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Is Reducing Meat Consumption Really Helping the Environment?

With issues of climate change and sustainability finding urgency all around the world, many experts advise us to try and limit our consumption of meat – owing to the environmental impact of the global meat industry. We find out if reducing meat consumption helps the environment, and how vegan foods are replacing the traditional meat industry.

We have more choice than ever before to choose what we eat. But are we making the right ones? With issues of climate change and sustainability finding urgency all around the world, many experts advise us to try and limit our consumption of meat – owing to the environmental impact of the global meat industry. But is it making any difference, and is meat consumption really destroying our planet? Let’s find out.

The global meat industry is nothing less than immense. In 2022, the global industry is worth over $2 trillion! With its presence so prevalent, the scale and intensity of meat production combined with projected population growth estimates show that current practices are bad for the environment.

Here is why:

IMPACT OF EATING MEAT

Health Risks

Diets high in red and processed meats, high-fat dairy foods, processed foods, and sugar are associated with diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancers whereas diets rich in fiber, fruit, and vegetables are associated with a reduced risk of these diseases.

 

Biodiversity Loss

Livestock production accounts for roughly 30% of current global biodiversity loss! With the need for more land to produce more meat, we are losing the lush flora of our planet for specifically animal rearing, only to have them killed in the end. The meat industry is causing an irreversible loss to our planet to produce meat.

Global Warming

According to studies, meat production is responsible for generating about 14.5% of total global greenhouse gas emissions. Moreover, an astounding amount of meat is gone to waste both before and during the manufacture of meat. These practices are extremely harmful to our ecosystem, especially global warming which is directly caused by these greenhouse gas emissions.

Water Usage

About 29% of the total water footprint of the agricultural sector in the world is related to the production of animal products. By not purchasing meat products and avoiding such companies, you have the power to reduce the demand for meat, and thus – save water and conserve the planet.

IMPACT OF NOT EATING MEAT

 

If you’re looking to reduce your impact on the environment, going vegan is one of the best choices you can make. Here is why:

 

  1. Plant-based options high in protein and, alongside a well-balanced diet of plenty of fruit and vegetables, will mean you aren’t going without the vitamins you need. You will find equal amounts of natural nutrition in a vegan diet without hurting your

 

  1. Producing plant-based meat emits up to 90% fewer greenhouse gasses than producing conventional meat. If more people were to adopt veganism as a diet, the impact could cause a major shift in the ecosystem and help slow climate change.

 

  1. The global meat industry is notorious for polluting our oceans. When we leave land animals and fish off our plate, we are contributing to stabilizing the marine ecosystem as well as giving marine life a chance to thrive once again.

 

Reducing demand is the most significant factor in taking a stand against meat production. Ease your diet’s burden on the planet and choose veganism.

 

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11 Jun
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Vegetarianism – A natural choice for a human being

Vegetarianism is a natural choice for a human being. Recently Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) quoted American Medical Association (AMA), with a report on plant based meals in American Hospitals. Report. In this report they advocated Plant based diets for patients in the hospitals. Vegetarianism is a natural choice for a human being because the intestines of a human are the longest as a percentage of its body size with respect to all other animals. The longer intestines means that food stays longer in the stomach. As we have experienced that whenever we eat stale food, we get sick. If the same food stays in the body for such a long duration, then it gets stale and produces carcinogenic substances. The non-vegetarian meal stays an average of 8-9 hours in the stomach before it is digested. The strain that it produces in the body is proportionately many times higher for a human as compared to carnivorous animals. Carnivores intestines are much smaller than the intestines of herbivores. In the case of Carnivores, food stays for a much shorter duration in their stomachs. The vegetarian food gets dissolved quickly in the body because the acids produced by the body break those foods easily. The body also has to exert less energy to digest a vegetarian meal. This is the main reason why the world is experiencing a greater movement towards Vegetarian meals irrespective of their faith. The ancient Ayurveda and Yoga have always maintained vegetarianism as a more healthy way of life.

When some faiths give scriptural notification to their followers to eat meat, then we must understand that those notifications go against the well established principles of scientific reasoning towards diets. World history has shown that humans were always encouraged to follow vegetarian diets. All the great sages, gurus and famous prophets have encouraged humanity to eat vegetarian meals. The reason is that vegetarianism brings three essential qualities to human beings:

  1. Kindness
  2. Cleanliness
  3. Good Health
  4. Morality

Roman Warriors were known to eat the majority of their meals in the form of Bread, Milk, Honey and Salads. The reason was that those armies will remain healthy and will have more strength to fight long battles. The non-vegetarian meals will make them lazy and lethargic to continue fighting. Greek Army was known to be majorly vegetarian because they didn’t have enough resources to run a slaughterhouse for their large armies. The armies of Chandra Gupta maurya were mostly vegetarian because they didn’t want to kill animals for food. Even a large number of athletes and sports people such as Mike Tyson, Lewis Hamilton and Venus Williams are avowed vegetarians. Vegetarian meals give more strength than meat based diets. Large Bulky bodies doesn’t mean strength. The strength of the human body comes through muscles. Plant based diets build the best long lasting muscle power.

