Meat consumption strangles our hearts, animals and the environment.
Time to write a little Easter message about meat consumption and how it affects our planet and bodies. I myself is a vegan since a few years, so I know that it is hard to avoid all dairy products like sauce etc, but trying is better than nothing :)
I feel obligated to do this writing since I've stumbled upon many posts promoting meat consumption in 2018 and even here on steemit, it saddens me deeply to see and goes against all logical reasoning and even basic humanity. They are all fighting to manipulate them self´s into beveling meat is good for them and the world. This disconnects them self´s from the suffering and the starvation it causes . This is only the mainstream media speaking, lobbyists having their way due to our greed and resistance to take responsibility. We ignore the planet, the animals, starving humans and even our own bodies!
Why are more humans becoming vegans? I can give you my version, but inform your self´s and see why many come to this decision on your own. There are many good documentaries out there that are eye opening. My view on meat consumption will be clear after reading this intro post and the following three parts.
I would like to mention a common misconception right now, vitamin B 12 is not produced by plants so we think meat solves this, butt cattle/animals does NOT produces it , only their gut bacteria.
The problem with B12 comes from the fact that we absorb very little of it in the intestinal tract. Besides B12, which is somewhat under debate, we need nothing but our bacteria and to deliver safe nutrients to them, like complex carbohydrate sources and seeds that take a long while to digest. This will make sure that the nutrition actually makes it to our large intestinal tracts. This goes for Essential amino acids as well, which are produced in many different pathways by the microbial spices in our gut as long as we feed them and keep them healthy, STOP EATING ANTIBIOTICS IN THE FOOD! But more on this later.
MICROBES AND NUTRITION DURING CRITICAL ILLNESS
It has been known for decades that intestinal bacteria make important contributions to human metabolism and physiology. Perhaps the example best known to clinicians is the microbial synthesis of the essential nutrient vitamin B12 — the enzymes required for B12 synthesis are possessed by bacteria but not by plants or animals
Another miss conception is that we need protein in amounts of 20% of our diet, which is sick for our body.
Just imagine how much muscle an elephant grows from eating grass? all that muscle from grass?
It's the bacteria that de novo synthesizes all we need, meaning synthesizes from scratch, no pre requirements, just healthy vegetables, berries and seeds. The human baby never exceeded 6% protein while breastfeeding, this is just dangerous, and guess what? Babies grow fast :) both muscle, bone and complex tissue is produced rapidly. STOP forcing proteins into your bodies, there are many mechanism just being discovered that points to direct dangers and links to amyloid diseases. Especially now that animals suffer more the ever and protein compositions change as a consequence, the proteome is sick or depressed rather.
Good documentaries on problems with meat consumption and animal suffering
How can we sit by and watch while billions starve simultaneously as many consume themselves to death via obesity and cardiovascular disease?
How can we let 90% of the energy go to waste, it makes no sense whatsoever to let food become 90% heat and 10% meat, when humans all over earth needs it.
How can we let Amazonas be destroyed, Brazilians live in poverty and starvation, while the meat that is being raised in the rainforest is exported to obese over consuming Americans due to capital interests? Just HOW can anyone support this sick industry which is based on massive suffering, poisoning and destruction of animals, landscapes and humans.
Meat is not even healthy, especially after the constant suffering the animals endure as well as being subjected to heavy doses antibiotics and environmental toxins.
You might think: How does suffering change the composition of meat ?
Well it does! I was involved in a study on depressed patients where we measured protein levels in cells and compared the results to non depressed patients. The results were very clear, many protein levels where increased up to 10 x fold.
A typical protein we saw up regulated in every patient was HSP 10, heat shock protein 10, which now has been declared to be a biomarker for wide types of cancer!
We are the proteins in our cells, so when the proteins levels change in our cells so does our entire physiology and psychology, and now we are eating loads of meat, FULL of e.g. HSP 10, thinking that we can digest it in our stomach prior to interactions ?
Well much of the meat of lower quality makes it through our stomach like nothing, carries intact cell mass to our intestinal tract where the HPS 10 will be hard to degrade, and might as well leave shorter peptides with amyloid properties, accelerating amyloid diseases. Glyphosate and other pesticides along with antibiotics are eaten by the animals constantly and the meat often get chemical treatments, but still carries accepted levels bacteria. I've worked on one of Europe's biggest analytical companies, trust me I know!
All of this enters our intestinal tract, disturbing our bacterial flora, and by so, making it hard to produce essential amino acids(EAA´s). When this happens along with immune responses to the different problems that follows, large amounts of EAA´s are used by our immune system! This leaves deficiencies leading to hormonal deficiency and depression!
Yeah bacteria in our gut make essential amino acids... making them hrm... NOT ESSENTIAL!
The shikimate pathway (shikimic acid pathway) is a seven step metabolic route used by bacteria, fungi, algae, some protozoan parasites and plants for the biosynthesis of folates and aromatic amino acids (phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan)
The reactions are catalyzed by shikimate kinase (AroK, AroL), EPSP synthase (AroA), chorismate synthetase (AroC), bifunctional chorismate mutase/prephenate dehydratase (PheA) and aromatic amino acid aminotransferase (TyrB).
