Because you could die early. Humans may be omnivores, but we are poorly suited to consume red meat. Even if you get plenty of greens, you can still develop health problems early on if you also consume a large amount of red meat on a regular basis, problems like heart disease, colon cancer, etc.
You can actually get every single nutrient you need from greens, beans, nuts, and fruits. If you're not vegetarian you can toss in fish for good measure. I think the misconception of why vegetarians, at least in the US, don't get enough nutrition isn't because they can't, it's usually because they still eat like most Americans do only minus the meat. In other words, they eat terribly.
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That's kinda what we do when we eat meat, don't we?
This - http://www.google.co.in/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q =http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jTQNmLGBIFU/RwOxEKv3Y9I/AAA AAAAAArw/iEge5rKpAgA/s400/61727_doroffy_the_lamb.jpg &sa=X&ei=5sejTbIYxOisB5SZ5eEJ&ved=0CAQQ 8wc4Bw&usg=AFQjCNFMfw8scLNvyZbiXXvRB-JTYpZf9g
become this - http://www.google.co.in/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q =http://www.englishmeat.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/org anic-lamb-cuts-english-meat.jpg&sa=X&ei=6MejTanUB pHRrQeJ0M3gCQ&ved=0CAQQ8wc&usg=AFQjCNE Z0r5kRrDimR3jlT6iIDf2rB3K1A
which becomes this - http://www.google.co.in/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q =http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_scVH-hYZkYU/S8Jf6wiUiJI/AAAAA AAAAM8/RD8IRoJnRSI/s1600/DSC_1035.JPG&sa=X& ei=78ejTc6hF8LlrAfHopXwCQ&ved=0CAQQ8wc4EA& usg=AFQjCNHKNNmuJ7dn2s_te57pWHd2CEqpfA
This - http://www.google.co.in/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q =http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jTQNmLGBIFU/RwOxEKv3Y9I/AAA AAAAAArw/iEge5rKpAgA/s400/61727_doroffy_the_lamb.jpg &sa=X&ei=5sejTbIYxOisB5SZ5eEJ&ved=0CAQQ 8wc4Bw&usg=AFQjCNFMfw8scLNvyZbiXXvRB-JTYpZf9g
become this - http://www.google.co.in/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q =http://www.englishmeat.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/org anic-lamb-cuts-english-meat.jpg&sa=X&ei=6MejTanUB pHRrQeJ0M3gCQ&ved=0CAQQ8wc&usg=AFQjCNE Z0r5kRrDimR3jlT6iIDf2rB3K1A
which becomes this - http://www.google.co.in/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q =http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_scVH-hYZkYU/S8Jf6wiUiJI/AAAAA AAAAM8/RD8IRoJnRSI/s1600/DSC_1035.JPG&sa=X& ei=78ejTc6hF8LlrAfHopXwCQ&ved=0CAQQ8wc4EA& usg=AFQjCNHKNNmuJ7dn2s_te57pWHd2CEqpfA
That looks delicious every step of the way.
*drools*
And my poor self-discipline is why I still eat meat.
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Meat is delicious. But there are people who think otherwise. :s
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That's kinda what we do when we eat meat, don't we?
This - http://www.google.co.in/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q =http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jTQNmLGBIFU/RwOxEKv3Y9I/AAA AAAAAArw/iEge5rKpAgA/s400/61727_doroffy_the_lamb.jpg &sa=X&ei=5sejTbIYxOisB5SZ5eEJ&ved=0CAQQ 8wc4Bw&usg=AFQjCNFMfw8scLNvyZbiXXvRB-JTYpZf9g
become this - http://www.google.co.in/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q =http://www.englishmeat.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/org anic-lamb-cuts-english-meat.jpg&sa=X&ei=6MejTanUB pHRrQeJ0M3gCQ&ved=0CAQQ8wc&usg=AFQjCNE Z0r5kRrDimR3jlT6iIDf2rB3K1A
which becomes this - http://www.google.co.in/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q =http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_scVH-hYZkYU/S8Jf6wiUiJI/AAAAA AAAAM8/RD8IRoJnRSI/s1600/DSC_1035.JPG&sa=X& ei=78ejTc6hF8LlrAfHopXwCQ&ved=0CAQQ8wc4EA& usg=AFQjCNHKNNmuJ7dn2s_te57pWHd2CEqpfA
This - http://www.google.co.in/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q =http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jTQNmLGBIFU/RwOxEKv3Y9I/AAA AAAAAArw/iEge5rKpAgA/s400/61727_doroffy_the_lamb.jpg &sa=X&ei=5sejTbIYxOisB5SZ5eEJ&ved=0CAQQ 8wc4Bw&usg=AFQjCNFMfw8scLNvyZbiXXvRB-JTYpZf9g
become this - http://www.google.co.in/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q =http://www.englishmeat.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/org anic-lamb-cuts-english-meat.jpg&sa=X&ei=6MejTanUB pHRrQeJ0M3gCQ&ved=0CAQQ8wc&usg=AFQjCNE Z0r5kRrDimR3jlT6iIDf2rB3K1A
which becomes this - http://www.google.co.in/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q =http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_scVH-hYZkYU/S8Jf6wiUiJI/AAAAA AAAAM8/RD8IRoJnRSI/s1600/DSC_1035.JPG&sa=X& ei=78ejTc6hF8LlrAfHopXwCQ&ved=0CAQQ8wc4EA& usg=AFQjCNHKNNmuJ7dn2s_te57pWHd2CEqpfA
That looks delicious every step of the way.
