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You really think people in China haven’t been scared out of doing risky things like eating wild animals?
by drenginian 7y ago
You really think people in China haven’t been scared out of doing risky things like eating wild animals?
- michaelt 7y agobilekas is probably thinking of the trade in things like poached ivory, rhino and tiger parts, where being banned on paper has not eliminated the black market.
- jacquesm 7y agoA ban on paper facilitates a black market.
- ben_w 7y agoNo more so than expecting westerners to be scared out of all the dangerous things we do. Even to the extent that most of us don’t smoke or have lots of unprotected one night stands with strangers, there’s enough who do that they and their illnesses are still a major part of our health systems.
- vraivroo 7y agoEating of meat and sugar are responsible for much more. No need to vilify those whose vices you don't share.
- ben_w 7y agoGeneral public isn’t scared of those things, so they would’ve made a poor example.
- bad_user 7y agoReally? What is eating meat and sugar responsible for?
- vraivroo 7y agoObesity, diabetes, heart disease, etc. STDs are _nothing_.
- bad_user 7y agoIn absence of a caloric surplus / chronic overfeeding, also known as energy poisoning, you have absolutely no proof for the claim. There isn't even an association, let alone causation. And it would be naive to think that eliminating added sugar and meat would prevent people from eating too much. Which actually beats dying of starvation, which is what people used to do ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ — comparing food with cigarettes or viruses is completely ridiculous.
- vraivroo 7y agoIt would be historically correct, though.
- bad_user 7y agoWhat do you mean by "historically correct"? You mean blaming sugar or meat when historically people started eating too much, in the 20th century, due to food availability?
- vraivroo 7y agoThe real evil came from the sugar and meat industries, who knew their products caused disease, but paid researchers to cover it up. You my friend are but another victim of their propaganda.
- vezycash 7y agoEverything has become more abundant recently - clean water, vegetable, meat, fat, sugar, even clean water. And less hunger too. I remember yawning repeatedly / feeling faint when I was younger but didn't know what I hungry until my mum pointed it out. So you can't point to one or two food groups and claim their current abundance cause obesity. Well, except white sugar lol.
- JakezRock 7y agoi have got to ask, i understand the sugar part, but the meat? Are you referring to the red meat or the fat in meat? Could you elaborate on the meat part?
- vraivroo 7y agoCholesterol, saturated fat, weight gain, etc. Meat is not a healthy food.
- nathanaldensr 7y agoYou know that dietary cholesterol has no relation to blood cholesterol levels, right? You know that the saturated fat myth--started by the sugar industry--was debunked, right?
- vraivroo 7y agoWonder why meat eaters have so much higher cholesterol then. Must be a vast vegan conspiracy.
- jcranmer 7y agoIf meat were really so obviously bad for you, then Inuit should be keeling over from atherosclerosis by their 30s or so. They don't. (If you're unaware, the Inuit diet is very heavily meat-based; there just simply isn't a lot of opportunities for plants in the High Arctic. They're getting sufficient vitamin C from meat, which is actually moderately difficult!)
- unishark 7y agoIsn't it interesting that meat provides all essential amino acids and fatty acids. And not some complex combination of various food groups like a vegan diet must include, just red meat. Meanwhile there are no essential carbohydrates.
- mdemare 7y agoIt's not just that meat and sugar are unhealthy, but also that presence of meat and sugar correlate with absence of healthier foods, such as vegetables, legumes, seeds, fruits and nuts.
- gtfratteus 7y agoEating meat is not worse than smoking. What a ridiculous claim.
- tenpies 7y agoTo most people, death is as scary as it gets.
- anthony_doan 7y agoI mean... this is the 2nd or 3rd cases of a virus that cross from animal to human from China. Is it that hard to believe China haven't change?
- d0mine 7y agoHow many people are killed by sleep-deprived driving? Is it a common knowledge? Are there social ads? How many people can be saved by increasing public transportation?