice must be in accordance with your beliefs and values. If you recognize an animal's right to life, you must act accordingly, not only by eliminating their consumption, but also by fighting energetically to ensure that these rights are respected.

Ecological reasons also have much weight, this is understandable when we have figures that show that the largest amount of corn and oats production worldwide is used to feed the animals we eat, this does not make sense when this same production of corn and oats could feed millions of people more than the meat obtained from the animals that consume them.

Tolerance: Tolerance can be a difficult ethical value for a vegetarian to maintain, but it is understandable when your principles are driven by respect for animal life and non-violence. Increasingly, we find many nutritionists advocating tolerance as a smarter way to access greater achievements regarding food style changes in the population. It is clear that it is difficult to convince someone who likes meat not to eat it if we sustain our arguments in offenses and invasive criticisms towards what they eat, the best way is to educate in respect and the values you profess but respecting the free choice we all have to decide how we want to feed ourselves.

This tolerance does not extend to abuse, the use of animals as means of entertainment or others, we are talking only about the respect we should have towards those who find in meat a desired food, who consume it with respect for life but do not wish to give up a carnivorous eating style.