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Farmed salmon are now being fed chicken - and it might actually be better than the status quo
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It is why their numbers are so small.
And why some of them have to go back to eating meat after a time.
You're seriously suggesting that there's not a lot of vegetarians because they die or go back to eating meat?
Wow.
Not at all. I made no such association. Didn't even mention anyone dying. That's all you.
No, I'm suggesting there aren't many because not every one can tolerate it long term. Those I've know who can, were raised that way from infancy. But it seems our bodies, once adapted to animal protein, make it quite difficult for us to stop. Not impossible, just difficult.
Do you have any evidence of any of that?
I lived most of my life eating meat with every meal, stopped eating meat suddenly and got used to it in what, maybe a month?
I think that you have it backwards, it's not that you need to be raised vegetarian for it to be easy, it's just that people are so brainwashed thinking that meat is life that they just can't escape it without a conscious effort.
That's great for you. Again I never said it was everyone. But a portion of people who try, sometimes a few years later, they find that they have low energy, muscle mass and strength loss. Especially athletes and extremely fit people. Sometimes women notice similar problems when pregnant, and they have to eat meat until they give birth, then give it up again.
Vegetarians and vegans frequently claim it's always great for everyone, and the few drawbacks are just people not doing it right. But that isn't always the case.
Yeah, you need to take into account nutrients and the amount of protein you have. But you also need that if you're eating meat, earlier I was reading that like 5% americans have enough fibers, people simply don't care about what they est and that's the problem. But I'd take low energy as a warning sign, above cancer.
Nutrition is something that you need to think about. And yeah, people don't do it right most of the time.
That's the thing though, you have to devote way more time and energy to designing a balanced diet. And even then, depending on where you live, it can take even more time and effort to actually find the food you need. Outside more urban areas, vegetarian-friendly restaurants and markets can be scarce. Your nutritional considerations become a major part of your life, and most people just don't have time for that.
But that's not the only thing, there's the social aspect. Eating is very frequently a social activity. Cutting out meat makes it much more difficult to engage in communal meals, be it restaurants or potlucks. On top of difficulty in finding good options, there's the unspoken tension that being a vegetarian around people actively eating meat creates, especially in meat-centric contexts like barbecues or Thanksgiving dinner. The social difficulties can make it too alienating a prospect for most people.
I get it, but it's just not rational to expect the majority of people to cut out meat. I've tried.
cough India cough
They still... Have meat in their diet? I've never understood this argument.
It reaks of bad faith and bullshit.
Yes they eat less meat. No they are not a magic wonderland of vegetarians.
Yeah, I think you need to look up Indians and their diets better. Some Indians eat meat, others are completely vegetarians, around 50%. I know they have religious rules against eating meat, any meat.
It's really a Hindu, rather than a specifically Indian, thing. But India is majority Hindu, so.
Hinduism encourages vegetarianism, and it is considered more moral than eating meat since you aren't killing an animal. However, only Brahmins are required to be vegetarian; other castes can eat non-cow meat if they like, though refraining from doing so is considered better. Since the Brahmins are the highest caste, vegetarianism is a conservative position in India, while the woke SJWs defend religious minorities' traditions of eating meat.
But, as has been said, this all means that India has a higher than average proportion of vegetarians, and even the lower-caste vegetarians are no less healthy than foreigners of comparable social class.
There are also degrees of vegetarianism. A former housemate of mine is a vegetarian for religious reasons, but he didn't mind eating a cupcake I'd made which he didn't realise had egg in it.
One of my current housemates eats meat but his dad is a Brahmin, and said dad can't even eat vegetarian food that was prepared in cookware which had meat in it at some point. To cater to the really strict Brahmins, there are "double vegetarian" restaurants, where all the food is meat-free and the staff are all vegetarians.
Indians recognise the word vegan because of English hegemony, but they don't use it themselves. They refer to such people as "true vegetarians"; I think the Jains fall here.
What's the life expectancy in India vs western countries? Remind me again lol
I rest my case
Isn't that more a case of low income and low access to health care? Loads of countries in that income bracket that have similar life expectancy while eating meat.
Was this an actual attempt at discussion or drive by lol trolling?
You would make an excellent yehaaw scientist.
Yes. As I said in another comment, people raised without animal meet tend to do fine. Most others have a difficult time.
Are you suggesting eating meat since birth changes you physiologically or that Skill issue?
Physiologically. Mostly gut biome I imagine. But I'm not doctor, I don't know specifically what it is. I just know a non zero number of p.. It may be an economic issue, being ablke to afford the right food.
The gut bacteria thing might make sense, but a lot of people transition. They would then have the new biome. Extra farting and all.
I think it's a culture issue, as in the culture teaching you what works and what does not, etc. in terms of eating habits and recipes. Maybe once a robust culture forms around eating vegetarian food where you live, then maybe all the doubts might go away.
I don't know, it's an educated guess. I know they aren't richer in India, and they are doing fine.
I'm not talking about doubts. I'm talking about a group of people who have done it for years, and at some point noticed problems. They go to the doctor and find deficiencies in their bloodwork. Then go to a nutritionist to try to correct for it. Eventually they try eating fish or something for a few days and see improvement, seemingly overnight. They then have meat meals once or twice a week, and do fine on that.
Certainly we eat far more meat than we need, and the vast majority of us should cut back. But the insistence that meat should be or even could be, entirely eliminated from everyone's diet today if we all decided to, is just wrong. But if everyone cut back, even to half, perhaps the awful industrial farming conditions could be improved. That would also take some economic policy changes to make happen, but maybe.
I agree eating meat can have good affect on people's health. I don't agree it's a simple 'eating meat is always better' deal. I personally know people who have trouble with animal protein. Also let's not forget the deleterious effects of eating red meat.
I'm not trying to be 'but what about the bad effects too!' person. I agree that eating meat can be good for you. I just also think that a whole nation of people eating vegetarian meals all their lives goes to show that it is possible and normal. I also think that a lot of people in that nation would benefit from eating meat, as you pointed out.
It's not a question of nutrition.
They suffer malnutrition often. Unless they are extremely wealthy.
For the masses to be healthy we need meat. It's the way it is.
Anything to back that claim up?
Source, my bank account?
Your datum for this claim is your bank account for that claim? Wut? Are you implying you're a vegetarian?
What is typically called 'a waste of humanity's effort'
As of today in the UK (as an example)
Beef: 9.11 GBP / kg (at ~ 23g protein/100g raw beef) is 3.96 GBP /100g protein.
Tofu: 1.80 GBP/ 450g (at ~ 16g protein/100g tofu) is 2.50 GBP /100 protein.
So how exactly is meat cheaper?