Sorry Charlie,
A vegetarian diet is NOT better for Human Beings. Several million years of
Hominid evolution argue against vegans. Granted, modern diet choices, since the
development of agriculture - coupled with lifestyle are far from healthy. But eating meat
is not the problem.
The typical Western diet and lifestyle, way too high a percentage of meat.
Way too much grain, sugar, processed sludge. Way too little walking.
Those are the problems.
Dale
Your right and I mention if I had a farm I may eat differently. I am not saying our food supply is unsafe. It is an amazing accomplishment that we have done to be able to feed such a populous of people. It is not easy and not without it's problems but our food industry still does an amazing job. They thing is, when you eat like I do I think you may have a consciousness about it others don't.
Most people have no idea what they are eating at all. They go through a drive thru and order a BigMac at 550 calories and half coming from fat. Add to that a large coke and fries and they are at like half their calories for the day in one small meal. I think few people could even tell you what they stuck in their mouthes in the course of the day. they eat mindlessly.
I know that many control their weight through moderation, but no moderation can make up for a diet of fast food and junk food. They are just a less healthy thinner person then they would be if they didn't eat like that. Sometimes it can be shocking.
I like to go to my local dollar store for different things they have some pretty good stuff if you look around. It is not that big a store but they have two isles just for chips sodas and such and another that is all candy. At the check out almost every person in line will have at least one junk food item. Then you see the ones that have like a dozen bags of chips and candy because it is so cheap and one open they are the kids in tow are already eating.
I said in my other post I don't care what others do I am not one to tell someone how to live their lives, but you want to tell these people sometimes, "Are you out for your F(%&ine minds"? They are killing their own children and seem completely oblivious to it. This brings me back to my original comment about being conscious of how you eat and not have it just be a mindless thing you do all day.
When you make how you eat a real part on your life, as it should be, it is how you stay alive, no matter what diet you choose it is easier and more enjoyable. A simple tasty meal can be a real joy. We see it when we have guests. I would be happy to make what ever they like I have no problem with that. They usually just want what we are having and are amazed at how good it is.
When ever my wife brings a covered dish to church hers is always the one that is empty at the end of the night and she gets all kinds of complements. A lot of it is the uses of spices to make a simple meal really taste special. I doubt many people serve meals at home that are in any way special. People just eat crap and as much of it as they can get. They should treat themselves better then that.
To make this pool related, do you think Buddy Hall got like that eating a healthy diet? How about Miz, dead at 62 and a portion of that life living like a half an invalid. I think we may be the only living thing on the planet that does things and makes choices that are not in our own best interest. We are like a self hating life form intent on our own destruction. At least on an individual basis, it does not have to be that way. Being healthy may be about the singular simplest thing we can accomplish in our lives. Are we really that lazy?
