It seems that the biggest objection I've heard about meat from vegetarians is that it causes suffering. Well here you have modern technology catching up, and scientists will soon develop meat free of suffering, since it is just tissue being grown in nutrients.
http://www.newsdesk.umd.edu/scitech/release.cfm?ArticleID=1098
So any of you eat this vat-grown meat? Why or why not? If you answered yes, how much would you pay for vat-grown meat?
2007-10-28 05:00:24 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
Grow it without saturated fats and high cholesterol and I'll be eating steak again.
2007-10-28 12:53:43 · answer #1 · answered by enigma_frozen 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think I would trust anything grown in a vat, especially in its early introduction phase. I don't think I would even eat vegetables that were grown that way.
To answer you question, I would not eat meat grown in a vat. My reasons for eating meat are not just based on not wanting animals to suffer, but also on health. I feel meat is not a healthy part of a diet. Too many health issues associated with eating meat.
2007-10-28 07:52:33 · answer #2 · answered by Prodigy556 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. One, I don't trust meat in the first place (parasites, germs...gross). Two, I wouldn't trust the companies. "Vat Grown!" Who really knows? Companies lie to people all the time! I don't think this would be an exception. Three, people would still think it's okay to eat meat, and our efforts to convince omnivores to go vegetarian/vegan would go down the drain. And last, but not least, the human body doesn't need all those gross chemicals and fat that's in meat. Or in any animal products, for that matter. It adds to people's sickness and ups the chances of some diseases. Vegan is better for me. =)
2007-10-28 05:41:14 · answer #3 · answered by VegHead 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nope, that's just creepy as all heck. It's one reason I no longer eat Quorn (the other is that it has eggs from caged hens). Still, if it means only 100 animals suffer every year rather than 10 billion, I'd consider it an improvment over our current system. The question is: Would omnivores eat it?
2007-10-28 07:23:06 · answer #4 · answered by VeggieTart -- Let's Go Caps! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I wouldn't. I'm not vegan ONLY to reduce animal suffering; I'm also vegan because the human body does not need animal foods in any way, shape or form and because a plant-based diet is far more healthy (see "The China Study.") Also, I've been without meat for nearly 21 years and the thought of eating flesh is utterly foreign to me at this point.
2007-10-28 05:31:04 · answer #5 · answered by mockingbird 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I don't need meat. In or out of a vat.
Animal suffering is not top of my list.
Top of my list is ME.
I'm #1 and I don't like to put stuff in me that doesn't belong.
Humans are herbivores. The end.
2007-10-28 11:40:37 · answer #6 · answered by Scocasso ! 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, what would be the point.
We don't need meat to thrive on a healthy diet so why introduce artificial food into our diets ?
2007-10-28 23:13:50 · answer #7 · answered by Michael H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer to Tart's question is, no, omnivores would not. I'd try it though.
Was an interesting article to say the least.
mamamoon----how do avoid genetically modified foods since almost everything is already genetically modified?
2007-10-28 07:48:41 · answer #8 · answered by Love #me#, Hate #me# 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No I would not. I do not eat Genetically Modified Organism of any kind.
2007-10-28 07:06:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i wouldnt
i dont want to
im happy w/out meat
2007-10-28 05:41:59 · answer #10 · answered by dramaqueen102093 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