vegetarianism Options

[wishforhelsinki]

i'm sure this has been mentioned a lot here. but i've recently decided to become a vegetarian & would really like to learn more about. the thing is that i can't find a good website that will give me the information i want (i have bad eyes -_-). does anyone mind giving me a url to one? & it would be great to get advice from others out there who're vegetarian too.

& also, when i say recently i mean like 2 days ago. nobody's taking me seriously or thinks i'll last >:l i didn't expect less anyway, i just wish they'd shove their faces down the drain cause the bashing is pissing me off.

[RealTalk]

What are the merits of a strictly vegetarian/vegan diet? I don't understand why, all of a sudden, people are defying human nature that has lasted for over 250 thousand years of hunting and foraging meat. I doubt we would be in the same place if we had been vegetarians since the evolution of mankind. Do you see vegetables growing wildly? They have to be cultivated. And that cultivated land kills more animals than humans hunting them do.

My friend is a vegetarian and she says that meat is not needed since we are not under the same circumstances as we were thousands of years ago. We used to hunt because we needed to survive, but now in our society there is no need for hunting and it's not essential for our survival anymore. There's no need to kill a cow when you have other food alternatives to live on.

[MissHygienic]

My friend is a vegetarian and she says that meat is not needed since we are not under the same circumstances as we were thousands of years ago. We used to hunt because we needed to survive, but now in our society there is no need for hunting and it's not essential for our survival anymore. There's no need to kill a cow when you have other food alternatives to live on.

Meat has protein, something that vegetables alone can't give you. I know there are vitamin supplements out there, but vegetarians who do it for simply moralistic reasons often don't think of that and they are, in result, very unhealthy even if they don't look it. Often, vegetarians stick by salads and a lot of carbs, and in the end, they just become fat. Also, like I said, how often do you see wild strawberries? Never. What vegetarians consume is more than often cultivated; therefore, killing animals anyway. I don't support it, and I'm just saying.

Plus, what sort of substitutes do they have? Sugar? Carbohydrates? Sodium? I can tell you that any nutritionist and serious athletes will not be vegetarians, as meat is essential to a diet. Meat does not make people fat; it's the crappy, instant junk food that people microwave when they can't cook.