Reply to counter-argument: 'Humans are omnivores and thus it is moral to consume meat'

An omnivore does not get health problems from consuming animal foods.
Humans do.
Please study the research behind this movie: www.adelicatebalance.com.au/
Some of it:
http://www.thechinastudy.com/the-china-study/about/


Animal Foods are unhealthy (includes References to peer-reviewed studies):
http://nutritionfacts.org/video/uprooting-the-leading-causes-of-death/
http://nutritionfacts.org/video/more-than-an-apple-a-day-preventing-our-most-common-diseases/




And even if we could consume animal foods without getting health problems, so what???

“It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. Well-planned vegetarian diets are appropriate for individuals during all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence, and for athletes.” — Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly the American Dietetic Association)


We can live and thrive on a vegan diet, so killing and harming animals for food in our society is completely unnecessary. The only "justification" is that it tastes good/convenience -- and pleasure is no moral justification for hurting and killing an animal. I recommend you to study this article : http://articles.philly.com/2009-08-14/news/24986151_1_atlanta-falcons-quarterback-vick-illegal-dog-dog-fights

More answers to common Counter-arguments you will find here: http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/faqs/#.UfTXK237aQI

and http://www.eatlikeyoucarebook.com/

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Do you think it’s wrong to inflict unnecessary suffering and death on animals?  Of course you do.

Here’s the problem:  at least 99.99% of animal use, which results in the suffering and death of animals, is unnecessary!  At least 99.99% of  animal use is for food, but humans can easily get their nutrition from plants.

“It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. Well-planned vegetarian diets are appropriate for individuals during all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence, and for athletes.” — Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly the American Dietetic Association)

We kill 56 billion land-animals per year, more than 1000 billion marine animals mostly for food. And, as you can imagine, the process of turning living, breathing, feeling animals into “products” is horrifically violent.

Typically, people think the way to respect animals is to adopt a vegetarian diet (no flesh/meat) because they think animals used for eggs and dairy products are not killed.  Or they think they should purchase “humane” animal products like cage-free eggs.  But those are misconceptions because they still cause unnecessary suffering and death.http://abolitionistvegansociety.org/tavs-initiatives/tavs-articles/why-veganism/#.UfTCjm37aQI