Vegetarianism Is Bad For Your Health.

I don't discount the health benefits of vegetarianism. There seems to be correlaiton between health. However, I think the studies are misguided. If you take someone who eats lot's of fried fatty foods, whether from animal or vegetable based products, yes, they will show lower blood pressure and most likely weight loss. The problem is not the meat, it's our sedentary diets mixed with processed foods. I bet you in a perfect world if we all hit the treadmill 2 hours a day, we could also live quite long lives eating even McDonald's.

Human's have been eating meat for 2.5 million years. They may have started off as vegetarians, but it is a stretch to say that we are presently adapted to eat only vegetables. Our present physiology would suggest otherwise. Our jaws are adapted to eating cooked foods and no doubt fire was 'invented' because of meat eating. In fact, I argue that because of meat eating we developed larger brains since we didn't require the large jaws and muscles required for a vegetarian diet. In fact, meat eating allowed humans to develop quite sophisticated temperal lobes which was largely a result of increased protein eating from - you guessed it - meat. My source is National Geopgrahic - hardly a pro-meat eating interest group.

As for the 'poor' animals, I don't buy this argument either. We're exploiting vegetables as much as we are animals. Our destructive ways are the culprit. Even organic farmers managed to turn many areas into deserts - look at the Mayans or Eyptians. Do I feel sorry for animals? Well, they're certainly not humans either. My pet dog doesn't pay bills, feed me or do housework. He does serve a purpose as a companion. I look at cows, pigs and chickens much the same way. They are my companions for a meal. I think we've all lived in the city too long. Come on, farmers love their animals too - they just need to make a liveihood. Are a few chickens meanly treated? Unfortunately they are. I doubt that stalk of celery I just ate suffered any less a humane death after being hacked by a machete and cramped into a box.

Yes, I do eat meat (flesh or muscle or whatever you want to call it). Yes, I've watched videos of slaughterhouses and you won't change me from eating both meat and vegetables. I love food too much to limit my self in some noble, if self-righteous behaviour.

stucky

07 Oct 2008 03:33

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Human's have been eating meat for 2.5 million years. They may have started off as vegetarians, but it is a stretch to say that we are presently adapted to eat only vegetables. Our present physiology would suggest otherwise. Our jaws are adapted to eating cooked foods and no doubt fire was 'invented' because of meat eating. In fact, I argue that because of meat eating we developed larger brains since we didn't require the large jaws and muscles required for a vegetarian diet. In fact, meat eating allowed humans to develop quite sophisticated temperal lobes which was largely a result of increased protein eating from - you guessed it - meat. My source is National Geopgrahic - hardly a pro-meat eating interest group.

As for the 'poor' animals, I don't buy this argument either. We're exploiting vegetables as much as we are animals. Our destructive ways are the culprit. Even organic farmers managed to turn many areas into deserts - look at the Mayans or Eyptians. Do I feel sorry for animals? Well, they're certainly not humans either. My pet dog doesn't pay bills, feed me or do housework. He does serve a purpose as a companion. I look at cows, pigs and chickens much the same way. They are my companions for a meal. I think we've all lived in the city too long. Come on, farmers love their animals too - they just need to make a liveihood. Are a few chickens meanly treated? Unfortunately they are. I doubt that stalk of celery I just ate suffered any less a humane death after being hacked by a machete and cramped into a box.

Yes, I do eat meat (flesh or muscle or whatever you want to call it). Yes, I've watched videos of slaughterhouses and you won't change me from eating both meat and vegetables. I love food too much to limit my self in some noble, if self-righteous behaviour.

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