Do you like meat ?

[sSsflamesSs]

Me eat meat. Me like meat. ARRRRRRr

[EvrLstngDaze]

Just curious.....Is anyone here a vegetarian?

I've also been a vegie for a year and a half now and my stomach feels a lot lighter.

I agree with people who said that we're meant to eat meat, however due to commercialization of practically everything including the beef and poultry industry, I don't think it's safe to eat meat.

Mad Cow has been a problem in Europe and the US (but the US has hid it for many years) it's a terrible disease (CJD in humans) being paraniod from it is a big part of why I'm a vegie.

i understood but so that fear keeps ppl from eating meat? Just thinking, don't they check the cows before actually...well...u know...killing them and etc to make meat?

You can't. From the literature I've read (and I've done a good amount of research into this over the course of two years) The prions are mainly located in the brain, and deteriorate the brain gradually. So: you'll either see actual symptoms from the cow (in which case I hope the discrd the body) HOWEVER the disease takes a course of months and/or years to develop (it gradually makes holes in the brain, from the faulty folding of the protien, hence prion) so the cows appear "normal" in which case, you'll need to do a biopsy to find out, and I doubt they do biopsies on every single cow.

do you know how this disease advances? they ground up the unused cow parts and feed them back to the cows!

for the vegie people out there, or those planning to become vegie, Boca Burgers is a lifesaver. They taste almost like Burger King burgers, and the texture is pretty realistic too.

[Vasko]

I love meat. Big meat eater.

[fstkhnan]

Originally posted by SagGal
you don't like meat? what about when u're at an armenian bbq or something? of corse there r no cows probably but sheep.....and it is meat. but ok.

ummm I never crave meat. For me it was just something that my body needed when i was young to build up the bones, now I've got my other ways of keeping my bones strong and healthy!

[fstkhnan]

Originally posted by SexyAries Im on the Atkins diet so mostly i eat meat. It doesnt fill you up as much but it gets you skinny! and hey as long as the animal isnt getting slaughtered in front of me or by me i dont really care.

that diet is sooooo bad for u in the long term. ur body doesn't need that much protien that ur obtaining now, and plus, u know why ur losing weight with too much protein? because if u eat a lot of it, ur lose sooooo much water from ur body, which is really bad. and instead of water the stomach is getting packed with protein and in the long term losing that much water is really harmful.....so that diet is ok in the short term, but believe me not good at the end......the best diet is to get balanced nutrition which is about 60% carbs, not more than 20% meat and and 10-20% fats.....and EXERCISE!!!!! that's the key!

[felizitation]

Originally posted by SagGal i understood but so that fear keeps ppl from eating meat? Just thinking, don't they check the cows before actually...well...u know...killing them and etc to make meat?

It would be too expensive and would take too much time. It supposes also a whole system of tracability, which does not exists yet in USA.
In france, controls are done much more frequently, but you cannot check each cow each day.
Don't know if easy-and-quick tests (like "cow is pregnant") exist.

[SexyAries]

Im on the Atkins diet so mostly i eat meat. It doesnt fill you up as much but it gets you skinny! and hey as long as the animal isnt getting slaughtered in front of me or by me i dont really care.

[SagGal]

ooops, i messed up on the above quotesbut u guys get it

[SagGal]

Originally posted by felizitation The topic of the thread is "prion", a disease affecting cows, which get "mad", jump everywhere, and infect to death people through their meat.
"Mad cow" phenomena is originated in England/Irland (don't know exactly), and triggered off a psychosis in 1996/1997. People, since "mad cow", eat less meat out of fear.

i understood but so that fear keeps ppl from eating meat? Just thinking, don't they check the cows before actually...well...u know...killing them and etc to make meat?

Originally posted by felizitation yes iam a vegeterian......i dont think it's wrong to eat meat, i just don't like it....and ur stomach feels sooo much ligher without it! .

you don't like meat? what about when u're at an armenian bbq or something? of corse there r no cows probably but sheep.....and it is meat. but ok.

[fstkhnan]

Originally posted by SagGal I love meat. yummmmm

Vegeterians annoy me sometimes because they keep saying how wrong it is to eat meat/animals etc.
C'mon, animals eat each other. It's part of life. Get Over It.

Just curious.....Is anyone here a vegetarian?

yes iam a vegeterian......i dont think it's wrong to eat meat, i just don't like it....and ur stomach feels sooo much ligher without it!