I am 13 years old and I am now almost 1 year a pesco-vegetarian. When I am 1 year a pesco-vegetarian I don't eat meat anymore. It is my own choise and I do it because I love animals. But my parents eat meat :(...
@SonjaSahar You illustrated the problems with the average vegetarian in your last two sentences. In the next to the last, you claimed the right to be a vegetarian because it's your own choice, then in the last one, you lamented your parents eating meat...which is their choice. Vegetarians seem incapable of NOT trying to push their beliefs on others.
nature would have killed vegetarians, back in the good old times of human evoultion...
being vegetarian is a luxury of our progress, the only reason, vegetarians dont get sorted out into death by nature, is because humans are the absolute peak of the food chain, we do not have to fear natures rage anymore (well...sort of...)
@pisser98 I'm afraid that isn't an argument against - instead, that argument is used by vegans in support of their choice. If you can stop the pain of animals by changing your diet then it should be done, says vegans. It is because of our advancement does it allow a vegan diet to be without the consequences that would've came from a diet that lacked critical nutrient in the past.
Just because it wasn't possible then doesn't make their stance any less. I am not a vegan on any counts; I eat meat.
You forgot to mention that some (most) vegetarians avoid meat for legitimate ethical reasons, as opposed to just thinking that animals are cute.
Like that fact that industrial farming (in addition to being horrendously inhumane) tends to destroy the surrounding environment. It's an air- and water-borne health hazard, as well.
I'm a pescatarian, myself, and I endorse MissCatWoman in saying that having an unusual diet that you actually monitor can do wonders for your health.
1. I would like to point out that a dietician is someone you want to ask about this, not a nutritionist. Nutritionist is not subject to professional regulation in a lot of countries. You want a nutritionist? Ask me, I am one. Why? Because I chose to call myself that, and in most countries that is totally legal.
2. Protein in a vegetarian diet is no problem if one uses protein combination. Which one does by putting tofu on a slice of whole wheat bread. It is much simpler than most people think.
Do vegens realize that plants are living organisms as well? Just because they don't have cuddly eyes, look cute and make sounds doesn't mean you aren't killing them before eating. Hypocrisy.
@hasanejaz Not all vegans are vegans because animals are cute and cuddly, and regardless of plants being living organisms they are not animals. A lot of plants even need to have their fruits and seeds eaten in order to spread their seeds. People who eat meat draw more arbitrary lines. Would you eat a dog? A cat? Most people won't. Is that hypocrisy? A dog and a cow have more in common than a cow and a head of lettuce.
@Cr4pSnip3r Not true, or at least an oversimplification. Having knowledge about what you eat and eating according to that knowledge will make you the healthiest you can be, be it a diet that includes meat or not.
It pisses me off when people don't milk claiming it's mean to animals. They're so ignorant. Some breeds of cattle biologically produce too much milk, and if they don't get milked, they get sick and die. So not milking cows is inhuman.
@ediercks but that is usually because they have been bred to do so, by humans. naturally, cattle really only produce enough milk to feed their calves. although, since we got them to that stage in the first place, it would probably be more inhumane to neglect them
i'm not vegan, not even vegetarian, just stating facts
MEAT IS NOT THE ONLY SOURCE OF PROTEIN. Read "the China STudy" it along with several other studies have shown that eating as much meat as americans do, at every meal, is a major contributing factor to many chronic diseases. And if you eat grains, you will get plenty of protein, potatoes and oats are both loaded with protein. Bison, Cows, Elephants, some of the biggest animals on the planet are vegetarian, but how could that be if they are all under nourished.
Animals that are vegetarian have a bigger appendix which means that they can use the fibers in plants. People can't. But you shouldn't eat too much meat either.
@VergeXT humans are not able to extract nutrients from leaves, grass, etcetera, because we are incapable of breaking down cellulose with our digestive tracts. cows, elephants and bison are specially built to do just that. you know how a cow "chews its cud"? the cow has 4 stomachs which help to digest it, plus enzymes in their digestive tract that break down cellulose but they STILL have to barf it up and chew it again. they also spend most of their day eating.
@msmadzillafy12 Cows also eat pants that are extremely high in cellulose which you are right, can not be broken down by humans. Not all plants are high in cellulose, and yes we can break down nutrients in leaves and plants. It you eat nothing but meat and animal products (ex. butter, cream, cheese.) you will get very sick. If you eat only plant material, and eat a variety, oats, carrots, kale, wheat, beans, etc. not only will you not get sick but your immune system functions very well.
@msmadzillafy12 There are very successful treatments for cancer and a whole range of other chronic diseases that use extreme nutrition through a vegan diet. Look up Max Gerson. He started this type of treatment back in 1920.
i was a vegan for a year...then i realized i loved sushi...anyways when i was a vegan i didn't use leather or fur or any animal products. I also did my research about it and ate correctly, i just cant handle not having sushi....well, for a year, at least.
@naturalistmind Just a word of the wise, sushi is completely vegan. Sushi is the name for the vinegar sprinkled rice. Sashimi is the raw meat.
Otherwise your comment was spot on. Not using animal byproducts includes leather, fur, animal based glue, gelatine and a lot of filtering techniques for juices and alcohols as well as bleaching techniques for flour.
This dude is obnoxious. You should try educating yourself about the proper definition of veganism (easily found on the website of the vegan society), before stating this "vegans can't eat bacteria" blubiddy blabiddy.
Insufficiently informed opinion doesn't equal fact and is certainly nothing anyone "ought to know".
The point he is making, my fellow green friend is that animal products carry an abundant supply of Vitamin B12 where as a Vegan alternatives tend to be unnatural and even in some cases lab grown.
If anything, this man is more considerate towards Vegans than most people. He went out of his way within the video to display the health concerns to would-be Vegans. No better Vegan, than a living one aye? Everything he says is the very things my nutritionist said to me.
B12 concentration in animal products stems mostly from resorption from plant based feeding stuff. If you talk about "natural", the largest natural source of B12 is naturally grown vegetables that haven't gone through excessive cleansing processes before consumption - like feeding stuff for livestock. B12 deficiency among vegans is mostly an issue due to industrialized food production. Your nutritionist probably knows this and could verify it.
"The point he is making, my fellow green friend is that animal products carry an abundant supply of Vitamin B12..."
The point i was originally addressing was his remark about B12 coming from bacteria being a problem for vegans. since "they are living things [insert slightly silly facial expression and condescending nodding here]".
"He went out of his way within the video to display the health concerns to would-be Vegans."
I suggest, would-be vegans are better advised to get their information from nutritionists and/or specific organizations such as the vegan society - or the american dietetic association, who are in general support of well-planned vegetarian and vegan diets.
@boodleboy I am going to forgo responding to all your comments. Instead, I will do so in one post.
You are 100% correct. B12 is better found in nature, and better for you if combined with other food to aid the new form of digestion. He is obnoxious as fu<k, but admit it, he is funny. Vegans and would-be Vegans alike are better talking to a professional. Than again, he never admits to this being a valid source, just simply that he is not an arse, he just plays one on TV.
@boodleboy I would like to further clarify why a lab grown supplement is bad. Animal cruelty is almost always an issue in medical labs dealing with such things. There are supplement brands, most in fact, that do not use animal testing. I would myself however prefer to just avoid the risk all together.
You would avoid the risk of animal mistreatment in test labs by sticking to animal products gained from exploitative and, on factory farming scale, abusive production conditions? That's clever.
Synthetic production of Cobalamines is always based on microorganisms and requires no incorporation of animal processing.
*input sigh* Even in the face of agreement, you require the stimulus of an argument. Please have a nice day sir /ma'am and realize I am in agreement and am simply saying the same thing in another manner.
"Please have a nice day sir /ma'am and realize I am in agreement and am simply saying the same thing in another manner."
Well thanks, same to you. What i was actually doing was correcting you on your notion which of the video's arguments i was adressing. And elaborate on some of your remarks, cause that's just what i like to do. Elaborate on shit. However, your 1488 nickname and it's implications are really not cool. I think you should drop that stuff.
1. Don't worry about protein. If you're not getting the protein you need as a vegetarian, you aren't eating healthy. You don't even need to try that hard, just get some green food every once in a while. Why do people think meat is the only way of getting protein? Silly.
