Needless to reiterate, going Vegan basically means restricting yourself to plant produce and avoiding food, as well as products derived from animals. Well, veganism comes with multiple benefits, and one of them is that it benefits animals.

Remember, animals have feelings, and if science is anything to go by, humans are also animals, only that we’re more intelligent than the others.

Apart from benefiting animals, a Vegan Diet can have numerous benefits for you, considering the many health risks associated with taking meat and other foods from animal origin.

From improving your health to reducing animal cruelty, and saving the environment, here are a few ways how your vegan diet can positively affect animals.

A Healthier You Is Good For Animals

Whether domesticated or wild, animals depend on us to a certain extent for their survival, health, and wellbeing.

Pets, for instance, require our care, love, and affection. If you keep a cat, dog, or fish, the creature will depend on you for food, shelter, and treatment when they get sick.

But can you take care of a pet if your own health is suffering? Of course not!

With a vegan diet, on the other hand, you’ll be healthy, strong, and happy. Alex Arnstrom from Vegan Liftz asserts that living a vegan lifestyle is both healthy and ethical. What’s more, there’s a wide range of vegan recipes, supplements, and protein sources for those who want to build an attractive body off of a vegan diet.

All in all, a vegan diet keeps you strong and healthy enough to provide the utmost care for your pets or domesticated animals. Surprisingly, vegan food for pets is also available these days.

No More Slaughtering

Thanks to the ever-growing demand for meat, meat products like burgers, and animal products like hides and skin around the world, millions of animals die every day at the hands of men in the slaughterhouse.

The domestication of cows, goats, sheep, pigs, ducks, turkey, and chicken also forces these animals to be confiscated and caged. Some never get enough sunlight, fresh air, and socialization with their peers.

From an ethical point of view, these animals are denied various rights and freedoms, including the right to life and comfort. 

The good thing is that according to estimates by researchers, you can save from 90-100 animals each year by observing a vegan diet. Ain’t this a good reason to feel good about yourself as a vegan?

It Helps To Stop Animal Cruelty

In animal husbandry practices, the use of growth hormones and other chemicals to enhance meat, milk, and egg production is nothing new.

Apart from being kept in crowded and uncomfortable conditions, some chemicals used such as rBGH have even been thought to cause cancer and other health issues.

If you’ve seen a cow or pig being butchered, your humane part may not let you eat meat again.

Killing aside, potentially millions of animals are blinded or poisoned in the course of rearing, feeding, and breading, not forgetting the good number of them used in consumer product testing.

By keeping it vegan, you are actually an advocate against animal cruelty.

A Better Environment

Last but not least, a vegan diet makes you a friend of the environment, which animals heavily depend on for their wellbeing.

It reduces the use of pesticides and herbicides, which are known to cause catastrophic effects on Mother Nature over time.

Some agricultural and food manufacturing processes, for instance, lead to the destruction of natural habitats of animals and water bodies.

Well, thanks to effects such as global warming, humans are realizing just how careful they need to be with the environment.

And there you have it; the icing is on the cake. Going vegan is among the best decisions you can make in life.

It can benefit you physically, mentally, and spiritually. Most importantly, it can positively affect animals in the above ways!

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