Diet and the Environment 饮食与环境

Can our diet actually change the environment and improve people's overall life? Let's dive into this topic in this topic.

我们的饮食真的能改变环境并改善人们的整体生活吗？让我们在这个主题中深入探讨这个话题。

The diet that we are discussing today is the plant-based diet, also known as the vegan diet, or if we are talking about the bigger picture, it would be the vegan lifestyle. This means that our life would be lived without us using animal products and eating meat and other animal products. Why is this diet more sustainable than the regular omnivorous diet? This is because the livestock agriculture is causing major greenhouse gas emissions and that leads to global warming, due to the farts and other torturous and unsustainable farming methods that are used in this century. Therefore, not only is eating meat bad for the environment, purchasing products made from animals like leather, dairy, eggs, and even honey is immoral and bad for the environment.

我们今天讨论的饮食是植物性饮食，也称为纯素饮食，或者如果我们谈论更大的范围，那就是纯素生活方式。这意味着我们的生活将无需使用动物产品、食用肉类和其他动物产品。为什么这种饮食比常规的杂食饮食更可持续？这是因为畜牧业正在造成大量温室气体排放，并由于本世纪使用的放屁和其他折磨人且不可持续的农业方法而导致全球变暖。因此，吃肉不仅对环境有害，购买皮革、奶制品、鸡蛋甚至蜂蜜等动物产品也是不道德的，对环境也有害。

Some may argue that since the start of humanity, humans have been consuming meat and because of that, the use of animal products in our daily lives are a social norm and that results in our body being more adapted to a omnivorous diet as well as a lifestyle with the aid of animal products. However, change is inevitable in the evolution and growth of humanity, making going vegan and living a plant-predominant lifestyle a part of it. Think of this as how humans are now adapted to using computers and online facilities while before, everything was on paper and everyone had to write letters to contact one another, etc. There will be that one eventual day when everyone will adapt and change, as the earth needs. You may then argue that technological advancements and the increased usage of online tools are caused by humans and that it is humans that provided each other the tools and aid needed. However, we cannot avoid the truth that environmental damages are also predominantly caused by humans. Our exploitation of fossil fuels and natural resources are the main cause of climate change and global warming, so for us to resolve this problem, going vegan is one big step. Yes, even if the world goes vegan climate change would not be completely reversed. However, you also cannot deny that it would not help. So, join me on this quest to sustainability!

有些人可能会说，自人类诞生以来，人类就一直在食用肉类，因此，在我们的日常生活中使用动物产品是一种社会规范，这导致我们的身体更适应杂食性饮食以及借助动物产品的生活方式。然而，人类进化和成长的变化是不可避免的，纯素食和以植物为主的生活方式成为其中的一部分。可以把这想象成人类现在如何适应使用计算机和在线设施，而以前，一切都在纸上，每个人都必须写信来相互联系，等等。最终有一天，每个人都会适应和改变，就像地球需要。然后，您可能会争辩说，技术进步和在线工具的使用增加是人类造成的，并且是人类互相提供了所需的工具和援助。然而，我们无法回避这样一个事实：环境破坏主要是由人类造成的。我们对化石燃料和自然资源的开采是气候变化和全球变暖的主要原因，因此对于我们解决这个问题来说，纯素食是迈出的一大步。是的，即使世界转向纯素食，气候变化也不会完全逆转。然而，你也不能否认这没有帮助。所以，和我一起追求可持续发展吧！