Poll: Are you a Vegetarian?
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Some vegetarians perhaps do. Just like some omnivores perhaps do.HG131 said:
I'm no expert but if that sentence from this Wikipedia article [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism#Health_benefits_and_concerns] on vegetarianism is accurate, then that's enough for me.Wikipedia article said:
Um. I'm not so sure about that point either. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livestock%27s_Long_Shadow]HG131 said:
I was a vegan through all of my teenage years, and a raw vegan for the better part of them--not for 'animal rights' reasons, but because I'm a so-called health nut and never really liked meat or dairy to begin with. I can't adequately express how much better soymilk tastes to me than milk. Perhaps 'OMFGWIN' comes close.
I've never felt so physically awesome as when I was a raw vegan. So much energy, such good moods, and none of the health problems we grow to accept as a normal part of our lives as frugivores-who-want-to-be-omnivores: colds, various aches and so on.
I'm only back to being a wannabe-omnivore like everyone else because the quality of produce in my area has plummeted dramatically. I don't know why, but in our grocery stores, the produce has been terrible for the last four years, and the farm stand prices have skyrocketed (for not much better quality). Sad.
I still don't much like meat, though. Aside from sushi maki or well-prepared poultry, the textures and tastes of most meats hit me in no way pleasant. I especially hate chewing fat. Or bone--the flavor of bone instantly nauseates me.
And soymilk is still OMFGWIN.
I've never felt so physically awesome as when I was a raw vegan. So much energy, such good moods, and none of the health problems we grow to accept as a normal part of our lives as frugivores-who-want-to-be-omnivores: colds, various aches and so on.
I'm only back to being a wannabe-omnivore like everyone else because the quality of produce in my area has plummeted dramatically. I don't know why, but in our grocery stores, the produce has been terrible for the last four years, and the farm stand prices have skyrocketed (for not much better quality). Sad.
I still don't much like meat, though. Aside from sushi maki or well-prepared poultry, the textures and tastes of most meats hit me in no way pleasant. I especially hate chewing fat. Or bone--the flavor of bone instantly nauseates me.
And soymilk is still OMFGWIN.
and rapidly decreasing my chances of getting fat and dying of heart failure (i could do this all dayHG131 said:And increasing your chances to get sick!interspark said:well, they cant be that vital because, as i said, im still alive!HG131 said:
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I tried being one last summer, but just couldn't do it. I mean I could if I had to, I just love eating meat
I do have limiatitions though. For example I don't eat Haribo and anything with gelatine in it purely because I find the stuff disgusting. There might be stuff I eat with gelatine in it that I just don't know about, though. I also don't eat McDonalds, KFC or burger king because they treat their animals that badly
I do have limiatitions though. For example I don't eat Haribo and anything with gelatine in it purely because I find the stuff disgusting. There might be stuff I eat with gelatine in it that I just don't know about, though. I also don't eat McDonalds, KFC or burger king because they treat their animals that badly
No, as in consisting of a wide variety of foods and much less junk food.HG131 said:
I mean, the most nutritionally complete diet for humans is entirely frugivorous, if you get obnoxiously technical about it. Fruits alone provide much better, more balanced nutrition than the food pyramid, for example. But this is only true so long as 'fruit alone' means a lot more than apples, oranges, grapes, bananas, and pears, which is just about all that most people are familiar with or have readily available.
For the same reasons that the healthiest person on Earth and the least healthy person on Earth are probably both practicing omnivores. An omnivorous diet can be anything from the the food pyramid to just potato chips, bacon and orange juice.
Bears and raccoons are omnivores. Humans are, anatomically, frugivores, whether we eat omnivorously or not. It's a little hard to make a claim about what 'nature intends,' either way, only what nature resulted in.HG131 said:
Not necessarily, according to the American Dietetic Association [http://www.eatright.org/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=10279].HG131 said:
NOTE: Link is to open a PDF file I found on at www.eatright.org, the ADA's site, searching for keyword 'vegetarianism'.
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Not a chance! I'm a vegetable-rights activist. Vegetables feel pain too, you know? Except for potatoes, they feel nothing at all.
Meat is yum-tastic to me, so I wouldn't know what to do if I was a vegetarian. You just can't beat a really good steak.
I'm an Omnivore, but I actually like vegetarian food if I'm at my veggie friend's house.
Seriously, I never guessed that lasagne their was corn until he told me afterwards
Seriously, I never guessed that lasagne their was corn until he told me afterwards