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Originally Posted by thomasracer56
meat would not be murder. it is part of a balance the human body has made to ensure the peak of growth and health. if you don't eat produce, you sacrifice health for physique, and vice versa with vegetarians. if one is too biased with the choice, then the choice will be unstable. to survive and live long like this would take a miracle. balance was created for a reason.
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"A miracle!"
And yet, thomasracer, I live and am healthy, with better cholesterol levels than when I ate meat! I was also vegan when I gave birth to a healthy child, who is vegetarian and healthy.
More importantly, studies show that a vegetarian diet is healthful and in some ways offers benefits over animal-based diets since vegetarian diets usually include less saturated fat, less cholesterol, fewer carcinogens, and more cancer-fighting compounds. Also, vegetarians and meat-eaters have equal lifespans, although vegetarians generally suffer from fewer chronic diseases (such as heart disease and Type II diabetes).
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It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. Well-planned vegetarian diets are appropriate for individuals during all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence, and for athletes.http://www.eatright.org/About/Content.aspx?id=8357
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So I wonder about the source of your information or idea that being vegetarian sacrifices health. Is this something you learned in school, because I've heard from students that sometimes teachers, lacking accurate information about vegetarianism, teach children that vegetarianism is unhealthful.