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Re: OFF: Red Meat Stinkiness

From:Mia <lilami@...>
Date:Friday, June 16, 2000, 18:55
Barry Garcia wrote:
> > Reminds me of fanatical vegan propaganda (not a slight towards any vegans > > or vegetarians here) intended to make the squirmish among carnivores not > > want to eat meat (it doesnt bother me, i've helped with a necropsy on week > > dead sea mammals before. Trust me, after that not much will gross you > > out). Actually, anything that ends up in your intestines gets attacked by > > the bacteria (yes, even plant matter that makes it past the stomach). They > > digest it and yes, basically it rots (that's what rotting and fermentation > > basically is kiddies, the breakdown of matter by bacteria and other > > organisms ;)).
Vegetarian poop stinks too. That's a fact of life. EEEK, and if they eat a lot of beans for protein, you get a preview. But you know how it is... Some people thing theirs doesn't stink. <G> Nothing makes me squeamish. Not dead animals, not the half eaten remains of a rodent that died overnight and is being eaten as a snack by its family, not even rotting road kill. My husband finds this a bizarre trait, but I have a stomach of steel. And Fior Avant wrote:
> > Yes, that's true. We have our bodies covered with a whole load of different > bacteria types, and they rot any thing that "goes inside", and later, they > get digested as well. > Vegetarians often say it's not a healthy thing to eat meat and humans ought to eat only > vegetables ( huh?! what? they think we are bloody cows??) but I also learnt > in school that our guts were NOT made to eat "leaves". At least at present > times... :-]
Actually, as a vegetarian, I think that you are misrepresenting the diet. I would say that the bulk of my diet is processed soy products and grains. You can make anything out of soy, it seems. Most vegetarians eat dairy and eggs. I eat some dairy, but not eggs. What I learned in school is that humans are omnivores. We eat a lot of stuff. No, we can't really digest grass (unless we grow more stomachs and start chewing our cud) BUT there are plenty of plant foods that are not a problem for us to digest. Even leaves.
> The "stink" we get when we eat meat, eggs or any other type of "wealthy > proteined food" is caused by the degradation of the proteins (by the > bacteria) is only a measure of the level of protein you'll get from that > food. It's well known that animal-originated food has lots more to give us > them 'leaves'. That's why, we manals, stand at the top of the alimentary net, > isn't it? >
You can meet your protein needs in small portions of meat, and you end up pissing away a lot of the excess protein in your diet (if you will pardon the vulgarity). Ok, so maybe it is different where you are from, but here in the land of 8 to 20 ounce steaks in restaurants (LONE STAR!!!! OH, HOW I MISS THEE!), I think the last thing we need to do is go on about the benefits of meat. People are going to keep eating it. They are going to keep eating a lot of it. Personally, I love meat. I have a particular fondness for raw and extremely rare beef, which has its own set of risks. I am just choosing not to eat meat now. I don't feel the need to join the "vegetarian movement" or to win converts. I don't care if other people eat nothing but veal livers and cotton candy. I just can't keep my mouth shut as much as I ought to when people are suggesting that my chosen way of eating is somehow silly. On the other hand, maybe I shouldn't let it bother me, and just be happy when my doctor isn't harassing me about my cholestrol levels anymore. -- Mia Soderquist Firetalk #605102 ICQ #19818811 or 5926593 MSN Messenger/hotmail: ursulanumeria@hotmail.com