You’re only giving a one-sided story about how eating meat is killing the earth, and positioning it as just “giving you the facts.” If you really had any desire at all to be accurate, then why not present both sides of the story?

I love your starting point for this argument – living consciously.

I’m a meat eater, yet I try to live my life thoughtfully and it has been bugging me for a while that meat has many complications. I’ve massively cut down my intake of animal protein and probably eat vegetarian five days a week on average. I’m massively into my running program at the moment and I find it hard to take on enough calories without eating at least some animal protein, so this is part of my dilemma on completely stopping. I also admit that I do really enjoy those 7 seconds of pleasure quite a lot – and I’ve cut out or back on many of the other bad things I do. Hmm – food for thought here and I’d love to hear your take on how I can get 5,000 calories per day without eating meat.

Great post,

Phil
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@Tess, dropping junk will definitely never hurt:) I am sure there are tons of vegetarians out there who are overweight, what I was referring to is that on average they are much less likely to get overweight. Not that its is impossible, it’s just significantly less likely to happen.

@Therese, thank you my dear, I appreciate your incredible presence here:)

@J.D. matching your personal requirements with foods is definitely the way to go, cannot agree more.

@Stephen, good for you for sticking to what feels right to you. I accept and understand your position. All I was suggessting in this article is for people to try something for say 30 days and see how they feel. I think 30 days is a fair deal considering all the potential benefits not only to us but to the planet. But if you know for sure that it won’t work for you, then,of course, you shouldn’t try.
Birds are messy. Green cheek conures are not that bad though, I did an extensive research before deciding which bird to buy:)
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I disagree and I actually believe one is healthier eating the right kinds of lean meats than going all vegetable. You can’t compare vegetarians and meat eaters and conclude going vegetarian will make you healthier. It’s likely people who are vegetarian are on average more health conscious to start with and just eat and act healthier all the way around. Sugar is vegetable after all.

It was a very informative and passionate article and I’m glad I read it. I’m just going to stick with my meat eating ways.

On another note I think cats are extremely clean and birds are messy even though I love birds
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I especially like your point on where you focus for the fun — the 7 seconds or how you feel later (which becomes your now.)

I think Dr. Fuhrman has an interesting focus – “nutritional density.” I think this adds a lot of precision because rather than a blanket of “meat” or “veg,” it’s a focus on matching your nutritional requirements with nutritionally dense foods.

At the end of the day, I’m a fan of testing your results and knowing what you’re measuring against. The challenge is knowing what to measure and how to get effective feedback along the way.
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