2. Don't worry about vitamin B12. I'm pretty sure it's a complete lie that you need it. Either that, or that factoid that B12 from plants doesn't work is a lie.
I'm 19, stronger than most my peers and never had meat in my life.
A few things to note. Long term, means more like 30 plus years of age. You're still pretty young. Being 29 myself, my peers around me have begun to show a lot of the things he spoke of in this video.
Vitamin B12 is found in some plants, many leafy greens carry it in fact. However the "type" is less productive and less viable for human animal consumption. A Vegan lifestyle is very possible and even healthier for some people. You still have to be smart about it.
Please explain exactly what your peers are showing. As far as I can see, he didn't list any negative side effects of vegan/vegetarian diets other than "you can do a substantial amount of damage to your body by not eating right", which is easy to do with all diets. Also have your peers been vegan/vegetarian their entire lives? I've been vegetarian 100% of my 19 years, so I think any negative effects would have begun to surface by now.
"you can do a substantial amount of damage to your body by not eating right" It is within this quote that you find your answer. They did not eat a correct Vegan diet. They, like many people who have alternative diets. (personal, religious, etc.) did not take in the amounts and types of foods needed and now suffer the aforementioned damage to their bodies. Although he spoke generally, he did mention a few things such as anemia in his video.
I wonder why people disliked this. They probably don't like the truth. I don't have a problem with vegetarians whatever shape they come in but I do have a problem if they're glaring at me for eating a burger. If animals in the wild can eat meat I don't know how they rationalize human beings not.
To me it's like religion. You ask enough questions (sometimes just a few) and the whole thing cracks.
@kendon0923 People dislike vegetarians because it's based on a flawed premise! People don't eat meat because they don't want to kill something they find cute. But many vegetarians would still kill a spider!
If that wasn't enough, you're making a differentiation that may not actually be there. Plants apparently do feel, sleep, and even recognise their family.
We could all do with a bit more veggie-based diet, though. Most people eat way too much meat, and that's not healthy either.
@AulisVaara Gods, you are full on point here. I had six Vegans come into my restaurant tonight and demand Vegan meals. (Indian Restaurant, plenty Vegan goodies) The things to mention are however, the leather, the Styrofoam, the vehicle exhaust emission, etc.. they supplied while dinning out. I see it a lot within my peers. Some people go full-on retarded with the things they are passionate about.
And i just noticed your username. 1488? Dude, seriously? Lass es dir von einem "arischen" Deutschen gesagt sein, Leute wie dich will hier keiner mehr.
@kendon0923 I also have an issue with some people (not just vegifolk) who take their opinions to that level. However, I can understand where they come from. When one goes without, say beef for long periods. The smell becomes rather rancid and they may simply be making ill glances out of an ill psychical response due to smell and not perse just you.
@kendon0923 I sometimes "glare" at my husband when he eats chicken. Not because I don't want him eating chicken, but because it smells horrific to me. It's a physiological response, just like some people do the same when a dog is wet and stinks up the house or when they walk past a lawn that has been fertilized with dynamic lifter.
Veggy people ... I don't care if they want to kill themselves off by not eating right, as long as they let me nom my steaks, hamburgers, and pepperoni sticks. Just don't tell me it's wrong and we're all good.
Ignoring the environmental aspect of living a plant based diet? I'd love to see you address the environmental aspects. Bacteria is not a problem for vegans - sentience. Plants are "alive" but not sentient. Don't be silly. Ethical veg*nism as opposed to dietary veg*nism has been gaining ground. People are now a little less ignorant towards realizing that fur, leather, and animal tested products are harmful to sentient animals.
I wouldn't kill a sentient animal whether it is human or non-human.
@ANIOLATORV Eggs would not begin the biggest concern in terms of the environment (it's actually rather minuscule). On the ethical side of the scale, animal industries dealing with chickens do take more lives than other parts of the industry, so owning your own chickens = good for morality, little to do with environment.
Im a vegetarian for one reason only... i hate corperations. If corperations make a profit i try to avoid it (big corperations). However i agree vegans are weird
@ANIOLATORV What about the mass hatchery factory farms that turn a large profit by keeping hens in small cages, and grinding male chicks alive because they cannot produce eggs?
Very nicely done! I have one thing to add. Before I go into it I need to say I am about to relate rats to humans scientifically. If that bothers you than read up on laughter and metacognition. *
Rats also have teeth that can chew through meat. A few rats have the instinct to hunt for small birds and mice. However, most rats go an entire life without meat. Think of that as you will.
* hint: both rats and humans have these things in common. Humans and rats are a spooky amount similar.
If I had a problem with fur or leather, which I don't because I love the feeling of fur, I would say that I do to a biker's face. Harassing an old lady over her fur shouws how spineless you are. Do something brave to amake a point. Vegans are retards, PETa even dumber, PETA mebeers even duber than PETA itself. PETA mebers don't know what PETA's ideals are. PETA is about stopping progress in medicine and technology if a single rat, whose lifwe would mean nothing other than tesing, must die.
@SkylitDriveFan123 Far from all vegans pester old ladies about their fur. Most vegans I know, including me when I was one, only follow the lifestyle themselves and don't mention it unless we're asked about it. Saying that vegans are retards is a statement that is completely inaccurate.
@MissCatWoman Sorry. I was thinking about the hippy vegans that act as Ingred Newkirk (co-founder of PETA)'s mind slaves. Fact: PETA is a force for evil. They have funded eco-terrorism groups that are literally vegan extremists. These ecoterrorists fire bonb anilmal testing facilities that are trying to help human kind. PETA is opposed to all animal testing, even if it finds a cure for AIDS. AIDS kills 6000 people every day.
Indeed, you never see animal rights people harass motorcycle gangs, likely because animal rights people like most other go for the "weaker kind of what we don't like"
@robertgeorg Nobody harasses motorcycle gangs - neither omnivores or vegans. Because we'd rather not get beaten to a pulp, and I think that's something everyone can agree on.
If you choose to be a veggie...thats your choice. Fine. Most people don't hassle you about it. HOWEVER, it seems that if you are a vegan, veggie, or whatever, you MUST badmouth and bitch at everyone that doesn't share your view. I hunt, raise my own animals, and probably eat more meat that is good for me. Should probably eat more vegetables. But, tell me, why do any of you, as vegans or whatever, feel it is your duty to constantly bitch at all of us that choose to eat meat????
Once a person starts paying close attention to what they're eating and the amount, they will begin to feel a lot better about themselves.
I was vegetarian (with the exception of raw seafood, occasional dairy and eggs) But controlling my diet really made me feel a lot better rather than just eating whatever was put in front of me.
There's almost no point in exercising if you aren't watching what you eat.
Your body is a machine, and if you put 'shit' into a machine, you get 'shit' out. ;)
I felt kind of ridiculous... had to pause this video when I realized that I was eating pepperoni sticks, and felt like mentioning this.
I don't actually have the time or the money to work on becoming any type of vegetarian, and while I like to try to go for the brands that have a reputation of treating their animals fairly, I would like to mention that my poor student budget looks at the $2 difference and says "Hey, it adds up". I don't care if it casts a shadow or not, roots aren't enough
@Doodled93 Hey. I'm currently in my first year of University, and I'm on welfare. But I find that being a vegan is a lot cheaper than being an omnivore (I can compare my budget with my mothers very pro-meat budget). Beans and rice, bulk foods, frozen veggies, and not pre-marinaded tofu is extremely cheap, despite what most people think. Veganism is not just for those who can afford a car, an iPhone, and a weekly shopping trip - chances are if you have shelter and hygiene than you can do it.
@Doodled93 Most vegetarian food is not more expensive than your "average" food. I can get 600 grams of tofu for $4 while my husband has to fork out at least $6 for 600 grams of decent meat. I could go even cheaper and get a lot of dried lentils for $3, or even kidney beans in a tin for 98 cents. If you only go for the "fancier" meat substitutes it can be more expensive, but if you can cook yourself being a vegetarian can be cheaper than having your average "omnivore" diet.
Don't talk to a 'nutritionist'. Nutritionist is not a regulated label, at least in my state. talk to a REGISTERED DIETICIAN who has the education and experience to back up what they say.
im not a vegetarian, but i feel terribly guilty eating meat. i accept the fact that nature has made me omnivorous. so what i do is, i limit my intake of meat and maintain my weight down.
