(March 9, 2014 at 9:53 am)NoraBrimstone Wrote: Humans are omnivores, we can survive just fine with or without meat in our diets. Eat what the fuck you want.No, we've already been over this, we do actually need meat, and without any meat products (no meat, dairy, fish or eggs) it becomes very difficult to get all of your nutritional requirements without taking dietary supplements and furthermore weight loss dieting on such a vegan diet is a really bad idea, again without taking supplements.
(March 9, 2014 at 8:55 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: The 'principles' of a vegan/ vegetarian diet are nothing more than religious dogma.Not for everyone, I've known a couple of people who were vegetarian for health reasons. One was living overseas and didn't trust the local meat and I don't blame him. I've known a couple of people who were vegetarian for economic reasons.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
