High consumption of red and fried meats increases cardiovascular risk due to saturated fats, cholesterol, high sodium, digestive enzymes, and low fiber. Eating even 1.1 servings of red meat per day raises cardiovascular disease risk by 22% according to the American Heart Association. Increasing plant foods raises fiber intake, which helps reduce bad cholesterol and heart disease risk; fiber-rich whole carbohydrates, antioxidant foods, beans, and nuts are more digestible and beneficial. Animal agriculture drives large greenhouse gas emissions, consumes vast water and feed, causes methane release, deforestation, and toxic runoff. A standard American diet produces about 2,000 kg CO2e per year; Meatless Monday can cut ~400 kg, and a mostly plant-based diet can cut ~740 kg, yielding substantial per-person reductions.
We all know that eating steak and fried chicken can be horrible for your cardiac functions. It's the saturated fats in meat that are the biggest offenders, as well as the cholesterol, high sodium content, digestive enzymes, and a lack of fiber. Yes, bacon is delicious, but enjoying it in moderation or eliminating it altogether might just save your life.
It's been debated but the facts are in, the meat and dairy industries contribute exponentially to greenhouse gas emission. Animal agriculture requires exorbitant amounts of water and feed, and then additional water to grow crops to feed the animals. Animals produce a great deal of methane, forests are cut down to farm animals and to grow animal feed, and runoff from these factory farms are toxic to the local water supplies.
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