My friend is a vegetarian bc he says it's healthier?!

My friend is a vegetarian bc he says it's healthier?

He says that meat is bad for your health. It sounds completely ignorant to me because (my belief) is that humans are naturally omnivores meant to eat vegetation AND meat. What say you? Is not eating meat better for you than eating it?

9 hours ago
Also please back up your argument with facts

7 hours ago
LOL I am not arguing with my friend that he is wrong, it's not gonna be like "I'm not your best friend anymore!!" PLEASE! I'm older than 9. I just want to see both sides of the argument.

You seem very sceptical, but I applaud you for asking your question at all. It shows you have a mind that is open enough to allow a difference of opinion into your attention. It also seems you have a good relationship with your vegetarian friend, and that you are aware that your thinking that he is ignorant is hindering your relationship from going from good to great, so you're here asking for help to understand the motivation your friend finds in being vegetarian, and instead you get shot down by both sides for being inquisitive.
I say don't listen to the people who only want to ridicule and hurt you. Not all answerers have tried to tell you that you or you're friend are bad or wrong (depending on which way they swing), and the ones who have tried to be welcoming and comforting should be awarded, like the people who answered your question without trying to convert you. I suggest you work out who they are, and thank them for their input.
I don't have much to offer in this area. I read somewhere that the things added to meat can alter live human DNA, essentially mutating human cells into things like cancer, or enter the bloodstream and then the brain affecting attitude, motor function, eye sight, the hypothalamus and the medulla oblongata. Symptoms can be as severe as those experienced by people overdosing on the drug ICE.

The dangers of eating meat is enough of a reason on it's own for a person to become vegetarian, but I suspect when you're friend said he is vegetarian because it's healthier, he was not only refering to a reduction in the consumption of meat, but also an increase in the consumption of fruit and vegetables. If you look at the 3 most popular causes of death in the western world, which are stroke, heart disease and cancer, meat eating may or may not be causing them, but eating more veges is proven to reduce a person's risk of death in all 3 of these areas.
At this point, I have not even touched on any of the other big reasons why people become vegetarian, which are human rights, animal rights, animal welfare, and the environment, because your question does not ask about them. It should be noted that any 1 of these reasons is enough to convert some people, but very rarely is a person found to resist the urge to change after hearing the argument posed from all 5 angles. This is the reason so many people are not willing to listen to us at all, and why I want to thank you again for listening to me. If you want to hear about the other arguments, please contact me through my Yahoo Answers profile page by clicking my name.
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