01-09-2018, 10:02 PM
i will throw my hat into this conversation. Medaille makes a great point, one not typically discussed in that we already subsidize meat. People love to complain and use “cost” as a reasoning to get 3 dollar menu cheeseburgers versus buying a head of lettuce and broccoli. When the purchasing of that meat has massive hidden costs down the road.
environmental impact and health care costs are beyond massive on a macro scale, which is what we are talking about here. Animal
agriculture isnt the sole contributor to death or the destruction of the planet, but a plays a role, and you unnecessarily could be attributing to it
the rampant and dangerous uses of water and land to feed animals is ridiculous, not even calculating their damaging environmental impact from their lives (methane production and fertilizer overusage damaging our water table with high levels of phosphorus, the cheapest of the fertilizer components). Not even discussing the fact that over 3 out of 4 antibiotics produced in the US are used solely for animal agriculture. here, with your cheeseburger comes a side of antibiotics, which is directly contributing to super bacteria like MRSA. Re land, just the grain produced to feed animals in this country could feed this country 2X over if it was plant based. the amout of water needed for producing a kg of meat protein versus a kg of grain protein is 100X more
health care, the number 1 killer of americans is heart disease, with the growth of heart disease and meat consumption in developing countries going hand and hand. chorlesterol, heart disease, heart attacks, cancer rates are SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER for a meat eater vs being a plant based eater. these have massive detrimental costs to our health care system (including our mental health system, gut - brain axis). Have a female in your life who has breast cancer? have her quit dairy and meat and watch her suppress the cancer growth rates in mere weeks. Nobel prize winning scientist, found that a plant based diet altered 500 genes in tbe body in only 3 months, turning off genes that cause breast cancer, heart disease, prostate cancer and other issues. Fuck you Susan G Komen, attaching your pink labels to dairy and yogurt products knowing that dairy increases the rate of breast cancer.
the science coming out is only the tip of the iceberg, as we learn we have killed everything (the planet, ourselves and billions of sentinent beings) for this insatiable need for meat.
there are so many ways to discuss this issue but with realistic less damaging alternatives hitting the market, its only a matter of time before meat eating, milk drinking will be a dumbass thing our population as a whole used to do.
i encourage you to go check out facts, not meat
industry sponsored studies, to see what is real and what is not. Did you know that the World Health Organization lists red meat as a class one CARCINOGEN? No, because the meat and dairy industry of the world doesnt want you to know it. Remember, “Got Milk?”, preaching calcium intake, growing stronger bones? Yeah, weve come to find out it is a lie. That the countries with the highest intake of dairy have also the highest rate of OSTEOPEROSIS. Plus, why the fuck do you drink COw milk? do you drink cat or dog milk? would you? probably not because you would find it disgusting or repulsive Cow milk was never meant for you to drink, you are not a baby cow, youre a human being, made to drink your mothers milk. Mammals stop drinking milk, because once they are grown they dont need it any more, why do humans? Because we have been sold it, sold it for years and years. Luckily people are waking up and quitting milk, choosing alternatives that have a similar taste quality without the cancer, calcium issues, rape and unnecessary death associated with it.
