Should I Become a Vegetarian?

( http://vegetarian.procon.org ) 

The main idea of the Should I Become a Vegetarian Website is to help people decide whether becoming a vegetarian is a good or bad idea using different pros and cons. There is no specific or one sided view point of this article. The strong word choice helped me figure out the view point to this article. For example, " In 2010, each person in the US ate an average of 57.5 pounds of beef, 46.5 pounds of pork, and 82 pounds of chicken. Vegetarians, about 3.2% of the population, do not eat meat (including poultry and seafood). The US Department of Agriculture includes meat as a part of a balanced diet, but it also states that a vegetarian diet can meet "the recommended dietary allowances for nutrients."" This would be good to consider so the reader would know this article is not favouring one side. 

This website consists of both, negative and positive facts about being a vegetarian or eating meat. An example of a pro for being a vegetarian but a con for eating meat on this website is, "It is cruel and unethical to kill animals for food. Animals are sentient beings that have social structures and emotions. Scientific studies have shown that cattle, pigs, chickens, and all warm-blooded animals can experience stress, pain, and fear." A con for being a vegetarian but a pro for eating meat would be, "Eating meat is not cruel or unethical. Every organism on earth dies, at some point, so others can live. There is nothing wrong with this cycle; it is how nature works."

The Should I Become a Vegetarian Website has good links supporting the website and article around the page you are looking at. Noticing that one ad let you take a quiz to see if you understand what you just read and if it processed. The other links around the page gave you more information about if you wanted to professionally cook meat or see what it looks like inside a slaughter house. On the toolbar of this website it has an area where you can contact or donate to them.

The Article was Last updated on 1/11/2012 2:53:58 PM PST That is showing that the information is accurate and up to date on its facts and posts. The website states,"Vegetarian ProCon.org is a nonpartisan, nonprofit website that presents facts, studies, and pro and con statements related to vegetarianism. This pro-con debate revolves around the vegetarian diet - not the vegan diet.  For the purposes of this site a "vegetarian diet" is one that does not contain any meat (including poultry and seafood), but can contain eggs (ovo) and dairy (lacto) products, which is why the diet is sometimes called the ovo-lacto vegetarian diet. Vegans do not eat any animal products including meat, eggs, and dairy products."