What do you think....?

Question

...Of vegeterians?

Answer 1

We're just people. A person should not be judged solely by their diet/food choices.

Answer 2

"To each his/her own".... I was just reading a study that showed that Vegans have lower bone density but their bones are showing to be just as strong without any problems... They're still very healthy...That's great news!!

I think that I would appreciate the values of someone who was concerned about their health, the welfare of animals and environment moreso than someone who would shove down a double cheeseburger or "whatever" without respect for the animals who's lives were sacrificed so one could enjoy munching their flesh...
Sounds "sick" and unfortunately the majority of large commercial farming IS JUST THAT. It's about the money, not about your health and certainly the welfare of the animal is the last concern.

Meat eaters who are concerned with and make the effort to know WHERE their meat comes from, ensuring the animal is respected, well cared for and treated with dignity certainly shouldn't be discriminated against. That's just my own personal opinion.

Answer 3

They're awesome! When I do not live with my mom, I wish to become one. My mom probably wouldn't understand if I told her I wanted to go vegetarian. I refuse as much meat as possible, though. My mom doesn't know why I'm doing this, though. I know she wouldn't let me become one because of a few things she has said to me.

I've heard of many, many health problems meat-eaters have, too. They aren't just cholestorol and high blood pressure, either. Livestock is often sick. Also, the put growth hormones and anti-biotics into cows, pigs, etc., too. The stuff is in milk and eggs, too.

I think meat-eaters eat meat because they do not know better, and were raised like that.

Answer 4

Dylans 16 thumbs down says a lot, a tad biased in your generalisations aren't you Dylan ?? Sounds like you live in Vegansville or something. Just how many veggies have you met ?? Not many i suspect. Reading your profile its obvious you have nothing to add to this forum, why even bother staying here with your hatered.

I think vegetarians add a lot to our education and standards, we need more of them. They tend to show greater levels of education about food and the environment.

Ther are 200 million veggies in the world, about 0.1% may be preachy, so what.

Answer 5

I think of them the same way I do "meat eaters". I don't judge anyone based on their diet, religion, race, creed, etc. Most people show you the type of person they are in a short time after you meet them. My opinion of people is based on their attitude, and how they treat others.

Answer 6

What do you think of Albert Einstein, Leonardo DaVinci & Chelsea Clinton?

Answer 7

In general, when you meet a veggie, you can at least be sure that they are a conscientious person, who thinks about their actions and how they affect their health, animals and/or the planet. Whatever else they are, they at least think.

Answer 8

Love them and love being one. I like your Viking hat too.

Answer 9

And Dylan is a tool for thinking that all vegetarians do it because they love animals too much.

My cousins a vegetarian, she just doesn't like meat. If something has eyes then she just doesn't like it. But shes pregnant and eats some for her baby.

If your a vegetarian, cool. If your a crazy one that's gonna ask me if I'm really gonna eat that or lecture me, uncool.

Most vegans I know on the other hand are just people that are trying a bit too hard. If you wanna hand out flyers saying that I can't drink milk I've pretty much lost almost all of my respect for you.

Yeah yeah give me all the thumbs down you want for me not liking people lecturing me on what i eat.

Answer 10

Cholesterol (which is only found in animal products) and high levels of saturated fats have been linked with heart disease. Removing animal products from your diet, or reducing your consumption of them, can considerably reduce your chances of developing heart-related problems. Reducing your consumption of animal products can also help reduce the probability of developing certain forms of cancer. For instance, studies have shown that vegetarians have up to 40% less chance of developing bowel cancer. With heart disease and cancer being the leading causes of death in western countries, the importance of reducing our consumption of meat and animal products cannot be underestimated,

People just dont become vegetarians and vegans because they love animals although its a bonus, thye do it for health reasons as
well.

Studies have shown that vegetarians are less likely to have the following conditions:

heart disease and high cholesterol
high blood pressure and stroke
cancer, especially of the colon and reproductive organs
obesity
mature-onset diabetes
gallstones and diverticular disease
Researchers have estimated that between $28.6 billion and $61.4 billion of health expenditure in the USA in 1992 could be attributed to eating meat (1). They made this calculation by examining how much more common particular diseases were among meat eaters than among vegetarians.

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare estimated the medical cost of diet-related diseases in 1988 at $1.5 billion (2). Diet-related diseases such as heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, stroke and cancers are precisely those that are less common among vegetarians.

A number of studies have shown a lower age-adjusted death rate among vegetarians. A UK study of over 6000 vegetarians found that they had a much lower standardised mortality rate than the general population, including lower death rates due to cancer and especially ischaemic heart disease.

The vegetarians also had fewer deaths than the meat eating friends and relatives they had nominated as a comparison group. Even though this control group was also healthier than the general population, the vegetarians were 40% less likely to die of cancer and 20% less likely to die of heart disease than their meat eating friends and relatives (3).

A 21-year study of over 27,000 Seventh Day Adventists (SDAs) in California found that there was a lower age adjusted death rate among this group than among the general population (4). Men had a lower death rate due to coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, all cancers combined, and cancer of the colon, rectum and prostate in particular. Women had a lower death rate due to stroke, diabetes, all cancers combined, and cancer of the colon, rectum, breast and ovary in particular.

Edit to Dylan: Its hard to imagine you politely pointing out to people anything when you make statements that vegetarians are all a bunch of stupid hippies who have an un-natural love with animals". Generalising is quite immature. There are quite a few health reasons as cited for limiting or eradicating meat from the diet. Also Big Macs are high in saturated fats and extremely fattening. It may not bother you if you are oung but when you are 40, you will have a range of health issues to combat like the other fat people who eat at McDonalds