Did you know that a vegetarian's diet can be unhealthy due to the food they eat and the elements they are lacking? While many debate healthy choices, vegetarianism is more about making healthy decisions than discussing your lifestyle with non-vegetarians. In today's society, meat eaters are portrayed as inconsiderate and unhealthy. An animal rights activist says meat eaters are wrong to kill animals. News, infomercials and social sites always talk about the negative effects that could come from eating meat, such as obesity. In infomercials that promote weight loss programs and food products, they always show an obese person eating unhealthy foods like a big, fatty cheese hamburger. Healthy lifestyle ads always try to prove an unhealthy point by showing a person making an unhealthy decision. When people promote a product, they say all the good things about their product and try to avoid the negative things by saying them quickly or putting them in writing. However, when it comes to eating meat and choosing another lifestyle like vegetarianism, one is not better than the other. Many people don't realize that advertisements promoting good health actually answer the question of whether it is better to eat meat than to be vegetarian or vice versa. When people see an overweight person eating fast food or unhealthy foods on television, the first thing that should come to their mind is that a person is healthy or unhealthy based on the decisions they make. she takes daily. It is very clear that if a meat eater chooses the right meat to eat and prepares it in a healthy way, it is a healthy decision made to live a healthy lifestyle. If a me...... middle of paper ......bad, 1994, para. 23). In an effort to live a healthier lifestyle, many people wonder whether or not to become a vegetarian, but little do they know that it's not about which lifestyle is best , it’s all about making healthy decisions. (nd). Be vegetarian. Retrieved from http://www.brown.edu/Student_Services/Health_Services/Health_Education/nutrition_&_eating_concerns/being_a_vegetarian.phpThe Nutrition Source. (2014). Retrieved from http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/protein/Szabo, L.B. (1997). The health risks of new wave vegetarianism. Canadian Medical Association. Journal, 156(10), 1454-5. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/204840935?accountid=458Mukamal, L. (1994, 07). Become a vegetarian. Ms., 5, 14 years old. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/204296309?accountid=458