We've been programmed to think meat is protein and you need meat. No, we are not cavemen. There are plenty other ways.
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We're predators; we don't eat meat because it's handy, we eat meat because we have a taste for blood.
In vast parts of the world, people don't eat meat.
I enjoy meat, but I can do without it.
It occurred to me that I just didn't see how I could go ahead and continue to eat meat. It just seemed so... cannibalistic to me. And so, I'm a vegetarian, and I have been ever since.
I eat meat, but no meat that isn't pastured is acceptable, and we probably need to eat a whole lot less.
I have heard people eat most heartily of another man's meat, that is, what they do not pay for.
There is no 'need' for us to eat meat, dairy or eggs. Indeed, these foods are increasingly linked to various human diseases and animal agriculture is an environmental disaster for the planet.
If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends.
I think that if a person wants to remain vegetarian, they're just going to have to go hungry.
The main point for me is moral; animals are sentient beings. I know for some this is a hard argument to accept, but we're not built to eat a lot of meat.
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