Bro said:Hmm, I do agree that a vegetarian diet is superior to a diet that is almost totally full of meat (obvious from scientific studies). However, it is far too bland and untasty for me personally. I would say about 95% of my meals are non-meat such as grains, pasta, brown rice, etc. However, I definitely like to have the occassional meal that contains chicken. I would find it hard to believe that this type of diet is less healthy than a strictly vegetarian diet. I also eat lots of fish which is very healthy (although recent evidence of high mercury levels in some types of fish).
I believe that humans are mostly meant to eat non-meats such as nuts and veges. However, early Homo sapiens did eat insects which would be classified as meat.
Yes, the real debate is whether we SHOULD eat meat since we have the ability to choose due to our neo cortex. It is true that most of our meat products come from animals that have been severely abused and treated with prohormones and steroids. However, I couldn't place myself on either extreme: a big meat-eater nor a vegetarian. Both sides of the extreme are either too unhealthy or too bland. Maintaining a balance is always good.
One last thing, I find vegetarians have a tendency to be way too nick picky about their health. I say relax, you could be dead any day..whose to say tomorrow isn't your last. Quality of life is more important than quantity and the occassional rib will make no difference to one's length of life. Have fun and eat those juicy ribs for a change.
gfytt689 said:Ive had vegeterian meals. my aunt is vegeterian so when ever i go there she always has the meal which has meat and then some soy food. and a couple times ive ate the soy food. and the truth is that i dont like soy hot dogs, or soy chicken or any other soy foods. but i can see why vegeterians and vegans eat food made with soy. even though i still think being a vegan takes this to an exetreme. vegans and vegeterians have reasons on why they eat soy food, and thats to save animals. but people who eat meat, like me dont really have a reason to eat it. I've been trying to think of a good reason over the past few days, but couldnt think of one besides that it tastes sooooo good :smile: .
Kelzie said:Soy hot dogs are just okay. I prefer tofu myself.
And why do you say vegans are extreme?
And there is none besides that. :mrgreen:
gfytt689 said:vegans are taking it to an extreme because they dont eat meat, they dont drink milkk from a cow, they dont have bread unless its made entirely of soy. everything in a vegans life is soy. they have veggie burgers on a soy bun. i dont get whats wrong with eating an egg, or milk, and i think thats taking it to the extreme.
Kelzie said:Hooray! A debate. Ahem. As to the "food chain" belief, aka humans are meant to eat meat:
Meat-eaters: have claws
Herbivores: no claws
Humans: no claws
Meat-eaters: have sharp front teeth for tearing, with no flat molar teeth for grinding
Herbivores: no sharp front teeth, but flat rear molars for grinding
Humans: no sharp front teeth, but flat rear molars for grinding
gfytt689 said:vegans are taking it to an extreme because they dont eat meat, they dont drink milkk from a cow, they dont have bread unless its made entirely of soy. everything in a vegans life is soy. they have veggie burgers on a soy bun. i dont get whats wrong with eating an egg, or milk, and i think thats taking it to the extreme.
Bro said:Hey,
Yes, I agree that the majority of a vegetarians diet tends to be soy or tofu. I think it's such a waste of time trying to adhere to strict dietary rules. If I see an egg, I'll cook it and eat it. It has loads of iron, albumin, and cholesterol (which is bad if taken too much). Such quantities of iron and protein are difficult to come by in the plant world. Red meat for instance has huge amounts of iron (heme iron). This heme iron is far more easily absorbed by the human body than any other type of iron. Iron defficiency is very common and far more so in the vegetarian population. Most vegetarians must resort to supplements and that's something that I personally would not like to do. Us omnivores truly have the best of both worlds.
Bro
mikhail said:How many vegetarian athletes are there?
HTColeman said:Well, half of these reasons I have no knowledge of, but I will reply to those that I do.
That is probably due to a lack of need, I don't think humans ever had to tear apart an animal for food (Tacky way to say it, but only way I could think of)
Before we had tools, what did we do? We didn't eat meat,
HTColeman said:I have 4 sharp teeth, for whatever reason, me and my dad have extra sharp canine teeth, he got his "blunted", I've cut my toungue many times from biting it, so yea they are sharp. We also have rear molars, hence humans are omnivores, like bears.
All herbivores have rear molars. Many have canines (like horses). But the fact is that you and your dad's teeth are abnormal.
HTColeman said:I don't know about the rest of the stuff, I would charge it to the fact that we are omnivores, so we have to digest meat and veggies (well, most have to)
Except. we don't have to eat meat. So if we don't have to eat it, why would you say we're omnivores?
Pallid Amaranth said:See, that's awesome. There are an incredible amount of people who are/were vegetarian/vegan. I myself am a vegetarian, still trying to become vegan. :3oops: But, haven't gotten there yet.
The reason so many people look down on vegetarianism, etc, is they don't understand it. They think all we eat is a big heaping bowl of lettus, and we're severly malnutritioned. That's completely not true. There are a wide variety of foods, and if a vegetarian plans their diet right, they can get all their essential nutrients, and not the bad ones!
stsburns said:So if I drink Eggnog or Milk does that make me a bad person?
Kelzie said:Before we had tools, what did we do? We didn't eat meat,
My teeth are sexy.All herbivores have rear molars. Many have canines (like horses). But the fact is that you and your dad's teeth are abnormal.
Except. we don't have to eat meat. So if we don't have to eat it, why would you say we're omnivores?
Kelzie said:You don't have to. You want to.
Kelzie said:You don't have to. You want to.
Zebulon said:Biologically, we're designed to be omnivores. .
Zebulon said:You have to be very, VERY careful not to hurt yourself if you're not going to eat meat. The amount of fooling around with proper diets to make sure you don't permanently injure yourself by giving up meat should show that we're geared up to be meat-eaters from the ground up.
Zebulon said:I would say that's more than want.
Zebulon said:With the right amount of technology, I could use flight as my main locomotive ability. It wouldn't make me a bird, though.
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