I will post three part in the coming weeks, hoping to inspire at least some to question meat consumption and the industry as a whole.
I even read a post about how the Buddha did not forbid meat consumption, well I can promise you that he would in 2018 out of a multitude of reasons, to obvious the even state here...
Hum interesting but what about those who have a fast oxydizing metabolism like myself who need at least 60 to 80% of protein on my plate to function properly. Or why is it that if you give vegetables or anything less than meat or even raw meat to an Eskimo he will immediately fell and be sick ? I have learned that everybody has its own biochemical individuality and metabolism not everybody can be vegan. Studies show that its important to eat like our ancestors did. It is also proven that a plants suffer like humans and animals wen cut or pressed or cooked.
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I feel it could have to do with these bacteria, they seem central :)
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Yes bacteria and enzymes. For example asian people have a hard time digesting dairy products and alcohol. Europeans digest both easily. Europeans are not suppose to eat soy products because they dont asimilate it, this is where disease starts for most of humans.
Its when they start a different diet. I say eat like your ancestors did and you will be fine. Know your biochemical individuality your metabolic type and eat accordingly to it.
Never diet
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Yeah but our evolutionary ancestors are all vegans :)
Peace
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I am glad you mention it, since it is of non issue, 99% vegans will do just fine! Soy and beans and much else contains more protein than meats....
You are right, the Eskimos have a very unique gut flora, they would need 2 weeks for the bacteria to settle prior to feeling god, one bacteria will die, another will take its place, the one which thrives best in the new environment, which is the medical definition of "feeling bad" :)
The bacteria is unique in us all, since we have very little contact with one and another, but not as unique as the Eskimo, they have no cellulose in the food.
I am here to save the planet, animals that are tortured, and humans that starve. We sure can feed the few specimens that NEEDS meat with NOT suffering animals, how about that?
Out ancestors ate meat perhaps twice a week, the bulk calories came from roots, fruits, and other plant sources, that is my etimate, and I´ve even added archeology to my biochemical engineering degree just to get a bigger view on this topic :)
Cattle came 6000 years ago, no evolution has been observed since, so cattle has nothing to do with anything. Only our gut bacteria matters, and it has evolved for cellulose etc not meat.....And guess what i took at least MILLIONS of years :) ergo unaffected by meat, they do not eat proteins, we are talking about bacteria.
Absolutley not! Not even close.
It has not even been proven that humans are conscious.....
It has not been proved that we evolved.
Big bang is not proven in any scence.
The atom model is wrong, carbon chain models wrong, pretty much nothing is proven, so that statement is way out of both philosohpy and science sorry, but feel free to convince me :)
Any great refferences in mind?
Meat requires energy to be broken down, way more then plants, the body loses out on this, as do the environment, beyond opinions, this is not a debatable issue it is mass murder.
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In a case of a fast oxidizing metabolism eating meat (compressed vegetable nutrients) is the best form of protein. People with fast metabolisms need high purines meats ( organ meats : liver, kidneys
etc) there carbohydrates intake should be much lower. Fast oxydizers need complex amino acids to create energy if not they will go into insulin spick and then crash and start all over again. Whenever this happens the blood and bones and tissues are solicitated to give minerals and vitamines to maintain correct levels of calcium and other minerals in the blood. Depleating bones, tissues and blood. As of fats and oils they to should be increased. Our cells are made of almost entirely of cholesterol and you find this is eggs, fats and oils. No wonder why people are on medications to fight cholesterol in there blood stream. Its because they eat to much vegan fats. Some of us are not designed to be vegans. By they way soy products are carcinogenic. Only fermented soy products can be beneficial for some of us.
"It has not even been proven that humans are conscious....." are you sure about that ?
I know I am conscious.
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Another thing, how the hell is that even possible to get 80% protein content from meat?
You need protein extracts,,, they are best made from plant sources in all regards. Your health, the environment and off course the animals are better off!
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Not everybody can assimilate plant sourced protein. Some of us need very complex amino acids to create long term energy to fonction.
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There are 20 amino acids... all made in our gut.. I fail to see the argument.
Are you aware of the fact that ALL amino acids are exactly the same in all plants and animals?
The 20 amino acids never change. Alanine is always Alanine, regardless of where you get it, belive me, so any composition could be made easier from plant sources.. If you are not one of the very few with sever chronic gut disease, your guts will do the rest.
And the ones lacking will be produced due to the chemical equilibrium they are bound to...
Again 99% vegans are enough, the few incapable of adapting will have meat, classed as a medicine :) that works?
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IF you need 80% protein, no meat can save you, still you need extracts, your body can´t detect differences in amino acids from plants or animals, there are NONE!
Peace
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Maybe it can't detect but it dos not mean it will assimilate.
