Would you help someone if they were doing something to hurt themselves?!


Question: Would you help someone if they were doing something to hurt themselves!?
I know everybody cares for the animals, but what about human lives!.

If you knew that certain foods cause health problems, would you try to educate your family and friends that they could be harming themselves!?

Even if they argued with you and called you names, would you give up or risk looking a radical!?

I have looked a radical my whole life, but if someone is committing some form of slow suicide, I speak up!

What do my fellow V&Vs think!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
I have watched the beauty of health disappear in both family members and friends!. I solemnly warn them and tell them what will happen as a result of their poor eating habits!. But few of them heed the warning!. It sometimes takes a hospital bed to open their eyes!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

You are talking about exercising daily right!? I knew it!.

It is true that exercise is the single largest determining factor in good health!.

And yea your right, far too many vegetarians and vegans do not get the proper amount of exercise because the believe the propaganda; that they are bulletproof through their diet! hah! You should be doing at least 45 minutes of cardio 3-4 days per week to achieve optimal health!. Genes also play a large role and having a well balanced diet of all the major food groups is also important!.

Spread the knowledge, good question!Www@FoodAQ@Com

according to the reports of the Hunza tribe,they eat vegetables, fruits and meat from the indigenous wildlife of ibex,sheep,geese,ducks,pheasants and partridge!.they they eat 2-4 pounds of meat a week from domestic animals such as mutton,goat,yak,beef,poultry!.they also make bread without yeast and their fat intake includes milk,butter,ghee,apricot oil and animal fats,the children are breast fed untill they are two to four years old!.they live to an average age of 87 years old and the oldest elder at the time was 110 years old!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I attempt to share experiences that I've encountered and the out comes of said experiences!. Hopefully, this would shed a positive light enabling the person to make a better choice for their situation!. When a decision has to be made always consider more than one solution and then decide which solution would work the best for them!. Before choosing the final choice ask yourself if you can deal with it and if not what would you do providing you hit a snag!. Always have a back-up choice with flexibilities!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

I'll tell them that what they are eating is terrible for them, but then I'll drop it!. People do stuff that's bad for them all the time and it's their right!. Take smoking for example!. They know it's going to hurt them, but whether they do it or not is totally up to them!. But yeah I would let them know that it's going to give them lung cancer if they don't already know!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Im a vegetarian and everyone in my family are meat eater and I sit down with them everyday for dinner but I dont dare tell them that what they are eating is slowly killing them instead I have told them that if they ever want to become a vegetarian then they could come to me for full support!. No matter how much you love someone you cant force them to see your point of view!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I keep trying to tell my mom to cut down on the meat!. She's attempting to try the atkins diet for weight loss!. I know it isn't working!. I have a couple family members that are obese and a few suffering from diabetes, I'm not sure how to tell them!. I know of many people who have cured diabetes through a well-balanced vegan diet, but like they'll listen or try it!.

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I just visited my uncle who is laying on the hospital bed due to kidney failure!. Almost everyone there that suffering from chronical illnesses were meat eaters!. Sorry to say that but from my investigation on random census, non of them were vegetarian!Www@FoodAQ@Com

humans can fight for themselves animals can not, yes i prefer to save animals lives over some humans!. but of course my family comes first!.

i am a meat eater and i am not a vegan!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Of course I would!. They are hurting themselves because they need help!. You cannot help every single person in every situation though!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I am not a "V" but I still believe people should watch what they eat!.!.!.specially when they are over weight because like you said, it is suicide!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Well, if you are going to tell them that what they are doing (eating, smoking ect!.) is killing them slowly, you need hard facts, otherwise they have a right too doubt you!.
I'm not saying that they have a right to call you names ect!. but if confronted with 2 possible truths (eg!. Eat Meat - die young _or_ Eat Veg - be undernourished) the average person will choose the one that satisfies them the most now (taste, fun ect!.) and do not listen too their brain telling them that the other option is more rewarding in the long term!.
If you have tried to give them your opinion, and they refuse to believe, you cannot help them, unless you have the hard facts, and if nobody who has more knowledge than the average person disagrees with the fact (eg!. a expert on food disagrees that if you eat veg you live longer), yet, still, the human mind is most often in a NOW frame, rather in a FUTURE, or PAST frame!.
Here is a saying that goes with this:

"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift!. That is why it is called the present"


If they are stubborn, it is not your fault, you have seen the right choice to make, they have not, and you cannot force your beliefs upon them, sadly, that is how it works!.

When I became a vegetairean at age 10, I got a really hard time from my grandparents and uncles, they did not like the fact of what I had chosen, but I realise now, three years later, that I went too far in forcing my beliefs upon them, and you can influence people by just getting along with life, people will ask you questions, and if you give them good answers, the people who are 51% eat meat and 49% non-meat can easily be influenced by your example!.

I hope this is what you are looking for!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

First, I'll have to disagree with Chrissi that we are meant to eat meat!.

