Thanksgiving arrives every year with a heated debate over how to best cook that plump and juicy turkey. But the idea of a tofu turkey (also known as a “tofurkey”) has gone from a joke a couple years ago to a reality for many. While vegetarianism has been practiced for over a thousand years in some countries, it is a relatively new concept in the West. And so, with the question cropping up more and more often, should we eat meat?
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Eating Animal Products has been Linked to a Host of Deadly Diseases
- From PETA
By PETA - People for Ethical Treatment of Animals
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Indulge - but only occasionally
I am neither a scientist nor a physician but I do believe from everything I have read on the subject, that eating meat in moderation, as with all other things, cannot really be harmful or have long-lasting negative health effects.
The artery-clogging effects most likely come from eating very large portions of fatty meats and not eating enough fruits, grains and vegetables. In addition, those who over indulge generally do not have other good health habits such as getting sufficient sleep and exercise which are known to contribute to better health.
In addition, there are certain B Vitamins and I imagine other nutrients which are not easily found in other foods. Those who abstain from eating meat and are healthier than the meat eaters, probably owe their better states of health to their healthier lifestyles in general and not simply because they avoid eating meat.
- redondo July 16, 2008 10:28PM
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You forgot that life will absolutely end in death. The problem with such scare tactics is that you forget to weigh the positive traits of the consumption of animals.
The most dramatic steps in the evolutionary chain on our branch of the tree tends to come from the introduction of complex proteins that were derived from animals. We are here today simply because we changed from herbivores to omnivores. Of course, it doesn't change the fact that we now face such things as heart disease, but your implication is that vegetarianism is not fraught with its own complications that have been teased out over time.
- sumwatt July 24, 2008 10:43AM
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Scavengers, not omni
We haven't had to eat the scavenger diet en mass since the agricultural revoltion... are you still evolutionarily speaking "that far behind?" Yes, sorry to have to break it to you but we evolved a long time ago. Some societies have been vegetarian for thousands of years already... why hold on so tightly to something so destructive? I know you didn't plan to be like this but here you are, you can let go now.
Not critters need to die for you in particular, yes you, you don't have to eat another animal, egg, or any derivative. What would you be fighting for? Why?
- M3house
August 15, 2008 1:01PM
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