No human eating enough calories has to worry about protein. The biggest land mammals on earth eat plants. 40% of Americans are b12 deficient without being vegan. b12 is found in natural water supplies and on soil, but we have purified water and wash plants. It's also produced by bacteria in the body, but often our ability to absorb it is disturbed by our lifestyles. We're also scientifically classified as frugivores, not omnivores.
@brianv00 The biggest land animals eat other plants than we can. This is important because they contain different nutrition than the plants we eat. In your message you said 'even if that is true' Do you really think that the largest land animals really only eat the vegetables we do? Anyway I don't care much about it. By the way, Couscous contains all the different types of protein the human body needs and it isn't meat. Pretty cool, eh? Anyway, thats all I have to say about that.
@tachiong We eat more variety than any plant eating animal on earth due to our access to a global market and the ability to cook plants that we can't eat raw. Anyway, these plants that we 'can't' eat that large mammals can don't have any nutrients that we can't get elsewhere. It's a totally invalid point to be honest.
Being vegetarian is amazing, you'd be surprised at how awesome food is when you can actually taste it! Also protein is not a problem for vegetarians AT ALL, it is overly hyped by meat companies, you only need about one gram of protein per lb. of body weight per day, this is easily attainable if you just eat three meals of just about any (healthy) food per day.
I am a vegetarian, but I have nothing against hunted meat, that´s just natural. But when you make animals live in too bad conditions, that pisses me off. I guess pigs dont need more than a 1/2 metre to live and chikens are just fine, with genetic manipulation that make them unable to even stand up.Thats a reason to be vegetarian.
You think vegans are that daft they still wear leather and fur? Noooooooooo of course we dont so basic its not true!! We are not even supposed to wear wool or silk if you are a true vegan.
I don't have a problem with people who don't like to eat certain animals. We are ALL vegetarian when it comes to certain animals. Would you eat a dog? A cat? A rat? Most would answer no to these questions. But people, face the facts, there's nothing wrong with eating meat, we're SUPPOSED to, we NEED the nutrition it gives us. Peta and other "animal rights" groups are comparable to cults. Eating meat is NOT animal cruelty, it's the natural way of life.
I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYBODY HAS TO SAY, SCIENTISTS ARE ALL LIARS. HUMANS NEED MEAT!!!!!!!! I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL BEINGS, AND THEY HAVE ALREADY TOLD ME THAT HUMANS ARE CARNIVORS AND SO I MUST EAT MEAT EVERY DAY IN ORDER TO BRING GOOD LUCK AND STOP THE GOVERNMENT FROM FORCE-FEEDING ME VEGETABLES
Actually bringing a balance into the diet would be the smart thing to do, though no one does it, or they go to the stupid extremes. This is again, every body requires DIFFERENT levels of plants and meats, though most are similar, exact diets should be talked about with doctors that know wtf they are doing and not some hippy idiot who took a few weeks to month(s) of diets.
Vegans are crazy stupid, outside being very unhealthy. Though 'animal by-products' being on no no list, bearly makes any sense personally and makes eating anything nearly impossible, and is impossible on a technical level. (All plants are helped to grow by an 'animal by-product' and requires animals in some faction for the plant to even live. (Carbon Dioxide, bee transferring pollen, .. animal fertilizer)
I have. I won't say it's the most pleasant thing to ever do, but honestly it doesn't bother me. It's the over farming, and senseless killing of animals that makes this a real issue. Humans are Omnivores and require both meat and veggies to properly live and avoid bad medical conditions due to chemical balance issues.
Should animals be killed for food in a non painful way, yes. Should we stop eating animals because some people can't take the thought of eating life, no.
I'd sooner be rid of 'chicken' farms then I would with cow slaughter houses. Chickens so fat they can't even breed by themselfs, and all because people want bigger fattier food.
Although I understand vegetarianism from a moral standpoint, I think their efforts are insufficient in the grand scheme of things. It's actually kinda counterproductive because the meat will be wasted, and the animal would've died for nothing. It'd be better for them to fight for more humane ways to put animals down, rather than just totally not eating them at all.
Meh. Too simplified. I abstain from most meats because of factory farming, and I'm quite sure that most people, if they knew the reality of the industry would do so as well.
dont ask a nutritionist it is an un patented name. go see a dietician. and vegans eat plants. Which were once alive so that thing about b12 coming from bacteria being a problem is bs. Also with modern technology there is now quorn which helps you get protein. (although since im being honest i will admit a quorn chicken burger has about a 1/3 of the protein as an actual meat one. but it has no saturated fats which are bad for you.) And finally due to energy transfer in a food chain vegan is more
@buffaloface1 efficient. Also diseases like swine flu started in intensive farms. And also drugs and hormones used on the animals to help them reproduce or keep them healthy can stay in the meat and get into you. (again since im being honest i have to admit i cant remember everything on that and you'd have to research that more)
and when people say well me changing to vegetarian or vegan isnt going to make a difference think of it like this your either part of the problem or solution. you choose
i havent eaten animal flesh in 2 years and avoid eating animal embryos, animal bodily secretions, etc. you dont have to use animals to survive. the human race has gotten to a point where we dont have to use animals to survive. if its such an insensitive topic, you should kill everything you eat with your own hands.
@Elitetrumpet WHAT THE FUCK? You don't need animals to survive! Every living creature depends on each other. If one species vanishes or another introduced, it can have a big impact on the ecosystem. People will always eat meat and kill animals. It's what nature does best.
@stefanoGFsiciliano I agree that animals are needed... that's the problem... people are overkilling these animals that's why government bodies need to create something called "endangered species list". Another problem is to rear domesticated animals. You're clearing valuable vegetation just to rear them - you're making some really pretty and interesting plants extinct too!
@argheighteen At the end of the day I think it is about personal responsibility. Most hunters have it, but there are people who will kill every animal in site and leave them to rot. You'd like to think ethical people run food providing companies who only want you to have the best healthy food, but that is seldom the case. I mean who is okay with any amount of rat droppings in their product. You need people to be responsible something that means various things to different people.
Ok, the first 1:18 min I was like WTF??. so...What do these people eat again? I understand the vegans cause they really do COMPROMISE, but the rest of these people? really? you don't eat the chicken but eat the egg? that's like saying "i'm against killing people, but I support abort"...lol that was actually funny comparing a human with a chicken...well that's what I think when I hear someone is 'vegetarian'...sorry if I offended anyone, not my intention, just my opinion. :)
@pauly14 I don't eat chicken that comes from CAFOs, and I only eat local, free range eggs; I would eat sustainably raised chicken if I could afford it, but right now only the eggs are within my budget. For me personally it's not about animal rights, but rather about supporting the farmer as directly as possibly, and supporting farming practices that are organic and follow the natural lifespan of poultry and livestock (ie: not using chemicals, antibiotics, artificial insemination, or steroids).
@pauly14 Chickens lay eggs all the time even if they haven't been inseminated by a rooster. The eggs don't develop into life so it isn't like being "anti-murder, pro-abortion."
@pauly14 Do you actually think that those are the same things? An aborted fetus is a fertilized egg that has become an embryo which has already begun its stages of human development. A chicken egg (the ones we eat) are completely unfertilized and have no possibility of life growing inside of them.
THIS GUY NEEDS TO BE SERIOUSLY EDUCATED!!! HE IS SO IGNORANT!!! BEING VEGAN IS THE BEST THING TO BE GREEN ON THE "OUTSIDE"!!! ALSO B-12 IS SUPPLEMENTED TO ANIMAL FEED!!! SO I AS A VEGAN WOULD RATHER GET IT DIRECT!!!! ALSO THE PROTEIN MYTH IS STILL BELIEVED BY THIS SHMUCK!!!! DUDE GET UPDATED!!!!
