Europe becomes a vegetarian

The number of those who bypass meat shops grows in Europe. According to the latest EURISPES data, in less than three years the number of vegetarians in Italy, for example, increased from one and a half million people, writes La Repubblica .

For the most part, the publication notes, these are the so -called "incomplete" vegetarians consuming dairy products, eggs and fish. They have a rather specific approach to nutrition, nevertheless, they constitute a social group that is respected.

Scientists say that a sharp increase in the number of vegetarians is a consequence of many reasons. So, if in Europe the number of opponents of meat grew as the scandal grew with cow's rabies, then in the United States a reason was completely different reasons. The fact is that the widespread phenomenon of overweight forced, first of all, adolescents, to see the source of calories in meat and abandon it, which immediately led to the emergence of a vegetarian Hamburger. However, according to experts, this is fraught with even greater dangers, if you think about the number of sauces, fried and sweet, having nothing to do with animal origin.

Another restraining factor in meat consumption is the "humanization" of animals. This trend was the result of the release of the first full -length Disney cartoons and a series of other animal paintings. In the United States, cartoons about animals have become part of the daily life of American children. What child can think about sticking his teeth in a lamb, similar to the Bugs Bunny leg or a piece of meat of Clarabella cow?

As for the Italians, their active enthusiasm for a vegetarian diet led to obvious social and commercial consequences. Let the one who has never heard about the tofu or a beiftex from Soyu raise his hand.

As for the “non -term” restaurants, according to a study conducted by the Association of Vegetarians, there are already more than three hundred of them, in addition, many restaurants include a large selection of dishes without animal proteins in the menu.

The Mediterranean diet from this point of view provides ample opportunities, since its main dishes are pasta and risotto.

Parents are worried that their children refuse meat. Meanwhile, nutritionists agree that you can live without meat, if you consume alternative proteins, from dairy products and vegetables, the newspaper notes in an article that is published by Inopressa.ru .

According to Eurispes forecasts, by the middle of the current century in Italy the number of vegetarians will reach 30 million people and exceed the number of meat -eaters. And then difficult times will come for lovers of the beiftex.