OT: promoting meat....was Vores

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Oh Joe,

 

There you are using that f word again. And, it seems you are labeling

yourself a meat-eating promoter. You don't need me to do that. I

think you're doing a fine job. ;-)

 

You said, Joe:

This all started from a stance of saying that if you wish to consume

meat very occasionally, it should be fine for you and don't worry

especially if you eat lots of raw! Thats all. Enjoy some life, don't

be so hard on yourself and others and all that sort of jazz.

 

Janet says:

This paragraph you wrote IS promoting meat. Please define, " very

occasionally " and " lots of raw. " And later you said that eating a

diet which consists of 15% meat is OK. Hmmmm. That is actually a

great deal of meat in the diet that will promote dis-ease. (See " The

China Study " ). Also, if meat the size of a cow's hoof were presented

for a meal, it would take a HUGE amount of fruits and leafy greens to

bring that fleshy meal down to 15% of total calories. Since cooked

flesh is dense and the water is cooked out of it, the body has to pull

water from the tissues to move it through the digestive tract. Meat is

enervating and acidifying to the body. It will slow the body down.

 

I don't think anyone would argue that eating less meat is better than

eating more. But, why promote eating LESS meat when NO meat is better?

 

My husband became a vegan after reading " The China Study " . I know of

five people who became vegans after seeing the movie, " Fast Food

Nation " . If we meet our meat and confront the suffering that precedes

the slaughter of these animals, then there is hope that people would

pass the red flesh aisle at the grocery store.

 

Janet

 

rawfood , " Joe Postma " <joepostma wrote:

 

Hi Erica I agree with everything you say. Again I am unfortunately

being labeled a meat-eating promoter!!

 

 

This all started from a stance of saying that if you wish to consume

meat very occasionally, it should be fine for you and don't worry

especially if you eat lots of raw! Thats all. Enjoy some life, don't

be so hard on yourself and others and all that sort of jazz.

 

Think of the difference it would make if all people could be talked

into eating meat only 15% of their diet. What a HUGE difference that

would make! Now think of getting all people to stop eating meat

completely, and how IMPOSSIBLE that practically is! The moderate

approach is better than the fanatical one in practice. If I let

someone know that yes, raw is wonderful for you, but they're worried

about missing " bad " foods, well I am happy to tell them they can still

treat themselves occasionally and they will still be making a HUGE

difference for their own health and ultimately the health of the planet.

 

Unfortunately some fanatics (not you) twist my words and then lose

their own mental capacity...I think it is an addictive way of

thinking. But hey, that's par for the course of humanity!

 

You know, coffee is WAAAAAAAAAAAY worse for your health than meat, and

I am sure many raw-ers enjoy coffee occasionally. Let's talk about

that actually...how many raw-ers don't eat meat for health but drink

coffee? That's doing much more damage than meat eating!

 

Cheers Joe