As Anthony Bourdain once brilliantly put it, "vegetarianism is a first-world luxury." i would add that although veggie-heads love to posture that they are so high and mighty, there's absolutely nothing noble - nor particularly healthy - about their lifestyle. it only means they have nothing better to rail against than eating pork chops, and they have the requisite money to shop at whole foods.
the fact that bacteria are technically alive is not a problem for vegans. a vegan has no problem with eating something that is alive (...plants, hello?), they just avoid animal products...huge difference there.
and thanks for letting me know that vegetarianism is all about squeamishness and loving cute googly eyes. i thought I had a legitimate objection to factory farming and deep respect for sentient life, but now I realize I've just seen too many disney movies.
nutritionists literally don't have to know anything because it is not a protected term. DIETICIANS need a degree. and Yes Doctors know tonnes about this and should be the first people you go to.
... i don'y mind blood... i actually liked my steak pretty rare... but ... i became a vegetarian... i cant remember why... but now i really want some sushi... i know they have vegan sushi... but i want regular sushi... only problem is since i haven't eaten meat in about a year, i'll get sick if i eat it... i miss my sushi!!!!
I'm a vegetarian and have been for about a month now. And it's not necessarily because I can't stand the thought of a dead bunny it's more because I can't stand the thought of eating something that's eaten its own poop and god knows what else.
oh and despite my last comment I loooove meat and your video is still funny. lol. veganism makes no sense to me at all. eating more RAW fruits and veggies is advisable though. :)
I'm not a veggitarian but.. Protien is not that hard to find for a veggitarian. Spirulina is an algea & has THE highest amount of protien out of any food source and it's totally absorabable. the act of cooking meat destroys more then 50% of the protien in it so your not actually getting much protien eating meat. the problem is all the pestasides and such we use now. all of our plants are defficiant so they have more toxins than vitamins/minerals. but what food isn't like that these days?
I tried being an ovolactovegetarian for a year and a half, then quited. but non of the reasons that lead to that choice were mentioned here, by example, i have nothing against killing animals, animals do it too!, that's not the damn point. What did kind of have an influence is the fact that food producers do not just kill animals they torture them their whole freaking lives before they do it. fortunatly where im from cows have a great time before they die. and no, im not from india.
@PhantomMarquis If God didn't want you to be cannibals, he wouldn't have made people out of meat.
Genesis 1:29, "And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat."
Imagine being a cow, being fed wonderfully and given a nice soft home only for it all do end with you being killed for the greed of human beings. Isn't it sad for an animal to be raised just to be killed??? Ah... life is life
@videodude1298 Imagine a wild deer, living its life running from predators and living off of meager amounts of grass and berries, finally meeting its end when a bear mauls into bloody deer steak and om nom nom. We're a lot nicer to animals than nature is, I'll tell you that much.
@access1denied You haven't seen the documentary "Earthlings", I guess. You should watch that (it's available on YouTube) before you say we're nicer to our potential food item than nature itself.
you're a vegetarian because you hate plants!
booboofalcao2 1 day ago
I am 13 years old and I am now almost 1 year a pesco-vegetarian. When I am 1 year a pesco-vegetarian I don't eat meat anymore. It is my own choise and I do it because I love animals. But my parents eat meat :(...
SonjaSahar 1 week ago
@SonjaSahar You illustrated the problems with the average vegetarian in your last two sentences. In the next to the last, you claimed the right to be a vegetarian because it's your own choice, then in the last one, you lamented your parents eating meat...which is their choice. Vegetarians seem incapable of NOT trying to push their beliefs on others.
VerizonEclipse 6 days ago
@SonjaSahar Eat 100% grass fed meat and pastured eggs. Stay away from processed meats and CAFO meats. You will be healthy.
XulChris 4 days ago
one simple argument against vegetarians:
nature would have killed vegetarians, back in the good old times of human evoultion...
being vegetarian is a luxury of our progress, the only reason, vegetarians dont get sorted out into death by nature, is because humans are the absolute peak of the food chain, we do not have to fear natures rage anymore (well...sort of...)
pisser98 1 week ago
@pisser98 I'm afraid that isn't an argument against - instead, that argument is used by vegans in support of their choice. If you can stop the pain of animals by changing your diet then it should be done, says vegans. It is because of our advancement does it allow a vegan diet to be without the consequences that would've came from a diet that lacked critical nutrient in the past.
Just because it wasn't possible then doesn't make their stance any less. I am not a vegan on any counts; I eat meat.
BlasphemyMan 1 week ago
Wow. This guy is such a douche...
flag2990 2 weeks ago
@flag2990 why
Centurion480 1 week ago
You forgot to mention that some (most) vegetarians avoid meat for legitimate ethical reasons, as opposed to just thinking that animals are cute.
Like that fact that industrial farming (in addition to being horrendously inhumane) tends to destroy the surrounding environment. It's an air- and water-borne health hazard, as well.
I'm a pescatarian, myself, and I endorse MissCatWoman in saying that having an unusual diet that you actually monitor can do wonders for your health.
Colgruv 2 weeks ago
does anyone know if theres a name for someone who eats all meats except fish? (like the opposite of pescatarian) ???
EclipsePhotographyYT 3 weeks ago
@EclipsePhotographyYT who cares about names, eat what you like :D
Arielslopa 3 weeks ago
1. I would like to point out that a dietician is someone you want to ask about this, not a nutritionist. Nutritionist is not subject to professional regulation in a lot of countries. You want a nutritionist? Ask me, I am one. Why? Because I chose to call myself that, and in most countries that is totally legal.
2. Protein in a vegetarian diet is no problem if one uses protein combination. Which one does by putting tofu on a slice of whole wheat bread. It is much simpler than most people think.
MissCatWoman 3 weeks ago
Do vegens realize that plants are living organisms as well? Just because they don't have cuddly eyes, look cute and make sounds doesn't mean you aren't killing them before eating. Hypocrisy.
hasanejaz 1 month ago
@hasanejaz Not all vegans are vegans because animals are cute and cuddly, and regardless of plants being living organisms they are not animals. A lot of plants even need to have their fruits and seeds eaten in order to spread their seeds. People who eat meat draw more arbitrary lines. Would you eat a dog? A cat? Most people won't. Is that hypocrisy? A dog and a cow have more in common than a cow and a head of lettuce.
MissCatWoman 3 weeks ago
Being omnivore will make you the healthiest you can be.
Cr4pSnip3r 1 month ago
@Cr4pSnip3r Not true, or at least an oversimplification. Having knowledge about what you eat and eating according to that knowledge will make you the healthiest you can be, be it a diet that includes meat or not.
MissCatWoman 3 weeks ago
And Omega 3 has to come from animals. Sorry.
Degenskonto 1 month ago
@Degenskonto Not true. There are many vegetarian sources for Omega 3. The best one is seaweed.
MissCatWoman 3 weeks ago
It pisses me off when people don't milk claiming it's mean to animals. They're so ignorant. Some breeds of cattle biologically produce too much milk, and if they don't get milked, they get sick and die. So not milking cows is inhuman.
ediercks 1 month ago
@ediercks but that is usually because they have been bred to do so, by humans. naturally, cattle really only produce enough milk to feed their calves. although, since we got them to that stage in the first place, it would probably be more inhumane to neglect them
i'm not vegan, not even vegetarian, just stating facts
msmadzillafy12 1 month ago
@msmadzillafy12
I know that; I also know that we can't undo the past, so I left that part out because it's doesn't really matter anymore.
ediercks 1 month ago
Forgot to mention fruitarians and other veggier-than-thou types.
EmperorFishFinger 1 month ago
stupid ass vegans
OrganicKing 1 month ago
go omnivores!
brodeurheaton 1 month ago
MEAT IS NOT THE ONLY SOURCE OF PROTEIN. Read "the China STudy" it along with several other studies have shown that eating as much meat as americans do, at every meal, is a major contributing factor to many chronic diseases. And if you eat grains, you will get plenty of protein, potatoes and oats are both loaded with protein. Bison, Cows, Elephants, some of the biggest animals on the planet are vegetarian, but how could that be if they are all under nourished.
