The fatting of America.

lashon20 · Dec 9, 2003

I disagree with the statement that you gain weight as vegetarians. I was raised a vegetarian along with my brothers and we have never been sick or had to go to the doctor or have problems that meat eaters have such has high blood pressure, diabetes, etc. You never hear of vegetarians dying from those diseases. Millions of meat eaters die each year of those diseases resulting from eating animal fat, sugars, etc. You lose weight when you become a vegetarian, my parents stopped eating meat and that was the best thing they did, my mom lost a lot of weight and they didn't have all the health problems they did when they were meat eaters. 90 percent of health problems are a result of the diet but people are so blind, brainwashed, and addicted they don't believe or want to. My 3 year old son is a vegetarian and he has rarely been sick or have needed to go to the doctor, plus he was breastfed which most women don't do but should. My parents have lived both ways and the vegetarian way is better. Our bodies were not designed to digest meat. The animals were designed to eat meat, they have a short digestive tract to get rid of the meat quick and they eat it raw not cooked. Meat sits in our bodies for days before it digests and that when it putrifies and turns cancerous and it turns cancerous when you cook it especially at high temps. Our teeth were not designed to eat meat either. But don't talk about a vegetarian diet unless you've been on one cause I hear nothing but a bunch of myths about it from people that never lived that way and don't know nothing. If you're eating fish you're not a vegetarian. Real vegetarians eat no meat, that's what the word mean.

LittleCatB · Dec 9, 2003

Originally posted by CCU NRS
Its ok to eat fish because they don't have any feelings!!!

so the cows and pigs and chicken does it hurt their feelings when we eat them? LOL

LOL! oh, yes, definitely!

LittleCatB · Dec 9, 2003

Originally posted by lashon20
But don't talk about a vegetarian diet unless you've been on one cause I hear nothing but a bunch of myths about it from people that never lived that way and don't know nothing. If you're eating fish you're not a vegetarian. Real vegetarians eat no meat, that's what the word mean.

Look, I *was* an incredibly strict lacto-ovo vegetarian, and ate that way for over a decade and eventually I decided to eat fish- and yeah I've said the words that you said in your post many times, when I was younger. I finally came to conclusion that I wasn't going to eat like the women in "Laurels Kitchen", no matter how hard I tried. (I hate cooking and baking for one thing) I forced myself to try fish because I was getting fat from eating too many carbs (like pasta) and convenience foods.

and, from the books I've read (from both sides of the issue) and what I've personally experienced, I disagree with a lot of your statements and think the human body runs better and more efficiently as a carnivore. If it didn't bother me emotionally to eat a steak I'd be scarfing it down. :) it's cool I get to have a choice.

BTW- if it's simpler for me to describe the way I eat as "vegetarian" because it ends the discussion and people won't be expecting me to wolf down the fried chicken they just made, than so be it. :) It's not a bragging point with me, actually I get a lot of crap because of it, LOL.

live and let live, sister!

(I edited because my emoticons turned into frownies- oops!)

redshiloh · Dec 9, 2003

I saw a report on a study done that determined that fish feel pain. There was a call by PETA for people to stop fishing.

Try Harry and Davids Dark Chocolate Truffles.....

SmilingBluEyes · Dec 9, 2003

I am so sick of hearing lectures about the fattening up of America and how we should eat---ESP FROM THIS PERSON---I want my pus-milk thankyou.

will ya get off the soapbox already and go save the world from us fatsos?

but please just go away.

The rest of YOU: man you are all are such crackups....thanks for lightening things up here!

TennNurse · Dec 9, 2003

Originally posted by Rapheal
I lost 200lbs!!!!!!! Then my husband came back.

:roll

I love it! Not to gloat, but I must have found something at which I excel, because mine is still where I want him- gone! :chuckle

lashon20 · Dec 9, 2003

Originally posted by LittleCatB
Look, I *was* an incredibly strict lacto-ovo vegetarian, and ate that way for over a decade and eventually I decided to eat fish- and yeah I've said the words that you said in your post many times, when I was younger. I finally came to conclusion that I wasn't going to eat like the women in "Laurels Kitchen", no matter how hard I tried. (I hate cooking and baking for one thing) I forced myself to try fish because I was getting fat from eating too many carbs (like pasta) and convenience foods.

and, from the books I've read (from both sides of the issue) and what I've personally experienced, I disagree with a lot of your statements and think the human body runs better and more efficiently as a carnivore. If it didn't bother me emotionally to eat a steak I'd be scarfing it down. ) it's cool I get to have a choice.

