As a vegetarian, I don't hold anything against meat-eaters to be perfectly honest.
I don't look at meat eaters as murderers and such. I do think it's important to eat a little bit of meat (maybe 3-4 servings a week) in conjunction with a mostly vegetarian diet. But I'm a vegetarian because I do care about my overall health, but at the same time I am very compassionate about animals. Unfortunately I do not own any animals as I am very allergic to them. I've taken Claritin and it never helps. It's not just the fur either, there's just something with animals that makes me feel miserable (physically, not emotionally).
Iron and zinc are very important to one's diet, but I'll stick with my multi-vitamin for now. I know supplements are not nearly as good as a natural source, but for a vegetarian diet that includes fish, it's the next best alternative.
As for people who criticize me for eating fish, I never said I never expected that. I do realize that pesco-vegetarianism is debatable as a vegetarian diet. I do limit my fish intake and I do buy fish-oil supplements instead, as I eat fish maybe once or twice a week. Then again, I'm not sure how fish-oil is actually extracted from the fish, but I assume it's probably no better than eating fish itself. But Omega-3 has been proven to help one's own health. But I know flaxseed is full of O3, but I can't seem to find it around me. Some bread like Baker's Inn has O3 in it too, which I might buy since they make good bread.
As for the whole meat debate as to whether we can or able or evolved from being herbivores, I don't know. Our teeth are definitely able to grind meat and there is evidence to show that our teeth evolved that way. At the same time there are vegetation out there that we consume that would be impossible to grind without the very same teeth used to grind meat, so you can debate this till you're green in the face.
But I will say this though, meat eaters (strictly) have MUCH higher rates of constipation than those who eat at least a mild serving of vegetables and fruit. It tells me the body can absorb much of the meat and break it down so our body can use whatever it digests, but just because your body can digest it doesn't mean it's good for you.
Not just skin health that has led me to vegetarianism, but physical and overall health. I have a much easier time maintaining my six-pack in my pesco-vegetarian diet than I do eating meat. Whenever I'm tempted to eat meat I do one thing: I lift up my shirt and look in the mirror and say "God, I'm probably a narcist for doing this but look at that 6 pack...do I want to throw something that 90% of the population wants away by eating that 2 lb. angus burger?"
Okay, maybe it's an odd way to stay pesco-vegetarian, but it works! Besides, anyone conscious about their health has to be a little bit of a narcist.
That's very false. You can go to www.webmd.com (a site edited by certified doctors and physicians) and see for yourself. Lean meat is healthy to an extent. Liver itself can be very toxic to people, mainly because of it's high vitamin A count. Of course you would have to eat certain kinds of liver, like those from sled dogs to be overdosed in vitamin A. Fruits and vegetables themselves are proven cancer and disease fighters. Lean meats are just lower in "bad" cholesterol and saturated and trans fats. You can say Reduced Fat Cheez-Its are healthy by the same argument. Just because something is low fat and low cholesterol does not make it healthy. And no doctor will tell you that you don't have enough lean meats in your diet if your cholesterol is high.Originally Posted by Sasquatch
One more thing. I never liked steak. Even when I was eating meat, I avoided steak because it just doesn't taste that good. I never saw anything in it and while people would throw $20 to eat it. I never understood people's obsession with it and I'll never will.
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