your intestinal track is closer to being an herbivores intestinal length than a carnivore, meaning that the consumption of meat is not good for staying in your body that length of time. your body is not meant to handle meat in it, hence for one hot dog eaten per day (meat weight equivalent), you increase your chances of stomach cancer by almost 20%. You can find that on the American Cancer Society website
when you add up the environmental ($306 billion in 2017 in the US alone associated with weather disasters/climate change) and health care ($3.3 trillion annually) impacts that meat has on it, including discussing the subsidies (billions including $5 billion in CORN CROP INSURANCE PREMIUM COVERAGE, with a majority of the corn only grown to feed animals) involved for keeping the cost of meat down, YES we are in need of a real discussion about meat, taxing it, and educating people on the realities of it
Too many people defend the animal agriculture industry and they dont know why other thats what have been conditioned to do. Going plant based starts your freedom from this bullshit and a true path to improving the one thing your truly own, your own health
environmental impact and health care costs are beyond massive on a macro scale, which is what we are talking about here. Animal
agriculture isnt the sole contributor to death or the destruction of the planet, but a plays a role, and you unnecessarily could be attributing to it
the rampant and dangerous uses of water and land to feed animals is ridiculous, not even calculating their damaging environmental impact from their lives (methane production and fertilizer overusage damaging our water table with high levels of phosphorus, the cheapest of the fertilizer components). Not even discussing the fact that over 3 out of 4 antibiotics produced in the US are used solely for animal agriculture. here, with your cheeseburger comes a side of antibiotics, which is directly contributing to super bacteria like MRSA. Re land, just the grain produced to feed animals in this country could feed this country 2X over if it was plant based. the amout of water needed for producing a kg of meat protein versus a kg of grain protein is 100X more
health care, the number 1 killer of americans is heart disease, with the growth of heart disease and meat consumption in developing countries going hand and hand. chorlesterol, heart disease, heart attacks, cancer rates are SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER for a meat eater vs being a plant based eater. these have massive detrimental costs to our health care system (including our mental health system, gut - brain axis). Have a female in your life who has breast cancer? have her quit dairy and meat and watch her suppress the cancer growth rates in mere weeks. Nobel prize winning scientist, found that a plant based diet altered 500 genes in tbe body in only 3 months, turning off genes that cause breast cancer, heart disease, prostate cancer and other issues. Fuck you Susan G Komen, attaching your pink labels to dairy and yogurt products knowing that dairy increases the rate of breast cancer.
the science coming out is only the tip of the iceberg, as we learn we have killed everything (the planet, ourselves and billions of sentinent beings) for this insatiable need for meat.
there are so many ways to discuss this issue but with realistic less damaging alternatives hitting the market, its only a matter of time before meat eating, milk drinking will be a dumbass thing our population as a whole used to do.
i encourage you to go check out facts, not meat
industry sponsored studies, to see what is real and what is not. Did you know that the World Health Organization lists red meat as a class one CARCINOGEN? No, because the meat and dairy industry of the world doesnt want you to know it. Remember, “Got Milk?”, preaching calcium intake, growing stronger bones? Yeah, weve come to find out it is a lie. That the countries with the highest intake of dairy have also the highest rate of OSTEOPEROSIS. Plus, why the fuck do you drink COw milk? do you drink cat or dog milk? would you? probably not because you would find it disgusting or repulsive Cow milk was never meant for you to drink, you are not a baby cow, youre a human being, made to drink your mothers milk. Mammals stop drinking milk, because once they are grown they dont need it any more, why do humans? Because we have been sold it, sold it for years and years. Luckily people are waking up and quitting milk, choosing alternatives that have a similar taste quality without the cancer, calcium issues, rape and unnecessary death associated with it.
your intestinal track is closer to being an herbivores intestinal length than a carnivore, meaning that the consumption of meat is not good for staying in your body that length of time. your body is not meant to handle meat in it, hence for one hot dog eaten per day (meat weight equivalent), you increase your chances of stomach cancer by almost 20%. You can find that on the American Cancer Society website
when you add up the environmental ($306 billion in 2017 in the US alone associated with weather disasters/climate change) and health care ($3.3 trillion annually) impacts that meat has on it, including discussing the subsidies (billions including $5 billion in CORN CROP INSURANCE PREMIUM COVERAGE, with a majority of the corn only grown to feed animals) involved for keeping the cost of meat down, YES we are in need of a real discussion about meat, taxing it, and educating people on the realities of it
Too many people defend the animal agriculture industry and they dont know why other thats what have been conditioned to do. Going plant based starts your freedom from this bullshit and a true path to improving the one thing your truly own, your own health
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