Reply to Is anyone on here vegan?

Forum Index » Food, Cooking, and Restaurants

Reply to "Is anyone on here vegan?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]

Really? Is that why virtually every culture (save self-righteous urban American hipsters) in the world since the beginning of time eats some sort of animal protein?

So, all human beings around the world have all been doing it wrong for millions of years, until about 50 years ago, when somebody figured out we were supposed to be vegan?

Gimme a break. Veganism is a trend and a stupid one.

Anyone who is a vegan has no clue, and I mean NO CLUE, how food is really produced. If you hate the idea of eating meat, get over yourself and eat responsibly raised chicken eggs. You'll get the protein and iron you need.[/quote]

Okay first off, we are one of the only cultures today to live primarily off animal protein. Asian cultures do eat some animal proteins, in the form (primarily) of fish, which has a far different makeup than beef/poultry. They also eat fish maybe once a day. That's it. They don't have dairy 3-4 times a day, then a serving of pork, beef, and poultry. Our diets are too heavily animal protein based.

Course there are the many medical studies showing how a vegan diet can reverse heart disease (http://www.happyhealthylonglife.com/happy_healthy_long_life/2008/06/yes-you-can-prevent-reverse-heart-disease---but-are-you-up-for-the-challenge-let-dr-esselstyn-convince-you.html).

Vegan is called a "fad" because it goes against the traditional American diet. We, as humans, have incredible difficulty digesting dairy products. Dairy makes our blood acidic. Having an acidic blood supply would eventually kill us, so our body must neutralize the acid immediately. It uses phosphate from the bones to do this. What's the problem, you ask? That phosphate is chemically bound to the calcium that makes up our bones. When the phosphate is pulled out, so is the calcium. The phosphate is used to neutralize the bloodstream, and the calcium is excreted. Why is it that so many American's have osteoporosis when we consume so much dairy? Correlation?

The reality is that by eating meat, we are filtering our food through the animals body. The animals consume vitamins and minerals from plants, and when we eat their meat, we get a small fraction of those nutrients, plus a whole lot of cholesterol and fat that we definitely don't need. If you want a healthy diet, you need to go to these plant sources directly, and cut out the "middle man".

You might want to do some actual research before you start speaking out of your a$$.[/quote]

Why are vegans so angry? I only suggested she eat eggs. And I have done a ton of research on this, I used to be a vegetarian, foolish me.

As for "Asians" not eating meat --  hahahahahahahahahahahaha. You are such a typical Westerner vegan!  First off, the diet of various "Asians" is as greatly varied as "Asians" are.  Like much of the world, much of non-Muslim Asia eats tons of pork -- from oink to tail as in the whole damn pig. Are you really claiming the Chinese, for example, don't eat pork?

As for animals and "filtering" -- you have it backwards. Being at the top of the food chain means we can benefit from the animals who eat grass all day long (such as sheep and cows). We humans only have one stomach, and do not process grass and greens the same way, if you don't believe me, why not spend the day grazing in a field? That way you could cut out the middle man! Instead, humans benefit from getting a condensed form of those nutrients found in grass, not a small fraction, but a larger amount. It comes in a lovely little package called animal meat.

The American Diet is horrible, but it's not because of animal products, it's because of processed foods and sugar (and yes, your soy burger and Morning Star patties are processed food). Factory farmed animals, raised on corn and soy, are also terrible for our health. Grass-fed beef, pastured chicken, wild game. That is what we were meant to eat for our protein, not soy and a vitamin pill.

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics