Tina - where the heck did you find this quote?!?
Talk about biased opinions! To be more scientifically corrent, one only need look as far as the human mouth to decipher that, yes indeed, God intended for humans to eat meat! We have canine teeth allong with our molers - canine teeth are meant specifically for tearing meet - animals that are purely herbivores do not have canine teeth. Since humans have more molers than we do canines, one could also deduce that perhaps the ballance of veggies and grains (non-meat products) should be greater than that of meat. Also, it's been scientifically proven that most vegetarian and nearly all vegan diets are deficient in B12 if not artificially supplemented. I have asked my GI doc about a vegetarian diet and he's against it - and he's a GOOD doctor. He says the other steps I've taken to improve my diet (like less insoluables and elimination of trigger foods) is fine, but eliminating meat altogether would make me more susceptible to deficiencies in Iron, B12 and protein - since my CD meds already make me folic acid deficient I don't need any more holes in my nutrient balance.
On the other hand, I know several people on the boards are vegetarians and I'm not writing this to say you should change any habits that are currently working for you. I realize this decision has lots to do with moral convictions and personal background allong with any nutritional anaysis - but there are more impartial studies out there that would give more creedance, and better advice, to any arguments on this topic.
Yes, it's true that meat moves through the digestive tract more slowly, but that's why God gave us livers to break these things down! Besides, I, for one, would like it if my digestive system were to slow down a bit!!!
Okay - I've made myself clear on this - vegetarianism = fine, having unsound science as your basis for vegitarianism = misguided, biased!
Min
Print
Remind Me
Notify Moderator
|
Posts
Re: What do you think? Please read.
