Forums >Health and Nutrition>These vegans are scaring me...
My daughter swore off meat last night and I told her I would join her knowing it would pass in a couple of days adn I am not that big a meat eater. She loves sweet and sour chicken and I think sweet and sour tofu won't cut it.
(Except rare steak.....gotta love the steak-loving non-meat eater.) )
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There is no true ethical meal.
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remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.
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some meals are more ethical than others
Now, I seem to be surrounded by vegetarians. I don't think any of them are vegans though, so I will just go with what I know. There seem to be two types of vegetarians. Those like my sister, who only do it because they think they are being some sort of martyr protecting the cows (they wouldn't even be alive if they weren't going to get eaten, there stupid, no really, they are). Then, there are others, who don't make a big deal about it and if we argue, its only to tease each other about our different lifestyles. I don't like meat martyrs. Meat is yummy. I haven't found any kind that I don't like. But, I won't try snail. Women especially need red meat, and I'm a woman so I take advantage of the fact (especially since I tend to have low iron anyway). I know you can get iron elsewhere, but red meat just does it so nicely, especially when cooked right. So, the moral: If you don't like meat, fine, but don't shove it down my throat that the animals we eat have it so hard and I won't shove it down your throat that there are far easier/more efficient ways to meat your nutritional needs.
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It's turning into a regular hippie convention in here. A man could make himself a killing opening up a tie-dyed t-shirt shop. Just stay away from the brown acid, okay, kids?
Oh no, read what I said. In essence, I am almost advocating hunting for all your meat. Go out and kill a wild boar living the way God intended, rooting in the mud and eating acorns. Cook it over a fire that is burning the wood you chopped down yourself. Live like a caveman. A caveman with a gun. That is a far more sustainable way to live than that corn-fed (boy, almost sounds healthy, eh) meat-crap they serve at McDonalds.
Female beef eater? Consider this http://www.thatsfit.com/2007/03/28/female-beef-eater-consider-this/ http://www.thatsfit.com/2007/03/28/beef-consumption-in-women-linked-to-lower-sperm-count-in-sons/
"But expectant mothers and others should weigh the findings judiciously against other evidence, the researchers added. "We're not saying that people should stop eating beef, and it's particularly important in pregnancy that women get enough protein," said study lead author Shanna Swan, associate chairwoman for research and professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) School of Medicine and Dentistry. "Women have to eat protein, although they don't necessarily have to eat meat," she said. "If women want to take action, they could try hormone-free beef or organic beef, although it's not proven, or reduce their consumption of beef or find some other protein."