VergeXT 1 month ago
@VergeXT
Animals that are vegetarian have a bigger appendix which means that they can use the fibers in plants. People can't. But you shouldn't eat too much meat either.
adamborg1 1 month ago
@VergeXT humans are not able to extract nutrients from leaves, grass, etcetera, because we are incapable of breaking down cellulose with our digestive tracts. cows, elephants and bison are specially built to do just that. you know how a cow "chews its cud"? the cow has 4 stomachs which help to digest it, plus enzymes in their digestive tract that break down cellulose but they STILL have to barf it up and chew it again. they also spend most of their day eating.
msmadzillafy12 1 month ago
@msmadzillafy12 Cows also eat pants that are extremely high in cellulose which you are right, can not be broken down by humans. Not all plants are high in cellulose, and yes we can break down nutrients in leaves and plants. It you eat nothing but meat and animal products (ex. butter, cream, cheese.) you will get very sick. If you eat only plant material, and eat a variety, oats, carrots, kale, wheat, beans, etc. not only will you not get sick but your immune system functions very well.
VergeXT 1 month ago
@msmadzillafy12 There are very successful treatments for cancer and a whole range of other chronic diseases that use extreme nutrition through a vegan diet. Look up Max Gerson. He started this type of treatment back in 1920.
VergeXT 1 month ago
What an asshole.
Zealousy00 1 month ago
i was a vegan for a year...then i realized i loved sushi...anyways when i was a vegan i didn't use leather or fur or any animal products. I also did my research about it and ate correctly, i just cant handle not having sushi....well, for a year, at least.
naturalistmind 1 month ago
@naturalistmind Just a word of the wise, sushi is completely vegan. Sushi is the name for the vinegar sprinkled rice. Sashimi is the raw meat.
Otherwise your comment was spot on. Not using animal byproducts includes leather, fur, animal based glue, gelatine and a lot of filtering techniques for juices and alcohols as well as bleaching techniques for flour.
MissCatWoman 3 weeks ago
I find it funny how veggy people dont want to eat living things but they r when they eat plants....
Blankphotograph5799 1 month ago
@Blankphotograph5799 I find it funny when omnivores want to eat meat, but they don't want to eat cats or dogs.
MissCatWoman 3 weeks ago
Coool vid.
MICHELLEGIBBONSx 1 month ago
"I know the real reason...you're not a vegetarian because you love animals...you're a vegetarian cause you hate plants" xD
SirezX 1 month ago
This dude is obnoxious. You should try educating yourself about the proper definition of veganism (easily found on the website of the vegan society), before stating this "vegans can't eat bacteria" blubiddy blabiddy.
Insufficiently informed opinion doesn't equal fact and is certainly nothing anyone "ought to know".
boodleboy 1 month ago
@boodleboy
The point he is making, my fellow green friend is that animal products carry an abundant supply of Vitamin B12 where as a Vegan alternatives tend to be unnatural and even in some cases lab grown.
If anything, this man is more considerate towards Vegans than most people. He went out of his way within the video to display the health concerns to would-be Vegans. No better Vegan, than a living one aye? Everything he says is the very things my nutritionist said to me.
xyjamesw1488 1 month ago
@xyjamesw1488
B12 concentration in animal products stems mostly from resorption from plant based feeding stuff. If you talk about "natural", the largest natural source of B12 is naturally grown vegetables that haven't gone through excessive cleansing processes before consumption - like feeding stuff for livestock. B12 deficiency among vegans is mostly an issue due to industrialized food production. Your nutritionist probably knows this and could verify it.
boodleboy 1 month ago
@xyjamesw1488
"The point he is making, my fellow green friend is that animal products carry an abundant supply of Vitamin B12..."
The point i was originally addressing was his remark about B12 coming from bacteria being a problem for vegans. since "they are living things [insert slightly silly facial expression and condescending nodding here]".
boodleboy 1 month ago
@xyjamesw1488
"He went out of his way within the video to display the health concerns to would-be Vegans."
I suggest, would-be vegans are better advised to get their information from nutritionists and/or specific organizations such as the vegan society - or the american dietetic association, who are in general support of well-planned vegetarian and vegan diets.
boodleboy 1 month ago
@boodleboy I am going to forgo responding to all your comments. Instead, I will do so in one post.
You are 100% correct. B12 is better found in nature, and better for you if combined with other food to aid the new form of digestion. He is obnoxious as fu<k, but admit it, he is funny. Vegans and would-be Vegans alike are better talking to a professional. Than again, he never admits to this being a valid source, just simply that he is not an arse, he just plays one on TV.
xyjamesw1488 1 month ago
@xyjamesw1488
"but admit it, he is funny."
Man, i don't know. Mildly. Just my opinion. But i guess we germans aren't known for our great sense of humor.
boodleboy 1 month ago
@boodleboy I would like to further clarify why a lab grown supplement is bad. Animal cruelty is almost always an issue in medical labs dealing with such things. There are supplement brands, most in fact, that do not use animal testing. I would myself however prefer to just avoid the risk all together.
xyjamesw1488 1 month ago
@xyjamesw1488
You would avoid the risk of animal mistreatment in test labs by sticking to animal products gained from exploitative and, on factory farming scale, abusive production conditions? That's clever.
Synthetic production of Cobalamines is always based on microorganisms and requires no incorporation of animal processing.
boodleboy 1 month ago
@boodleboy
*input sigh* Even in the face of agreement, you require the stimulus of an argument. Please have a nice day sir /ma'am and realize I am in agreement and am simply saying the same thing in another manner.
Good day and good fortune.
xyjamesw1488 1 month ago
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@xyjamesw1488
"Please have a nice day sir /ma'am and realize I am in agreement and am simply saying the same thing in another manner."
Well thanks, same to you. What i was actually doing was correcting you on your notion which of the video's arguments i was adressing. And elaborate on some of your remarks, cause that's just what i like to do. Elaborate on shit. However, your 1488 nickname and it's implications are really not cool. I think you should drop that stuff.
boodleboy 1 month ago
My girlfriend goes against her vegetarian rules every time we have sex
Nautical1994 1 month ago
1. Don't worry about protein. If you're not getting the protein you need as a vegetarian, you aren't eating healthy. You don't even need to try that hard, just get some green food every once in a while. Why do people think meat is the only way of getting protein? Silly.
2. Don't worry about vitamin B12. I'm pretty sure it's a complete lie that you need it. Either that, or that factoid that B12 from plants doesn't work is a lie.
I'm 19, stronger than most my peers and never had meat in my life.
dnaude92 1 month ago
@dnaude92
A few things to note. Long term, means more like 30 plus years of age. You're still pretty young. Being 29 myself, my peers around me have begun to show a lot of the things he spoke of in this video.
Vitamin B12 is found in some plants, many leafy greens carry it in fact. However the "type" is less productive and less viable for human animal consumption. A Vegan lifestyle is very possible and even healthier for some people. You still have to be smart about it.
xyjamesw1488 1 month ago
@xyjamesw1488
Please explain exactly what your peers are showing. As far as I can see, he didn't list any negative side effects of vegan/vegetarian diets other than "you can do a substantial amount of damage to your body by not eating right", which is easy to do with all diets. Also have your peers been vegan/vegetarian their entire lives? I've been vegetarian 100% of my 19 years, so I think any negative effects would have begun to surface by now.
dnaude92 1 month ago
@dnaude92
"you can do a substantial amount of damage to your body by not eating right" It is within this quote that you find your answer. They did not eat a correct Vegan diet. They, like many people who have alternative diets. (personal, religious, etc.) did not take in the amounts and types of foods needed and now suffer the aforementioned damage to their bodies. Although he spoke generally, he did mention a few things such as anemia in his video.
tl:dr : Eat right, be right. :)
xyjamesw1488 1 month ago
I wonder why people disliked this. They probably don't like the truth. I don't have a problem with vegetarians whatever shape they come in but I do have a problem if they're glaring at me for eating a burger. If animals in the wild can eat meat I don't know how they rationalize human beings not.
To me it's like religion. You ask enough questions (sometimes just a few) and the whole thing cracks.
kendon0923 2 months ago
@kendon0923 People dislike vegetarians because it's based on a flawed premise! People don't eat meat because they don't want to kill something they find cute. But many vegetarians would still kill a spider!
If that wasn't enough, you're making a differentiation that may not actually be there. Plants apparently do feel, sleep, and even recognise their family.
We could all do with a bit more veggie-based diet, though. Most people eat way too much meat, and that's not healthy either.
