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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: NotMeNotMe Date: Jul 22, 2008 14:24
On 22 Jul, 08:12, Doug riseup.net> wrote:> As the motorists who dominate this transport newsgroup all seem to be
> meat eaters and frequently criticise veganism here I thought these
> facts might be of interest to them, especially as it relates to their
> contribution to the destruction of the plane, world starvation and
> biofuels.
The simple fact is that humans are omnivores. We have evolved/been
designed to eat food from a wide range of sources including animals,
fish and plants. The diet that is best for us is a mixture of fruit,
veg, cereals and MEAT.
Meat supplies us with vitamins that you cannot get in a vegan diet,
the same way that people cannot live without fruit and veg.
Meat is the best source of protein for our bodies, beef is especially
good as it has the best combination of proteins.
Fish is also good, and supplies vital oils that help maintain our
joints etc.
> A vegetarian - or even better a vegan - diet is capable of feeding the
> entire population of the world - and then some. (36)!"
The current food production in the world is also easily enough to feed
the entire population of the world, the biggest two problems are that
we are rapidly becoming over populated, and politics and evil people
mess up the distribution of food.
Take e.g. Zimbabwe, 20 years ago it was a prosperous country exporting
food and tobacco, now Robert Mugabe (who you seem to support) has
almost killed food production in his country. This is nothing to do
with eating meat.
A vegetarian diet is incapable of feeding everyone in the world,
because it simply will not cope with our dietary needs. The pictures
of Doug Bollen of Catford are testament to that.
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