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The question I wonder about -- and I speak as a non meat-eater -- is whether it is, indeed, the meat itself that is at fault, or the payload of antibiotics, gro
by mikro2nd 11y ago
The question I wonder about -- and I speak as a non meat-eater -- is whether it is, indeed, the meat itself that is at fault, or the payload of antibiotics, growth hormones, colourants, preservatives, etc. that are the product of contemporary factory-style production of meat.
- dpatrick86 11y agoThose things are no doubt playing a huge role, but as a person increases their consumption of meat they may also be crowding out fiber. Fiber is substrate for the microbiome. Listen to what Dr. Justin Sonnenburg out of the department of microbiology & immunology at Stanford has to say about the importance of fiber... https://youtu.be/gOZcbNw7sng?t=6m19s https://youtu.be/gOZcbNw7sng?t=6m19s
- junto 11y agoI would go as far as to say that the alterations we are making to plants, might also have long term unforeseen negative effects, that we are yet to appreciate. Sometimes I think the fact that we can "hack" nature, doesn't mean we should.