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I eat meat, but I feel terrible about it and wish I stop. Even though I understand that it's a world of: eat or be eaten.
I was wondering if anyone could help me on the subject?? c:

Yellow Bumblebees

Its not about eating meat, its about consuming life itself. The desire to live causing suffering to a food beast. The problem with that sentiment is that all things we consume other then minerals are living. That yogurt you ate yesterday had living bacteria, the salad veggies were living plants. So how far do we take it. As a medical worker (CNA, working toward RN) I know that animal proteans are as important to the diet as plant nutrients. All things in moderation and you will live well.

So when this idea comes to me and I weigh the facts, I come to the realization that I just must remain mindful of the sacrifice given by my food, all of it. And must understand and except that we are all apart of the earth's nutrient cycle and one day I will die and return to that cycle.

I eat meat. I've never thought about avoiding meat. I feel that meat is a necessary part of human diet, but if other people don't want to eat it that's fine by me. The only thing that bothers me is when vegetarians are served meat and throw it away. It bothers me when people waste food. It died for the purpose of feeding someone and throwing it away seems to make the death a complete waste. At least if you eat it and get nutritional value it didn't die in vain.

i have always acknowledged that Plants are just as alive as Animals, and have souls as well. that said, my time spent as a vegitarian 17 years in fact) with the exception of white meat chicken and turkey was only because my mom raised me to believe that that was healthy. to be honest though, i don't feel very healthy, and my body has always craved extra protien foods, such as spinach and beans.

i have never realy liked chicken... i find it bland, flavourless, and too lean for my body type. i used to have a very rapid metabolism (before it got all ******** up by anorexia). i ate very little meat, and only once every once in a while, in small portions. i am 5 feet and 9 and 1/2 inches tall, and i weigh currently 118 lbs. i also found out that poultry is highly prone to parasites and disease, and has to be sprayed thoroughly with potentially deadly poisons, and then very carefully cleaned before distribution. this only made me more interested in vegetarianism.

when i first tried ground beef meetballs, i fell in love. they were so delicious, and felt so right to eat. i could just feel my body thanking me for the real sustenance, the desperately-needed nutrients that i was lacking. i had so much more energy, and felt so much more powerfull. everything was right in the world.

now, i learned some very interesting things about red meat, and beef in particular. red meat had certain types of sugars in it called glucose which help buildup energy that muscle proteins use. it also is good for increasing the strength of red blood cells (especially if you eat it rare). however, beef also has it's unhealthy side. just like poultry, there was an outbreak of disease which contaminated most farm-cows, and the result was a need to biochemically clean the livestock.

to this day, i still eat red meat. it's hard to come by any other type then beef for now, but i don't mind. the hardest thing i have to deal with is that my stepdad is Hindu and so i keep my beef-eating to a minimum. i have only ever had it about 4 or 5 times in my folks' house. i am very glad that i will be moving out now.

i honestly can't survive very well as a vegetarian. i need red meat in my diet. that said, i want to conclude by also saying that i am a cannibal. i have never killed a person to eat, but i am willing to if i have to. i have eaten only small portions of human flesh before. i have no gag-responce to it, and i actually find it quite tasty. ^_^

actually, the three basic sugars (Glucose, Fructose and Galactose) are just certain Carbohydrates that all have the same molecular combonation (C6H12O6) but each has it arranged differently. Glucose is not found in Plants, however it is possible to be vegetarian because our bodies will naturally convert the other simple sugars into Glucose for us. ^_^

so yes, part of my choice is simply that i like eating beef. not realy a whole lot, but certainly more than i actually get. xp like i said above, i find poultry to be very bland and flavourless.

thing is though, there is definitely something particularly healthy about me eating red meat. i can feel it. i am physically better off when i eat red meat, i am healthier when i incorporate it into my body. different people have different diet & exercise needs, because they are individuals. there is no single right way to eat and exercise that is universal.

another option is always to feed it to your dog if you have one for example. smile i find that alot of people who do that feel much better about it.

though i understand. i hate wasting food, and i hate disrespecting hospitable hosts and also the creature or plant that died for my sustenance. i don't like eating pork or shrimp (or most seafood in fact) because of the idea of it being a waste-eater/bottom-feeder. it disturbs me, and just seems unclean... however, i will eat it if served, and not complain.

i was once at a gathering for a halloween celebration, and when breakfast came along one of the campers offered everyone ommelettes. i was certain i had told him i don't like pork when he asked if i wanted bacon or anything, but i guess he was too interested in my idea of adding peppers and eating with salsa to pay that much attention. xd he served me my ommelette with the chopped bacon, and i just made sure that i had egg in every bite to cover up the taste. he went out of his way to cook me breakfast, and after all, that pig was killed as livestock. it deserved the respect of being eaten.

hm... that intrigues me, especially since i have always found that most healthy mut-breeds of dogs, as well as hounds, terriers, shepherds, retrievers and any wolf-breed dog are all perfectly fine from eating table-scraps. wild dogs are typically hunter-scavengers, and used to eating whatever they find, with an abundance of meat. cats on the other hand have a more strictly carnivorous diet, however the only reasons i can think of a cat getting sick from table scraps is because they are not adapted to eating cooked food. milk and rare meat should be fine for a kitty. o.o i try to keep my own cats away from table food as well, mainly because of how specialized their natural diet is. buta dog is another issue entirely.