What Are The Benefits Of A Plant-Based Diet?

Being healthier is one of the main benefits of a plant-based diet. When people go out and purchase a pork chop or chicken filet, it’s unlikely that they get a nutritional label to go along with it. That means most folks are unaware of what that livestock could have eaten or what synthetic ingredients could be hiding inside of them! You’ll notice that plant-based alternatives often have a label - and most of the ingredients on that label list familiar ingredients. No confusing science terms or confounding numbers, just straight-up natural ingredients.

Let’s dial in on those processed meats. Health-wise, they’re often linked to weight gain. Regular animal meat, as you can expect, contains saturated and trans fats. Fat, lard, and oils derived from cooking conventional meat could affect your health severely. That’s why you’ll notice more and more people recommending a plant-based diet. Cholesterol and artificial ingredients are but a few of the bad that comes from animal-based meat - and those are already enough for us to want to stick with our plant-based diet!

Let’s talk about how a plant-based diet can help our planet. Raising livestock actually takes up more land compared to agriculture, about 100 times more actually! And about agriculture, did you know that more than half of the cereals grown in the entire world are used for animal feed and biofuels? That’s right, we don’t even get to eat most of it. This also shows us that the fewer cattle we need to produce food for human consumption, the less land we need to take up to grow crops - a whopping 75% less of agriculture space, in fact!

Everything needs water to survive. That’s what makes it so precious, and that’s why we should manage this resource more properly. There’s even a study that shows that vegan meat potentially uses up to 99% LESS water use than regular meat. That’s a huge number!