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In reply to the discussion: Red meat plays vital role in diets, claims expert in fightback against veganism [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,161 posts)62. ? Russia, Yugoslavia and the Balkans are half a world away from the Inuit
Lactose persistence, for instance, is quite common in Eastern Europe: https://bmcevolbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2148-10-36
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Red meat plays vital role in diets, claims expert in fightback against veganism [View all]
brooklynite
Jan 2020
OP
My son was vegan for 7 years--and he was very aggressive about it. Yes, some do
tblue37
Jan 2020
#25
I had a coworker once who kept photos in her office of slaughtered animals
Clash City Rocker
Jan 2020
#80
The militant vegans do exist mostly on the internet and they are that way because they've seen the
UniteFightBack
Jan 2020
#27
And all those chemicals used on our fruits and vegetables aren't hurting the environment?
Farmer-Rick
Jan 2020
#8
No it is Not a well established fact that raising pigs, chickens, goats, rabbits, cattle is worse
Farmer-Rick
Jan 2020
#13
So it is Not meat farming you object to it's specifically cattle you object to.
Farmer-Rick
Jan 2020
#20
Yeah, going local and knowing your farmer is the most sustainable way to go.
Farmer-Rick
Jan 2020
#22
No, there is scientific research on it. It's about the greenhouse gas emissions
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2020
#61
The problem with your studies is that they don't take into account the chemicals used to raise your
Farmer-Rick
Jan 2020
#65
You are all over the place in your arguments...so are we back to CO2 emissions?
Farmer-Rick
Jan 2020
#74
Read links before using them. Bjorn Lomborg? Infamous climate change denier/minimiser
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2020
#75
You should take your own advice considering you posted a worldwide diet that includes meat
Farmer-Rick
Jan 2020
#81
No, you need to read what that "worldwide diet" is. And then read this thread.
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2020
#83
This is true but the it's the way we are doing it now that is the problem. The factory farm is the
UniteFightBack
Jan 2020
#29
? Russia, Yugoslavia and the Balkans are half a world away from the Inuit
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2020
#62
Maybe grains give people issues because they are high in glyphosate/Roundup
womanofthehills
Jan 2020
#45
In some parts of the world growing vegetables on a large scale isn't an option.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jan 2020
#31
I'm glad the 'meat industry' is feeling threatened because more people are eating more plants. nt
UniteFightBack
Jan 2020
#30
If there weren't so many people, we wouldn't need as much food of all types
The_jackalope
Jan 2020
#59