Vegetarian Hypocrisy

I have noticed that increasing population of this world is going vegetarian. Reasons?

Animal cruely. As if there wasn't cruelty practiced on plants! Potatoes, tomatoes and many others are skinned and cut into pieces. Leeks in eternal torture whenever the leaves grow to a certain level is cut and they have to grow it again. Basil and parsley planted in pots in the kitchen are nipped off their best leaves whenever needed. Cabbages and cucumbers are left immersed in salty, sour and stinky solutions until totally rotten before eaten. The only difference is that you (consumers) are often the ones who practise such cruelty towards their vegetarian food. That plants do not express their feelings like a dying cattle or lamb with their eyes in those stunning pictures does not mean they do not have feelings.

Health. Nutritionally speaking, a vegetarian diet hardly supports the well being of human. A simple example is omega-3 fatty acids, which are not made within the body and are responsible for modulating inflammation and other allergic reactions are mostly sourced from fish, vegetarian wise they are only found in tiny amounts in nuts. Omega-6 fatty acids, on the other hand, although also essential, are responsible for enhancement of such allergic reactions. Omega-6 fatty acids are the ones that are available abundantly in plants. A shifting to a vegetarian lifestyle is a huge interruption to the balance of intake of omega-3:omega-6, suggested ratio 1:3-4, is currently 1:30-50 in the developed world. This could also be one of the causes of people getting increasingly allergic to increasing number of materials in these countries.

Obesity. Well at first I found it interesting that vegetarian people in Australia are still way overweight, but when I found out their only non-alcoholic drink is sodas I don't wonder anymore.

I am not suggesting a better way here, I don't see one. This is a cruel world, if you are not able to be cruel to any other species, you die. Going vegetarian does not mean you are any less cruel, you are just hypocrite plus you are risking your own well-being.