Is anyone a vegetarian? For what reasons? How long?
I am considering making the switch...
I am considering making the switch...
I'm with Cabbie. If God didn't intend for people to eat cows, She wouldn't have made them out of meat!Originally posted by Cabbie
Nope I'm not... meat is king!
Oh, well said!!Originally posted by katl8e
If God didn't intend for people to eat cows, She wouldn't have made them out of meat!That goes for chickens, pigs and fish, too.
Well, the key in ANY diet is balance -- nothing to excess. The thing I think you are picking up on about a vegetarian diet is that the human body needs certain proteins, which, when taken from animal sources, are complete and ready for the body to metabolize and use. However, proteins from most other sources are not complete. So various proteins need to be combined appropriately in order to achieve the same effect. It's not that it isn't possible, or even that it's difficult, just that one needs to be deliberate about making the right combinations.Originally posted by yoviher
I'm with you meat lovers... meat rules!
Anyway, up to my understanding, being a vegetarian is not that healthy... Although it isn't healthy at all to be eating almost all meat, neither it is with vegetables, because then the body does not get enough protein. At least that is what most doctors around here say.
Any knowledge about that?
Have you explored organic products? There is a year-round market in my town, where local farmers/wineries/bakers/artists sell their products. One of the wineries offers chicken and eggs that live free on their property-they are some of the best I've ever tasted and aren't factory farmed. It may be hard and more expensive, but you can find meat and dair not from factory farms.Originally posted by NewtoCats
I was thinking of becoming a vegetarian just because of how horrible factory farming is...