i have lots of friend like this but i personally think they could get too skinny! i love meats!!
2006-10-30 10:22:39 · 13 answers · asked by ty guy 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
If you can maintain a healthy weight for your body, I think it's fine to be a vegetarian. I used to be one myself, not because I thought it was wrong to eat meat, but because I felt sick thinking of where my burger came from. I also know some very overweight vegetarians. It's different for every person's body and food choice.
About the difference between dog teeth and human teeth.... humans have canines. We are true omnivores. One trait that mammals carry is varied dentiation which is an adaptation to diet. You think you can say we shouldn't eat meat because our dental structure is not comparable to a dog's? Well I have news for you, our teeth do not look like a horse's or deer's either!
Okay I'm ranting and raving far too much!
2006-10-30 11:59:15 · answer #1 · answered by M 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ah, I wish being vegetarian did make me skinny!! But even if I'm definitely not skinny, I have good health and a clear conscience knowing that no animals were slaughtered to put a piece of animal corpse on my plate. In general, vegetarians are much, much healthier and live longer than people who eat meat. I have a vegan daughter and son-in-law who glow with good health and have amazing energy and are almost never sick. They had the advantage of becoming vegetarian at a much younger age than I did. The sooner you stop eating dead animals the better, but there are benefits at any age.
2006-10-31 14:23:28 · answer #2 · answered by Maple 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is entirely possible to remain healthy eating a vegetarian (or even a vegan) diet, but it is a lot of hard work, and begs the question, "why?"...The human mouth has canines, teeth that have evolved to rip and shred the muscle-tissue of other animals.
Those who oppose meat-eating on health grounds are nuts.
Those who oppose it on ethical grounds (and there are many who actually have a sound argument) might do better to eat meat, but insist on meat that is 'treated fairly'. Killing a free-range chicken and eating it is still killing a chicken, but it beats 'factory-farmed chicken' hands-down in the ethics department.
We should all demand well-raised animal crops with our buying patterns and our wallets. Then it would happen.
We should also eat less beef, and more horse: Unlike a cow, a horse can live a rich full life as a friend, a pet, or a worker, and then be slaughtered at an advanced age and still taste good at table.
2006-10-30 10:39:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
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2016-11-26 19:55:53 · answer #4 · answered by doolaghty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wonder if you truly have your friends' welfare at heart or if you're just trying to get responses that make you feel better about killing animals so that you can eat "tasty meat".
It's dead flesh and it was put on your plate through extreme suffering. I wouldn't mind so much if you killed it yourself, but letting others do it for you is sick.
Why do you care if your friends are skinny? You don't care that the rest of your friends have 5 pounds of rotting flesh in their colons, are fat, and will probably die of mad cow disease.
If you truly care about your friends you wouldn't foster hatred and misunderstanding of them and the struggle they go through for health and ethics. It's hard enough to be vegetarian in a society that eats solely for pleasure instead of nutrition.
Sorry for the rant....I am just really tired of all the facetious posts.
2006-10-30 11:10:53 · answer #5 · answered by Gayle R 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
All of you silly people saying we were "made to eat meat" feel your teeth.
Then go feel the teeth of your cat or your dog.
Where are your sharp pointy canine teeth for tearing flesh?
You don't have them.
Because you're an herbivore.
An herbivore who has learned to eat meat.
You have wide flat teeth for eating grains and greens. Like a horse. Like a goat. Like a cow.
You're an herbivore.
Our colon is the colon of an herbivore. NOT an omnivore or a carnivore. That's why obesity and colon cancer are so prevalent in our culture. You see all those people with distended tummies because we aren't designed to digest meat.
Go ahead. Have your colon cancer, your diabetes and your osteoperosis.
Enjoy!
I'll be over here having my tofu burger and a huge bowl of greens. And I'll outlive you by at least two decades. I'll be healthier. I'll need less medication. Probably NO medication. AND I'll still be the same weight I was in high school.
2006-10-30 11:29:33 · answer #6 · answered by Max Marie, OFS 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
bad? its great!! eating meat is bad! seriously..its already decomposed whe you eat it anyway, and you do not need meat to survive! you can find the same proteins and whatever in millions of other things that dont include the slaughter of an innocent animal!
2006-10-31 05:03:55 · answer #7 · answered by ♥ lovely 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You don't have to be skinny if you're a vegan Go eat lots of ice cream and chocolates.
2006-10-30 12:39:08 · answer #8 · answered by Totoru 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have been veggie for 7 years when I first turned I actually gained weight
2006-10-30 10:40:11 · answer #9 · answered by Kevin S 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
they aren't eatting enough protein and veges and wheat carbs and whole grains meat is great
shredded pork
meat loaf
fried chicken
hot wings
ribs
bbq chicken
sloppy joes
cheese steaks
meat ball subs
parm sandwiches
italian sausages
hamburgers or cheese
sheperds pie
ham
sausage patties
bacon
shrimp
salmon
tuna
chicken nuggets
chicken tenders
boneless pork spare ribs from chinese restaurant
2006-10-30 10:26:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