AulisVaara 1 month ago
@AulisVaara Dude I don't disagree with you.
kendon0923 1 month ago
@AulisVaara Gods, you are full on point here. I had six Vegans come into my restaurant tonight and demand Vegan meals. (Indian Restaurant, plenty Vegan goodies) The things to mention are however, the leather, the Styrofoam, the vehicle exhaust emission, etc.. they supplied while dinning out. I see it a lot within my peers. Some people go full-on retarded with the things they are passionate about.
xyjamesw1488 1 month ago
@xyjamesw1488
And i just noticed your username. 1488? Dude, seriously? Lass es dir von einem "arischen" Deutschen gesagt sein, Leute wie dich will hier keiner mehr.
boodleboy 1 month ago
@kendon0923 I also have an issue with some people (not just vegifolk) who take their opinions to that level. However, I can understand where they come from. When one goes without, say beef for long periods. The smell becomes rather rancid and they may simply be making ill glances out of an ill psychical response due to smell and not perse just you.
xyjamesw1488 1 month ago
@kendon0923 I sometimes "glare" at my husband when he eats chicken. Not because I don't want him eating chicken, but because it smells horrific to me. It's a physiological response, just like some people do the same when a dog is wet and stinks up the house or when they walk past a lawn that has been fertilized with dynamic lifter.
MissCatWoman 3 weeks ago
Veggy people ... I don't care if they want to kill themselves off by not eating right, as long as they let me nom my steaks, hamburgers, and pepperoni sticks. Just don't tell me it's wrong and we're all good.
KittenKoder 2 months ago
Ignoring the environmental aspect of living a plant based diet? I'd love to see you address the environmental aspects. Bacteria is not a problem for vegans - sentience. Plants are "alive" but not sentient. Don't be silly. Ethical veg*nism as opposed to dietary veg*nism has been gaining ground. People are now a little less ignorant towards realizing that fur, leather, and animal tested products are harmful to sentient animals.
I wouldn't kill a sentient animal whether it is human or non-human.
TheBoringVegCookie 2 months ago
@TheBoringVegCookie I have my own chickens, i dont think ive bought an egg in years
ANIOLATORV 2 months ago
@ANIOLATORV Eggs would not begin the biggest concern in terms of the environment (it's actually rather minuscule). On the ethical side of the scale, animal industries dealing with chickens do take more lives than other parts of the industry, so owning your own chickens = good for morality, little to do with environment.
TheBoringVegCookie 1 month ago
@ANIOLATORV (Just to examine both the ethical and environmental aspects of hatchery farms, that is.
TheBoringVegCookie 1 month ago
Im a vegetarian for one reason only... i hate corperations. If corperations make a profit i try to avoid it (big corperations). However i agree vegans are weird
ANIOLATORV 2 months ago
@ANIOLATORV What about the mass hatchery factory farms that turn a large profit by keeping hens in small cages, and grinding male chicks alive because they cannot produce eggs?
I don't understand vegetarians.
TheBoringVegCookie 2 months ago
Very nicely done! I have one thing to add. Before I go into it I need to say I am about to relate rats to humans scientifically. If that bothers you than read up on laughter and metacognition. *
Rats also have teeth that can chew through meat. A few rats have the instinct to hunt for small birds and mice. However, most rats go an entire life without meat. Think of that as you will.
* hint: both rats and humans have these things in common. Humans and rats are a spooky amount similar.
thelovelyratkitten 2 months ago
If I had a problem with fur or leather, which I don't because I love the feeling of fur, I would say that I do to a biker's face. Harassing an old lady over her fur shouws how spineless you are. Do something brave to amake a point. Vegans are retards, PETa even dumber, PETA mebeers even duber than PETA itself. PETA mebers don't know what PETA's ideals are. PETA is about stopping progress in medicine and technology if a single rat, whose lifwe would mean nothing other than tesing, must die.
SkylitDriveFan123 2 months ago
@SkylitDriveFan123 Far from all vegans pester old ladies about their fur. Most vegans I know, including me when I was one, only follow the lifestyle themselves and don't mention it unless we're asked about it. Saying that vegans are retards is a statement that is completely inaccurate.
MissCatWoman 3 weeks ago
@MissCatWoman Sorry. I was thinking about the hippy vegans that act as Ingred Newkirk (co-founder of PETA)'s mind slaves. Fact: PETA is a force for evil. They have funded eco-terrorism groups that are literally vegan extremists. These ecoterrorists fire bonb anilmal testing facilities that are trying to help human kind. PETA is opposed to all animal testing, even if it finds a cure for AIDS. AIDS kills 6000 people every day.
SkylitDriveFan123 3 weeks ago
1:34
Indeed, you never see animal rights people harass motorcycle gangs, likely because animal rights people like most other go for the "weaker kind of what we don't like"
robertgeorg 2 months ago
@robertgeorg Nobody harasses motorcycle gangs - neither omnivores or vegans. Because we'd rather not get beaten to a pulp, and I think that's something everyone can agree on.
TheBoringVegCookie 2 months ago
If you choose to be a veggie...thats your choice. Fine. Most people don't hassle you about it. HOWEVER, it seems that if you are a vegan, veggie, or whatever, you MUST badmouth and bitch at everyone that doesn't share your view. I hunt, raise my own animals, and probably eat more meat that is good for me. Should probably eat more vegetables. But, tell me, why do any of you, as vegans or whatever, feel it is your duty to constantly bitch at all of us that choose to eat meat????
2433006guy 2 months ago
Save a plant. Eat an animal.
Ellidius 2 months ago
"Going green... on the inside" reminds me of Troll 2.
jezzzzkuuhhh 2 months ago
Once a person starts paying close attention to what they're eating and the amount, they will begin to feel a lot better about themselves.
I was vegetarian (with the exception of raw seafood, occasional dairy and eggs) But controlling my diet really made me feel a lot better rather than just eating whatever was put in front of me.
There's almost no point in exercising if you aren't watching what you eat.
Your body is a machine, and if you put 'shit' into a machine, you get 'shit' out. ;)
0monolith 2 months ago
I felt kind of ridiculous... had to pause this video when I realized that I was eating pepperoni sticks, and felt like mentioning this.
I don't actually have the time or the money to work on becoming any type of vegetarian, and while I like to try to go for the brands that have a reputation of treating their animals fairly, I would like to mention that my poor student budget looks at the $2 difference and says "Hey, it adds up". I don't care if it casts a shadow or not, roots aren't enough
Doodled93 2 months ago
@Doodled93 Hey. I'm currently in my first year of University, and I'm on welfare. But I find that being a vegan is a lot cheaper than being an omnivore (I can compare my budget with my mothers very pro-meat budget). Beans and rice, bulk foods, frozen veggies, and not pre-marinaded tofu is extremely cheap, despite what most people think. Veganism is not just for those who can afford a car, an iPhone, and a weekly shopping trip - chances are if you have shelter and hygiene than you can do it.
TheBoringVegCookie 2 months ago
@Doodled93 Most vegetarian food is not more expensive than your "average" food. I can get 600 grams of tofu for $4 while my husband has to fork out at least $6 for 600 grams of decent meat. I could go even cheaper and get a lot of dried lentils for $3, or even kidney beans in a tin for 98 cents. If you only go for the "fancier" meat substitutes it can be more expensive, but if you can cook yourself being a vegetarian can be cheaper than having your average "omnivore" diet.
MissCatWoman 3 weeks ago
Waiter: what would you like tonight sir
Me: anything that once was alive.
TheSolitaryTraveller 2 months ago
soooooo biased...
thejessicrotte 2 months ago
Don't talk to a 'nutritionist'. Nutritionist is not a regulated label, at least in my state. talk to a REGISTERED DIETICIAN who has the education and experience to back up what they say.
thunderinthevalley 2 months ago
There's also one HIGHER than vegans.
They don't eat any vegetables eithey,cus theyve had reeaally small animals on them,that you'd have to kill.
so yeah,what they eat,idk..
