Why do people eat meat................................?!
Why do people eat meat........................
hi i am born a vegetarian. never tasted any sort of meat product. my question is why do people eat meat products and don't u feel ashamed that u r killing a living thing for ur own pleasure??? i mean to say that animals (big or small) feel pain too.
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From the first three answers it looks like people do it because they just don't care.
I eat meat, it taste really good. There is a lot of healthy meat options to eat. I don't feel a bit ashamed that I'm killing an animal. Thats life, it sucks
remember
"You don't win friends with salad"
Animals are meant to be eaten. If the lion and the tiger don't feel shame why should I?
That may be true we are killing animals for our own pleasure, to fill our stomachs. But aren't plants living too? Aren't you eating them? I not sayings its right or wrong to eat animals. It's just a fact of life to eat other things, its nature. DEAL WITH IT.
when you pull vegetables out of the ground you are also killing that vegetable for your pleasure
No not at all how do you think our ancestors survived, not on salads that and I haven never eaten a live animal they are usually dead when their fried up. Have you ever seen a cow up close they are stupid.
Just as you were raised vegetarian, some of us were raised meat eaters. There have been many times that I've considered going veggie, but haven't done it. In fact, my husband did an experiment for a class at school where he went veggie for a week and he said he felt MUCH better.
I do, however, refuse to eat veal. I agree with you that the way animals are "processed" for consumption is cruel in a lot of cases. Maybe more education on vegetarian eating would help, when my husband did his week long stint, we really ran out of recipes.......salad 3 times a day gets really old........and he has cholesterol issues so pasta is pretty much out.
Explain those sharp canine teeth on each side of your mouth. Animals kill and eat each other, its called the food chain. Its so natural that they don't even think about it. Want to buy some venison? Its a delicacy, its very good. Ashamed, no, shoot Bambi and eat him, no problem.
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Animals are meant to be eaten. If the lion and the tiger don't feel shame why should I?
You should feel bad because you are a human.Part of being a human is being HUMANE.
You make an excellent point. Too bad some humans haven't evolved very much for the past million or so years and still look towards their caveman ancestors for advice.
This is a good question. It's like some people asking why others eat dog and cat when they themselves eat beef, chicken, pork, and etc. All animals scream and feel the pain when they are butchered.
Bacon.
That's all I was going to say, but it wouldn't suffice. We are not killing living things merely for pleasure; we eat to survive, and I think most people would agree with me, that surviving in this world is extremely important. I'm not trying to be a wise-a** or anything, but isn't anything that we eat a 'living thing'? From cows and carrots, to pork and peaches, aren't they all alive to begin with?
I was raised on meat; you weren't. That's what life is about: choices. At any point, we could have changed our minds and become the total opposite. It's just hard to do, especially when you've been doing it all your life.
I eat meat because it is part of my chosen diet(omnivore). And how can you judge a lifestyle you've never lived?
Don't worry, you're on the right path. Those who eat meat just don't know any better.
And for those who think animals are meant to be eaten, read the Book of Genesis, Chapter 1, Verses 29-30.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?boo...
I don't eat meat, but all my friends do, when I ask them why they say it's convienience, they always ask me what do you eat? I think that if you grow up in a home where meat is the main course for dinner every night it makes it hard for you to try and figure out what to eat every day. I also think that most dishes that you would think of off the top of your head contain meat. It is difficult to avoid meat, but you just have to stock up on vegeterian products and that's what I do.
No, I definately don't feel ashamed, nor I think do any other stable meat eaters, who make up the vast majority of population. Frankly, if we felt ashamed, we would probably give it up. The fact is we aren't because we don't think there's anything to be ashamed about.
Main reasons being: meat's a nutritious and good part of a balanced diet; vegetarianism doesn't save any animals lives; meat is part of our nature.
There are many benefits to a diet containing meat. Many vegetarians claim that meat is unhealthy. This is a blatant fallacy.
It is well established that eating meat improves the quality of nutrition, strengthens the immune system, promotes normal growth and development, is beneficial for day-to-day health, energy and well-being, and helps ensure optimal learning and academic performance.
