Want to go vegetarian but need a little motivation to help you stick
to your resolution for more than five minutes? Check out PETA's handy
list of the top 10 reasons to go vegetarian. Drum roll (but hold the
drumsticks), please:


10. You'll be able to defend your SUV habit by pointing out that
producing a
single hamburger patty takes enough fossil fuel to drive a small car
20 miles and enough water for 17 showers.

9. You'll cut your risk of heart attack by more than half so you won't
have to
spend six weeks in bed watching Survivor.

8. No guilt at the sudden realization that your food used to have a
mom.

7. E. coli, salmonella, and mad cow disease will all be things of
"Christmas
Past."

6. No more plus-size shops, meal-replacement drinks, and thighs with
their
own zoning regulations. The American Dietetic Association states that
"vegetarians, especially vegans, often have weights that are closer to
desirable weights than do nonvegetarians."

5. No need to worry about chicken heads (or other body parts) showing
up in
your take-out order.

4. Grilled portobello mushrooms.

3. Your libido will take on massive proportions. Eating meat can cause
impotence because it clogs the arteries going to all your organs, not
just to your heart.

2. Whose team would you rather be on: vegetarian tennis great Martina
Navratilova's or Dave "I found the beef and it's in my coronary
artery" Thomas'?

1. One word: haggis.


courtesy of http://www.peta.org/feat/2002odd/