One of the essential aspects of a Yogi is a vegetarian diet. Because it cultivates a kinder heart. Vegetarians are known to have higher satisfaction in bed than non-vegetarians. Many sexologists also recommend vegetarian diets to their patients. In fact, majority of doctors today recommend Yoga and Vegetarianism to their patients. In the kitchen also, a vegetarian meal is pleasing to the eyes and heart and also it takes less time for cleaning after the meal. There are many more benefits both social, political and environmental attached to vegetarianism.

Indian doctors have also found out recently during their COVID19 pandemic that vegetarians had higher immunity against the pandemic. More meals based on plants helped patients recover faster. Vegetarian food is itself a medicine. Vegetarian meals also help us protect our environment. A kilogram of meat protein uses 1000% more water than a kilogram of plant protein. In addition to that a kilogram of meat protein consumes 10000% more energy to produce than a kilogram of plant protein. And a kilogram of meat produces 10000% more greenhouse gases than a kilogram of plant protein. Just imagine, how much damage a kilogram of meat protein does to the environment than a kilogram of plant protein.

What is the difficulty?

The biggest difficulty is our mindset and our own egos. Throughout centuries the dealers of faiths have drilled into our minds to externally look healthier than internally. Meat was falsely propagated to be  the food of the strong against healthier vegetarians. Another fake propaganda was meat protein was the food of the rich. More rich people died due to the meat protein as compared to plant proteins. This propaganda stands decimated in the face of modern scientific research.

In the end, the Yoga based vegetarian diets have proved to be universally healthy. I hope the rational minds will accept a far more healthier vegetarian diet. Vegetarians, Ahoy!

Aditya Satsangi

Inventor of Sattology
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01 May
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Sattology: Are Vegetarianism and Vegan diets helpful for Yoga?

While Yoga is the art of doing work, Diet is an art to maintain a healthy body. The reason why I call diet an art because it is specific to an individual and it requires careful supervision. The balance of a healthy diet is truly achieved by an artful approach depending on a person’s schedule. The inner consciousness of a person is affected by the diet. In that way, diet is also a science. Diet requires a careful selection of ingredients to accentuate life and keep body disease free. Ingredients must match the nutritional needs of an individual’s body. Spices are extremely important in preserving important bodily functions. In the ancient Vedic culture, every meal was also a medicine. Which diet is good for me? Should I be a vegetarian or should I be a vegan? What is vegetarian? What is vegan? These are some of the existential questions that are usually on everyone’s mind.

A carnivore animal’s intestine is much shorter as compared to herbivore animal. Because of small intestines, the non-vegetarian food stays for a shorter duration in the body of a carnivore as compared to herbivore. Human small intestine length is usually 6 meter or 20 ft, while the big intestine is 1.5 m or 5 ft. By design human body is suited for a plant-based diet. Many cultures across the world advise a healthier plant-based diet. In fact, the majority of carbon emissions in the planet are due to the organized meat industry. If just the meat consumption is reduced by 10%, the greenhouse carbon emissions will drop by more than 30%. A plant-based diet is extremely eco-friendly for our planet.

Veganism term was coined by Donald Watson in 1944. The original premise of veganism according to him was to shut all types of meat or products from animals out of kindness. There is a growing movement on veganism across the world. In fact, Tel Aviv is now officially the vegan capital of the world.

Ayurveda, the science of increasing duration of life, advises us to maintain balance. Balanced Body, Mind and a healthy spirit come from long practice and intelligent choices. The balanced body comes from exercise and diet. Balanced mind comes from Yoga and detachment. Balanced spirit comes from meditation. For a healthy body, all foods must be eaten fresh, within 2 hours after they are cooked. Usually, foods lose nutritional value upon being reheated, microwaved or kept frozen. Generally, for a healthy mind, warm foods are the best. Vedic scriptures inform us of three types of diet. Foods are classified into three broad categories – Foods in Sattva Guna (mode of goodness), Foods in Rajas Guna (mode of passion) and Foods in Tamas Guna (mode of ignorance). Foods in Sattva Guna increase life, decrease stress and makes one happy. Foods in Rajas Guna decrease life, increase stress and keeps people angry. While Foods in Tamas Guna decrease life duration most by inviting diseases. Generally, one should eat two major meals a day, one after sunrise and another before sunset. Ayurveda advises us to avoid meals after sunset.

