Hi Joey,
joeyjojojrshabadoo wrote:I care about my diet and like to live healthy (which in my opinion one can do by consuming a moderate amount of meat)
That's like saying you can be "healthy" smoking cigarettes. To some people, maybe the state of health you can reach would be considered acceptable, but therein is the problem:
There's no such thing as "healthy", just as there's no such thing as hot or heavy.
When does a rock become heavy? When does the weather become hot?
There is certainly weight and temperature, but it's all a spectrum. One rock is
heavier than another. The Earth is heavier still. One day is
hotter than another. The Sun is hotter still. And there are heavier and hotter things than all of those.
Vegetables are
healthier than meat. So, if you replace meat in your diet with vegetables (like broccoli, collards, etc.), generally speaking you will have a healthier diet. The only thing veggies are missing is B-12, so by combining a B-12 supplement and veggies, you get a much healthier diet.
That said, the
healthiest diet is an ideal that we will never reach. But we can come close.
The healthiest diet that you can practically have does not contain meat. It is rich in vegetables and legumes with high antioxidant content, and low in methionine, saturated fat, heavy metals, and mycotoxins, etc. and it contains a B-12 supplement (which is a much healthier way to get B-12 than from animal products or contamination).
So, it depends on what you call "healthy", since the word is basically meaningless out of context. I hope that helps clear things up a little.
joeyjojojrshabadoo wrote:Let's say everyone stopped eating meat tomorrow
that would still leave us with 2Billion (quick google search on ''how many cows are there''
) cows on earth. Cows can live up to 25 years farting and even worse consuming feed for maybe 20years. Wouldn't it make more sense to eat them all as quickly as possible (and not breed any more cows) ???? would any of you vegas start eating beef to save the planet ???
Usually when people go vegan, they finish up the meat and dairy they have already bought (in their pantries or refrigerators), and then start fresh.
If the world all decided to go vegan at once (which won't happen), then doing something like that would potentially make sense. In reality it will be a gradual change, so we won't have that problem.
Even so, I hope you understand that eating Beef wouldn't save the planet now, because for every cow you eat (since it is a business), another cow is made pregnant, and another calf born to replace it.
We need to stop breeding cows -- this is the kind of law I would pass.
By purchasing meat, you are sending a signal up the supply chain to produce more meat, which means breeding more cows.
By not purchasing more meat, the supply decreases to compensate for the drop in demand. It takes a little time to catch up, but not much. You can read meat industry reports about the dropping demand in North America. There are now slightly fewer cows than there used to be due to lower demand for their meat.
You don't have a tiger by the tail here: It makes a difference to stop eating meat, just like it makes a difference when you stop consuming anything with flexible production. When people eat more meat, more animals are bred. When people eat less meat, fewer animals are bred.
