vegetarianism

Vegetarians and vegans should plan their diets carefully to avoid negative consequences:

Hormel is buying Skippy.

By "we", I mean the First World nations of the Western hemisphere, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, places where the culture is ultimately derived from Europe, and generally forbids the consumption of dogs and cats, even if only recently. Granted, there are are a few places in Europe where...

Dutch scientists are "growing" meat from stem-calls. linky Obviously there's a very long way to go to make this commercially viable (if ever) but without the concern of the humanitarian aspects of raising/slaughtering animals and the fact that this meat never 'had eyes', feelings and what-not...

I keep seeing a statement like this in comments on Mother Jones articles: if we switch to an all vegetarian diet, our former food animals will go extinct. What's the logic behind this? I can almost see it being true for larger land animals like cows, but we don't eat horses and they aren't...

Since this is the elephant in the room on the foie gras thread, I thought I would start a thread on the merits of vegetarianism and veganism versus meat eating. I will start the discussion and hopefully we can critically think on some issues in this area. I am a meat eater but I am also a...

Have any of you run into people who call themselves vegetarian but eat fish and/or chicken. Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarian) has definitions for these variations I had a neighbor who was a Jain and she said if it had a face she didn't eat it. That seems to me to be a...

(first of all I don’t mean to be flaming, just discuss nicely) I guess most people here believe in the golden rule… meaning that they generally will avoid doing to others what they don’t want others doing to them. I also guess most people here believe in evolution… meaning they believe that...

Vegetarianism is the practice of following a diet based on plant-based foods including fruits, vegetables, cereal grains, nuts, and seeds, with or without dairy products and eggs. A vegetarian does not eat meat, game, poultry, fish, crustacea, shellfish, or products of animal slaughter such as...

Lord Stern wants us all to go vegetarian to 'save the planet'. I'm as concerned as the average citizen of garden Earth regards solution and climate change, but I am not certain if human kind is 100% the cause of climate change (we must take into consideration that big orange ball in the sky...

Climate chief Lord Stern: give up meat to save the planet People will need to turn vegetarian if the world is to conquer climate change, according to a leading authority on global warming. In an interview with The Times, Lord Stern of Brentford said: “Meat is a wasteful use of water and...

The "active" ingredient in the homeopathic remedy Oscillococcinum is duck liver. Of course, there are no molecules of duck liver remaining after the dilution. Is it therefore acceptable for vegetarians to take? What about those who are against killing animals for medicinal purposes?

Hi! There's been quite a lot of talk regarding diet here lately, especially vegetarian vs. omnivorous. Thought this should be brought up. From The American Journal Of Clinical Nutrition: Effect of vegetarian diets on bone mineral density: a Bayesian meta-analysis Interesting. Comments?

To put pro-lifers and pro-choicers on equal footing, I have this little thought experiment. Suppose we have Star Trek technology. A pregnant woman can go in for an abortion, to have the embryo or fetus immediately teleported out of the woman into a large fluid filled incubator designed to...

Quite a lot, it would seem, although some believe that for the entire planet to turn vegetarian would mean the poorest wouldn't get an adequate diet. Here are some quotes from articles. (I can't vouch for the accuracy of the information, though much of it comes from reputable sources.) This...

A vegetarian friend and I were talking, and we agreed that while most Americans probably scoff at the idea of "animal rights," even while they probably tacitly endorse rights for non-humans on some basic level. I'm sure the same holds true for most of the rest of the world as well. People are...

Linky. Linky. Linky. Linky. So I saw an advertisement for this website on the train and thought about checking it out. Of course, it has the scary videos of how we get our meat products. But it also has the information above that I have heard alluded to in other sources as well. And don't...

The reason I start this thread is because of the endless debates I have had with vegetarians who try to do nothing but appeal to my emotion and my morals, rather than provide me with serious evidence that vegetarianism is healthier than consuming meat products. Now, I consider myself to be...

I saw this article and the claim seems a bit questionable. (Link) This claim seems a bit questionable. Even if it's true that the meat industry generates so much pollution, she doesn't really establish that vegetarianism is a viable option that would reduce pollution. Not to mention, this is an...

Is there any scientific proof that shows that meat is horrible on the body if not eaten in excess? I am looking to complete an arguement with my mother who is a vegan because she don't like hurting animals but trys to persuade me on a constant basis to convert to her veganism for health...

People are free to form their own eating habits, but don't a lot of reasons for vegetarianism seem foolish? Like for example, not eating "filthy animals" like a pig. The portions of the pig that you eat never actually come into contact with mud. As far as I know they're muscle, which spends its...

Suppose I'm a vegetarian who wants to own a large snake, but doesn't want to feed it other animals (whether live or in processed form). Is there any way to keep a snake healthy on a vegetarian diet? Can I feed it vegetarian meat balls or something?

(spin-off of this thread over in politics) What do you eat? Do you think about it much in terms of morality? The argument has been put forward that vegetarianism is more moral than omnivorism (or carnivorism) because it shows empathy with the animals who would otherwise be eaten. As a...

I'm sure this idea won’t come as a new one for many Members, but it appears we are getting ever closer to the "meat vats" of science-fiction. I am sure there are plenty of technological and economic hurdles to overcome before we start seeing chicken nuggets made from vat-grown meat. However...

Some say meat is murder, while others dismiss a meal without animal products as rabbit food. Now a leading US nutritionist has given both sides something to chew on with a claim that parents who refuse to feed children meat are acting unethically. Professor Lindsay Allen of the University of...

Hey all. I was reasearching fruitarianism and came across this site: http://hem.fyristorg.com/fruitarian/ . Feel free to take a look, although I quote what is important below. I thought it looked like bunk, so I send the email to the author below asking and got this reply. When will people learn...