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I've long believed this to be true, so it's interesting to see this article. I grew up in a traditional Hindu family where nearly everyone was vegetarian. When
by hkarthik 13y ago
I've long believed this to be true, so it's interesting to see this article.
I grew up in a traditional Hindu family where nearly everyone was vegetarian. When I came to the US, many of us started eating meat. 15-20 years ago, this horrified many of my cousins who stayed in India and remained vegetarian.
Fast forward to today, many of those same cousins have started eating meat in India. I read an article the other day saying the traditional Hindu vegetarian diet is falling by the wayside, and poultry consumption in the subcontinent has skyrocketed. In another generation, I expect to see a large rise in red meat consumption where the natural resource needs are much higher.
This got me thinking, can the planet really sustain another 1 billion, full-time meat eaters? If humans have such high protein requirements that can't be satisfied by a plant-based diet, isn't eating bugs the only ecologically sustainable choice?
- subsection1h 13y agoIf humans have such high protein requirements that can't be satisfied by a plant-based diet Do we have such requirements? Beans, lentils, quinoa, etc. aren't enough?
- hkarthik 13y agoClearly not. We domesticated those plants thousands of years ago and they weren't enough to replace meat in most diets. Maybe it's more a question of taste than health, but for whatever reason, animal protein has and always will be a major part of the human diet.