tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593026103512648416.post5109207296666115647..comments2024-03-05T05:13:14.325-08:00Comments on A Meaningful Life, A Better World: Health, Animals, and Ginny MessinaMatt Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12389020149472026193noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593026103512648416.post-38916579248804406982016-09-20T01:03:03.568-07:002016-09-20T01:03:03.568-07:00After first 2 years of being vegetarian (close to ...After first 2 years of being vegetarian (close to vegan), I’ve faced so much evident troubles with health so sometimes I began to scary - maybe I should come back to eating chickens because I don’t get some essential nutrients. But when I learned (particularly from the blogs of Ginny Messina and Jack Norris) what all specific nutrients I need and from what plant sources I can get them, I realized that if I’ll run into another problems in the future, it will be my problems, but not the chicken’s. <br />But unfortunately a lot of people in russian (and of cause not only russian) vegan community still based their decisions about nutrition on not scientifically proofed information, ignore necessity of B12 supplements etc. So I try to share information from Ginny and Jack as much as I can now)<br />To be honest, I’m not sure (knowing statistics about percentage of vegan recidivism, lack of kale and natto in russian supermarkets and some other problems with health) that I’ll stay vegan for a long-term, but I’ll try)<br /><br />P.S. Sorry for my English) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13660693918660403871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593026103512648416.post-14280334712012239702016-09-19T05:38:55.501-07:002016-09-19T05:38:55.501-07:00This sounds like wishful thinking -- contending th...This sounds like wishful thinking -- contending that people don't really mean what they say, that we actually know why they did what they did.Matt Ballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389020149472026193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593026103512648416.post-18993932251296989122016-09-19T00:23:05.254-07:002016-09-19T00:23:05.254-07:00The reason why people go back to eating meat often...The reason why people go back to eating meat often is the same reason why people go back to smoking cigarettes : they feel better. They confound feeling better with being healthier. Many people feel fantastic until they suddenly drop dead from a heart attack. <br />And for some people, meat is a placebo : they think it's better for their health, so they feel better when eating it.<br />Also, many vegetarians eat too much dairy (they replace meat with cheese, milk...) and therefore they become iron deficient. Pavonishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813813326795197411noreply@blogger.com