Re: OFF: Red Meat Stinkiness

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.

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