Other hippie facts (if you believe them)
I've been reading this book called "Skinny Bitch." It's not a diet book, they claim, but a lifestyle book. (It's quite hilarious but a bit crude. Don't read it if you don't want plenty of swear words to pop up.)
Anywho, in the midst of bashing the meat industry they cite many studies demonstrating how harmful meat actually is. They say that, among many other things, it contains chemicals such as pesticides that have been digested by the cows through their diets, and we are in turn ingesting them. They also say that since the animals are being injected with growth hormones, we are consuming them as well, possibly contributing to America's collective weight problem. Another way we do this is by drinking milk and consuming other dairy products. This is because a cow's milk is intended to grow a small animal into a 2,000-pound beast, so it is naturally very fattening. Cows are also pumped full of hormones, again passing them on to us through their milk.
Thus we see the need for the Word of Wisdom, in my opinion: to tell us to eat meat sparingly! I have never been one for vegetarianism, but reading this and other information ("Fast Food Nation", anyone?) is making me think twice.
Anywho, in the midst of bashing the meat industry they cite many studies demonstrating how harmful meat actually is. They say that, among many other things, it contains chemicals such as pesticides that have been digested by the cows through their diets, and we are in turn ingesting them. They also say that since the animals are being injected with growth hormones, we are consuming them as well, possibly contributing to America's collective weight problem. Another way we do this is by drinking milk and consuming other dairy products. This is because a cow's milk is intended to grow a small animal into a 2,000-pound beast, so it is naturally very fattening. Cows are also pumped full of hormones, again passing them on to us through their milk.
Thus we see the need for the Word of Wisdom, in my opinion: to tell us to eat meat sparingly! I have never been one for vegetarianism, but reading this and other information ("Fast Food Nation", anyone?) is making me think twice.
posted by Anonymous at 6/28/2006 04:04:00 PM
3 Comments:
Yeah I have read all that, I will have to check out that book, sounds like I may like it. I think it seems healthy to be vegetarian due to all that stuff, but yeah the Lord says to eat meat, however was that back in the day when it was pure and fresh and animals werent grown to be killed and fed hormones and things? So I am kinda a fence sitter I basically only eat chicken and turkey... but a lot of that is due to my anatomy classes and doing cadaver labs! But red meat is always questionable and I am learning I cant read too much or think too much or else I cant ever eat meat! IN that case its like what I dont know cant hurt me.
Meat itself isn't all that bad. To me it seems like everything else..the steroids, the waste, the methane. Huge ranches and such create methane and trap co2 in the atmosphere. Its true thats why Logan has some of the lowest air quality in the US. Im not making that up.
The methane mixes with the exhaust from the cars and that makes it the worst air in the U.S. I can verify that Jake is not lying. I know most everyone thought he was lying. I mean... it's Jake. But I can tell you he wasn't. He is telling the truth. Cows poop and fart a lot and it is killing us. I guess I shouldn't fart on Amber's head. Why are you still reading my ramblings?
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