Biochemical individuality is the most important factor wen it comes to nutrition.
Speaking of health I have witnessed amazing recoveries by sick people who changed there way of eating by including high quality meats (grass fed) . I mean spectacular recoveries. Our soils are depleted plants are weaker animals and humans get sicker and sicker. So we need more and more nutrients and minerals to stay healthy this pushes companies to make more and more food but empty food. One thing I know is that like a weak plant emits a signal that insects see then attack it so this plant finishes by returning to be eaten by micro-organisms in the soil so it can enrich it by decomposing, humans to are attacked by diseases our immune system is weakened by poor foods so us to will enrich the soils.
Everything has to bee consumed in moderation thats for sure.
Im not trying to say that there is no abuse in the way some animals are treated for consumption.
We are part of a very complex system and there is no diet that fits all. Like not all medication has the same effect on everybody. I think that overeating is also a big problem. Abuse takes different forms and its education and our consiousnes that makes the difference how things will turn out.
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Meat could be good once a week for many, but still, contain nothing we can´t solve without it :)
Yeah the system is the problem, so I decide not to contribute to it!
The stake and its proteins needs to be broken down to individual amino acids, this takes energy, more then equally amounts of amino acids extracted from plants. So we lose 90% energy in production and more upon digestion, transports, water usage etc.
The soils sure are going towards nutritional depletion, so are the animals and sadly humans, starvation is real.
Lets hope for some global change sooner then later!
Peace
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I wonder if one would still eat meat if they had to kill it themselves. What if they knew they might not ascend to the next level of conciseness. Justa thought. allotta Knows blowers out there.
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I bet many would never kill the animals, and not be able to see the suffering without feeling angry / sad.
Only the lowest of consciousnesses would accept this industry and the suffering / environmental destruction if causes. So it might be something there ^^
If you believe in reincarnation, eating animals would be highly unsafe :P Since it could be anyone you use to know!
Peace!
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Nice post, I am looking forward to the three parts! Had no idea that we could produce some essential AA´s in our GIT, and B12 :) I feel safer now!
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We sure can produce anything with a healthy gut bacteria, the rest is old knowledge. It is notoriously hard to test the actual production of amino acids and nutrition in our guts. But we know that the shikimic acid pathway is active at least. I would bet that we produce all AA´s without problem from JUST our e.coil, they need all 20 to synthesizes proteins, so they produce all 20, bacteria do not eat proteins in general lol :) They could degrade proteins outside the membranes and have nutrition enter via osmosis / diffusion but a possible de novo synthesizes sure is present!
But hard or not, we still discover more and more about our bodies and the dangers with meat and sugar every day it feels like.
B12 might be the only thing we need to add, but it is under debate, how much we actually can produce and absorb in our GIT.
P.s I read that vegans save over 1000 gallons water each everyday!
Thanks for reading, Peace <3
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We are clearly not designed to eat meat. We have a long digestive track, no sharp incisors, and no pointed canine teeth. We can absolutely survive without meat and get plenty of nutrients just as gorillas do. People just want to create whatever reason they can to justify their destructive meat eating habits, but as you've pointed out, there is no real reason for it. In fact, there are many reasons against it if people are actually willing to simply pay attention to them.
What floors me the most are all the pet owners and pet lovers that would never think of eating their own animals but are more then willing to eat other animals on regular basis. What ridiculous duplicity from people that claim to love animals. It must be some very serious cognitive dissonance that keeps them from realizing this. Breaking people out of this state of denial often seems almost impossible to do.
Here's a really funny candid camera clip that totally exposes this duplicity:
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You nailed it here! And the pets as well, a pig is as intelligent and emotional as any dog, and I bet they would not force their dogs to lay still giving birth to batch after batch, until paralyzes sets in. Then beat the dog until it moves or dies.....
The baby pigs even die in front of the mother and is left to rot right there in many cases...sick... :((
Thanks a lot for the input, gorillas are a prime example of a human like, muscular creature that does not need any meat!
Peace & veganism :)
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Awesome post! Thanks for getting the word out!
Been trying to go vegetarian for a year or so now so I know the struggles people have!
I'm sure in 10 to 20 years it will be the norm to be vegetarian or vegan and odd to see people still eating meat.
It has to be done to save our planet and ourselves!
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Thanks a lot! I truly hope that you are right and that 10 years is enough for a major change.
Indeed, it is a must to ease the pressure on the planet and the water supplies that already is dangerously low :/ and hopefully prior to global famine or worsening of the health problems that are surfacing more and more in the rich countries.
Peace!
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Synchronicity http://themindunleashed.com/2017/12/secret-life-vitality-removing-toxic-obstruction-body.html
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Nice thanks for sharing!
Agree, this is probably the cause of most diseases, our gut health is everything, more important then anyone knew!
Peace
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Nice!
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Very interesting! We need to come out of our ego and everything will be changed.
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Yeah that is true, only deeply egoistic creatures could ever walk by and ignore the suffering that is going on!
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