AfterDark
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I like meat its very tasty and just gets better with A-1 ! ironically I don't like seafood!
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The article indicates that having dolphins perform in shows would be banned under the new law. How is it that dolphins would have equal rights if they are denied the right to work as a performer?
I realize your just being facetious. But to answer. Not me I know exactly why I still eat some fish and it has nothing to do with necessity or magic. And of course the detrimental effect of most red meat and fatty flesh has on humans is well documented. And any magical nutrition is most likely to be a plant product. Just sayin'If it were discovered that whale and dolphin meat provided some magical nutritional benefit, I wonder if more people would lose the moral clarity they presently feel?
I realize your just being facetious. But to answer. Not me I know exactly why I still eat some fish and it has nothing to do with necessity or magic. And of course the detrimental effect of most red meat and fatty flesh has on humans is well documented. And any magical nutrition is most likely to be a plant product. Just sayin'
I would also argue that olympic and pro athletes, standing to gain millions or hundreds of millions over their sports career, would be using a vegan diet if the SCIENCE indicated it was a better route. So far, this is not the case.
There might be 1 % of this population trying to be vegan and compete at a pro level.
Of course, performance at Olympic sports is NOT suggestive of the HEALTH effects of the diet..just the performance effects of a diet...
On the health side, the best research I have read to date, indicates that most chronic diseases in our culture, are more related to diet's with high sugar consumption--this being vastly more significant than the amount of red meat consumed....and that the heart conditions are actually the results of chronic inflammation from the actions of sugar globules that form on the lining of blood vessels, ( and also form on muslce and tendon, causing arthritic issues over time)--this being a process referred to as Advanced Glycation End Products.....
This has shown that when you remove all animal fat from a diet, many people will still have heart diseases--the old Heart Diet was a huge failure.....And it shows that when you remove ALL SUGAR and most carbs, going with a protein and fat diet, that the heart disease disappears.
I have also found that when I used to do an intense bike ride...say a solo time trial for 25 miles in under and hour.....and then ate a normal meal with plenty of rice or potato as carbs.....that I would be sore later that day, and in to the next day.....but now that I am something much more similar to an Atkins diet, with lots of protein ( beef) , and no sugar, almost no carbs ( even no vegetables for most meals), that I get NO soreness after these intense workouts, and my recovery is actually better for strength building.
Long term, when I reach the low body fat level I want for my cycling, and diving, I will go back to eating salads and some vegetables, but in small quantities so they can't be oxidized to quickly by my system, and then cause a spike in blood sugar...and the advanced glycation end products to form. Long term, I am well aware there are micro nutrients in the plants I need.....though NOTHING in potatoes, or rice, or bread, that ANY body needs !