The American Journal of Medicine May 2021;134:569
“Massive animal farming for meat production poses major problems in terms of resource use, environmental impact, and biodiversity. Furthermore, excessive meat consumption has been associated with multiple deleterious health consequences… Novel meat alternatives, such as plant-based (Beyond Meat) and cell-based meats, are much less impactful to the environment and might replace traditional animal meat in the future.”
I hope you read the article. Here is more information:
- The resources (water, land, feed, energy, land, etc.) used to produce meat for one person could feed 70 vegans.
- Gut bacteria transforms animal protein into TransmethylAmine N-Oxide which has been associated with arterial disease.
- Joseph Smith, D&C Section 89
12 Yea, flesh also of beasts and of the fowls of the air, I, the Lord, have ordained for the use of man with thanksgiving; nevertheless, they are to be used sparingly, 13 And it is pleasing unto me that they should not be used, only in times of winter, or of cold, or of famine.
