My actual, main question is: would you turn vegetarian to combat global warming?
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2 months ago
I saw the ad on channel 10. It had a pie chart and said 30% greenhouse gasses are caused by emissions from cows.http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iIVB...
http://www.virtualcentre.org/en/library/...
(Also, it%26#039;s not cows farting that causes greenhouse gases -- that%26#039;s a myth. It is in fact their breath. http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=ekGePxscO_...
%26quot;Nutrients that are at risk for depletion in long term vegetarian diets are iron, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12, selenium, zinc, taurine and Omega 3 oils (due to heavier use of the Omega 6 soy and corn oils in vegetarian diets). Females who had been on a vegetarian diet for greater than 6 years had the most severe depletion of Vitamin B12.%26quot;
So you can have a vegitarian diet with a handful of pills to try to compensate for what%26#039;s lacking in your diet, or you can eat the broad mixture of plant and animal foods that humans have adapted to eating over the past 20,000 years.
Since cattle are one of the more damaging foods we can eat, we can simply eat more chicken, turkey, venison, and fish to maintain a healthy intake of animal protein, enzymes, and so on. (I ate abalone for dinner last night and for lunch today, and I%26#039;m pleased that vegetarians have no interest in eating it.)
That%26#039;s not so say that there%26#039;s anything wrong with eating fruits and vegetables... with the attention given to the %26quot;French Paradox%26quot; in recent years it seems clear that Americans could benefit from eating far more fruits and vegetables (and fewer potato chips, french fries and sodas), but I wouldn%26#039;t consider a switch from one unbalanced diet to another extreme and risky one.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk...