Question to the non-vegetarians about why you bash vegetarians?!
OK, I'm bored, curious!.!.!. I don't know, whatever, but I just gotta ask!.!.!.
whenever I come on Y/A and I wander into the food/ vegetarian section, I frequently see moronic questions that are aimed at bashing vegetarians, or people talking about how stupid a friend is for trying to be vegetarian/vegan!.!.!. my question is, WHY!? why do you care what they are eating!? I'm not a vegetarian, and I don't care what anyone else is eating!. If I have a friend who is vegetarian and I am making food, I make sure I make something they can eat!. my daughter wants to try to be a vegetarian, I'm not trying to talk her out of it, I just make sure she's getting proper nutrition!. But really, I just want to know what is going on inside the heads of some people that feel they must STOP VEGETARIANISM, as if it is a bad thing!. It is healthy, and people usually do it for the well being of animals!. Being vegetarian/vegan is alot of work and they give up alot of things alot of people don't even realize are not veg friendly, such as white sugar, which eliminates most breads and pastries, why bash them for making an unselfish choice!? really, I'm very curious, enlighten me!. Www@FoodAQ@Com
whenever I come on Y/A and I wander into the food/ vegetarian section, I frequently see moronic questions that are aimed at bashing vegetarians, or people talking about how stupid a friend is for trying to be vegetarian/vegan!.!.!. my question is, WHY!? why do you care what they are eating!? I'm not a vegetarian, and I don't care what anyone else is eating!. If I have a friend who is vegetarian and I am making food, I make sure I make something they can eat!. my daughter wants to try to be a vegetarian, I'm not trying to talk her out of it, I just make sure she's getting proper nutrition!. But really, I just want to know what is going on inside the heads of some people that feel they must STOP VEGETARIANISM, as if it is a bad thing!. It is healthy, and people usually do it for the well being of animals!. Being vegetarian/vegan is alot of work and they give up alot of things alot of people don't even realize are not veg friendly, such as white sugar, which eliminates most breads and pastries, why bash them for making an unselfish choice!? really, I'm very curious, enlighten me!. Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
A lot of people are just uneducated about vegetarianism!. I'm a nutrition student and I used to think being vegetarian was a little extreme and unhealthy until I started studying nutrition!. Then I started understanding vegetarians a lot better and realized you can still eat a healthy well balanced diet as a vegetarian!. You just have to know which foods to choose!. As a nutrition student, I'm supposed to be able to plan meals for all kinds of people with different needs including vegetarians and vegans!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
well its your choice and we non vegetarians should respect that!.My daughter became a vegetarian and I fully supported her!.Some have nothing better to do than torment others!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I never do!. I'm all for vegetarianism, it's just a lifestyle choice :)Www@FoodAQ@Com
Vegetarians aren't the problem!. It's vegans who scare the **** out of me!. They're like dietary Eco Terrorists!. Www@FoodAQ@Com
They're just doing it to get a rise out of the vegans!Www@FoodAQ@Com
I would take the time to answer but I have to make sure my steak is bleeding just right!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I don't care if people want to be vegetarians!. Doesn't make a difference to me one way or the other!. But I don't want them trying to convert me!. My niece is a vegetarian!. I don't hound her about eating salads and she doesn't hound me about eating hamburgers!.
I'm glad you're making sure your daughter gets the proper nutrition!. It might be different if someone had to give up certain foods for health reasons, but I don't really feel sorry for anyone who chooses to give those things up!. I mean, it was their decision, right!? Www@FoodAQ@Com
I'm glad you're making sure your daughter gets the proper nutrition!. It might be different if someone had to give up certain foods for health reasons, but I don't really feel sorry for anyone who chooses to give those things up!. I mean, it was their decision, right!? Www@FoodAQ@Com
Sometimes I wonder if people feel a little guilty and therefore bash others!. At other times, I think they either don't understand or care a lot about their health, the animals, etc!. Some people are just obnoxious!.
I personally don't consider it being a lot of work--unless someone is examining every tiny little thing!. Some of us ate meat and other animal products for a long time before we learned about factory farms!. I for one am so glad not to be cutting skin and stuff off meat now, with worrisome juices on the cutting board!. Cooking might be a little bit of a challenge in the beginning, but there are so many recipes on the internet!.
People who bash vegetarians probably won't be laughing when they end up with a ton of health problems that many vegetarians are free of!.
