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Last november, I saw the movie Fast Food Nation. After that, I was kind of weirded out about meat of any kind so I decided to go awhile without eating any meat. I thought it would last just a couple weeks. I haven't eaten meat of any kind since, and I'm very happy with it. I get my protein from beans, shakes, rice and what not.

So my point is, why not try it? I feel better after I eat and I can eat a lot more without worrying about gaining weight or anything. If you eat right, being a vegetarian is great. ANyone else vegetarians or vegans? Anyone have any objections to the idea?

I've been a vegetarian since I was a little kid. I haven't had meat, fish, eggs, gelatin, etc. for 25 years now. I do consume some dairy - I don't drink milk (I use soymilk) but I eat yogurt and some cheese, provided they are not made with gelatin or rennet. I try to use vegan organic ingredients whenever I can. When I grocery shop, if I'm buying a product I'm not familiar with, I just scan the ingredient list for anything I don't eat (eggs are the most common offender). I think eating vegetarian is inherently more healthy and I've ceratinly never gone hungry over the years. Tofu is pretty much the all-purpose ingredient and soy is the only non-animal source of all eight essential amino acids.

heavenly_romer, on Dec 9 2007, 10:43 PM, said:

It's true--meat does have the tendency of having blood in it while it's being butchered, and it's true that the meat was once living and moving, and it's also true that cows poop on themselves and pigs practically baste themselves in their own Brown.

But I love my red meat.

No doubt eating better foods would make you feel better. But so does the occasional steak or plate of bacon. The satiety of saturated fat? As a drooling Homer says, "arhghgh . . ." So what if I can be a vegetarian for 128 years? That's just 128 years longer I would have to go with no meat.

It's possible to eat healthy and still eat meat.
The other question I'd have is- are you eating vegetarian ( or vegan) for health reasons or principle (i.e. killing animals is wrong)?

When I was a kid, becoming a vegetarian was a choice based on principle. It was never pushed on me and for me it was, and continues to be, the right choice. I have no problem with anyone who chooses to eat meat. Just because their views on the subject are much different than mine, I can't say it makes them wrong. Like most things, vegetarianism is a personal choice. While I would never even consider a non-vegetarian diet, I would also never try to preach or force my views upon anyone else.

I have even had to start buying meat and fish, now that I have a couple of dogs. I had never in my life bought either of those things and I have to admit, I felt like a hypocrite standing in the checkout line. But dogs, unlike humans, can't live as vegetarians. I do only buy them organic and certified humanely raised products, not that they know the difference, but I feel better about it.

The differences between lifestyles are interesting to me. Certainly there are more ways to live than one, and it seems you are successful and content with your lifestyle, lift mistress.
I like meat, you like soy--

And the great thing is, that today, nobody will have to defend themselves.

I like my burgers, steak and especially chicken! Food is food.......

I do my best to eat healthy, but the easiest start is to cut out fast food and over the counter snacks. I found that by cutting out a lot of the processed food (candy, snack cakes, ready made stuff in a can) you can shed a lot of the unhealthy garbage. My belt got 3 notches tighter last winter by cutting out that (and some beer got nixed too).

It really is a personal choice. I, personally, haven't liked tofu and soy milk when I have tried them, something just didn't seem right. I also subsist for a good part of the winter on granola, peanuts, and cheese, so I'm halfway there anyway.

Mmmm, meat!

I'm not a vegeterian and can't see myself changing to become one. I love my meat too.

I know some people call themselves vegeterians, but do eat some types of meat like chicken and fish, but don't consume any dairy and beef products.

Well if your happy eating veggies, go for it, but the way I see it, we all are going to die either from a Heart Attack or Cancer, does not matter what you eat, it'll get you eventually, might as well die with a satisfied stomach.

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This post has been edited by poloxskier: 10 December 2007 - 06:33 PM

I think it would be too much trouble to not eat meat. Fast food places are the best.

I can't say that I love fast food, but I do love meat. However one day I went into Einstien Bagels to get a bagel dog (which BTW if you haven't tried one, they're excellent) but the only type they had was portabello mushroom with onion bagel wrapping, so I said what the heck. It turned out to be quite tasty, and if I hadn't known it was 100% vegetarian, I would have thought that it was a normal bagel dog. So I can now say that I gave vegetarian food a try, even though it would not necessarily be my first choice. Oh if any of you are in Frisco sometime go to the Hymmilayn restaurant on Main Street. It is primarily vegitarian although there are a few meat dishes. I don't remember the name, but it was very well priced (especially for Summit County) and it was great vegitarian food. It is quite exotic cuisine and the saag takes a while to get used to. But its great food so you should go try it.

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tahoeistruckin, on Dec 12 2007, 10:33 PM, said:

You beat me to it!

People Eat Tasty Animals. Mmmmmmmmmmmm Rib Eye.

It's about balance, portion size and common sense. For those of you who LIKE fast food, please watch Super Size Me, very scary.

k2skier, on Dec 13 2007, 11:59 AM, said:

Oh I know. I didn't go to McDonalds for a month after watching Super Size Me.

Supersize me is not a realistic representation of the 'health' of McDonalds food. It is just an easy way for the guy to villianize a big corporation and make some money. I could eat nothing but iceberg salads for a month and show equally poor health issues. Not too mention McDonals has the worst burgers made. By the way veggie burgers are not bad at all. At home we eat them regularly, if I eat out though I still eat the real thing.

cjb, on Dec 13 2007, 02:56 PM, said:

It is fairly unreasonable to think that anyone would eat McDs every meal every day as this movie shows but I have noticed that after watching it I am paying more attention to the nutritional content of the food I eat. This is especially true of fast food, I found out the that great breakfast platter I had been getting had 64 g of fat (over half saturated) and 1400 calories I started eating other things on their menu that were healthier.

That movie worked the other way for me. After watching it, I was craving McD's for a month.