Vegetarian diet: the Cons arguments
It’s hard not to listen to such arguments, isn’t it? However, not everything is so simple. Listen to what mind vegetarians proponents of traditional diets.
First of all, listen to the objections of human cruelty to Pets that die under the knife of a butcher. Is it in nature animals often die of old age in his bed and surrounded by loved ones? Wild animals often die from predator’s teeth, from intraspecific competition, injuries, hunger, drought, fires. Their life is not an idyll in the bosom of the wild, but a struggle for survival. And in this regard, a person, providing Pets with food, shelter, treatment and care, not too “offends” them, interrupting their lives on their own, because in the wild their life could be interrupted much earlier.
Now – about the benefits or harm meat for human organism. People are meat eaters by nature, this is evidenced at least by the fact that the human jaw has fangs, which is typical for carnivorous animals. The reason for this lies in our evolution – mankind has been developing for thousands of years, eating meat products as part of its diet. Our body corresponds and is used to this type of food. It is impossible simply to change evolution at will.
Vegetarianism is a reasonable choice as a temporary cleansing diet. For some diseases (eg, gout) can be mitigated by a temporary decrease in animal products and an increase in plant food. However, this diet can not be used throughout life: there are vital substances that are found only in animal products (for example, cholesterol or vitamin B12).
Also, there are no common diets for all people. It’s a biochemical fact, it’s impossible to dispute. The term “biochemical individuality” was introduced by the doctor of philosophy and biochemist Roger Williams. This term refers to the fact that different people have different needs for certain nutrients – depending on their genetic code. For example, some people have a genetic intolerance to legumes (the main source of protein in a vegetarian diet), gluten, which is present in grain products, etc.
Such people have a lack of enzymes that turn some plant products into useful substances for the normal functioning of the immune and nervous system. This is typical for the inhabitants of the North, Scandinavia, Northern Europe. The reason for this lies in the fact that many generations of ancestors of these people ate meat, fish and a minimum amount of plant food. For such people, vegetarianism is simply impossible.
There are examples when people with a similar “biochemical personality”, adhering to a vegetarian diet, faced serious health problems: obesity, candidiasis, hypothyroidism, cancer, diabetes, increased intestinal permeability syndrome, anemia, chronic fatigue. Because of the misconceptions that a vegetarian diet is “always healthier” than a diet with meat products, these people do not see the point of changing their diet, although it was the unbalanced diet that caused their problems. Given the “biochemical identity” of these people, they would need more animal products and fewer carbohydrates for optimal health.
Another significant disadvantage of plant nutrition is the lack of sources of vitamin B12 in the diet. While lacto-and ovo-vegetarians at the very least get this most important substance for humans from dairy products and eggs, vegans (full vegetarians) do not get it at all. As a result, they expect anemia, as well as severe damage to the nervous and digestive systems.
Sometimes vegan and vegetarian literature claims that vitamin B12 is found in some algae, Tempus (fermented soy product), and brewer’s yeast. This is a big mistake, because vitamin B12 is only in animal products, and the above plant products contain analogues of B12, which do not replace these vitamins, moreover, violate the absorption of true vitamin B12, competing with it in the digestive system.
In conclusion, I would like to quote the words of the American expert in the field of infectious diseases, Oncology and alternative treatments from the center for integrative medicine named after Osher (University of California, San Francisco), Dr. Donald Abrams:
“People have always been meat eaters and continue to be. The fact that no human society is completely vegetarian, and those that are almost entirely vegetarian suffer from a weakened state of health, seems to clearly prove that in addition to plant foods, people should consume at least a little animal products.”
The result?
The reader may be left wondering: so where is the truth? How to eat properly, without harm to health and the environment?
Most likely, the truth is somewhere in the middle. As a result, everyone decides for himself and makes a choice in favor of a particular method of nutrition. It should be borne in mind that our ideas about the benefits or harms of certain products, methods of nutrition or approaches have grown myths and are often based on the usual and not always correct ideas.
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