Why do so many vegetarians who go back to meat eating claim that they feel better? Meat has vitamins and minerals. Vegetarians who don't eat well, which includes taking a daily vitamin and mineral supplement, are not going to experience optimal health.
I have been a vegetarian for 40 years, and definitely do not advocate that anyone eat meat for any reason, so my mentioning this fact about the nutrient content of meat is to encourage vegetarians to eat better and take a daily supplement.
Avoiding the cruelty of modern factory farming of animals is a very good idea. The physical and psychic trauma that the animals endure in the modern mechanized processes is hellish beyond belief, and certainly not the prosaic ideal of the happy farm. When a society supports this kind of treatment of animals, it looses an important element of innocence. This is karma in a nutshell.
So even if you don't see the connection between your own decision to eat a vegetarian diet and the world at large, do it for your own peace of mind.
