Could veggie burgers increase your lifespan? Many experts insist that switching to a vegetarian lifestyle can greatly increase overall health, leading some to ditch their pork rinds like an old smoking habit. Still others swear by an omnivorous diet, saying that occasional New York steak never hurt anyone. Is a fresh helping of tofu just what the doctor ordered, or only a lot of empty calories?
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Meat is No Health Food
- From PETA
By PETA - People for Ethical Treatment of Animals
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Grains are no Heath Food for Me
Well here's my two cents from the peanut gallery: For 24 years I suffered from hypertension and then a year ago November was I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I changed my diet. The culprit? Hyperinsulinemia was depleting my magnesium levels causing my blood vessels to constrict and and my pressure to skyrocket to 170/110. I also had become insulin resistant. The fix? I cut out all sugars, grains, cereals, pasta, bread, potatoes and starches. I only eat slow burning carbs (broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, spinach, legumes, quinoa) and fish, eggs, cheese or meat. I cannot tolerate grains or sugars: the mainstay of vegetarian dieters. I am now off ALL medication ( used to take 6 pills/day for the above). Listen folks, I have compassion for animals myself - but I draw the line at my dinner plate. I take great offense when self-righteous animal rights activists try to tell me what's healthy for ME. A carbohydrate type can thrive on your cuisine - but a protein type like myself cannot. My most recent ancestors (I am a quarter-breed Amerindian) didn't just eat "maize": They ate buffalo and deer - raw kidneys, raw liver, raw intestine and they were hunter gatherers - that's what feral man is and has always been for thousands of years. Please don't tell me we are all "higher evolved" than that. I've tried to be vegetarian at least a dozen times with no luck at all. Hunting is in my blood - like a cat chases a ball of string and it's in my genes. I eat what I kill and feel not an ounce of pity. You kill them on the road anyway driving to work for the green frog skin. And I have news for you: farmers have to kill nuisance animals galore just to give you a vegan diet, so you end up killing animals anyway. If wolves and bears can hunt, so can I - and your dietary advice is outdated. Only fermented soy products are healthy for you. (See Dr.Mercola's website for the lowdown. You're not getting nature's goodness but a chemical feast when you eat tofu burgers. And read Dr.Ron Rosedale's article on insulin metabolism). Also I have a question: If you saw a little girl and her puppy dog on the road but coudn't swerve in time to avoid both, which one would you hit? In my book it's a no-brainer (my sympathies to poor fido not withstanding). BTW, I'm also a member of "PETA": People Eating Tasty Animals and tonight I'm having veal scallopini.
- alpan
January 20, 2009 1:47AM
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Meat is my health food
Well here's my two cents from the peanut gallery: For 24 years I suffered from hypertension and then a year ago November was I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I changed my diet. The culprit? Hyperinsulinemia was depleting my magnesium levels causing my blood vessels to constrict and and my pressure to skyrocket to 170/110. I also had become insulin resistant. The fix? I cut out all sugars, grains, cereals, pasta, bread, potatoes and starches. I only eat slow burning carbs (broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, spinach, legumes, quinoa) and fish, eggs, cheese or meat. I cannot tolerate grains or sugars: the mainstay of vegetarian dieters. I am now off ALL medication ( used to take 6 pills/day for the above). Listen folks, I have compassion for animals myself - but I draw the line at my dinner plate. I take great offense when self-righteous animal rights activists try to tell me what's healthy for ME. A carbohydrate type can thrive on your cuisine - but a protein type like myself cannot. My most recent ancestors (I am a quarter-breed Amerindian) didn't just eat "maize": They ate buffalo and deer - raw kidneys, raw liver, raw intestine and they were hunter gatherers - that's what feral man is and has always been for thousands of years. Please don't tell me we are all "higher evolved" than that. I've tried to be vegetarian at least a dozen times with no luck at all. Hunting is in my blood - like a cat chases a ball of string and it's in my genes. I eat what I kill and feel not an ounce of pity. You kill them on the road anyway driving to work for the green frog skin. And I have news for you: farmers have to kill nuisance animals galore just to give you a vegan diet, so you end up killing animals anyway. If wolves and bears can hunt, so can I - and your dietary advice is outdated. Only fermented soy products are healthy for you. (See Dr.Mercola's website for the lowdown. You're not getting nature's goodness but a chemical feast when you eat tofu burgers. And read Dr.Ron Rosedale's article on insulin metabolism). Also I have a question: If you saw a little girl and her puppy dog on the road but coudn't swerve in time to avoid both, which one would you hit? In my book it's a no-brainer (my sympathies to poor fido not withstanding). BTW, I'm also a member of "PETA": People Eating Tasty Animals and tonight I'm having veal scallopini.
- alpan
January 20, 2009 1:51AM
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Yes, I agree with Dr. Mercola's article on soya
And that good lean meat is good for us.
I have several friends that are vegetarians
and they are not healthier than I am, and
two of the three have plenty of health
problems actually. The amounts of vitamins
they are taking could be described as too
much to be good for them as well.
- Panther
April 10, 2009 12:52AM
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To Say Meat Is Not Healthy Is Ridiculous, but
the rest of the argument was reasonable and from my experience true. When consumed in moderation lean meat can be a healthy part of anyone's diet .
- ieatcomputers
June 12, 2009 5:53PM
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