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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Many cultures look at meat as a "condiment" or "supplement." These same cultures tend to have far fewer problems with obesity, heart disease, and certain cancers. Yes, there is a correlation: they eat less/little (or no) meat (and often little/no animal products in general), which means they eat more plants --- this kind of balance tends to ward against these health problems.
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That's basically my point. I'm not saying we require meat, just that humans are naturally going to want some meat. Reducing is a much more reasonable goal than restricting. I'd be happy to see most people eating meat only twice a week, and I think that's something that is a reasonable goal. The difference between electricity, etc being unnatural is that those are
adding something to our lives. It's a lot harder to avoid something that is natural than to do something that is not natural.
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I never understood this sort of statement. Unless you have some sort of advanced knowledge of nutrition, you are basically saying that a vegan isn't possible.
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Nutritionally, of course it's possible. In terms of global culture, yes, I'm saying veganism isn't possible.
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Nice quotation from Kurt Elling. I had the privilege of accompanying him back in 2005 and he is a fantastic musician, and has managed the herculean task of being a jazz vocalist I can tolerate (yes I am name dropping).
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Nothing wrong with that, and very cool
He's one of my favorites.