*drools*
And my poor self-discipline is why I still eat meat.
See? Everybody is fundamentally different when it comes to things like this. I don't think I can convince anybody to stop eating meat, and I know nobody can convince me. This topic is better left alone.
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ive been a vegetarian for a year in a half, and doctors told me im supposed to eat a little bit of meat, so what im trying to do is to eat meat only in weekends, believe it or not (I actually didnt at first)
i dont really like how it tastes anymore, i thought that when i tasted it i wasnt gonna be able to return to the no meat thing, so a little bit of meat is okay, just not every day
i dont really like how it tastes anymore, i thought that when i tasted it i wasnt gonna be able to return to the no meat thing, so a little bit of meat is okay, just not every day
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Been a vegetarian for more than 10 yrs, just hate the taste of meat, wish i didnt! I was an animal science major and i know the background and the animals are treated really good, if they didnt then the meat quality will decrease which equals less money..
This is called anthropomorphism, putting your feelings into animals...i have worked with cattle and they do not feel the complex feelings that we have. they are prey animals so all they think of is eating and being safe, they dont even like to be petted or comforted....kids have way more pure emoitons... they do not even remember the procedures done to them. of course thats your on opinion tho.
[quote=Mamsmilk] Just remember to eat healthy kids.
Haha! Funny!
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I just can't stand th idea that I may be eating something that has feelings - that has a mother, that has emotions so pure humans older than 7-8 can only dream of them.
This is called anthropomorphism, putting your feelings into animals...i have worked with cattle and they do not feel the complex feelings that we have. they are prey animals so all they think of is eating and being safe, they dont even like to be petted or comforted....kids have way more pure emoitons... they do not even remember the procedures done to them. of course thats your on opinion tho.
[quote=Mamsmilk] Just remember to eat healthy kids.
Haha! Funny!
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This is called anthropomorphism, putting your feelings into animals...i have worked with cattle and they do not feel the complex feelings that we have. they are prey animals so all they think of is eating and being safe, they dont even like to be petted or comforted....kids have way more pure emoitons... they do not even remember the procedures done to them. of course thats your on opinion tho.
I dunno. I just know that once I see them, then my heart melts
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This is called anthropomorphism, putting your feelings into animals...i have worked with cattle and they do not feel the complex feelings that we have. they are prey animals so all they think of is eating and being safe, they dont even like to be petted or comforted....kids have way more pure emoitons... they do not even remember the procedures done to them. of course thats your on opinion tho.
I dunno. I just know that once I see them, then my heart melts
Just eat the ugly animals.
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This is called anthropomorphism, putting your feelings into animals...i have worked with cattle and they do not feel the complex feelings that we have. they are prey animals so all they think of is eating and being safe, they dont even like to be petted or comforted....kids have way more pure emoitons... they do not even remember the procedures done to them. of course thats your on opinion tho.
I dunno. I just know that once I see them, then my heart melts
Well thats good, there needs to be more ppl out there that care like that
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This is called anthropomorphism, putting your feelings into animals...i have worked with cattle and they do not feel the complex feelings that we have. they are prey animals so all they think of is eating and being safe, they dont even like to be petted or comforted....kids have way more pure emoitons... they do not even remember the procedures done to them. of course thats your on opinion tho.
I dunno. I just know that once I see them, then my heart melts
Well thats good, there needs to be more ppl out there that care like that
oh yeah me too, i see them, my heart melts, until i hear a growl from my stomach. Then it's Zoo BBQ time baby. All animals welcome, all welcome, yes come to papa, come to papa indeed muahahha
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Quote from Casey D. Geek
I just can't stand th idea that I may be eating something that has feelings - that has a mother, that has emotions so pure humans older than 7-8 can only dream of them.
well...for some species the parent eats the child and animals have no qualms with eating our children so why should we...and most of the species that are used for food have no major emotions other that the desire to eat, sleep,crap, and mate
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because if you dont eat meat you get veagen powers on another not im a carnivore.
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Just remember to eat healthy kids.
Moralism won't defeat biochemistry.
People go vegan when they are exposed too much to aggravated confrontation and Disney movies. Everything we eat is alive in some sense. Just because plants and such are less like us in structure than animals does not make it any less an ethic choice to end their lives to prolong yours than to eat animals.
You do not eat for an ism, you eat for your body. No matter what you eat, you are directly killing something by eating it and indirectly killing something by competing for food sources.
No matter what you eat or when you eat or how it was born and for what purpose, all living beings aim to stay alive. Every choice you make limits some other life. Even if you grew that stuff yourself, you eat food that some pest could use for the brood.
Moralism won't defeat biochemistry.
People go vegan when they are exposed too much to aggravated confrontation and Disney movies. Everything we eat is alive in some sense. Just because plants and such are less like us in structure than animals does not make it any less an ethic choice to end their lives to prolong yours than to eat animals.
You do not eat for an ism, you eat for your body. No matter what you eat, you are directly killing something by eating it and indirectly killing something by competing for food sources.
No matter what you eat or when you eat or how it was born and for what purpose, all living beings aim to stay alive. Every choice you make limits some other life. Even if you grew that stuff yourself, you eat food that some pest could use for the brood.
Uh... plants aren't sentient. Animals are. That argument seems illogical.
I've been a vegetarian for a while now; I just can't eat animals. To me, "meat is murder."
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because people want to starve themselves and die faster. 
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The answers are probably very similar to the ones to why not eat only veggies and fruits? I am no vegetarian, but I respect their choices as long as they respect mine.
