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Does eating the actin and myosin protein filaments which comprise muscle make men more manly?
Said another way-Does eating meat make your more of a man?
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Does eating the actin and myosin protein filaments which comprise muscle make men more manly?
Said another way-Does eating meat make your more of a man?
I have been a vegan for about 15 years and I can't tell you how many times I have heard the argument that you can't be a "real man" unless you eat meat. Somehow, consuming flesh increases ones masculinity. Tough guys are "meat and potatoes" men. They eat steak and barbecue things.
Since the mythology of manhood includes the consumption of cooked critters many men are reluctant to forego feasting on flesh in favor of a vegan diet.
After all, giving up meat will make you less of a man.
But what makes a man, a man?
Testosterone. A Prostate Gland A Penis. (But not just a penis, the ability to get an erection.)
Testosterone:
Testosterone is a steroid hormone and it:
•Is important for normal skeletal development •Regulates libido-your sex drive •Influences muscle mass •Is required for normal sperm development
If meat makes you manly why do vegans have more testosterone? That's right. Meat munching males have 13 percent less testosterone than vegans. (Allen NE. Hormones and diet: low insulin-like growth factor-I but normal bioavailable androgens in vegan men. Br J Cancer. 2000 Jul;83(1):95-7.)
This is because meat eaters constantly expose themselves to female hormones in the meat and milk they eat.
The Prostate Gland:
The function of the prostate is to store and secrete an alkaline, milky white fluid that makes up 25-30% of ejaculate volume. The prostatic fluid gives sperm better motility, longer survival and better protection of the genetic material (DNA).
Men who live in the United States have the highest rates of prostate cancer, while men who live in South America, Central America, Africa, and Asia all have much lower rates prostate cancer.
What accounts for the difference? Diet of course. The most common dietary culprit implicated in raising prostate cancer risk is a high fat diet, particularly a diet high in saturated animal fats.
The Penis
The fully erect penis is the ultimate symbol of masculinity.
Erection is achieved when the penis becomes engorged with blood.
According to the National Institutes of Health in 2002, an estimated 15 million to 30 million men in the United States experience chronic erectile dysfunction. They can't get it up. They have been emasculated.
In the majority of these cases impotence is caused by narrowing of the blood vessels in the penis. When the arteries and veins to the penis clog up, you can't get it up. Blood vessels clog up from all the saturated fat and cholesterol in cooked carcasses you consume. This narrowing of blood vessels is called cardiovascular disease. If you can't get it up you are a prime candidate for a deadly heart attack.
If the measure of a man is his enormous erection, meat eaters are miniscule.
Vegans rarely, if ever, develop cardiovascular disease. Vegans rarely, if ever become impotent. Vegans are virile!
A Question For You
Are you so emotionally attached to the current cultural concept of what makes you a man that you will ignore the facts or are you man enough to take meat off your menu?
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If anything guys should feel like LESS of a man, in which that they rely on OTHERS to kill animals just so they could eat a carcass. So how is it "manly" to eat a "big strong animal" while they had to get someone else to put the animal in a factory to process the meat???
Yes. Agree. The challenge of course is getting people who would rather not know to listen. So many want to close their eyes, turn their backs and maintain the lifestyle that destroys their health, unnecessarily kills animal and destroys our planet.
I agree. Veganism is a great dietary choice and it isn't the only one. I appreciate every step people make towards a more plant-based diet. Even incremental change, while maybe too little, too late, is better than no change at all. Thanks for your responses too. It is great talking to thoughtful, considerate people like you!
Youre right oh vibrant one, you didn't completely contradict yourself with these two statements, " The point is that eating animals in completely unnecessary", There are many human in developing countries who must eat animals to survive
The fact that you agree that it is necessary for humans in developing countries to consume meat, clearly contradicts the statements you have made in the past about meat being an unhealthy contribution to ones diet. I would also request that you re-read your own response. I think that you are mistaken in assuming that humans have no nutritional requirements for mammary secretions. Considering that you have children of your own Im going to hope that you recognize its importance during infancy.
Lol! OK, you got me. I should have been more precise. Humans have no nutritional requirement for the mammary secretions of other species. Humans definitely should be drinking their mother's mammary secretions.
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If anything guys should feel like LESS of a man, in which that they rely on OTHERS to kill animals just so they could eat a carcass. So how is it "manly" to eat a "big strong animal" while they had to get someone else to put the animal in a factory to process the meat???