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Many people have changed from a mainly meat-based diet to a vegetarian one in recent years. Do you think there are more advantages or more disadvantages to following a vegetarian diet.

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Nowadays, more and more
people
 change their
diet
 from meat-based to vegetarian.
Although
 some
people
 doubt the drawbacks of it, I believe that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. On the one hand, there are several concerns
of
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 being a vegetarian.
Firstly
, vegetarians might not absorb enough amount of protein since vegetables involve less protein than meat.
Moreover
,
people
 only consume certain types of nutrition on meat.
People
 who keep a vegetarian
diet
 often suffer from
lack
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 of vitamin B12 and easily get tired.
However
, these are not the problems that cannot be solved. Vegetarians can find protein in beans and tofu
while
 taking extra vitamins.
On the other hand
, keeping a plant-based
diet
 can help to ease the problem of global warming. The livestock farming industry and meat factories around the globe release a tremendous amount of carbon emissions every year. If there were more
people
 trending to be vegetarians, the world would no longer need to keep millions and billions of livestock.
Furthermore
, a healthy vegan
diet
also
 reduces the risk of chronic diseases
such
 as heart disease, certain cancers and diabetes.
People
 can live a longer and happier life.
In addition
, most of the livestock farms use cruel methods to keep animals.
For example
, cows and hens suffer from huge pain
while
 being forced to take some special processes, in order to keep laying eggs and making milk during their whole life. Those animals never run under the beautiful sunshine until the end of their life since they spent their lifespans in human-made factories.
Overall
,
although
 there are several concerns
of
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about
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 keeping a plant-based
diet
, the benefits
which
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that
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bring
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are brought
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 from the development,
such
 as reducing carbon emissions and the risk of diseases, bring or future completely bright.
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