I’m about as crunchy as they come. Just ask my friends. I recycle. I farm. I buy all natural foods. I make my own baby wipes and baby food. I hang out my clothes to dry. I bring my own bags to the store. Pretty much if it’s considered crunchy – I do it. And I love vegetables. Really I do. But I will never be able to be a vegetarian. I’ve been a vegetarian and I truly don’t believe it’s a healthier way to live. “What???” you gasp. “How can eating only vegetables not be the best thing for you?” Well. It’s not.
First of all, meat, fish, and eggs are good for you. The jury is still out on just how good for you dairy is – even organic – but many vegetarians, including the elitist of all vegetarians, Helen and Scott Nearing, ate dairy.
Meat, fish and eggs, when ethically and organically produced, have Omega-3 fatty acids which are important for our immune system and, obviously, protein.
My goal for eating and living is eat healthfully and wholly. Only eating things that grow out of the ground or eat things that grow out of the ground. A veggie burger made of over-processed non-fermented soy chunks is not a whole food. Neither is soy milk. There’s an argument, too, that eating these non-fermented soy products is actually worse for your body than eating a steak.
If there’s a choice, I’ll eat the steak.
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