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Maybe we will not have to go such extreme lengths on the ick factor scale if we just ate significantly less farmed meat. I'm a life long Caucasian vegetarian in
by mcbuilder 7y ago
Maybe we will not have to go such extreme lengths on the ick factor scale if we just ate significantly less farmed meat. I'm a life long Caucasian vegetarian in my mid thirties (raised that way by my parents). Many people have tried to convince me how it will negatively effect my health, trying to scare me basically. I'm not exactly the model of perfect health, but you would think I'd be showing signs by this time in lack of energy, ect. I certainly don't feel disadvantaged in energy compared to my meat eating friends. Just have to wait another 50 years to declare my experiment a success.
- nickserv 7y agoHindus (and related religions) have been vegetarians for thousands of years, and they're fine. It's veganism that is untested.
- earth_walker 7y agoThough not a strict requirement of the religion, veganism has been common practice in the Jains of India for thousands of years. Some Jain monks even sweep the floor as they walk to avoid killing bugs. Not to mention Buddhist monks in some Asian countries were effectively vegan because dairy was just not part of their diet. Besides that, though low in numbers, veganism has been active in the West for several generations. So veganism has been tested alot more than, for example, the relatively new practice of eating meat and dairy contaminated with antibiotics and HGH.