Your diet helps you build a healthy personality. A healthy Sattvic diet brings kindness to your personality. Rajasic food brings stress into your personality. Tamasic food brings disease. Careful selection of diet will assist you to lead a healthy life. I would be keen to know more about your vegetarian or vegan experiences. Happy Eco-friendly diet is good for our planet. We can preserve our planet, by changing our diet. The positive change in climate begins with our diet.

Article By:
Aditya Satsangi is a serial entrepreneur and a writer commentator on politics in the USA. His views have helped strengthen the Indian American community in the USA. He is currently the President of Indian American Chamber of Commerce, Secretary of VHS and runs a Tech Staffing global firm. He is an avid golfer and wouldn’t miss a Tee when invited. Aditya is a regular writer at Sunday Guardian, PGurus, Pioneer and is also publishing his new book on ‘Sattology’, a term he invented.

15 Mar
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Sattology – History of Yoga

History of Yoga is as old as history itself. To say that Yoga existed from the beginning of creation, is to express the truth based on the earliest writing ever known to mankind. The literal meaning of Yoga is ‘to reconnect’ akin to Religion, which also means ‘to reconnect’. The word Yoga was described in written form in many Vedic literatures but became popular because of its reference in vedic upanishads. The eighteen chapters of Gitopanishad explain all types of Yoga and also the lord of Yoga, Yogeshwar or Hari or Krishna or Vishnu. The word Yoga is intrinsically connected with the source of Vedic literatures. Any activity or action when it is connected with Yogeshwar is also called yoga. So a simple act of walking for Yogeshwar is also called Yoga. Developing knowledge to know Yogeshwar is called Jnana Yoga. Empirical study to rediscover Yogeshwar is also called Sankhya Yoga. Any type of devotional or practical activity connected to Yogeshwar either deliberately or accidentally is technically considered as Yoga. Karma yoga, Buddhi Yoga, Vairagya Yoga are called yoga because of their connection with Yogeshwar. The philosophy of Yoga along with the practice gives the practitioner a lifelong mission to fulfill. Yoga when followed both in practice and philosophy gives the practitioner an experience that transcends body, mind and spiritual fulfillment. Mental and physical ailments definitely have a cure in yoga.

Here are three major broad groupings of Yoga practice
1. Hatha (हठ) Yoga
2. Pranayama, and Vyayayam
3. Bhakti

The act of Physical poses along with relevant mudra and mantra is called Hatha yoga. Hatha Yoga helps one resolve body posture issues interconnected with spine and respiratory organs. Normal Breathing is recommended with every asana of hatha Yoga. Asana is a regulated body posture for a particular exercise. Each asana is the position of tranquility for a particular organ of the body. Surya Namaskar is a circular pattern of hatha yoga poses for optimum spine health and breathing processes. In hatha yoga there is an asana or pose for every single organ of the body. That’s scientifically organized to assist the practitioner to build a healthy body, healthy diet, healthy mind and a happy soul.

Pranayama is also described very clearly in Vedic gitopanishad to help one control their mind and ultimately bodily functions. In Pranayam, one needs to focus on breathing along with physical concentration in between the eyebrows. This process is extremely beneficial to remove mental stress. However, Yoga is never complete without the mental connection to Hari. Bhakti is the third and highest limb of Yoga. You can call it as a perfection of all forms of Yoga. Bhakti means devotion to Vishnu. Bhakti involves hatha yoga, pranayama and mantra chants. This is very well explained in Vedic gitopanishad (6.47). Nowadays, there has been attempt by some ill-informed and unintelligent people to disconnect Yoga from vedic heritage or Indian heritage. That attempt has failed because without the vedic knowledge, Yoga itself is incomplete.

Historically speaking, Yoga is the origin of dance, martial arts and Vedic philosophy. In addition, Vedas describe in detail that Yoga is the art of doing work. Yoga way of working is the best Management and Work philosophy which has not yet been discovered by the western world. That will be the next frontier of work philosophy which has all the chances to beating all other work and HR theories.

The entire gamut of Yoga is so huge that it surpasses one’s entire existence. Yoga is everything and yet it depends on the practitioner to discover it. The beauty of yoga is the process of self-discovery along with the world discovery through the lenses of the practitioner. A lifetime is less, to become a perfect Yogi. As Krishna advises Arjuna in Vedas, Be a Yogi. If you are a Yogi, you are the best friend of Krishna who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead of all Yogis. For all Yogis, Namaste.

Aditya SATSANGI
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