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Funky_Fish14 · #1 02-24-2012, 05:07 AM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

....and was all over that PETA stuff....

People eating tastey animals.

I dont understand the not eating animal products/meat thing. Our ancestors... 30...40...50 thousand years ago... ate meat. They forever did, and we still do. Our bodies and digestive systems are designed for it. Full vegan... I cant see that being easy on one's body. (That is not a poke at anyone that has or is). I just dont understand it 'scientifically'.

Cheers,
Chris

Reefgoat · #2 02-24-2012, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Funky_Fish14

People eating tastey animals.

I dont understand the not eating animal products/meat thing. Our ancestors... 30...40...50 thousand years ago... ate meat. They forever did, and we still do. Our bodies and digestive systems are designed for it. Full vegan... I cant see that being easy on one's body. (That is not a poke at anyone that has or is). I just dont understand it 'scientifically'.

Cheers,
Chris

Our ancestors probably did all sorts of things most people would find repugnant. I imagine they didn't spend a lot of time thinking about whether murder or rape was ethical either. People have various reasons for being vegetarian but I think most people turn vegan for ethical reasons, not primarily their health.

Also I would dispute the claim that our digestive systems are designed to eat large quantities of meat. I'm curious why you think being a Vegan would be hard on someones body compared to eating food like McDonalds regularly?

I do eat a rather large quantity of meat myself, probably to my health's detriment.

lastlight · #3 02-24-2012, 08:48 PM

If you happen to slip into PETA's clutches they go on at length about how we're NOT designed to eat/digest meat actually... but like I said I'm a free man now. I'm sure eating all the meat I do eat isn't great for me but I can't think of many things I enjoy more than eating and meat reigns supreme =)

And I suspect you're right about the vegans doing so more for ethical reasons. That was my motivation but I didn't eat well at all in this mode... It was more a case of removing what I told myself was unethical... not nearly enough supplementation!