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> eating animals is very nutritious—it's just not sufficient. No. It's not. I like Dr. Fuhrman's equation: H=N/C. This equation expresses the concept that you
by Japhy_Ryder 7y ago
> eating animals is very nutritious—it's just not sufficient.
No. It's not.
I like Dr. Fuhrman's equation: H=N/C. This equation expresses the concept that your health (H) is predicted by your nutrient intake (N) divided by your calorie intake (C). There's not a lot of nutrients in meat (all you get really is protein and iron), whereas in vegetables/fruits you get a whole vast assortment of proteins, vitamins, fiber, phytochemicals, antioxidants, etc.
Meat also has the problem of being a carcinogen, per the WHO [0].
> I have heard milk referred to as a superfood quite a bit.
Nope. It's not.
Milk has a ton of sugar, lactose is not well-tolerated by something like 80% of the population, and the proteins in milk are potentially carcinogenic. [1] Anyway, and that's just the nutrition angle - not even getting into the horrific ethics problems and environmental problems. We need to move away from meat. We can do better.
0. https://www.who.int/features/qa/cancer-red-meat/en/ https://www.who.int/features/qa/cancer-red-meat/en/
1. https://nutritionstudies.org/provocations-casein-carcinogen-really/ https://nutritionstudies.org/provocations-casein-carcinogen-...
- whenchamenia 7y agoI cannot even begin to point out all the falsehoods in your post. If you made it in good faith, please examine your views, otherwise stop trolling.
- Japhy_Ryder 7y agoIt sounds like I've upset you. Could you actually make the effort and point out a 'falsehood'?
- phonypc 7y ago>There's not a lot of nutrients in meat (all you get really is protein and iron), whereas in vegetables/fruits you get a whole vast assortment of proteins Your whole post is ill-informed, but this is particularly nonsensical. Go look up nutrition information for any muscle meat and you'll see plenty more than just iron, to say nothing of organ meat. Regarding protein, you get a broader amino acid profile from animals, but this doesn't really matter.
- Japhy_Ryder 7y ago> Your whole post is ill-informed Yet I've cited the WHO and Dr. T. Colin Cambell, author of the China Study. Where's your evidence? > Regarding protein, you get a broader amino acid profile from animals, but this doesn't really matter. Completely incorrect. Soy and pea protein are very much complete proteins with balanced amino acid profiles. How do you reconcile the environmental damage from your dietary preferences?
- phonypc 7y ago>Yet I've cited the WHO and Dr. T. Colin Cambell, author of the China Study. Where's your evidence? I'm really tired of this form of argument. The fact that you cited something doesn't necessitate its relevance, truth or your understanding of it. You've also ignored the specific bit of your post I called out as more importantly inaccurate, so I'm really not interested in engaging any further.
- SomeOtherThrow 7y agoSure, if you redefine nutrition in a way that you like, you're correct. You're not taking my words in good faith, though.