how do you feel about vegetarianism?

Question

i like to know all your veiws on veggies.......do you think they are fools to not eat meat or do you think that they are doin something truely amazing?????

Answer 1

Why would you be asking vegetarians about views on ourselves? Surely you must know that most of the people who frequent this board are vegetarians.

Answer 2

I'm pretty cool about veggies. I can serve up a varied menu for dinner. But when veggies arrive on Monday morning when I've been away for the weekend and they seem to be staying for lunch, then I have problems. Not much in the freezer apart from spinach. Yogurt (passed it's sell by date), half a tub of ricotta, half a tired cucumber, a tin of tomatoes (don't look too closely at the label), a bunch of fairly fresh parsley. Plenty of pasta in the store cupboard. Thank God they weren't vegans!

Sent my son to the bakery to buy bread and served up various pasta sauces. Not a challenge I would like to face every day.

Answer 3

I think people who eat meat are fooling themselves. Have you seen what they put in those poor animals before they're slaughered - all the antibiotics, growth hormones & other chemicals. Where do they end up? In the person who eats the meat. Don't fancy that at all. If you want more info go & read Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser - it will at least make you think about the rights & wrongs of a meat-based diet, if nothing else.

On the other hand, I do fancy a lifestyle that's friendlier to animals and the environment, as well as my own body. Less chance of cancer, heart disease, obesity, etc.

By the way - Wilma, do you really think that our incisors are comparable to the incisors of a carnivore? Have you seen the incisors on a lion, or even a dog or domestic cat?!

Have you noticed how many meatheads come on this *Vegetarian & Vegan* board and give off about vegetarians? I don't see many vegetarians doing the same about the meaties!

Answer 4

I used to be a vegan - and it was great I though I was healthier and more active - until I had a heart attack and my Dr said it was due to too little fat in my body (I was 21). Allot has to be said about youth it is survivable. There is a right and a wrong way to live a vegan or vegetarian lifestyle - it takes research and balance in foods and healthy fat choices or it will cause health problems. Fortunately there are more websites and books now then there were then - if you are considering dropping meat from your diet do your research and make sure you do it in a healthy way. I still eat very little meat and encourage a healthier balance to food than most of my peers but vegetarianism and vegan lifestyles are a huge commitment and very difficult to follow without co-operation from your family and friends. It is like any other choice - ultimately up to you- but do your homework and make sure you can do it safely. Good luck!

Answer 5

I think vegetarianism is very good for your health. Yes, as some point out, we are meant to eat meat. But that was before mass production. I don't think of it in terms of the animal, I have to admit, unless it is how they are raised, or kept, that is an entirely different story. But as far as health, it is better to stay away from animal products these days. I had done so for quite some time, and felt the better for it, and lost loads of weight. My gut was healthier, and my skin was glowing. Sounds like a fair trade to me.

Answer 6

Im a veggie and proud
Its my choice but I wouldn't force it on anyone the same way I wouldn't want someone to force me to eat meat

Answer 7

I feel to be a Vegetarian you must be a very dedicated Loyal person.. You give up something taught that was so important to us and to later find out that its not true. That there are so many other ways to get protein and create similar styled food with out the mass cruelty that happens at these slaughter houses..

Answer 8

I think I'm a "selfish" vegetarian. I don't eat meat due to any moral principals (as I still wear leather and suede etc), I don't eat meat and fish as I just don't like the taste of it. I still eat cheese and dairy products. I don't eat eggs as I'm severely allergic to them.

Answer 9

its the way of the future...!
i think it is fantastic that theyc an limit themselves to not eating meat, and that they are doing it for a great cause. Even better are vegans, although i do not think i could manage that myself!
i am a pescetarian-i eat fish but not meat
i feel so much better to be one, and although i still eat fish, i may give that up later...
How can anyone be a fool not to eat meat? so you may like it, but that is no reason to keep eating it. I do understand how some people eat it though-i hav only stopped for about 4 months, and didnt really think about it b4 that,

Answer 10

I think it is fine

I neither think they are fools nor that they are doing anything amazing. People have been vegetarians for centuries (Asia)

Some birds eat seeds, and some fish .... so it's ok to eat what you want to eat