Professor Carlo Sirtori, a distinguished clinician and scientist, has brought to light how meat-eating leads to aggression in humans, because phosphorus and calcium are to be found in meat in a ratio of 50:1. Meat-eating leads to a phosphorus excess which is not natural for humans, whose milk has a 1:2 phosphorus-calcium ratio. Sirtori comments that this fact leads to a fall in calcium levels, leading to irritable and aggressive behaviour, and sometimes convulsions in small children.
During the Gulf War in 1992, US marines getting ready to go into action were supplied with 50,000 turkeys in addition to the normal, abundant meat rations. The reason: "They are soldiers and have to eat a lot of meat." In other words: "They have to attack, and meat helps make them aggressive."
In the words of the well-known philosopher, Jacopo Moleschott, which confirms meat's aggressive influence: "As long as the Irishman is fed with potatoes, he will be subjugated by the Englishman eating steak and roast beef."
-a translations by Hugh Rees, Milan - commissioned by Associazione Vegetariana Italiana (AVI)
2007-03-16 10:51:40 · 19 answers · asked by kayamat_ka_din 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
No. I have vegetarian friends who can get pretty rowdy.
2007-03-16 10:58:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋
So Moleschott says: "As long as the Irishman is fed with potatoes, he will be subjugated by the Englishman eating steak and roast beef."?????
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
sorry, can't help it.
I guess Moleschott didn't get his education at Notre Dame University "The Fighting Irish".
2007-03-19 13:50:26 · answer #2 · answered by Sue L 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have no real problem with a person's right to choose to be a vegetarian, but I don't think that your arguments hold up to analysis very well.
I can't comment on Professor Sirtori's work, not having access to his full report, but wouldn't the potassium excess be removed from the human body via the kidneys?
As for the second point, for Americans the turkey is associated with Thanksgiving and thus is a reminder of good times and thus can improve morale. Also soldiers risk getting injured, and having a good supply of meat to provide the protein for the healing process is a good idea.
Your third point could be just as easily used to demonstrate that vegetarianism leads to passivity, or that someone with a poor diet will lose to someone who has eaten healthily.
One final point, wouldn't the "Associazione Vegetariana Italiana", be a vegetarian society, and thus not an impartial observer of the pros and cons of being a omnivore or herbivore?
EDIT
I should have been more clear that my arguments were intended as counter-points to promote a balanced debate, not as criticism of your point of view.
2007-03-16 11:53:01 · answer #3 · answered by Nebulous 6 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Not sure about aggressive but I'm sure diets high in meat-especially the dodgy,intensive produced meat most people eat-causes health problems.
2007-03-17 09:17:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I would think eating meat can cause us to more aggressive. Considering the animal kingdom, whereby the peaceful animals are generally herbivores and those of a carnivorous nature are ferocious. It's like comparing junk foods and healthy foods, junk foods can affect us physiologically i.e. sick etc. healthy food maintains our health. So meat and no-meat diet, I believe, can affect our temperament as well. "you are what you eat".
2007-03-17 20:05:23 · answer #5 · answered by rujoon 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nah, OK I'll accept that diet does affect our moods and stuff but I've been Vegie for 4 years and I'm pretty aggressive!
2007-03-16 13:10:20 · answer #6 · answered by bexdonnelly 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes ..I do believe it is true..I asked a question on yahoo answers and the meat eaters wanted a piece of me ...LOL.............. It is sad in war because many of those who die come from poor areas where the military is a way out and sometimes I think our government knows more then it ever tells ... but it is good someone is talking about it..
2007-03-16 11:21:39 · answer #7 · answered by connie b 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
I believe it is possible- they are what they eat. Hormones to animal-animal to humane , same effect. They are not so laid back when it comes reality about the truth.
2007-03-20 03:04:44 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the meat eaters have just proved your point !! Look at the aggressive answers to your other question about the lab rats.
Stars removed. I was on your side I'm a VEGAN.
2007-03-16 11:21:37 · answer #9 · answered by Andielep 6 · 5⤊ 2⤋
yes, i will use personal experience to explain
my brother who eats lot and lots of meat, gets mad at me, very easily, a short fuse if you will, if i punch him he gets mad, but problly wont' punch me back, but if i take away his meat, then he will go crazy, i mean rampage crazy, unstopple stuff
i only did it once to mess withh his head and it worked
i mean if someone took my fruit away, i'll just go make another plate, to share is to love
2007-03-16 16:03:39 · answer #10 · answered by mikedrazenhero 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Interesting, thanks for sharing.. I am of the mindset that the animal must be horribly terrified while they are in line for slaughter, hearing the squeals and screams of the ones before them. I would think a huge amount of adrenaline is released right at slaughter, making the meat permeated with it. That would have to pass on to the consumer, wouldn't you think?
2007-03-16 11:23:13 · answer #11 · answered by beebs 6 · 5⤊ 4⤋