VEGETARISMO: $b saúde, ética e meio ambiente

Abstract

This review focuses on some of the main reasons that lead people to become vegetarian health, ethics and environment. The literature was conducted by referring the databases of Medline (National Library of Medicine. USA). and Lilacs (Bireme. Brazil). besides documentaries and websites. Is regarded as vegetarian every individual who abstains from eating the flesh of any animal, however, there are subdivisions within vegetarianism, according to the exclusion of certain foods. The health benefits of vegetarianism have been shown in several studies, revealing a lower incidence of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and obesity among vegetarians. The environmental impacts caused by livestock are becoming evident. especially insofar as the demand for meat has been increasing, which has brought to the planet global disorders, such as, for example, the greenhouse effect The way in which humans treat the non-human beings, as a form of possession and ownership, without regard to their rights or interests is not new, the same happened in the past on the relationship between human beings themselves, where the strong dominate the weaker, this raises questions about ethics in the relationship of humans and nature, especially with animals, who, like us, are sentient beings capable of suffering and therefore it is necessary to reassess the form that we treat them.