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Originally Posted by Barkingturtle
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But you want a health-related fact? I mean, your request was completely scatter-shot so I just posted some devastating environmental facts but uh, let's talk heart disease. Let's talk clogged arteries. This happens due to the accumulation of cholesterol. This kind of cholesterol is only contained in the cell-walls of animals. Nowhere else. Humans have no way to metabolize it, so it leeches into our bloodstream and eventually collects in our hearts. It contributes to a condition that kills us MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE and it only gets in our bodies by consuming animal products. If we are talking nutrition, shouldn't we start by eliminating things that kill us? Not convinced consuming animal products is a driver of heart disease. Well, wanna talk about cancer--the number two killer of our people? I mean, everyone knows the World Health Organization has classified bacon as a carcinogen on the same level as cigarettes, right? Right?
Anyway, I think it's disingenuous in 2017 to claim the consumption of animal products is in any way part of a healthy lifestyle, either for yourself or the planet. We know better, but we are all simply struggling to make choices we can live with, some motivated by ethics, some motivated by convenience, some by pleasure, some by fear of social rejection. I simply believe we are capable of evolving to do much, much better, because I see it happening. Namasté.
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Isn't bacon a high risk carcinogen because of the nitrates to preserve it, not because of the fact that it's meat? Also, there seems to be a much bigger correlation between cancers and heart disease with sugar consumption as opposed to meat consumption. Since the FDA tried to push the whole low fat craze in the late 70's early 80's obesity has skyrocketed and (if I'm remembering correctly) heart disease has as well. Even though cholesterol is found in animal parts or byproducts, sugar and sugar substitutes mess with our bodies system and we end up absorbing more cholesterol if we eat more sugar. Again, nutrition science is a very young science and I think we need to be careful making blanket statements like eating any sort of meat is bad. We need better studies and a lot more data before we can put forth anything conclusive. Is the way we go about it nowadays morally wrong? Probably. Is it bad for the environment? Most likely. Is eating a lot of meat bad? Again, probably. Is eating any meat only detrimental to your health? Hard to say but probably not.