Did you know eating meat is unsustainable?

I'm glad vegetarians exist, but meat is just too good. However, I think we should all try to reduce our meat consumption.

I'm a former vegetarian. You will miss meat one day, and get horrible cravings. I suppressed those cravings and food hasn't tasted the same since. My health is considerably worse and I was never able to get enough protein, and I've seen the same in a few others. You also have to wonder where protein and B12 supplements come from if not from animals.

There's a difference between factory farming and slaughter houses and traditional local farming and keeping your own chickens and pigs as well as fishing from clean lakes teeming with fish. I think each person should see how the sausage is made, literally, and make their own decision on whether to allow an animal to get killed for your food and resources.

Ideally a greener, more self-sustaining world with no animal testing or cruelty and no destruction of natural resources would be great but to achieve this, and wean everyone off their dependence of petrol and all the thousands of daily ingredients we take for granted would take such a substantial effort other important things would become eclipsed. I'm fine with just scaling back a lot of factory farms, reducing plastics, and newer ways of growing crops.

No politics? That doesn't suit you Dan.

On topic: while I'm not a vegetarian, I've greatly reduced my consumption of meat and milk in the last two years, trading then for more vegetables and soy/coconut milk. It feels good and I'm slightly healthier, but you sure as hell can't just completely stop eating meat - the B12 deficiency is a serious thing, and you should at least take vitamin supplements to compensate for it.

This horrible thing:

That's what we do isn't it. Although we're not as nice as Snakes.

So when you eat your ham and pepperoni, you know something bad went down for that to be on the table.

Really? I've gone years without eating meat and I feel fine.

Balder Nuts are an excellent alternative to meat. They're usually rich in iron and protein, and leave you feeling full unlike carbohydrate foods like potatoes and pasta. Soy is also an excellent source of protein. Most dairy products have a lot of protein, too (although I'm not sure dairy is a sustainable food...).