I don't eat beef or pork. I eat vegetarian cheese and drink almond milk, so basically no cow products. I hope to become vegetarian one day.
I think there are multiple reasons to avoid meat, humane reasons and scientific. Cows contribute a lot to the gases in the environment and pugs are vastly intelligent. Both are solid reasons to get meat out of my diet.
The human body requires a nutrient element called cobalt, or cobalamin. Cobalamin is more commonly known as Vitamin B12. Dr. Paul Marsh, Health, Safety & Environment Manager [has it that] Humans need cobalamin “ready-made” in their diet. Cobalamin is so important to human health that the human body has a special delivery system just for obtaining cobalamin from the diet, called “intrinsic factor”. Cobalamin is needed for blood cell formation, and consequently one of the main deficiency effects is anemia with a decrease in red blood cells. Cobalamin is also essential for healthy brain and nervous system function, as well as in DNA synthesis, fatty acid synthesis, and energy metabolism.
How do you get cobalt? You must ‘eat a little bit of everything’ within your local market. The so-called common sense diets of people these days, protestant based ethics, “take all you want, just eat all you take” is as inconsiderate of our bodies as refusing to wash the dishes after the meal. Buzzards and vultures eat rotten meat; but you’ve never heard of one getting cancer, stomach problems, or being overweight. Just listen to your body, it’ll tell you when something should be rejected.
So when my mother tells me to be thankful for whatever I have to eat, children in Africa are starving, I tell her to invite them to dinner.
Once, my mother tried to use that "starving children in Africa" line on me, and how they'd be happy for what I had. I said, "Well, let's send this to them." She backhanded me so hard, it knocked me off the chair. I realized then, that many moms don't appreciate logic.
@KKGator Yeah, that line of shit hovered around most dinner tables in the 50's.
@Highway-Starr It lasted on through the 60s, too.
My dog eats his own poop. Just because it's good for one specie.... I do agree that a varied diet is probably best though.
Omnivore
@TiberiusGracchus Someone doesn't like that I disagree with them. But the bottom line is I enjoy eating meat, fruit, veg etc..end of
I grew up on a little farm where we had a huge garden, canned & preserved all summer, raised chickens, pigs & rabbits for food, hunted & fished & foraged throughout the year. We did not have meat with every meal. I just took it for granted that was normal.
As an adult, as much as I love a good steak, beef hates me. Makes me violently ill when ingested. Don't know why. Bison is a good substitue but its expensive so its a rare treat.
I was recently diagnosed as gluten sensitive (I don't have the disposable income or time or inclination to fight the insurance company to go through testing to confirm Celiacs) so that removes a ton of preprocessed common staple foods & vegetarian products from my pantry. Good thing I like to cook, its a real adventure these days.
Similar tale, grew up eating garden vegies, local farm produce and beef. At 43 go gluten free - no funds for celiac test - FEEL way better. Like to cook and guess what, I produce much less waste for the garbage man to pick up or put in the recycle bin. Is reading labels your favorite past time at the grocery store? LOL
@silverotter11 as much as I hate it, I have learned so much about what is in food. On a regular basis, standing in the aisle@ grocery the words "WTF" & "f*ck me" fall out of my mouth, usually about the 4th or 5th label I read. I did not know there was "wheat syrup" until I started reading labels.
I respect vegetarians that don't judge or hold some sort of superiority about it. Personally, I tried going vegetarian but my allergies make it basically impossible plus I just really love meat. I wish you luck in your quest for vegetarianism as long as you're cool to us
Eat as litte red meat as possible, mostly chicken here, once in a tad I do have red meat.
Mostly chicken and eggs, and the occasional salmon here.
I follow the conduct of Buddha Shakyamuni ... I will not condemn others for eating it and I will not kill creatures myself. But if already prepared I will not turn it down.
Oh, I've never heard of that. I eat meals at work that I would never prepare for myself. That makes sense to me. Thanks for explaining.
I am transitioning to vegan/vegetarian one step at a time. I've completely done away with cow milk (which was hard for someone who really loved milk), I've tried vegan cheese recently, but overall I've opened my horizons for trying new healthier meals and food options. It's difficult to afford healthy food and vegan food sometimes, but when I can I make those mindful choices.
I was veggie for 9 years, but got anemia quite badly. My doctor was unsympathetic to my plight and told me I needed to eat meat or have an injection which wasn't vegetarian either. I ate a steak.
Now I eat a lot of meat substitute products, almond milk or water instead of milk and have a great collection of vegan recipes which I use at home. I know more about nutrition and would love to be vegan, but at the moment it's not something I'm working at seriously I'm afraid. As vegan becomes more popular I hope it becomes easier, cooking for one is a bore.
I do also love good quality meat. Venison, grass fed beef, free range organic chicken. But I probably eat these once a week at most.
I only eat a small amount of fish..no other meat. I also eat a boiled egg every day.
The rest of my food includes dried fruits, nuts, sprouted mung beans, juiced veggies.
I eat what is on the plate... Daily dose of Meat for me.
I sure do. I grew up on a farm where we raised Angus cattle that were destined for 4 adn 5 star restaurants. That's the quality of beef I was accustomed to. Once I got to college and was subjected to the low quality stuff they serve there, I couldn't stand beef any more. I eat mostly chicken and fish.
I tried to go vegetarian, after about 6 months I was dreaming of hamburgers and my body ached. I caved and bought some groundbeef made a meatloaf and felt alot better. I don't eat alot of beef as organic grassfed non-GMO is expensive but seems I do require just a bit to feel good.
I eat meat. Several times a week. I'm not a fan of most vegetables, and I cannot tolerate
beans. I will never become a vegetarian or a vegan.
I wouldn't dream of telling anyone else what they should or shouldn't eat.
My greatest hope for everyone is that they can live their lives as they wish to.
It takes one gallon of water to produce a single almond, just saying.
Also, animals like deer have been documented partaking in carrion meat, humans included. The more you know...
While cutting down on meat consumption is fine. I don't think humans are meant to be strict vegetarians.
I ate vegetarian for a few years. I started because I had leukemia and I paid very close attention to what I ate, and kept eating vegetarian after ther was no sogn of cancer in my sistem.
Then, I got priced out of my apartment and moved in with my sister's family. Since she does mos tof ht ecooking I eat what she pepoares. However, if I lived aloen again,k I'd probably go back to easting vegetarian.
I eat meat one meal a week.
I have no plans to do it more often or less often.