- I haven't seen the video, but here are my arguments against going vegan Archived Message
Posted by Bluefool
on November 14, 2019, 9:59 am, in reply to "Each to his own on slavery, murder, rape and torture?"
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Health Reasons: - Human digestive systems are very similar to those of carnivores. High stomach acids, one stomach, inability to digest cellulose, small digestive tracts, etc.. - It's very difficult if not impossible to get all the nutrition a human requires from a plant based diet without supplementing. - Red meat gives all the nutrition a human requires in one single foodstuff in their most easily digested and bio available way. - A diet rich in animal fats and low in carbohydrates reduces death from most causes, including the main illnesses in the west like heart disease, stroke, cancer and alzheimer's. Climate Change Reasons: - Leaving land to be grazed by ruminants has long been used as the way to replenish land where crops have been grown and to improve soil. Which acts as a carbon sink by effectively turning grass into carbon rich soil. - Good soil allows lots of microbes and insects to live and thrive in it. - Producing only plant crops on land requires a huge carbon footprint caused by the requirement for fossil fuel fertiliser, petrol driven combine harvesters and polluting pesticides. All of which are processed in polluting factories and shipped to farms, driving up food miles even before any food has been produced. - The fact that vegetables are perishable necessitates more food miles as out of season stuff has to be shipped in from the other side of the world in refrigerated containers, etc.. Ethical Reasons: - Clearing land for crops destroys animal habitats for endangered species as well as churning up burrows for animals and insects. - Pesticides used on crops kill pollinators and other insects and poison the land. Everyone eats only meat = no Monsanto/Bayer. - Fluffy bunnies get shot to stop them eating crops, field mice and bees are poisoned and driven from their homes. There's a lot of bloodshed required for a vegan diet. The blood just doesn't end up on your plate. - If no human ate plants then people would be much healthier and put less strain on the NHS. |