Pruttomaten 2 months ago
im not a vegetarian, but i feel terribly guilty eating meat. i accept the fact that nature has made me omnivorous. so what i do is, i limit my intake of meat and maintain my weight down.
tetleydidley 3 months ago
No human eating enough calories has to worry about protein. The biggest land mammals on earth eat plants. 40% of Americans are b12 deficient without being vegan. b12 is found in natural water supplies and on soil, but we have purified water and wash plants. It's also produced by bacteria in the body, but often our ability to absorb it is disturbed by our lifestyles. We're also scientifically classified as frugivores, not omnivores.
brianv00 3 months ago
@brianv00 The biggest land mammals on earth can also eat more types of plants than we can...
tachiong 2 months ago
@tachiong Even if that's true (which it isn't), who cares?
brianv00 2 months ago
@brianv00 The biggest land animals eat other plants than we can. This is important because they contain different nutrition than the plants we eat. In your message you said 'even if that is true' Do you really think that the largest land animals really only eat the vegetables we do? Anyway I don't care much about it. By the way, Couscous contains all the different types of protein the human body needs and it isn't meat. Pretty cool, eh? Anyway, thats all I have to say about that.
tachiong 2 months ago
@tachiong We eat more variety than any plant eating animal on earth due to our access to a global market and the ability to cook plants that we can't eat raw. Anyway, these plants that we 'can't' eat that large mammals can don't have any nutrients that we can't get elsewhere. It's a totally invalid point to be honest.
brianv00 2 months ago
Being vegetarian is amazing, you'd be surprised at how awesome food is when you can actually taste it! Also protein is not a problem for vegetarians AT ALL, it is overly hyped by meat companies, you only need about one gram of protein per lb. of body weight per day, this is easily attainable if you just eat three meals of just about any (healthy) food per day.
Krandolph17 3 months ago
@Krandolph17 yup 0.8-1.5 g/kg... Im studying to be a dietician and all the BS about vegetarians lack protein is just that- BS
thunderinthevalley 2 months ago
Plants have feelings too!
stickman2012 3 months ago
I am a vegetarian, but I have nothing against hunted meat, that´s just natural. But when you make animals live in too bad conditions, that pisses me off. I guess pigs dont need more than a 1/2 metre to live and chikens are just fine, with genetic manipulation that make them unable to even stand up.Thats a reason to be vegetarian.
TheSujis 3 months ago
dont trust veggitarians
mannymann321 3 months ago
@mannymann321 don't trust people who cant spell......
XXFrankieSaysSmileXX 3 months ago
@XXFrankieSaysSmileXX get a life watch some veggie tales
mannymann321 2 months ago
You think vegans are that daft they still wear leather and fur? Noooooooooo of course we dont so basic its not true!! We are not even supposed to wear wool or silk if you are a true vegan.
lucylu123100 3 months ago
@lucylu123100 true or even eat sugar filtered thru bone
thunderinthevalley 2 months ago
I don't have a problem with people who don't like to eat certain animals. We are ALL vegetarian when it comes to certain animals. Would you eat a dog? A cat? A rat? Most would answer no to these questions. But people, face the facts, there's nothing wrong with eating meat, we're SUPPOSED to, we NEED the nutrition it gives us. Peta and other "animal rights" groups are comparable to cults. Eating meat is NOT animal cruelty, it's the natural way of life.
SuperBromander 3 months ago
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SuperBromander 3 months ago
I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYBODY HAS TO SAY, SCIENTISTS ARE ALL LIARS. HUMANS NEED MEAT!!!!!!!! I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL BEINGS, AND THEY HAVE ALREADY TOLD ME THAT HUMANS ARE CARNIVORS AND SO I MUST EAT MEAT EVERY DAY IN ORDER TO BRING GOOD LUCK AND STOP THE GOVERNMENT FROM FORCE-FEEDING ME VEGETABLES
KanyeTroll 4 months ago
@KanyeTroll see. a psychiatrist! please!
tDude666 4 months ago
@SassyVWpants
Actually bringing a balance into the diet would be the smart thing to do, though no one does it, or they go to the stupid extremes. This is again, every body requires DIFFERENT levels of plants and meats, though most are similar, exact diets should be talked about with doctors that know wtf they are doing and not some hippy idiot who took a few weeks to month(s) of diets.
Kerns0Phoegon 4 months ago
that's a LOT of research.
instantmacarony 4 months ago
My vegiversary is the 17th! One year!!!
xGRACEYx123 4 months ago
@stefanoGFsiciliano people will always eat meat? guess im not a person?
Elitetrumpet 5 months ago
Couldn't farms be classified as "natural" factories? I think yes!
jmcmahan15 5 months ago
Vegans are crazy stupid, outside being very unhealthy. Though 'animal by-products' being on no no list, bearly makes any sense personally and makes eating anything nearly impossible, and is impossible on a technical level. (All plants are helped to grow by an 'animal by-product' and requires animals in some faction for the plant to even live. (Carbon Dioxide, bee transferring pollen, .. animal fertilizer)
Kerns0Phoegon 5 months ago
@Kerns0Phoegon Go take a trip to a slaughter house.
Johnnymushio 4 months ago
@Johnnymushio
I have. I won't say it's the most pleasant thing to ever do, but honestly it doesn't bother me. It's the over farming, and senseless killing of animals that makes this a real issue. Humans are Omnivores and require both meat and veggies to properly live and avoid bad medical conditions due to chemical balance issues.
Should animals be killed for food in a non painful way, yes. Should we stop eating animals because some people can't take the thought of eating life, no.
Kerns0Phoegon 4 months ago
@Johnnymushio
I'd sooner be rid of 'chicken' farms then I would with cow slaughter houses. Chickens so fat they can't even breed by themselfs, and all because people want bigger fattier food.
Kerns0Phoegon 4 months ago
Although I understand vegetarianism from a moral standpoint, I think their efforts are insufficient in the grand scheme of things. It's actually kinda counterproductive because the meat will be wasted, and the animal would've died for nothing. It'd be better for them to fight for more humane ways to put animals down, rather than just totally not eating them at all.
FuIIOfFaiI 5 months ago
you can get B12 from Marmite and fortified food too =) Also, this video is a bit.. stupid..
ShroukiePoo 5 months ago
"Know what you eat and why"
Best advice ever.
josh18230 5 months ago
My food poops on your food. enjoy that salad.
TheWazzFamily 5 months ago
I'm an ovo-vegetarian and I thought this was hilarious... and informative. Thanks for sharing. LOL
Filmchica 6 months ago
Meh. Too simplified. I abstain from most meats because of factory farming, and I'm quite sure that most people, if they knew the reality of the industry would do so as well.
Treefingrs 6 months ago
there a lot vegetarians
WatchmenDrManhattan 6 months ago
dont ask a nutritionist it is an un patented name. go see a dietician. and vegans eat plants. Which were once alive so that thing about b12 coming from bacteria being a problem is bs. Also with modern technology there is now quorn which helps you get protein. (although since im being honest i will admit a quorn chicken burger has about a 1/3 of the protein as an actual meat one. but it has no saturated fats which are bad for you.) And finally due to energy transfer in a food chain vegan is more
buffaloface1 6 months ago
@buffaloface1 efficient. Also diseases like swine flu started in intensive farms. And also drugs and hormones used on the animals to help them reproduce or keep them healthy can stay in the meat and get into you. (again since im being honest i have to admit i cant remember everything on that and you'd have to research that more)
and when people say well me changing to vegetarian or vegan isnt going to make a difference think of it like this your either part of the problem or solution. you choose
buffaloface1 6 months ago
I'am a level 5 vegan. I don't eat anything that casts a shadow
frassify18 6 months ago 45
@frassify18 everything casts a shadow, unless A; Your joing or B; your saying it as a symbolism of a soul or living thing? I would like to know :D
bigchicken24 6 months ago
@bigchicken24 It's a simpsons reference
frassify18 6 months ago
@frassify18 Lol you dont eat
SuperRiguy 4 months ago
@frassify18 So... you only eat transparent ghosts?
AulisVaara 1 month ago
i havent eaten animal flesh in 2 years and avoid eating animal embryos, animal bodily secretions, etc. you dont have to use animals to survive. the human race has gotten to a point where we dont have to use animals to survive. if its such an insensitive topic, you should kill everything you eat with your own hands.
