Vegetarians Are Bad For The Economy

Vegetarians are bad for our modern economy. Let me prove it to you. Even the carnivore who never saw the color green in his or her lifetime must have, by now, seen the abundance of research findings that associate a plant-based diet with health and longevity.

Allow me to cite only one example: the cover story in the November 2005 National Geographic Magazine. How would you feel when a 101 year-old lady drives you around town?

She stops to get her hair done, delivers magazines, treats you to lunch (tofu and greens), and confesses to you that she has not eaten meat in over half a century! She doesn't have arthritis, yet you groan to get up out of your chair.

If you are an economist with an "Allan Greenspan mindset" this would be of great concern to you. You may be thinking that a nursing home is losing revenue.

Imagine how long the government will have to pay out retirement benefits, and that word (retirement) is not even in this centenarian's vocabulary.

I say that vegetarians are a threat to the billion dollar meat industry. In fact, they threaten modern agriculture - especially those vegans; most of whom are animal rights activists. Such people crash your Thanksgiving Day dinner, come November. Every turkey would be back to being national birds if it were left to vegetarians.

They don't get sick as often as people on an animal protein diet. In general, they have better health. Can you imagine what that does to the pharmaceutical drug industry?

The lower incidences of high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and cardiovascular problems among strict vegetarians is a blow to the manufacturers of lipitor and other drugs. Less revenue to the hospitals.

And weight control... some 65% of American adults 20 years old and over are overweight. People on a strict vegetarian diet are a tiny fraction of those statistics. Do you see how the weight loss industry could be losing thousands of pounds and dollars if more people switched to a plant-based diet?

My friend, we haven't even began to count all the ways vegetarians, especially vegans, are bad for the economy. Anyway, thanks for sharing my concern. I hope you see my point. But before you go, I must confess that I have shared this with you from a vegan heart. I am a vegan. I hope I can continue to be a productive one for many more years to come.

Remember to eat healthy today.