blood pressure

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Hi Phoenix,

 

p> I don't think that there is any danger in losing concentration due to turning

p> vegetarian. Physical side-effects might include thing like lower cholesterol

p> levels, lower overall body-fat, etc. I WILL caution you about beans, which

p> is a vital source of protein for vegetarians. Get used to them slowly and MY

p> suggestion is to avoid dried beans. No mater how much I boil, pre-soak dried

p> beans, we'll get gas so bad that we have to air out the room on an hourly

basis

p> (sure as hell don't want to light a match during those times :-)))

 

:-)

 

p> Seriously, I'm glad to hear that someone is interested in turning vegetarian.

p> When my wife and I turned vegetarian a number of years ago it was because of

p> the BSE scare that was going on in the UK (we were living there at the time).

p> We never ate much meat to begin with, but then we stopped beef because of

p> BSE, then fish, then chicken went, then we just switched completely. As I

have

p> gotten further from carnivorous behavior, it began to dawn on me that as a

p> mammal eating another mammal, I was participating in a form of cannibalism.

 

What about carnivorous?

 

p> As far as the moral implications go, I think vegetarianism is much better.

p> If you've ever been to a slaughter house and watched animals being put to

death

p> and then butchered right there...watch the other animals waiting in line.

p> They see what's going on and although they can't reason like humans reason,

they

p> are aware that someone very wrong is happening. You can see it in their eyes

p> that they know what's about to happen.

 

I completely agree!

 

p> What I did notice about switching is that my blood pressure lowered. That's

p> a pretty big thing for us guys to consider, even while we're young because

p> things do have a cumulative effect. What you eat, drink, etc.. today will

p> dictate your health tomorrow.

 

That about blood pressure is interesting. Is it a general consequence,

because I already have somewhat lower blood pressure, which causes me

some problems before great weather changes.

 

p> Phoenix

 

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