Elitetrumpet 6 months ago
@Elitetrumpet WHAT THE FUCK? You don't need animals to survive! Every living creature depends on each other. If one species vanishes or another introduced, it can have a big impact on the ecosystem. People will always eat meat and kill animals. It's what nature does best.
stefanoGFsiciliano 5 months ago
@stefanoGFsiciliano I agree that animals are needed... that's the problem... people are overkilling these animals that's why government bodies need to create something called "endangered species list". Another problem is to rear domesticated animals. You're clearing valuable vegetation just to rear them - you're making some really pretty and interesting plants extinct too!
argheighteen 5 months ago
@argheighteen At the end of the day I think it is about personal responsibility. Most hunters have it, but there are people who will kill every animal in site and leave them to rot. You'd like to think ethical people run food providing companies who only want you to have the best healthy food, but that is seldom the case. I mean who is okay with any amount of rat droppings in their product. You need people to be responsible something that means various things to different people.
WhiteTrashBarbarian 5 months ago 9
nutritionist is not a protected term.
Dietition is.
Consider it the difference between Toothiologist, and Dentist. Dentist is the Protected term.
Literally anybody can legally claim to be a Nutritionist or Toothiologist.
XanthIllion 6 months ago
Ok, the first 1:18 min I was like WTF??. so...What do these people eat again? I understand the vegans cause they really do COMPROMISE, but the rest of these people? really? you don't eat the chicken but eat the egg? that's like saying "i'm against killing people, but I support abort"...lol that was actually funny comparing a human with a chicken...well that's what I think when I hear someone is 'vegetarian'...sorry if I offended anyone, not my intention, just my opinion. :)
pauly14 7 months ago
@pauly14 I don't eat chicken that comes from CAFOs, and I only eat local, free range eggs; I would eat sustainably raised chicken if I could afford it, but right now only the eggs are within my budget. For me personally it's not about animal rights, but rather about supporting the farmer as directly as possibly, and supporting farming practices that are organic and follow the natural lifespan of poultry and livestock (ie: not using chemicals, antibiotics, artificial insemination, or steroids).
acdausman1 6 months ago
@pauly14 Chickens lay eggs all the time even if they haven't been inseminated by a rooster. The eggs don't develop into life so it isn't like being "anti-murder, pro-abortion."
M0CH4B34R 6 months ago
@pauly14 Do you actually think that those are the same things? An aborted fetus is a fertilized egg that has become an embryo which has already begun its stages of human development. A chicken egg (the ones we eat) are completely unfertilized and have no possibility of life growing inside of them.
mscrankyjack 4 months ago
What is with his bangs?
msbunnypaws 7 months ago
Since Gasoline is made from a fossil fuel,
and since fossil fuels are made from animals,
does that mean if you drive that makes you a NON VEGAN ?
DoshUnScripted 7 months ago
He didn't blink. At all. Through ought the episode.
puddinggreg 7 months ago
Cuddly cow. Cows are NOT cuddly.
Gedionphin 7 months ago
I don't care how cut that woolly lam is, I'm still going to eat it.
stefanoGFsiciliano 7 months ago
THIS GUY NEEDS TO BE SERIOUSLY EDUCATED!!! HE IS SO IGNORANT!!! BEING VEGAN IS THE BEST THING TO BE GREEN ON THE "OUTSIDE"!!! ALSO B-12 IS SUPPLEMENTED TO ANIMAL FEED!!! SO I AS A VEGAN WOULD RATHER GET IT DIRECT!!!! ALSO THE PROTEIN MYTH IS STILL BELIEVED BY THIS SHMUCK!!!! DUDE GET UPDATED!!!!
mrbuster1964 7 months ago
@mrbuster1964 You are still homosexual.
LordWellington15 7 months ago
@mrbuster1964 why are you yelling?!? :'(
itpnavis 7 months ago
@itpnavis I have a hearing impairment!!! Don't make fun of the DEAF!!!
mrbuster1964 7 months ago
@mrbuster1964 my question still stands. Why are you yelling at us?!?!1//11?!?!
itpnavis 7 months ago
As Anthony Bourdain once brilliantly put it, "vegetarianism is a first-world luxury." i would add that although veggie-heads love to posture that they are so high and mighty, there's absolutely nothing noble - nor particularly healthy - about their lifestyle. it only means they have nothing better to rail against than eating pork chops, and they have the requisite money to shop at whole foods.
eddog1977 7 months ago
BACON IS GOOD.
manbearsham 7 months ago
I'm gonna go with carna-vegitarian. I could NEVER be a vegan. I mean...what do they eat?! Bread, oranges, and toothpaste?!?!?
TheSacarr 7 months ago
But plants are fertilized by manure, which is cow biproduct. That would mean that vegans can't eat anything.
Gedionphin 7 months ago
fail.
the fact that bacteria are technically alive is not a problem for vegans. a vegan has no problem with eating something that is alive (...plants, hello?), they just avoid animal products...huge difference there.
and thanks for letting me know that vegetarianism is all about squeamishness and loving cute googly eyes. i thought I had a legitimate objection to factory farming and deep respect for sentient life, but now I realize I've just seen too many disney movies.
jaybeebles 7 months ago
nutritionists literally don't have to know anything because it is not a protected term. DIETICIANS need a degree. and Yes Doctors know tonnes about this and should be the first people you go to.
KalypticBass 8 months ago
is there a name for ppl that don't eat meat if it's not in meatball, hotdog of shnitzel form? cuz thats what i am. chickenwings just gross me out...
and not all vegan food is healthy, i saw recipes for deep-fried stuff that are vegan...
thegreatCOOPS 8 months ago
... i don'y mind blood... i actually liked my steak pretty rare... but ... i became a vegetarian... i cant remember why... but now i really want some sushi... i know they have vegan sushi... but i want regular sushi... only problem is since i haven't eaten meat in about a year, i'll get sick if i eat it... i miss my sushi!!!!
yermomsaysisexy 8 months ago
Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet. ~Albert Einstein
paralysisboy 8 months ago
I'm a vegetarian and have been for about a month now. And it's not necessarily because I can't stand the thought of a dead bunny it's more because I can't stand the thought of eating something that's eaten its own poop and god knows what else.
but you know, that's just me.
iluvchocolate411 8 months ago 2
Don't talk negative about vegetarianism/veganism. That is personal choice.
Lloydmusicien 8 months ago 2
oh and despite my last comment I loooove meat and your video is still funny. lol. veganism makes no sense to me at all. eating more RAW fruits and veggies is advisable though. :)
CityOnaHillStudios 8 months ago
I'm not a veggitarian but.. Protien is not that hard to find for a veggitarian. Spirulina is an algea & has THE highest amount of protien out of any food source and it's totally absorabable. the act of cooking meat destroys more then 50% of the protien in it so your not actually getting much protien eating meat. the problem is all the pestasides and such we use now. all of our plants are defficiant so they have more toxins than vitamins/minerals. but what food isn't like that these days?
CityOnaHillStudios 8 months ago
I'm a Seventh Day Adventist and I am a veggie. However I live in wyoming and many people at my church do eat meat.
(most other SDA churches in different, non meat loving states, are completely vegetarin
890098jojo 9 months ago
Do a video about how healthy milk isn't.
mizakzee 9 months ago
I tried being an ovolactovegetarian for a year and a half, then quited. but non of the reasons that lead to that choice were mentioned here, by example, i have nothing against killing animals, animals do it too!, that's not the damn point. What did kind of have an influence is the fact that food producers do not just kill animals they torture them their whole freaking lives before they do it. fortunatly where im from cows have a great time before they die. and no, im not from india.
SERUNONURES 9 months ago
If god hadn't wanted us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them out of meat.
PhantomMarquis 9 months ago
@PhantomMarquis If God didn't want you to be cannibals, he wouldn't have made people out of meat.
Genesis 1:29, "And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat."
esteebo 9 months ago
@esteebo First of all, you just got trolled.
Second of all, that was before the fall of man.
jarak36 9 months ago
Imagine being a cow, being fed wonderfully and given a nice soft home only for it all do end with you being killed for the greed of human beings. Isn't it sad for an animal to be raised just to be killed??? Ah... life is life
videodude1298 9 months ago
@videodude1298 Imagine a wild deer, living its life running from predators and living off of meager amounts of grass and berries, finally meeting its end when a bear mauls into bloody deer steak and om nom nom. We're a lot nicer to animals than nature is, I'll tell you that much.
access1denied 8 months ago
@access1denied You haven't seen the documentary "Earthlings", I guess. You should watch that (it's available on YouTube) before you say we're nicer to our potential food item than nature itself.
marianware 8 months ago