It was during our usual bi-weekly lunches with colleagues when the topic of being "selective vegetarian" came up.
One unfortunate colleague had ordered a seemingly scrumptious Cheesy beefy sandwich. When the topic of why we should be conscious and eat less meat. It was not a discussion for the weak in stomach, especially during meal time. The table next us left before completing their meal leaving behind half eaten sandwiches with meat intact.
So here's my bit to raise our consciousness to our health, and our earth:
- will you eat the chicken, lamb, cow if they are suffering from cancer, hepatitis, obesity, arthritis? we now know not to eat the chicken if its suffering bird flu or the cow if they are having mad cow disease but what about the rest? The point is will you know if the meat you are eating is well and alive before it is served?
- Will eating meat or vegetable be solving world hunger? here's an example - beef based diet is much more expensive. It takes ten pounds of grain protein to feed a cow to get back one pound of beef protein. That's a waste of nine pounds of grain protein! A balanced vegetarian diet can provide all the protein such as a combination of rice and beans (lentils) and wheat bread and beans which many people can live on.
- So cow's contribute to global warming?! yes they do .. they burp, they fart, they produce methane. Simply google the question and you'll find numerous facts, figures and research around it. Here's some for you to sample:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,574754,00.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3353624/Cow-burps-are-making-a-growing-contribution-to-global-warming.html
http://www.tierramerica.net/2000/1126/acent.html
So why are some of us selective vegetarian .. its also being conscious to the precious food served on the table. In my case, when I eat with my parents or socially when food is already prepared - i can't bring myself to waste them - especially after mom lovingly cooked her speciality herbal soup to make me stronger - be it made of pork intestine or kampong chicken, i drink up her love.
Curious is as Curious gets ..
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