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by pbj 5064 days ago
>Vegans who are vegans for health reasons - dumb dumb dumb

Actually if you have an even basic understanding of biology and how factory farming works in the United States you'd know that this isn't totally true. A large majority of meat sold in supermarkets, fast food and chain restaurants in the US use meat that is non organic and absolutely full of antibiotics. In addition, between bovine growth hormone, mad cow disease, pink slime, the link between cardiovascular health and red meat, etc, are you actually going to make the argument that eating a vegan diet has no health benefits?

>Additionally, many vegans will go heavy on soy and wheat based foods.

Funny, as a vegetarian I (and all others I know) eat a very balanced diet that doesn't include an excessive of anything. But since you're happy to throw around generalizations, many carnivores will go heavy on fried chicken and big macs. There are many health issues surrounding obesity, heart disease, and diabetes linked to these.

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I'm arguing that humans are designed to eat meat. You're arguing against factory farming.

Different arguments.

Do you actually have something against pink slime (health-wise) or did you just let Jamie Oliver freak you out?