31-03-2003 23:56									#31
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I stopped eating meat about 6 months ago. I don't regard myself as a veggie and anyone who suggests it will be missing a few teeth very quickly. I do eat a lot of fish, quite a lot of nuts and some fruit. I actually loathe most green vegetables and always have (for the last 40 something years).

The reason I stopped eating meat was simply that all the garbage they inject into the animals was making me very bad tempered and aggressive. I did like the taste of meat but after about a month without it the extreme moods calmed down and I feel a lot better. It is a bit of an effort to manage a varied diet but I would not go back to eating meat now.

	01-04-2003 00:16									#32
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Verity is the stuff of life; you just have to enjoy all things in moderation.

	01-04-2003 01:08									#33
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quote: Originally posted by Gangerolf this seems like the right place to ask: are bananas berries?

I'm no expert, but bananas are fruits with more than one seed. Therefore, they are berries. Weird!

	01-04-2003 01:21									#34
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quote: Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp Source? Yup. We probably lived mainly on vegetables and insects, but I bet we never passed up good meat when it arrived.

You can easily get all the essential amino acids from a vegetarian diet from combining various plants,nuts, and dairy food. Same with calcium.

I work out almost every day on a 90% vegetarian and never feel I'm lacking protein. If so, I'll do a MetreX or other supplement.

	01-04-2003 01:32									#35
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I am a proud Omnivore. I agree that there are great, great dishes that use no animals in thier making...but there are also great dishes that do use animal.

Also, ebign form latin America, the Vegeterian option is almost unknown. No deep fired (in lard) pork skins? No Parridalla (Argentine specialty...every cut of meat, suasege and orgn meat you can think of, all cooked together....)

	01-04-2003 02:18									#36
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My friend Jayne is a vegetarian and someties the thought of eating animal flesh repulses me - but avoiding products with gelatin in is waaaay too expensive and if I were going to do it, I'd do it properly.

My mum announced that she's been vegetarian for a coupla months when I got back home from uni the other day - her face fell when I showed her the pills she's been taking have gelatin in

	01-04-2003 02:31									#37
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I don't mind meat eating, it is just that I think that mammals and birds should be Euthanized before being buchered; you wouldn't want to be executed by sliting your throat would you?

	01-04-2003 02:44									#38
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Aside from a weakness for bacon, I'm 95% veggie. I'll have a steak if I get a real craving, but for the most part I just don't have much interest in eating meat.

	01-04-2003 02:48									#39
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I'd miss chicken and sausages. Esp. BBQ chicken.

Damn, I'm hungry.

	01-04-2003 03:51									#40
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quote: Originally posted by JohnT By removing options, you limit variety by definition. Ergo, an omnivorous diet has LESS variety than an all veggie one.

I'll assume you meant to say more, but...

Not really - there is a near infinite variety either way, and being vegetarian doesn't mean you have to have a less varied diety.

quote: And the second quoted sentence makes absolutely no sense whatsover. Being omnivorous doesn't prevent you from eating the "more different vegetables", nor is it a reason to be a veggie.

I didn't say it prevents you from doing so, I was saying that meat makes up a very small portion of the food available to an average human.

	01-04-2003 03:56									#41
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I eat at least one serving of meat a day. Often 2.

EDIT: after reading how much counts as a serving of meat, I have to change this to 3-5 servings in the average day....

	01-04-2003 03:57									#42
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quote: Originally posted by SpencerH I'm no expert, but bananas are fruits with more than one seed. Therefore, they are berries. Weird!

it IS weird. apparantly, tomatoes are berries too

	01-04-2003 04:00									#43
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quote: Originally posted by Japher I have been to ranches and have seen how the animals live, die, and get to my plate... hasn't changed my mind.

Unless you strictly buy free range products, very little to none of the meat you buy comes from ranches - it comes from factory farms.

Have you also visited a meat packing factory?

quote: I stopped eating meat about 6 months ago. I don't regard myself as a veggie and anyone who suggests it will be missing a few teeth very quickly. I do eat a lot of fish

Then you haven't stopped eating meat. I'll never understand people who think fish isn't meat.

quote: My mum announced that she's been vegetarian for a coupla months when I got back home from uni the other day - her face fell when I showed her the pills she's been taking have gelatin in

Yeah, gelatin is a *****. I don't think most vegetarians bother with that, though - only strict vegans would avoid it completely. But I do avoid it when possible.

