I was a vegetarian - but now I'm a happy meat-eater

The Irish Independent ^ | February 18, 2003 | Louis Williams

[rlwinston]

Your a Veggie that good for you if you are happy thats good for you.....but do not lecture the rest of us who enjoy eating meat and are quite happy with it and on how superior you are to us because you are a veggie. MIND YOUR OWN BUSNESS PLEASE!!!!

[Mamzelle]

Since the body takes unused (what the body doesn't immediately need) sugars (carbs) and turns them
into fat for storage, I don't think it's unreasonable to suspect that carbohydrates could be behind the clogged arteries instead of consumed fat. Fat is not turned into fat, necessarily. It is broken down, and that breaking down takes lots of energy. It is a startling thing to pile on the olive oil and butter and lose weight...!

[capt. norm]

You must be an exception.

All of my vegan friends look like death warmed over and they catch every ailment that comes down the pike.

I've know all of them since the 60's but they really started going downhill when they became vegetarians and it happened quite rapidly. I was one of them but quickly saw that the vegetarian way was not really "healthy" like its advocates claimed, but was actually quite the opposite.

Went back to moderate amounts of meat in my diet (my appetite usually guides me correctly...that's what it's there for) and have maintained tha same weight within 3 pounds and the same healthy blood pressure for over 20 years.

I still eat a lot of veggies, but I don't don't treat meat like it's the worst thing that ever happened.

[T Minus Four]

BTW the Vegi-Burger at Burger King along with a dry baked potato loaded with chives make a great alternative lunch for those interested in changing fast food habits.

GAAAAAAAKKKK! I tried one once as an experiment. Ghastly! I didn't expect it to taste like meat, but I expected it to at least taste like food!

[discostu]

I toured a typical slaughterhouse operation when I was a kid (growing up in the former meat processing capital of America, Chicago, that's done under the auspices of learning local history). Made me hungry. Thinking about it again makes me hungry. Meat good. And properly prepared and portioned it leads to no more health problems than veggies, fewer actually because there are proteins in meat that you quite simply MUST have for prolonged health.

[cyborg]

Adolf Hitler... need I say more?

[ravingnutter]

Makes you stop and think when you learn that many of the most influential and interesting people throughout history have been vegetarian...

Makes me stop and think allright...there were many famous bipolars as well, but I definitely would not recommend it as a healthy lifestyle.

[discostu]

You forgot Hitler.

[Cooter]

Isaac Newton, distracted

Louis Figuier tells the following story about a classic Newton dinner party: "Newton's friend Dr. Stukely came to dinner with him. After waiting a long time for him to come out of his study, the doctor decided to help himself to some of the chicken that was already on the table. When he had finished, he left the remains of the bird on the plate and covered it with the silver cover. At the end of several hours, Newton finally made his appearance, saying that he was very hungry. He sat down at the table and lifted the cover from the chicken, but when he saw the carcass, "I thought," he cried, "I had not yet dined. I see I was mistaken."

[ravingnutter]

All of my vegan friends look like death warmed over and they catch every ailment that comes down the pike.

My friend and I were discussing just that fact over the weekend...she stated that all the vegetarians she knows are pale and their hair is dull, they just don't look healthy, and she should know, she consistently hangs out with what I call health nuts. Her and I both eat very little meat, but for me, it is more a matter of texture and taste rather than health or ideology.

[William Terrell]

Good thread; it was fun and issue based! Took my mind off of our frustrating delay in removing Saddam, and endless TV chats about 'What about our image to the rest of the world??' GO GEORGE W BUSH! We finally got a good one!!

I went back and read my post, then your reply above. Then I went back and read each word in my post and each word of your reply to it, above.

Color me confused. Did you hit the Reply link on my post by mistake?

[tob2]

Yes, I am.

[tob2]

There goes the vegetarian philosophy of being kinder, gentler, more spiritually, ethically and morally correct right down the drain!

[TexasRepublic]

Kill It & Grill It bump!

[Qwerty]

LOL.. everyone want something exotic, I guess.

[Qwerty]

Someone posted an article about an ex-vegetarian, and negative comments (and immediate superior attitudes) about vegetarians started popping up. Why does it anger you if VEGETARIANS start showing up and stating their point of view? THIS IS THEIR BUSINESS!! IT'S ABOUT VEGETARIANISM! Where are your posts to meat eaters saying "You're an omnivore, good for you.. but do not lecture others who enjoy eating veggies and are quite happy with it on how superior you are just because you're an omnivore"?

[Qwerty]

I didn't say anything about what was acceptable to post. My comment was directed at the author.. and whoever his "editor" is, if he has one. His article is just a few steps away from stream of consciousness rambling. It could almost be a transcribed conversation you hear going on at the next table at Black Angus.

I didn't slam any Freepers.

BTW, if you don't like my comment you're free to ignore it. If you got the grumpies... that's your problem. Have a nice day. :-)

[Qwerty]

Vegetarianism never required an "excuse". Then why do so many vegetarians feel they need to give one?

Reasons aren't excuses.