Carnivores:
- teeth are fang-like, designed for tearing flesh
- digestive tract is very short; food goes in and out!. Nutrients to be digested are taken quickly

Humans:
- teeth are flat, designed for grinding grains and plant material
- digestive tract is longer to allow more time for body to absorb nutrients

So the human system is designed more for plants and grains, not for meats!.

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I can appreciate the frustration that comes when people don't hear what you're saying!. My family would gang up on me and give me a terrible time!. But I did what was right for me, and when asked about my food, I'd explain!. I'd also comment that I felt better when I ate a plant-based diet, and that many of the ailments I'd been suffering had disappeared!. Even things like colds and sore throats were diminished or disappeared altogether!.

And then, surprise of surprises-- my niece began to ask me about my veg products!. She'd been living on cheese sandwiches literally for years!. When we were at a cookout and I shared my Boca Italian Sausage, she was thrilled!. It opened a whole new world for her!.

You need to be Johnny Appleseed here!.!.!. plant a few seeds of information and then move along!. Some of your seeds will grow, some won't!.

I wish everyone had the same outlook about this that I did, but I know I've had some influence here and there!. I can be happy with that!.

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Did you know some of the healthiest and longest lived people eat a great deal of meat!. There is no real proof the reasonable eating of meat and dairy is harmful!. I have had heart surgery had nothing to do with my diet!. Think on this if our ancestor's had not eaten meat we would not have this brain that lets us play on this site!. Eating meat gave them a leg up!. Most meat eating animals have large brains most grazers do not!. Even apes and chimps eat creatures!. Chimps even hunt and kill and eat monkeys!. By the way Princess like all of the great apes we are omniovers!.!.Yes in the back we have flat teeth, in the front nice sharp K-9s for tearing just like our pet dogs and cats!.

You really need to stop listening to PETA BS!. They are after all one of the most evil groups around!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

The hunzas ehh!? Sounds kinda like something from Star Wars or some other fictional movie!.!.!.!.Upon further investigation the only study yielded by a google search was a study conducted by British researcher Sir Robert McCarrison in the 1920's, yea, that's right 1920, almost 100 years ago!.

We've progressed quite a bit since then!. We've since discovered that blacks were not created to be slaves, women were not created to be slaves, jews were not created to be slaves, kissing a frog does not turn it into a prince, walking under a ladder does not cause bad luck etc, etc!.!.!. Very little of things that were speculated to be true in the 20's still are in todays world!.

According to his findings he "believed" that many of them were in their 70's and 80's which at the time was much longer than average!.!.!.!.!.!. not 200's you boldfaced liar!. Talk about spewing misinformation from every orifice for god's sakes!.!.!.

Give me a factual source that proclaims you will live to 200 on a veg diet, or any diet, and i will tell you that your source is lieing!. The reason he belived they were in their 70's and 80's is because!.!.!.!. HE COULDN'T SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE, and he did not have a translator!. Since he obviously did not grow up with the honzas how did he "know" they were that old!? The technology and knowledge to predict someones age was not available in the 1920's!. His findings had very little to do with actual evidence and much more to do with speculation and opinion!.

Come on 200!? Seriously!? You could've made up a number just a little bit more realistic like 90 and i *might* have believed you and never looked it up!.
Lucky for me, you are an idiot!.


edited to make you look like even more of a moron - "Why would they publish the Hunzas long life!? What do you think would happen if it reached the public!.!.!?"

So you believe everything that is published!?
So that means you believe that meat and dairy are healthy for you then, right!?

Those FACTS have long been published throughout all types of media!. But wait, in your question you are saying that meat is unhealthy!.!.!.

So tell me mr!.kitty, which is it!?
Should we believe things that are published, or not believe them!?

Or should we only listen to the published reports that support our own bias while ignoring those that go against it!? Please tell me because i am genuinely curious as to exactly how stupid you really are!.

And please answer one more thing!.
In Australia does schooling stop at 6th grade or something!? Or are you just a very poor representative of your country!?Www@FoodAQ@Com

If you are speaking of meat, it is not slow suicide!. I know this won't change your views, but it needs to be said anyhow!.

Humans are omnivores!. We were built for meat AND vegetables!. Our digestive tract, teeth, and evolutionary history all points to omnivore!.

Don't get me wrong, I was vegetarian for 10 years (and I mean fully vegetarian - no meat, no fish, no chicken, no gelatin, no rennet), but you need to get real here!. It isn't "slow death"!. Your choice to be vegetarian or vegan is a personal choice!. Meat isn't killing anyone!. Improper diet habits ARE!.

There is hardly any food that will cause even a bit of harm to you if eaten in MODERATION!. It would have to contain a toxic chemical like arsenic or lead to actually harm you by a single consumption!. Patterns of bad eating habits are the health threat!. Not single instances of meat-eating!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I didn't even have to read the content to your question to know that it would be something bad about meat based upon all of your previous non factual based posts and questions!.

Eating meat is not slow suicide despite what peta has brainwashed you to believe!. The world's longest living woman recently died at 115 and she gre up on a farm, eating meat daily for every meal!.

If you want be to be vegetarian then fine, but use a little more tact, and a little less shock!. Www@FoodAQ@Com





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