Becoming a Vegetarian

Americans are fat. It's a fact. Could trying a vegetarian lifestyle increase our quality of life? Will an aging baby boomer population consider this to help ward off the effects of old age?

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News & Politics

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• Vegan
• Vegetarian
• meatless
• Humane
• Society
• Peta
• Parrot
• tofu
• burgers
• fat
• people
• meat
• free
• diet
• lose
• weight
• McCartney
• change
• giving
• up
• beef
• chicken
• pork
• fish

[MsMyJourney]

I became a vegetarian cold turkey!

[shesheshelilsheila]

Much, much respect.  So well done. I gave up meat, poultry, and fish cold turkey 25 years ago this month. My parrot died a month ago - we were very close. I love your awareness that eating animal flesh is akin to consuming someone's mate. Someone recently told me that animals don't have feelings. I went home and cried. How one treats animals is a reflection of their character and level of compassion. Peace.

[karenhidef]

@shesheshelilsheila When people say that animals don't have feelings, I have to ask: "So all they have is sheer intellect? It's so obvious that other animals are mostly feelings based.

[Ichliebegermany]

@576sheba really cuz ive read studies that have said that we live about the same, its just that omnivores are most likely to smoke and exercise less. but health concious omnivores can live just as long if not longer. plus genetics also are taken into affec

[576sheba]

@Ichliebegermany Yea, whatever, but too bad we vegetarians live longer :)

[juliuslagerlf]

@Ichliebegermany True fact!

[juliuslagerlf]

@atodkid984 I second that.

[juliuslagerlf]

@comarorobotcollector Fun fact: New technology shows ANY plant feels paint and to a really great extent! I can link it if you want so you know im not trolling.

How do you think we should handle this problem?

[juliuslagerlf]

I dont eat vegetable or fruit what so ever, true story. I dont know how i will survive without meat... im actually eating bacon right now. Though im quite healthy, i exercise. Also im 6,2 and weigh 150 pounds.

[comarorobotcollector]

@SSTTEEAALLTTHH Im a vegetarian and i dont eat meat but i know plants are alive but they dont fell it the same as animals do they cant scream that would freak me out i also dont hert bugs unless they hert me on perpose only killed 7 bugs in my life and i am 16.=)

[SSTTEEAALLTTHH]

@comarorobotcollector

You don't need a brain per se to feel pain, you simply need nerve endings and some sort of central nuclei. There are animals without brains that can feel pain, like starfish, certain insects, etc.

[SSTTEEAALLTTHH]

@atodkid984

Wow, what a rare gem among arguments that is.