Vegetarian
I saw this film a few years ago and instantly became vegetarian (and still am 3 years on!)
I was just wondering how many others have converted to vegetarianism as the result of 'Babe'?
I've never understood vegetarians. I enjoy eating meat. Humans were meant to eat meat. If we weren't, we wouldn't have the teeth for eating both meat and plants.
Then there's those that're all "oh but the animals are living things! They're defenseless!"
Um. Plants are living, and most are LITERALLY defenseless. I'm not saying be all "Oh poor plants!" but the argument is retarded.
I eat plenty of vegetables, but I also eat meat. If you generally get sick from eating meat, then don't eat it (my friend is a vegetarian because he gets very sick eating it) but otherwise, what's the point in abandoning meat?
And god, vegans..that's extreme.
Veganism is by no means "extreme." To say such things just shows an intentional disinterest in learning more about it and finding out from sources other than those nutjobs at PETA about why a diet and lifestyle without animal products is not only healthy but beneficial to everyone.
The human body is not naturally equipped with the enzymes involved in digesting meat. That is why a vegetarian or vegan will become sick and lethargic when they eat meat, on purpose or accidentally. I was vegetarian for years and ate one sausage patty at my parents' on Christmas morning... I slept for three hours and was sick for days afterwards. It was not the food being improperly cooked that made me sick but the fact that my body was incapable of processing the food.
Not all vegans and vegetarians are that way because they're bleeding heart liberals who can't stand to eat something with a face or a family. The environmental impacts of feeding livestock, clearing away waste, transporting it to various processing facilities, depleting grasslands, etc... that is often a more pressing reason to become vegetarian. This planet is not ours to use as we please and leave to future generations no matter how we treat it today.
If you look at the amount of meat consumed these days, you can see a direct correlation to childhood obesity and diabetes. Meat and dairy products are full of hormones that make our bodies do strange and unusual things. I'm not saying they go hand in hand but one may play a role in the other. Sure, TVP shaped in the form of chicken and steak is "unnatural" but for the most part, the ingredients are not chemicals. Personally, I'd take tempeh or tofu over fake meat any day of the week (that stuff's too full of sodium for my liking most of the time).
There are many reasons, personal and political, to "abandon" meat. If you don't understand or refuse to grasp them, that's not a vegetarian's problem. Sure, it's possible to be unhealthy and eat a vegetable-based diet, but it's a step in a direction that, in the mean time, respects animals. I don't believe in God so I don't think anybody put animals on earth for us to eat. That argument doesn't fly with me. If you live in America in the 21st century, you are fortunate to be able to live a life where you don't have to hunt for food and you have a wealth of options and choices. You are free to eat what you want, but so am I, my husband, and all of our friends who have decided that meat is NOT what they want to put in their bodies.
We are equipped with both sets of teeth, we are meant to eat meat. I can eat meat just fine and end up staying up until 8 am the next day, it doesn't make me lethargic at all. If you don't eat something regularly like meat, it's sure to make your body a bit upset until you're used to it again (my body rejects breakfast because I normally don't have time to eat in the morning, and when I do eat in the morning, I feel incredibly sick, no matter what it is I end up eating).
People are obese not because of the meat, but due to the way the meat is prepared (Like McDonald's). You can buy a mcdonald's hamburger and have it be 1000 times less healthy than if you bought the ingredients and made a burger yourself, even if your burger ends up being a little larger, it can still become a healthier meal depending on how you prepare it, just like you can ruin a salad by drowning it in dressing.
Also, most of the people I know who are obese or borderline obese hardly eat meat or dairy. Unfotrunately, I'm a bit overweight. However, I hardly get the chance to eat meat, due to it being a bit on the expensive side. The most I get is a bit of ground beef every now and then (so hamburgers and meatballs). I'm a little lactose intolerant (I THINK I am anyway, since anytime I have milk, I get an upset stomach, and I wake up feeling nauseous if I have some the day before) so I hardly have milk products. My weight gain is because of soda. When I stop drinking it, and continue my normal eating habits (and er..lack of exercise...ashamed of it I know but I have no motivation), I drop the weight very quickly. However, drinking it since childhood has got me addicted to it, so it's difficult to stay off it.
Though as of late, it's made me incredibly ill to drink soda so I've been able to ween myself off it.
Regardless, meat does not equal fat.
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