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It's not a healthy diet, really, especially the nasty cholesterol-laden protein you get from industrial-raised livestock, research on which is in nascent stages.
Linda McCartney's race team was quite competitive on an all vegetarian diet, the jury's out on what sorts of proteins are the best; but either way, the average man in western europe certainly doesn't need more than 200 grams of protein or so per day taking as average a 180cm man at 75kg as roughly average. Add to this a supplement for recovery in the case of athletes (which most people I know, including me, take in combination with a complex carb base mixed with whey solids, so not exactly meat) and you are about right for diet needs.
And not all of that protein need come from meat sources.
I'm not saying being a vegetarian makes you a saint, and for the record i'm not a vegetarian. But McBouffe is not only bad for you, it is unsustainable. The Hun is always either at your throat or at your feet. Winston Churchill
The last is just that - for those of us who love the taste of meat and dairy it's a pointless exercize.
Health - not really my main concern, and just like you can put together a veggie diet that is healthy, you can do the same for a non-veggie one.
environment - like so much else, both animal and non-animal products can be produced in a more or less environmentally friendly way.
sustainability - that's the big one. But no, I don't feel particularly guilty.
My philosophy is to make those sustainability/environmental choices which are cause less inconvenience to me or, ideally, which I actually prefer, rather than make huge sacrifices (in the subjective sense). So I have no car, I live in a densely packed city, relying on walking and mass transit exclusively, and I tend to eat local organic stuff to the extent I can afford to. And I suspect that's what most of us do.
I don't quite understand the economics. Why don't we see a full range of produce? Supply and demand, I guess. You can't be me, I'm taken
Right behind the counter is Lundia shelving which holds all the things I need when I am cooking (hardware/software) - within arm's reach. Between the counter and the back shelves is quite narrow - maybe 7500 mm. That is where I hold court, and to where only my closest friends dare to invade ;-) (although bartenders seem to instinctively gravitate there - one told me that he feels safer behind the counter) You can't be me, I'm taken
Like our grandparents... The Hun is always either at your throat or at your feet. Winston Churchill
It was the Welsh (Not very far from InWales place) who worked out how to can Beer. Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
I never did understand the bottle thing... The Hun is always either at your throat or at your feet. Winston Churchill
Hence a "farmers' market" doesn't really apply as a term here. Farmers can have market stalls in with the retailers.
There are many ways to cut the pear in two.
Perhaps, the best way is to work towards making the choices you and I are able to make more available to those who are not necessarily so able? The Hun is always either at your throat or at your feet. Winston Churchill
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