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There are plenty of life long vegetarians in India so this article seems nonsense. I would agree that people should watch their diet and make adjustments but ca
by maxxxxx 8y ago
There are plenty of life long vegetarians in India so this article seems nonsense. I would agree that people should watch their diet and make adjustments but categorically declaring that we need animal fat doesn’t make sense.
- Angostura 8y agoFrom my travels it seemed that most Indian vegetarians were happy to drink milk, and quite a few ate eggs.
- maxxxxx 8y agoThere are also plenty who won’t touch any kind of animal products. You certainly have to adjust your diet but you don’t “need” animal products.
- rootusrootus 8y agoIt's been proven that you can survive eating nothing but hotdogs. But ... it probably wouldn't be advisable in general.
- HillaryBriss 8y agoi really want to see that study. did they have access to mustard?
- maxxxxx 8y agoYou need onions and ketchup for complete nutrition.
- jtms 8y agoKetchup on a hotdog has been scientifically proven to be fatal in at least 90% of cases. Mustard, on the other hand, has a completely safe record
- HillaryBriss 8y agobut if sweet pickled cucumber relish is added, the relish binds the ketchup molecules and reduces mortality by 0.71 +- .09 (95% CI)
- maxxxxx 8y agoIt didn't kill me but made me stronger.
- isolli 8y agoIt reminds me of a vegetarian restaurant owner in India, who told me he followed the advice of his guru: from the egg comes a chicken (so no), from the milk comes no calf (so yes).
- cageface 8y agoExcept there is only milk because there was a calf at some point, which was taken away from its mother and sold for veal if it was a male calf or turned into another milk machine if it was female. Milk cows are forcibly impregnated year after year to keep their milk flowing. All this shortens their lifespan to 4 years instead of their natural 20. Milk is a product of cruelty.
- jtms 8y agoThis sounds like udder nonsense
- latch 8y agoGhee, that doesn't sound right.
- maxxxxx 8y agoNice play with words :)
- mishac 8y agoThere are a bunch of regions that don't use much ghee, but instead use mustard or coconut oil.
- latch 8y agoMy point is that generalizing Indian vegetarianism as being void of animal fat isn't right. Wiki has this to say about it (without source mind you): In India, vegetarianism is usually synonymous with lacto vegetarianism
- maxxxxx 8y agoI understand that point. My point is that it is possible to do well without animal products. I am not saying people should do that but there are plenty of examples where it works.
- 8ytecoder 8y agoFat from dairy is still animal fat and it has quite a lot of it.