Comments on: Are humans meant to be vegetarian?

By: Katinka - Spirituality

Katinka - Spirituality — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:58:11 +0000

One of my readers comments:

Meat eating is associated with great suffering in the animal kingdom. These highly organized, sentient beings are herded into slaughterhouses with the smell of death in the air, shocked with cattle prods, shackled, hoisted, and murdered. It is a cruel, sadistic, brutal process that leads to the eating of the poor creatures’ corpses by humans. As we evolve as a species, we should leave that behind along with bullfighting, bear baiting, throwing Christians to the lions, and all other relics of our barbaric past.

By: art

art — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:44:38 +0000

This is one of the more responsible explanations a vegetarian has produced. However, it is not entirely accurate. For example, there are ways to eat meat w/o the need for the animals to suffer like so many like to point out. Meat eating can also be done in an environmentally friendly way as well.

Because we are biological omnivores I would argue it is very natural for us to eat meat. Why wouldn’t a prehistoric human have eaten a raw kidney scavenged from a freshly killed mammal (killed by lions or whatever)? What about a hand full of grubs they may have found? Eating a humanely raised/butchered steak a couple times a week sure is more natural than taking pills.

All things considered, even as a happy and healthy meat eater, I would say moderation is the key.

By: omnivore1

omnivore1 — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:02:06 +0000

I get raged on all the time for eating meat, like the post says “we are like pigs”, so we can choose to eat meat or vegetables. So doest that mean all the native Americans were wrong for eating meat, grains, vegetables? They were doing just fine for couple thousand years along with others. I mean I guess it’s up to what ever you choose to do, but to be moderate and not to be a “”pig”" I might be wrong, but I guess we all are humans can’t live with them can’t stop being one.

By: Katinka Hesselink - All Considering

Katinka Hesselink - All Considering — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:33:32 +0000

Interesting. I look forward to further results along that line of research. But there is a definite disclaimer at the bottom there:

“these results are preliminary and were obtained from analysis of only three individuals.”

“Large-scale population studies would be needed to prove if this molecule has any role in human disease including cancer.”

By: Andras Nagy

Andras Nagy — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:50:13 +0000

Katinka,
There is a scientific evidence of eating red meat causes cancer. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3149062.stm

By: katinka - spiritual

katinka - spiritual — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:10:39 +0000

I do think eating meat means desensitizing yourself to the fact that an animal was killed for your consumption – and their suffering. I would not go so far as to say there’s a chemical result to that and causes cancer.

By: Andras Nagy

Andras Nagy — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:02:59 +0000

Red meat contains a substance called “imperil”, for a lack of better words – it is the contamination of nerve endings of the animal that instinctively knows of being slaughtered. This is a poisonous substance and will cause problems in the consumer. These problems are varied and manifest in cancer and other diseases. If you must eat meat, eat it in moderation and avoid red meat.

By: Marmite - Deerwood

Marmite - Deerwood — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:41:38 +0000

[...] Are humans meant to be vegetarian? (allconsidering.com) [...]

By: Katinka - spirituality

Katinka - spirituality — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:59:41 +0000

The new lines get cut off by my blogtheme. I’m working on a new one which will display comments WAY better than this one. For now you’ll have to live with it as it is.

You’re right about the fact that anything that’s a bit off is likely to have B12. The main criterion is whether the bacteria that get it to be off create B12. Yeast bacteria do, so anything with living yeast is likely to have B12.

As for beans: they need to be combined with rice for an optimum blend of aminoacids. But for most people in the west getting enough protein is hardly a problem – vegans included.

You are right about the fats and oils: going to the other extreme of eliminating fat altogether isn’t a good idea either. The same is true for eliminating sugar or fiber etc.

By: David Melik

David Melik — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:20:55 +0000

Sorry my comment is displayed long: newlines must have been ignored. I should try html newlines or spaces. These were paragraph places:

‘Your recommendations…’
‘This page mentions “natural,…”‘
‘Pedalled…’
‘Most computers are [not] (electro)mechanical…’ (also, omit that 1st not.)