Animal products are not necessary.
Why plant-based?
30 reasons to choose plant-based.
There are many reasons to choose plant-based. For animals, for yourself, for the planet and for other people. You’ll find them all together below.
Nutrients
Animals
The animals we eat are individuals, just like our pets — each with a life of their own that matters to them.
Anyone with a life of their own deserves basic rights — such as the right not to be killed or treated as property.
Taste is not a good reason to take an animal’s life.
Convenience is not a good reason to take an animal’s life.
How it feels
As an animal lover, it feels good to stop causing animals to suffer.
It feels good when your actions (buying plant-based products) align with your values (opposing animal suffering).
It feels good to be on the right side of history.
It feels good knowing your body no longer has to process dead animals.
We should not cause animal suffering if simply seeing it already makes us sad.
We should not pay others to kill animals if we would not want to do it ourselves.
Plant-based products can feel more natural than the animal products we consume.
Injustice
We should not cause injustice if we oppose it.
We should treat others the way we would want to be treated.
The animals have done nothing to us.
We should not cause senseless violence.
We should take action against animal suffering, precisely because it happens on such an enormous scale.
Planet
Choosing plant-based helps protect biodiversity worldwide.
Choosing plant-based reduces emissions.
Choosing plant-based supports healthier aquatic ecosystems.
Choosing plant-based saves water.
Health
A balanced plant-based diet lowers your risk of cancer.
A balanced plant-based diet lowers your risk of cardiovascular disease.
A balanced plant-based diet lowers your risk of type 2 diabetes.
Plant-based cooking reduces the risk of food poisoning.
By making plant-based choices, we reduce the risk of a new pandemic.
Choosing plant-based helps build a future in which antibiotics continue to work.
Other people
With plant-based choices, you help create a world in which fewer people have to go hungry.
With plant-based choices, you help create a healthier living environment for others.
Choosing plant-based helps reduce demand for harmful and physically demanding work in animal agriculture.
Ready to make the change?
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