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By all means, enjoy your eggs! But it doesn't hurt to know the science of food and the human body. Everything we do should be choices made with information. You're eating eggs because... they taste good? That's completely a personal thing. It's a fact that eggs contain fat and protein, now, do you know what effect those…

This is something I also agree with from an ethical standpoint -- hunting your own food, as nature intended. The animals lived their lives, completely free, natural and happy (which probably makes for healthier, better meat too). And you're killing what you are eating, which is respectable. I couldn't do it though, lol.…

Very true, we should always be as involved with our food as possible. Knowledge is power! Ideally, I'd love to grow all my own food all the time (winter...). Otherwise, local, organic is the way to go!

The health perspective is incredibly valid... I went vegan simply because I couldn't deny the truth of it anymore. I ate animals and LOVED meat for 32 years. The prior three years I was focused on high-protein paleo diet myself (and I've never been so unhealthy). The "causative link" you're looking for is called acidosis.…

Just in addition: B12 lasts in the body for about 3 months, so you don't need to supplement often. Also, there are people that DO survive without it just fine. B12 is also derived from dirt (which is where herbivores get it when they're eating plants right from nature). And, it's honestly very hard to not get enough…

I respect everyone's freedom of choice. But every choice should be an informed one. We're all making decisions based on what we know. She said she didn't know why she was a vegetarian. I provided three very valid perspectives to be considered. If she still choses to eat me, so be it. I'm not going to disrespect her. This…

This is pretty cool, to be honest, and only because you can see it for yourself. Government regulations are completely misleading. We absolutely need to go back to the ways of old-world farming, where people were responsible for animals, not corporations, machines and governments. For health reasons, I'd still only eat…

My misunderstanding of evolution -- please elaborate. I don't think there's any debate that we evolved primarily on a mostly plant-based diet, especially when MOST human beings on this planet still consume that diet and most of them never develop heart disease, obesity, cancer or diabetes. Meat-eating was an INFREQUENT…

Hello! For sure, I'm not going to give you direct links (there would be far too many because there are dozens if not hundreds of studies spanning the last 50 years), unless you want them, but if you're truly interested, look up these: Dr. Colin T. Cambpell -- started out living/working on a dairy farm, then began studying…

"...but recently I've noticed that when people ask me why I'm vegetarian, I have no answer!" This is sad to hear. There really are no reasons NOT to be vegetarian/vegan. How about this: FOR MY HEALTH: The Western Diet is riddled with animal products, and most of us eat animals at every meal. The Western World is riddled…

The ONLY nutrient you don't get in a plant-based diet is B12. All other B vitamins are actually more available in plants. It has been shown that you can survive without B12 as well. Meat is actually very unhealthy when consumed regularly--Dr. Otto Heinrich was awarded the Nobel Prize for proving that cancer cells simply…

Good for all of you with eating less meat! The Western diet is completely messed up when you look at: a) the rest of the globe, b) evolution of humans, and c) our health. We were never, ever meant to eat this much meat or animal protein and fat (butter, milk, cheese, eggs)--not at every meal, not every day, not even every…

What ... scientific studies??? This is another person's re-interpretation of the China study data. It shows examples of falsified peer reviews that have nothing to do with the China Study. It has a ton of excerpts from the China Study, and some evidence of other people's individual experiences (opinions)... Then he…

Lol, enjoy your steak. So, did you even read the China Study? Cuz you're asking me to read a heck of a lot in that forum, lol. That doesn't seem fair. I'm going to pick out a few random bits: "Meat, especially red meat, is the richest source of B-complex vitamins. The B vitamins perform a myriad of crucial functions in the…

158 is the high end for healthy cholesterol my friend. Vegans and those eating a plant-based diet (Asia, Africa, etc..) have cholesterol levels around 70 or 80 routinely, half of what yours is. They also have next to no heart disease. Western standards accept that as 'normal' because the national average is around that,…

Respectfully, I disagree with every point you tried to make. Sloths have eyes on the front of their faces, lol. Quite the predator there.... Opposable thumbs -- yes, we use tools, that doesn't make us predators. That makes us ingenious and adaptive. What I said previously, is that BY NATURE'S DESIGN, we are not predators.…

[/quote] It has been debunked over and over and over. Believe what you wish.. As James Randi said..... "There exists in society a very special class of persons that I have always referred to as the Believers. These are folks who have chosen to accept a certain religion, philosophy, theory, idea or notion and cling to that…

Honestly, and I don't mean to be cruel, but you probably do have some degree of heart disease. The majority of people living in the western world DO have the beginnings of heart disease in their adolescence. Heart disease is a disease that builds over years and years and accumulates. We can't really debate this, because…

"SCIENCE BASED MEDICINE" and it's ONE PERSON's opinion on The China Study. Are you KIDDING ME??!?!! And I quote: "I noticed a number of things in the book that bothered me." That is so horrendously oxymoronic... ONE person's opinion is not SCIENCE. There is no science whatsoever in the article you posted. None, nada. It's…

You totally missed the point. Physically, no, we are not predators at all. Apex predators? No, not at all, unless you put a gun in someone's hand, sure, maybe. The majority of human beings never kill anything themselves, ever, not once. Least of all what they eat. They don't hunt their food, they just eat it -- that…

Realistically, human beings as a species are not carnivorous, and we're not predators. Think of a predator (carnivore)... Cat, wolf, praying mantis, falcon... What do they all have in common? Weaponry, built right in. They are born to kill. Teeth, claws, speed, stealth... We're born to be herbivores, and adventitious or…

Turkey burgers. Fish (tilapia) tacos. Terriyaki salmon over a fancy salad. Those are three of my favourites. Spice it up!

Well, you're entitled to your opinion, but I doubt few people would consider poptarts and ice cream every day a 'moderate' thing. Once in a while, maybe, but every day hardly seems moderate or appropriate as part of a healthy diet. Ignorance is bliss though, so, enjoy! I don't really care what you eat, or how healthy you…

Agreed, lol. Key word: "moderate" as opposed to "daily".

Because..... ? You've made no point and there's nothing to consider other than you don't agree, which you're entitled to. What can one say to that? Maybe you could be more constructive and we could discuss ideas? That's the point of forums, no?

Lol, yeah, I did read this thread. I didn't miss anything, as you obviously did... The FIRST person to write on this thread, the person who started it, said that he eats pop tarts and ice cream DAILY. Then several people followed. Good for you hitting your macros. Your body deserves a dump of sugar and crap as a reward?…

Sure, you can absolutely eat any type of food and still lose weight. Fewer calories in and more calories out creates the deficit required to lose weight (and losing weight doesn't only mean losing fat either). But eating poptarts and ice-cream isn't a good idea, and I know you know that. On a calorie budget, one of the…

Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman!

Elro - based on your torso only: yes, lol.

Mrder37: Lol, confidence is the most attractive quality, eh? According to my timing on this thread, I've just become a lesbian though. Haha!