Because the taste of quorn is better than the taste of murder?
Dejaque2k
6 Jun 178#18
Look I eat meat myself, cut it down significantly for various reasons over the last year, but humans are not "designed" to eat meat. I've been over every argument for and against meat consumption, fact checked every claim, analysed the merits of perspectives vis-a-vis mortality, environmental factors, health / all cause mortality etc. There is only 1 real argument for eating meat in the 21st century.
#1 Taste pleasure. For many, It tastes great and therefore people gravitate towards eating it.
Every other argument used by meat eaters that have neither researched, fact checked or even used their brains to think things through holds up to logical scrutiny.
First claim:
Humans are designed to eat meat
Incorrect. Humans have neither innate digestive enzymes or systems designed specifically to eat meat. We can eat meat, sure, but that doesn't mean it's optimal for our digestive system / health or that we are "designed" to eat meat. You can eat paper too, it doesn't mean humans were "designed" to eat paper.
Carnivores have short intestinal tracts that allow meat to pass quickly through their digestive system. Humans’ intestinal tracts are much longer, like those of plant-eaters. This gives the body more time to break down fibre and absorb the nutrients from plant-based foods. Although if you can catch an animal in the wild and rip into flesh using your lion like predatory teeth, maybe you were designed to eat meat and I apologise for confusing you with 7 billion other people that don't have that ability.
"why replace it with a fungus made to look like meat (and supposedly taste like meat)"
Why not? Many vegans eat that way for moral reasons - but like many others still enjoy the taste of meat. Trying to replicate the taste artificially, while cutting down the demand for the extremely inefficient, wasteful and environmentally harmful meat industry is the way forward. Personally, I don't plan on having kids so I guess I don't really care what happens to the planet 30 - 40 years from now. Many people fortunately don't share my view and care about having a viable planet for their kids to live on.
JonDOnnis
5 Jun 174#9
Because some people do not enjoy the suffering of others.
You are a sociopath if you eat meat and have no issues with animals being tortured just so you can fill your stomach
JonDOnnis
6 Jun 173#21
Erm, I am vegan, i do not eat eggs, or any dairy products.
There is no such thing as a true free range chicken/egg that you can buy from ASDA etc
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tinca
5 Jun 171#1
Nothing half a dozen rashers of bacon won't cure :sunglasses:
lukeo44 to tinca
5 Jun 173#3
Watch Earthlings and see if you feel the same :confused:
fanpages to tinca
5 Jun 17#6
Nothing a dozen cured rashers of bacon will have.
funkeymunkey
5 Jun 17#2
Heat
tinca
5 Jun 17#4
I have, and I still feel the same. All it proves is that some humans a bar stewards. Humans are designed to eat meat, whether you do or not is individual choice but why replace it with a fungus made to look like meat (and supposedly taste like meat)?
fanpages
5 Jun 17#5
Thanks rubberbullets.
Murtin
5 Jun 1713#7
Because the taste of quorn is better than the taste of murder?
JonDOnnis
5 Jun 172#8
Cold as not vegan
JonDOnnis
5 Jun 174#9
Because some people do not enjoy the suffering of others.
You are a sociopath if you eat meat and have no issues with animals being tortured just so you can fill your stomach
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Ingredients
Mycoprotein™ (92%), Rehydrated Free Range Egg White, Natural Caramelised Sugar, Firming Agents: Calcium Chloride, Calcium Acetate, Gluten Free barley Malt Extract
Free From: Gluten
Contains: Eggs
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#1 Taste pleasure. For many, It tastes great and therefore people gravitate towards eating it.
Every other argument used by meat eaters that have neither researched, fact checked or even used their brains to think things through holds up to logical scrutiny.
First claim:
Humans are designed to eat meat
Incorrect. Humans have neither innate digestive enzymes or systems designed specifically to eat meat. We can eat meat, sure, but that doesn't mean it's optimal for our digestive system / health or that we are "designed" to eat meat. You can eat paper too, it doesn't mean humans were "designed" to eat paper.
Carnivores have short intestinal tracts that allow meat to pass quickly through their digestive system. Humans’ intestinal tracts are much longer, like those of plant-eaters. This gives the body more time to break down fibre and absorb the nutrients from plant-based foods. Although if you can catch an animal in the wild and rip into flesh using your lion like predatory teeth, maybe you were designed to eat meat and I apologise for confusing you with 7 billion other people that don't have that ability.
"why replace it with a fungus made to look like meat (and supposedly taste like meat)"
Why not? Many vegans eat that way for moral reasons - but like many others still enjoy the taste of meat. Trying to replicate the taste artificially, while cutting down the demand for the extremely inefficient, wasteful and environmentally harmful meat industry is the way forward. Personally, I don't plan on having kids so I guess I don't really care what happens to the planet 30 - 40 years from now. Many people fortunately don't share my view and care about having a viable planet for their kids to live on.
You are a sociopath if you eat meat and have no issues with animals being tortured just so you can fill your stomach
There is no such thing as a true free range chicken/egg that you can buy from ASDA etc
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You are a sociopath if you eat meat and have no issues with animals being tortured just so you can fill your stomach