A long term study found that children who eat more meat are less likely to have deficiencies than those who eat little or no meat. Kids who don’t eat meat ― and especially if they restrict other foods, as many girls are doing ― are more likely to feel tired, apathetic, unable to concentrate, are sick more often, more frequently depressed, and are the most likely to be malnourished and have stunted growth. Meat and other animal-source foods are the building blocks of healthy growth that have made America’s and Europe's youngsters the tallest, strongest and healthiest in the world.
Meat is an important source of quality nutrients, heme iron, protein, zinc and B-complex vitamins. It provides high-quality protein important for kids’ healthy growth and development.
The iron in meat (heme iron) is of high quality and well absorbed by the body, unlike nonheme iron from plants which is not well absorbed. More than 90 percent of iron consumed may be wasted when taken without some heme iron from animal sources. Substances found to inhibit nonheme iron absorption include phytates in cereals, nuts and legumes, and polyphenolics in vegetables. Symptoms of iron deficiency include fatigue, headache, irritability and decreased work performance. For young children, it can lead to impairment in general intelligence, language, motor performance and school readiness. Girls especially need iron after puberty due to blood losses, or if pregnant. Yet studies show 75 percent of teenage girls get less iron than recommended.
Meat, poultry and eggs are also good sources of absorbable zinc, a trace mineral vital for strengthening the immune system and normal growth. Deficiencies link to decreased attention, poorer problem solving and short-term memory, weakened immune system, and the inability to fight infection. While nuts and legumes contain zinc, plant fibre contains phytates that bind it into a nonabsorbable compound.
Found almost exclusively in animal products, Vitamin B12 is necessary for forming new cells. A deficiency can cause anaemia and permanent nerve damage and paralysis. The Vitimin B12 in plants isn't even bioavailable, meaning our body can't use it.
Why not buy food supplements to replace missing vitamins and minerals? Some people believe they can fill those gaps with pills, but they may be fooling themselves. Research consistently shows that real foods in a balanced diet are far superior to trying to make up deficiencies with supplements.
There are good nutritional reasons for eating meat, it can hardly be described as just for pleasure.
And for your information vegetarianism's not good for animals; if enough people went veggie to actually affect the industry at all, and the demand for meat decreased, it would mean animals which were surplus to requirement. You're kidding yourself if you think that would mean they'd live happily ever after, as they couldn't be sold no one would want to keep them, and they'd still be slaughtered.
Think about it, the second farmers couldn't sell their livestock, the second they couldn't make a profit, they wouldn't keep them any more. Keeping animals isn't cheap, and to keep them, without profit, would be hugely expensive to any farmer. How many do you reckon would be prepared to make that kind of loss?
Now, what'd happen then? Maybe a few wild pigs or goats would stay alive, but for the most part it would be impossible to release them into the wild. The vast majority would have to be slaughtered.
Vegetarianism doesn't save any animals lives, as I said, it just dissacociates people from their deaths.
I quote "If no one were allowed to farm animals, farms would grow crops instead. The first thing to go would be all the animals. Once the rural landscape were rid of cattle, sheep, and the like, fields would get larger, for the convenience of the combine harvesters, and hedgerows would go. Wild animals like rabbits would now be a more major pest. No farmer would want animals eating the plants, and so the war on such animals would intensify. Grown in the fields would be domesticate species of food crops, and so the number of plant species would decline."
Domestication is one of the best things that can happen to animals. If the golden eagle tasted any good you can bet your life it wouldn't be nearly extinct.
I quote "In the wild, a sheep would have to look for food, compete for it, jockey for position in the herd, look out for predators, guard its offspring, and it one day would die because of some accident, perhaps a fall, some nasty illness, or it would become weak and have its throat ripped out by the local predators. By striking contrast, the life of a farmed sheep is rather different. A farmed sheep has complete protection from predators; all the food of exactly its favourite kind at its feet all day every day, for which it does not have to compete; no competition for mates; no need to guard offspring; free health care; free haircuts; it is very unlikely to die in childbirth, and unlikely to die a nasty death. True, half a ewe’s offspring are taken away and killed. However, in the wild, a ewe would lose most of its offspring anyway, and in nastier circumstances. By the standards of the natural wild, a sheep’s life is about as cushy as a life could possibly be."
