At what price do we eat meat?

IMO, I think that it's healthier to eat more veggies and fruits, but to also eat animals (land or sea) 3-4 times a week. There are a lot of nutrients found in animals that aren't found in other foods. I should know. About 6 years ago I just stopped liking meat, all kinds. Including fish. What happened was I became seriously anemic. I had to take in large amounts of iron supplements every day, just to get back to "normal". I ate very healthy back then, too: almost no junk food, ate mostly veggies and some fruit, would eat lentils and other legumes, ate eggs and drank milk and ate yogurt, etc. I just didnt feel like eating fish or meat of any kind. The minute I was able to get my blood level to normal, I was eating red meat (mostly lamb, since its my favorite) 3 times at least a week and I havent had that problem with anemia since. Also, during my "just so happens" vegetarian moment, I felt my eye sight get weak, and my circulation was poor, too. Fruits and Veggies alone just doesnt cut it for everyone. I recommend you see your doctor before drastically cutting it out of your diet.

I've seen FOOD Inc as well as many other documentaries like that. I learned from them, and for the past 2 years buy my meat only from trusted sources: directly from the farm. Theres a farm in our area that you can buy meat from- we get an entire lamb (cheaper by bulk) and have it cut up for us and delivered to our home. We get our eggs that way, and our chicken too. We put it in a freezer and use it until its done. You can change where you buy your meat from or you can cut it out of your diet and risk losing necessary nutrients that your body needs.

I think you're making a serious mistake in using your own, extremely unusual, case as an argument for everyone else in the world.

All the photos I have posted are of vegan recipes, by the way. In case anyone was wondering. Just pointing out vegetables can look good. And a damn sight healthier than the meat pictures posted on this thread.

Well no... the one pic looked like grass... on a plate. :huh:

That's what animals were put on this earth for I agree it's wrong how the animals are treated. That's why we hunt our own meat!!

Humans are so cocky. We ARE animals, and we're eating other animals. We have for a long time. I don't like the processing that goes along with it, but basically for health reasons.

Plants are living too by the way. Why no tears shed over the broccoli or soybeans you murdered?

I wonder who the concerned member was?

I'm a vegetarian with only one other vegetarian friend so the majority of the people in my life are meat eaters and that's fine, they eat they're way , I eat my way. However a few points to make: my neice who is NOT a vegetarian became anemic and the doctor recommended DATES to remedy it because they are high in iron. I've never been anemic and I eat foods fortified with B 12 and just had bloodwork done and my levels are great. So being vegetarian does not necessarily mean anemic vitamin deficient.

And to the person who said "if we weren't supposed to eat animals why did God make them out of meat"....dogs, cats, and humans are made out of meat too....please don't tell me that means we should be eating them too.

Dogs and cats are eaten in Asia. Is that bad? It's not considered immoral there.

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You should post the picture of the balut. That would revive the thread.

Done! This is good meat eating Asian style!!!!



BALUT- duck embryo

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