If gelatin is not vegetarian...?!

no

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If you're serious about it, don't buy anything in gelatin capsules to begin with, since the animal is unwillingly "donating" the same amount of tissue whether you swallow it or throw it in the trash.

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Hands off supplements of anything. Seems to be an American sickness and Americans seem to be more sick than the rest of the world
The only thing you can overdose and the body rejects is Vitamin C but all others you can seriously overdose

Anyhow, who care whether it is or is not vegetarian?

Question: If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?

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You already bought it so the damage has been done (if any)

The capsule serves a purpose and it may not be wise to dispose of it. If you care about gelatin, you should be buying products that don't use it.

If you eat dairy and eggs, it contributes to more suffering than eating gelatin so you might as well just swallow the pills.

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"Gelatin is a protein produced by partial hydrolysis of collagen extracted from the bones and connective tissues of animals such as the domesticated cattle, pigs and horses." Quote obtained elsewhere on the net.

If you are truly vegetarian, you would not even consider using gelatin in anything at anytime or in anyplace. Skip the Jello... In any other use, like the capsules you refer to, it does not matter if you disassemble the capsule or just swallow it whole, the end result is the same when the contents get into your digestive tract, you digest the proteins as you do with any other foodstuff.

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Yes!

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The are supplements available that use Vegi-caps. You merely have to read the labels to find out which ones these are.

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No, not really.

Firstly I would ask why you need supplements, there are no reasons for a person to take supplements on a vegetarian diet unless you have a specific medical condition.

The act of buying / receving the tablets is what killed the cow or pig, Once you've bought it, it doesn't make any difference whether you eat it or throw it away. to the meat industry and tablet maker you've bought it, and they will then make more of them. They don't care if you throw it away.

I suppose if you've bought the tablets, found they have gelatin in the capsule and then do the open/mix with water thing that would be one way of avoiding eating it. But I would say a vegetarian would then change thier tablet supplier for the next batch.

Also, if the tablets are not veggie then its highly likely the contents are not veggie either.

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You can get gelatin free capsules

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That's a dangerous habit to get into. Just use them if you already bought them and next time look for tablets and please don't ever think about doing this with medicine!

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Definitely not, you dont know how that supplement, or whatever you might be taking, is released into your body.

If it is time release, well you may just have overdosed. So I recommend a big NO.

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Vegetarianism is inherently silly, but to avoid gelatin in capsules just because it is an animal product goes beyond silliness. And what do you suppose those supplements are made of?

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Ohhh my!!! You are off your rocker!!!!!!

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