patriot

eat right for your blood type diet ,
yes, I read that book, and according to the author I am a veg person.

weening one off from a meat diet is much like quitting smoking, I think,
each has its way, some cold turkey, some one step at a time.

the operative here is “a bit”. – indeed.
if we say to ourselves we are not gonna eat meat ever again, we are more likely to fail in that commitment

In our haste of daily life , we not only never stop to smell the flowers, so to speak, we never give a thought of what we put into our body each day.

It is ironical that many of us are oftentimes busy making money at the expense of our health only to spent this money to regain our health.

So pause and think about that, are we living like mice on the threadmill wheel.
If so , do something about it.

As an example, think about that bowl of fish ball noodle.

My friend from Sarawak says she will never eat fish ball in front of her mum lest she will chide her for eating flour. Because the fishball in SG has degenerated into nothing but flour with some fish flavour, whereas back in her home town, a fish ball is a fish ball, no flour.
Same with the fish cake. Its flour. The noodle? It’s flour. So ther than a few measly slice of meat, you are really eating multiple flavours of flour, lots of bad oil and ajitnomoto to make it tasty.

The fish slices in the fish soup or fish porridge are sliced early in the morning, soaked in seasoning to make it tasty, all the nutrients gone by the time you consume it.

A vegetarian diet can be healthy such as dish full of slivers of raw vegetable and nuts. While there are inexpensive vegetarian cafes that serve this kind of low-fat, low-carb, non-oily vege food, these outlets are not located in every corner.

Being a vegetarian requires some planning and sacrifice.

People who are shocked and moved by that clip and truly understand the meaning of non-violence would be moved to be vegetarian. If not 6 days a week, at least once a week – well, those who are O+ and who believe in eat right for your type diet will argue they need a bit of meat. But the operative here is “a bit”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohLaBIB61Ic&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghXf1qjEkWY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Sp-VFBbjpE&feature=related

some pollution created in the process of producing meat -
- animal waste, if not treated goes into the rivers/sea
- gas (ya these cows fart a great deal )
- blood, if not treated, goes into the rivers/sea
- pollution from animal farm machineries
- pollution from pesticides to grow food for the animals
- waste from unused parts of the slaughtered animals (if they not recvoycled as animal feed, – which is quite disgusting, making cannibals out of them by eating their own kind)
- supermarket packaging
- cold chain logistics – fuel burnt for power for refrigeration, trucking, airfeight

holy cow, the list goes on
I am not having steak for dinner tonight

Thank you for mentioning deforestation. Yes, a lot of deforestation is happening to create farm land – to feed cattle – not human beings; more than 50% of the corn an oats grown in the US is fed to livestock instead of people. It takes about 10kg of plant food (which poeple can eat) to produce 1 kg of beef; not to mention the extra land needed (more deforestation) to house livestock and the pollution created in the process of producing meat.

The human race must learn to appreciate what nature has given to us.
Deforestation will eventually affect crops as weather goes cuckoo. River pollution is also another aspect that will affect crops. Overfishing yet another.

When we exploit Mother Earth, we are only really exploiting ourselves.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge.You do know your food.

On days I want to go veg diet, I will rather eat only non meat food.
I will choose to eat bean curd rather than have it disguised as a pig or chicken :)

The oil used to cook the veg food matters too. Oftentimes at hawker stalls, the oil used are not too great for us.

Yes, meat with it all the antibiotics and stuff that comes witth industrial farms is one cause of cancer. Plants with too much pesticides also becomes a cancer risk.

FYI the veg from up north Camoron generally exceed the safe levels of pesticides.

Cancer is also due to rapid degeneration of our body due to long term malnutrition, so,ething we would thought a food paradise like Singapore would not have, but in reality we eat stuff to keep us feeling full but grossly lacking in nutreints, due to processing or overcooking.

Ultimately, watching what we eat, and eating in moderation, is the key to good health.

Wishing you good health
Live long and prosper !

Yes you are right to say that a vegetarian diet is not necessary a healthy diet. A healthy diet is one that is balance, regardless whether it’s meat-based or plant-based. However the argument here that a vegetarian diet is inherently healthier than a meat-based one. Firstly, a plant-based diet is free of cholesterol and has much lower saturated fat content compared to a meat-based diet. Secondly, you almost never hear of the link between cancer and a plant-based diet.

There are 2 types of mock meat available in foodstalls – gluten based and soy based. Gluten is a protein derived from the ‘flour’, whereas soy is self-explanatory. Soy protein is a much higher quality protein compared to gluten.

If you look past the forms, mock meat is nothing but a source of protein (a essential component of a balance diet) derived from plant food.

“Strangely, we have heard complains about killing of animals etc and people asking others to reduce meat consumption…

then what about deforestation to create more farm land? ”

Thank you for mentioning deforestation. Yes, a lot of deforestation is happening to create farm land – to feed cattle – not human beings; more than 50% of the corn an oats grown in the US is fed to livestock instead of people. It takes about 10kg of plant food (which poeple can eat) to produce 1 kg of beef; not to mention the extra land needed (more deforestation) to house lovestock and the pollution created in the process of producing meat.

then what about deforestation to create more farm land?

Agree with # 9) Sceptical that people should cut their meat consumption to just twice a week.

We can moderate our consumption of meat if we cannot avoid it altogether.

But one need to be mindful of the misconception that a vegetarian diet equals to a healthy diet.

The vegetarian food sold at hawkers centres are mostly fried stuff with lots of flour, not too good if one is eating too much of that.

Eating more vegy, fruits and nuts in its original form would be better.

And I personally do not believe in consuming “mock meat” in veg food places.
It is quite a mockery to do that.

TOC had earlier posted a documentary ‘earthlings”
Thought that was good too.

People should cut their meat consumption to just twice a week. It’s impossible to get everyone to turn vegetarian – eating meat just twice a week will mean less chickens, cows, goats and fish killed.