today.reuters.com— this study says its healthy..but u go to restaurants and get like only 1 option to eat - that can get frustrating..so to be vegetarian or not?
Dec 14, 2006View in Crawl 4
Actually, not eating meat is perfectly natural. Yes, humans evolved as omnivores, but thousands of years ago ate bugs and small amounts of animal life. And when that wasn't available to them, they were fine. What is unnatural is the excessive amount of meat some people eat.
You don't have to give up meat in order to lower your protein intake. The problem isn't in having a steak for dinner, it's having bacon for breakfast, a hamburger for lunch AND a steak for dinner - every night.Also, people fail to realize that there are a lot more protein options in a vegetarian diet than just tofu. A lot of the fake-meat soy products are pretty tasty (though not identical to what they're mimicking.And in response to the synopsis (which really doesn't relate to the article at all). If people ate less meat, then restaurants would put more vegetarian options on their menus. In fact, in areas that have a higher proportion of vegans/vegetarians/people who don't eat a LOT of meat, restaurants *already* offer meatless options. Also, as a vegetarian, I've learned that if you ask for a meal that normally contains meat to be served *without* meat, they give you a discount on the menu price :-P
dafunkDec 14, 2006
Humans are designed to eat meat. I'm not saying that fruits and vegetables aren't good for you, but completely removing meat is not "natural."
heheDec 15, 2006
Actually, not eating meat is perfectly natural. Yes, humans evolved as omnivores, but thousands of years ago ate bugs and small amounts of animal life. And when that wasn't available to them, they were fine. What is unnatural is the excessive amount of meat some people eat.
fyregoddessDec 15, 2006
You don't have to give up meat in order to lower your protein intake. The problem isn't in having a steak for dinner, it's having bacon for breakfast, a hamburger for lunch AND a steak for dinner - every night.Also, people fail to realize that there are a lot more protein options in a vegetarian diet than just tofu. A lot of the fake-meat soy products are pretty tasty (though not identical to what they're mimicking.And in response to the synopsis (which really doesn't relate to the article at all). If people ate less meat, then restaurants would put more vegetarian options on their menus. In fact, in areas that have a higher proportion of vegans/vegetarians/people who don't eat a LOT of meat, restaurants *already* offer meatless options. Also, as a vegetarian, I've learned that if you ask for a meal that normally contains meat to be served *without* meat, they give you a discount on the menu price :-P