Comment Re:The sanity in vegetarianism. (Score 1) 420
I'm not a man, I'm a woman.
I'm glad you are healthy. But not all vegetarians/vegans are healthy on their chosen diet; going veg*n is not "one-size-fits-all". Lierre Keith is one such individual; her health was destroyed by being vegan for 20 years.
Here's the experiences of a couple other women:
http://crunchychewymama.blogspot.com/2010/01/why-im-not-vegetarian-anymore.html
http://voraciouseats.com/2010/11/19/a-vegan-no-more/
I'm not against vegetarian diets, I eat a good number of vegetarian meals myself, I just cook meals that (a) taste good, and (b) are healthy. I believe people can be healthy on a vegetarian or omnivorous diet. However, I don't find the vegan diet to be "healthy".
By reading your posts, it seems you think perhaps you are the only one on slashdot that grew up on a farm. And I grew up on a farm too. My background is very rooted in agrculture. My family grew crops (primarily wheat and milo), raised livestock (primarily cattle and sheep), and ran a grain elavator. My family also hunts. I know very well where my food comes from.
I like meat. It's natural to eat meat. It's not natural to eat grains; and the eating of grains has allowed the human population to explode.
Most pasture land is unfit for crops. Too sandy, rocky, hilly, etc. It would be impossible to get a tractor or combine around this land. A diet that includes some meat is actually a more efficient use of land. http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/534100
As far as feeding the world's hungry, Western societies sending grain to them actually worsens the problem. It ends up hurting the local economy of an already ailing country even more, and makes the farmers there unneeded so there's even more people in need.
Meat is a fetish? Um... whatever floats your boat! I guess Lady Gaga did wear that meat outfit...
I'm curious, what do you eat if you don't eat meat and don't eat monocrops? Do you grow all of your own food?
I'm glad you are healthy. But not all vegetarians/vegans are healthy on their chosen diet; going veg*n is not "one-size-fits-all". Lierre Keith is one such individual; her health was destroyed by being vegan for 20 years.
Here's the experiences of a couple other women:
http://crunchychewymama.blogspot.com/2010/01/why-im-not-vegetarian-anymore.html
http://voraciouseats.com/2010/11/19/a-vegan-no-more/
I'm not against vegetarian diets, I eat a good number of vegetarian meals myself, I just cook meals that (a) taste good, and (b) are healthy. I believe people can be healthy on a vegetarian or omnivorous diet. However, I don't find the vegan diet to be "healthy".
By reading your posts, it seems you think perhaps you are the only one on slashdot that grew up on a farm. And I grew up on a farm too. My background is very rooted in agrculture. My family grew crops (primarily wheat and milo), raised livestock (primarily cattle and sheep), and ran a grain elavator. My family also hunts. I know very well where my food comes from.
I like meat. It's natural to eat meat. It's not natural to eat grains; and the eating of grains has allowed the human population to explode.
Most pasture land is unfit for crops. Too sandy, rocky, hilly, etc. It would be impossible to get a tractor or combine around this land. A diet that includes some meat is actually a more efficient use of land. http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/534100
As far as feeding the world's hungry, Western societies sending grain to them actually worsens the problem. It ends up hurting the local economy of an already ailing country even more, and makes the farmers there unneeded so there's even more people in need.
Meat is a fetish? Um... whatever floats your boat! I guess Lady Gaga did wear that meat outfit...
I'm curious, what do you eat if you don't eat meat and don't eat monocrops? Do you grow all of your own food?