This is true, animals in the wild invariably die violent deaths. the closest an animal will get to dying of old age is being picked by a predator because it it old and therefore an easier to target. Farmed animals invariably lead happier, healthier, less stressful lives than those in the wild.
Also you forget many people don't particullarly care about the way animals are treated, and the vast majority don't mind animals are dying for their dinner. I certainly don't, and in my opinion I don't think anyone should.
Death is a natural part of life. Most people have accepted that a burger requires an animal to die by the time they go to school, unless their parents purposely try to wrap them in cotton wool.
Do you complain when a lion eats a gazelle? No? Then stop telling us we should be ashamed because, really, there is very little difference.
Vegan and Proud suggests we should be humane. Well, where do you draw the line? Is it inhumane to kill a wasp or poison rats in your house? Most people would say no to that. In my opinion killing with a good reason is perfectly justifiable, and to me food constitutes a good reason.
Meat is natural and healthy and that's good enough for most people, even though we know where it comes from.
I read an interesting book:
Beyond Beef: The Rise and Fall of the Cattle Culture by Jeremy Rifkin 1992
Here's another interesting book:
The Heretic's Feast: History of Vegetarianism by Colin Spencer
Updated and published as "Vegetarianism: A History" in March 2001
I am glad you are born vegetarian. I have become vegetarian about four years ago and am much happier than before. Killing other animals is definitely for one's own pleasure. I think it is patently wrong to kill animals just to survive. For example when you can eat all the tasty sweets that come from cows milk (hundreds of sweets are made from milk in India and elsewhere), why to eat the cow itself. Protein comes from plants such as soy, when people eat animal protein they get it second hand (cow eats plant based diet and that gets synthesized into the animals body). Eating the protein second hand has its problems as several pesticides and tranquilizers are administered to animals in modern farms. In addition to the protein that you could have got from the plant based diet, you are now also consuming the remnants of pesticides and tranquilizers with animal meat. Animal meat has been linked to various types of cancers and it is best to refrain as much as possible. http://www.planetaryrenewal.org/ipr/vege...
An yahoo search will uncover several excellent sites on why vegetarianism is good for you and environment (A meat-eating American needs 3-1/4 acres of cultivated farm land per year; vegetarians only require 1/6 acre per year) One famous quote "Vegetarianism is the necessary catalyst for the transformation of human consciousness as it evolves from the domination and exploitation mindset to the paradigm of communion, cooperation, and reverence for all life."
A simple example on why plant diet may be better than animal diet "On a calorie basis, spinach has 14 times the iron of sirloin steak. Animal products are deficient in vitamin C which is needed for iron absorption."
Quote from a major researcher "In the barnyard of the past, a sow gave birth to 6 piglets a year. Today's factory farms are working towards 45! Frankenstein methods include hormone injection for greater fertility, artificial insemination, "embryo transfers" where embryos are surgically removed, and implanted into other sows -- all in the name of greater meat production at reduced cost. Similar methods are employed in the beef industry." So I disagree that if people stopped eating animals would still be slaughtered. The only likely result is that no more artificial insemination and embryo transfers would occur and animal populations would go back to their pre-artificial states.
You might also want to refer to the link 101 reasons why I am a Vegetarian. http://www.vivavegie.org/vv101/101reas20...
In addition most organized and informal religions believe that for pursuit of spirituality Vegetarianism is necessary. For e.g. http://www.all-creatures.org/cva/vegbene... For e.g. Vegetarian Judaism: A Guide for Everyone, By Roberta Kalechofsky, Ph.D
http://krishna.tv/the-higher-taste-veget... on karma free diet
The US government has even provided specific guidance for Vegetarians to help them follow a balanced diet at http://www.mypyramid.gov/tips_resources/...
You should be proud to be Vegetarian or even Vegan as more and more people will follow your path as natural resources start diminishing.