Additionally, PlasmsaSnake101, I would like to live as long as possible, considering that obvlivion awaits me upon death.

I probably wouldn't have much of an opinion on it if I was an animal.

If animals were not meant to be eaten, they wouldnt taste so damn good.

Correlation is not causation.

If the nature give you canines it's not to eat grass and salades.

You would, even if you were an animal, if you had to sit in a cage to where you cannot move and you live in your own piss and shit.

The difference is that animals are not self aware unlike humans

Your studies cited did not effectively establish a causal link between vegetarianism and improved health. Its fairly common for people to believe that correlation and association IS causation, however that is not the case at all.

Well then I guess somehow most vegetarians are in better health than meat eaters in areas that diet affects for reasons other than their diet. How strange.

Just because one can't look in a mirror and recognize one self doesn't mean that one isn't conscious of one's self. Animals are plenty aware of their selves.