Any Vegetarians/Vegans here?

[bennyboy]

(snipmine)Meat eating is not necessary-- it is for many enjoyable and convenient, but at least in the developed world, not necessary.

For me as an individual, actually, it's extremely necessary. If you've read my past posts on this matter, then you know I was a veg for a long time, but I have a nut allergy. When I was a vegetarian, I went into anaphylaxis way too many times. Since I began eating meat, my hospital visits are few and far between. I developed a sort of PTSD for eating *in general* when I was a veg, due to my many 'episodes', and now I have a hard time eating at all. I've resigned myself to being an omnivore, and I'm not dead because of it. I'll take that and run with it. Veg's can do what they want. I'll be eating some meat, because that reduces the prospect of me dying young.

Yes, I remember your previous posts well. Some people also need insulin, but that's not a sensible argument for all people using it-- it just means that those people's bodies do not function normally and they have needs that others don't.

I'd wager there are some vegetarians who have stories similar to yours-- they are allergic to something in the meat, they got sick from eating meat many times, etc.

But the objective truth is that over a population, vegetarians fare no less well than omnivores. Except in medical conditions such as yours, a person can be vegetarian, healthy and happy, and have the added bonus of feeling good about minimizing their impact on other living things.

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I am a vegetarian but not a strike one, I will every now and then have fish or a little chicken, I am very healthy for my age and I put this down to my diet. Too many believe that we need heaps of protein which is a big lie, in fact too much protein can case diseases such as cancer. But then what suites my body may not suite another's body, we are all different and the trick is to find what suites your body as I have done.

Yeah, protein really depends on how much hurt you're putting your body through. I'm pretty sure weight-lifters need lots of protein, and I've heard that long-distance runners also need very large amounts due to the constant wear-and-tear.

But most people don't need to eat a massive serving of meat as the main course for dinner every day.