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नोबल प्राइज़ लाना है तो बकरा चबाना है || आचार्य प्रशांत (2021)
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Vegetarianism
Plant-based diet
Non-violence
Meat-eating
Amino acids
Industrial farming
Health
Gluttony
Description

Acharya Prashant refutes the argument that meat is necessary for a complete amino acid profile. He states that according to medical science, this is a baseless claim, as everything the body needs can be obtained from plant-based sources. He calls the idea that one must eat meat to be healthy completely worthless. To support his point, he gives the example of Indian states like Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Punjab, which have the highest number of vegetarians. He notes that these are the same states where people have the highest average weight and height, and where most of India's wrestlers and boxers come from. He contrasts this with regions where meat is heavily consumed, like the South, Bengal, and Bihar, and questions if great health is visible there. He uses the example of comparing a vegetarian Punjabi with a meat-eating Bengali to illustrate the physical superiority of the former. He also points out that many of India's Olympic medalists in boxing and wrestling are vegetarians. Acharya Prashant asserts that the arguments in favor of meat-eating are mere excuses to justify killing a helpless animal. The real reason, he says, is the craving of the gluttonous tongue for the taste of flesh. He uses the analogy of the wolf and the lamb from Aesop's Fables, where the wolf invents various false reasons to eat the lamb, finally killing it for arguing too much. Similarly, he says, the argument about the "amino acid profile" is just a pretext. He further dismantles other arguments, such as the claim that animals would go extinct if not eaten. He explains that the animals we consume are industrially produced, and their production leads to the destruction of forests for pastures, which in turn causes the extinction of wild species. Addressing the "plants have life too" argument, he explains that producing 1 kg of meat requires many kilograms of grain, so a meat-eater is responsible for far more plant death than a vegetarian. He also highlights the immense cruelty and torture involved in the industrial production of meat, eggs, and dairy, calling it a form of rape.