▲ 211 ▼ [Answered] Why is the consumption of Meat considered bad (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by Skyraptor7@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 305 comments fedilink hide all child comments I heard something to do with Nitrogen and …cow farts(?) I am really unsure of this and would like to learn more. Answer - 4 Parts Ethical reason for consuming animals Methane produced by cows are a harmful greenhouse gas which is contributing to our current climate crisis Health Reasons - there is convincing evidence that processed meats cause cancer it takes a lot more calories of plant food to produce the calories we would consume from the meat. Details about the answers are in the comments
[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) the soy fed to livestock is almost entirely the industrial waste from making soybean oil. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] max@feddit.nl 2 points 3 years ago Fair enough, it seems like it is waste from soybean oil most of the time. However, it does make me wonder why such an enormous amount of soy is cultivated. >75% is used for animal feed (and oil, indeed). (source). I wonder if it's a similar situation as with corn in the US and the resulting use of HFCS. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] max@feddit.nl 2 points 3 years ago Fair enough, it seems like it is waste from soybean oil most of the time. However, it does make me wonder why such an enormous amount of soy is cultivated. >75% is used for animal feed (and oil, indeed). (source). I wonder if it's a similar situation as with corn in the US and the resulting use of HFCS. permalink fedilink source parent