Congratulations to your daughter!. I think it's helpful to set some reasonable goals in the beginning!. As long as she eats a variety of whole grains, fruits, and vegetables, protein should not be a concern!. Vegans need to be sure they get B12--from sources like fortified cereals or a supplement!.
Even a vegan can usually find something to eat in most restaurants!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I personally don't consider it being a lot of work--unless someone is examining every tiny little thing!. Some of us ate meat and other animal products for a long time before we learned about factory farms!. I for one am so glad not to be cutting skin and stuff off meat now, with worrisome juices on the cutting board!. Cooking might be a little bit of a challenge in the beginning, but there are so many recipes on the internet!.
People who bash vegetarians probably won't be laughing when they end up with a ton of health problems that many vegetarians are free of!.
Congratulations to your daughter!. I think it's helpful to set some reasonable goals in the beginning!. As long as she eats a variety of whole grains, fruits, and vegetables, protein should not be a concern!. Vegans need to be sure they get B12--from sources like fortified cereals or a supplement!.
Even a vegan can usually find something to eat in most restaurants!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
The way I see it, pretty much the whole foundation of the USA (and Canada too) is based upon the production of meat!. It was initially just exported to the UK and the rest of Europe where the major populations were, but as America grew in population, more was kept for domestic consumption!. Meat is very expensive, but with this new free-for-the-taking land land and oil and other resources, it became affordable for everyone!.!.!. we could all live like kings! Eating a big slab of meat was something everyone dreamt of doing -- to eat like royalty does!. Meat became a symbol of America's prosperity, and quickly became ingrained into the culture!. Everyone wanted meat on their plate!. Eventually, people started eating meat at literally every meal!. Breakfast, lunch, dinner!.!.!. with the economic boom people could really just pig out on nearly everything they had always dreamt of!. It used to be that to grow up big and strong you should eat your spinach and other vegetables, but that soon became drink your milk and eat your meat, all with the help of billions of dollars pumped into advertising by the meat and dairy foundations!. As a result, a whole new generation of people were born into this huge gluttony of consumption; born into royal eating habits!. Bacon, eggs, sausages, toast, orange juice, milk, all for breakfast; lunch and dinner the same sort of thing!. All symbols of health and prosperity (the orange juice likely promoted to prevent scurvy)!. The famous and widely used Betty Crocker cookbook includes meat, dairy, eggs!.!.!. in every single recipe!.
So, along comes someone who does not eat any animal products at all, at any meal!. WHOA! What kind of weird person are you!? How can you live without meat!? Why would you not want to drink milk or eat ice-cream!? Such things are the seeds of life! How could someone give up all that is so rich and tasty and fantastic! How can you even prepare a meal that has no meat dairy or other animal products!?!? It's inconceivable to most people because they live in the American Bubble!. All they know are bacon, eggs, burgers, milk shakes, roast beef, chicken, butter, cream, !.!.!.!. how can you even have a birthday -- you can't make a cake without eggs butter and milk!? You can't grow up to be big and strong without milk and meat!!
So, what do people do!? They make fun of what they don't understand!. They 'bash' it!. Put it down!. Say it's stupid or whatever!. I'll bet that being a vegan would be akin to being homosexual in many places in America -- meaning, that it's just too far from being a regular natural human being etc!. You are not participating in what is great about being American!.!.!. gluttony!. Doing things to excess!. Bigger, better, faster!.!.!. You are going backwards!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
So, along comes someone who does not eat any animal products at all, at any meal!. WHOA! What kind of weird person are you!? How can you live without meat!? Why would you not want to drink milk or eat ice-cream!? Such things are the seeds of life! How could someone give up all that is so rich and tasty and fantastic! How can you even prepare a meal that has no meat dairy or other animal products!?!? It's inconceivable to most people because they live in the American Bubble!. All they know are bacon, eggs, burgers, milk shakes, roast beef, chicken, butter, cream, !.!.!.!. how can you even have a birthday -- you can't make a cake without eggs butter and milk!? You can't grow up to be big and strong without milk and meat!!
So, what do people do!? They make fun of what they don't understand!. They 'bash' it!. Put it down!. Say it's stupid or whatever!. I'll bet that being a vegan would be akin to being homosexual in many places in America -- meaning, that it's just too far from being a regular natural human being etc!. You are not participating in what is great about being American!.!.!. gluttony!. Doing things to excess!. Bigger, better, faster!.!.!. You are going backwards!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com