	01-04-2003 04:23									#44
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quote: But I do avoid (gelatin) when possible.

As for my opinion, meat is way too unhealthy AND expensive when compared to the taste. I'll eat it, if offered somewhere free, though.

	01-04-2003 05:14									#45
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quote: There's a hell of alot more different vegtebles and fruits then there are meats, anyways.

True, but there is no beef vegetable or bacon vegetable. Meat is good.

	01-04-2003 05:17									#46
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Actually there are. They are made of soy.

	01-04-2003 05:59									#47
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I like food. My mouth is an equal opportunity employer....

	01-04-2003 06:31									#48
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So much for the eurocom stereotype, they're the only ones without any vegetarians so far.

	01-04-2003 06:41									#49
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I eat a lot of meat, couldn't give it up.

lots of chicken, a fair amount of fish (salmon mainly), grilled steak in summer, lobster, souvlaki... mmmm...

Someday I'll have to try a anti-veggie diet - no vegetables at all (fruit I like, tho ). The Atkins diet springs to mind...

	01-04-2003 06:45									#50
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quote: Originally posted by Six Thousand Year Old Man Someday I'll have to try a anti-veggie diet - no vegetables at all (fruit I like, tho ). The Atkins diet springs to mind...

Even though I like everything, Im a type of person who would be content and eating my meal if it was all veggies, where as if it was all meat, I might ask the chef "where's my salad?"

nothing wrong with all meat, but I would be curious as to where my greens are if I'm not aware that that's the whole point of the meal.

	01-04-2003 08:27									#51
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I rarely eat red meat - perhaps once a month on average (had a few meatball sandwiches over the last couple of weeks). I eat chicken a lot and fish.

I eat way too much chocolate though.

	01-04-2003 08:33									#52
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quote: Originally posted by Calc II Even though I like everything, Im a type of person who would be content and eating my meal if it was all veggies, where as if it was all meat, I might ask the chef "where's my salad?" nothing wrong with all meat, but I would be curious as to where my greens are if I'm not aware that that's the whole point of the meal.

I'd miss the baked potato with my steak, I suppose. But potatoes are hardly your typical vegetable

Otherwise... just give me an extra skewer of grilled shrimp or scallops in lieu of the 'greens', and I'll be happy

	01-04-2003 10:07									#53
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i've been a vegetarian since 94, no meat, no fish, no seafood

i occasionally eat scrambled eggs and i drink lots of skim milk

i eat lots of pinto beans (like a can a day), rice, almonds, peanuts, oatmeal, ton of fruits (bananas, strawberries, blueberries, pineapples, and watermelon oranges/OJ), then the occasional salad, and frozen vegetables

unfortunantly i do like bread, pasta, and pineapple pizza, and eat them far too often

	01-04-2003 10:43									#54
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quote: Originally posted by Osweld Then you haven't stopped eating meat. I'll never understand people who think fish isn't meat.

The Catholic definition is warm-blooded animals. I don't know why, but that's the limitation for Lent and what not.

I eat a lot of meat, although my consumption when I'm at school is dependent on finances. I'd rather give up meat and subsist off of ramen then give up my other indulgences.

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Beef Beef BEEEEF!

	01-04-2003 11:44									#56
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No, and on my diet I can guarantee you for every animal you don't eat, I eat 10.

	01-04-2003 14:22									#57
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quote: Originally posted by Skanky Burns Actually there are. They are made of soy.

Uh, yuck! That's even worse. Mmm... Baconesque, preferred by 2 out of 3 prison inmates. I think I'm gonna go get a burger now...

	01-04-2003 20:33									#58
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I am surprised that europe is so meat heavy

Jon Miller

	01-04-2003 20:39									#59
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Darth: how's the diet going? what week is it? and do you feel better?

I am asking because maybe I should try it myself.

	01-04-2003 21:42									#60
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Mmmmmmm......flesh.....

Bloody and twitching. Just how I like it.