Comment on Vegetarian Brains by schobiz Liz O’Neill, of the Vegetarian Society, said: ‘We’ve always known that vegetarianism is an intelligent, compassionate choice benefiting animals, people and the environment. Now, we’ve got the scientific evidence to prove it."
This statement is ridiculous. Is a vegetarian who eats corn and soy based products that originated from industrial mono-crop cultures contributing to the well being of the planet? Every time you till or disturb the soil, you are wrecking thousands of tiny little ecosystems and organisms. Releasing sequestered carbon into the atmosphere and degrading the topsoil that's accumulated over hundreds of years. That's right. Agriculture alone is very DESTRUCTIVE to the environment. As for human health, we are omnivores, and our brains LOVE animal fat. We didn't evolve to eat sugars (grains). If you look at primitive people and tribes who have remained on a local diet consisting of mostly animal protein, you will find little to no evidence of cancer, heart disease, tooth decay, etc. And for the health of the environment? We NEED animals. We need their bones and blood. We need their droppings. We need them to express their evolutionary distinctiveness, and while they perform theirs, we will in turn perform ours. And eat them.
The decision is not as simple as eating meat or not eating meat. There are too many variables to consider, and we have the information now to be more specific with our decisions. Anyone who claims otherwise is ignoring the big picture. We are creatures of this planet, and whether you accept it or not, nature is one big cycle of one creature eating another. We can promote the health of humans, animals, the planet, AND eat meat at the same time.
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