BTW- if it's simpler for me to describe the way I eat as "vegetarian" because it ends the discussion and people won't be expecting me to wolf down the fried chicken they just made, than so be it. ) It's not a bragging point with me, actually I get a lot of crap because of it, LOL.

live and let live, sister!

Your opinion is terribly flawed, if your body ran better off of meat, millions of people wouldn't be dying each year from all these diesases. Pick up a book and learn more.

kirbybunny · Dec 9, 2003

Originally posted by lashon20
Your opinion is terribly flawed, if your body ran better off of meat, millions of people wouldn't be dying each year from all these diesases. Pick up a book and learn more.

Wow, you might be the most openminded person I ever met! I had no idea eating meat went along with being "terribly flawed" and needing to "learn more". Doh! :rolleyes:

Everyone enjoy their holiday treats!

~ Jen :cool:

LisaRN2B · Dec 9, 2003

Originally posted by lashon20
I disagree with the statement that you gain weight as vegetarians. I was raised a vegetarian along with my brothers and we have never been sick or had to go to the doctor or have problems that meat eaters have such has high blood pressure, diabetes, etc. You never hear of vegetarians dying from those diseases. Millions of meat eaters die each year of those diseases resulting from eating animal fat, sugars, etc. You lose weight when you become a vegetarian, my parents stopped eating meat and that was the best thing they did, my mom lost a lot of weight and they didn't have all the health problems they did when they were meat eaters. 90 percent of health problems are a result of the diet but people are so blind, brainwashed, and addicted they don't believe or want to. My 3 year old son is a vegetarian and he has rarely been sick or have needed to go to the doctor, plus he was breastfed which most women don't do but should. My parents have lived both ways and the vegetarian way is better. Our bodies were not designed to digest meat. The animals were designed to eat meat, they have a short digestive tract to get rid of the meat quick and they eat it raw not cooked. Meat sits in our bodies for days before it digests and that when it putrifies and turns cancerous and it turns cancerous when you cook it especially at high temps. Our teeth were not designed to eat meat either. But don't talk about a vegetarian diet unless you've been on one cause I hear nothing but a bunch of myths about it from people that never lived that way and don't know nothing. If you're eating fish you're not a vegetarian. Real vegetarians eat no meat, that's what the word mean.

As humans our digestive tracts ARE designed to digest meats, other protiens, carbohydrates and lipids. Our teeth are typical of the kind of teeth found in carnivores.

Meat does not sit in our bodies for days putrifying.

To be a vegetarian is your choice. Good for you.

I eat meat, my choice, and a good one for me. My blood lipids are wonderful, blood pressure within the normal range. I have dropped over 20 pounds by eliminating processed junk food from my diet.

lashon20 · Dec 9, 2003

Originally posted by kirbybunny
Wow, you might be the most openminded person I ever met! I had no idea eating meat went along with being "terribly flawed" and needing to "learn more". Doh!

Everyone enjoy their holiday treats!

~ Jen

No one cares about you acting like a 5 year old rolling your eyes, and I've learned in biology and from reading many books that our body is not designed like carnivores nor are our teeth. But I'm not going back and fourth arguing with anyone. Like I said that's why millions of meat eaters are dying each year from all these diseases. Keep being in denial all you want.

LisaRN2B · Dec 9, 2003

Originally posted by lashon20
No one cares about you acting like a 5 year old rolling your eyes, and I've learned in biology and from reading many books that our body is not designed like carnivores nor are our teeth. But I'm not going back and fourth arguing with anyone. Like I said that's why millions of meat eaters are dying each year from all these diseases. Keep being in denial all you want.

When I grow four stomachs like a cow then you can tell me my body is supposed to eat like a vegetarian.

CCU NRS · Dec 9, 2003

Originally posted by lashon20
No one cares about you acting like a 5 year old rolling your eyes, and I've learned in biology and from reading many books that our body is not designed like carnivores nor are our teeth. But I'm not going back and fourth arguing with anyone. Like I said that's why millions of meat eaters are dying each year from all these diseases. Keep being in denial all you want.

tell me then why do they call them

Canines- Of, relating to, or being one of the pointed conical teeth located between the incisors and the first bicuspids.

Incisors- A tooth adapted for cutting or gnawing, located at the front of the mouth along the apex of the dental arch.

references: http://dictionary.reference.com/