Have you seen FED UP, the new documentary on obesity and the effects of sugar in food products (and the food industry's lies)?

[Mesonfielde]

Have you seen Fed Up?

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt2381335/

Obesity is an epidemic, the laziness is not the cause but a symptom. It is mostly all due to the high intake of sugar, as most products, even a tiny can of fruity yoghurt (160 grams) has 20% sugar content for its weight - and they even dare claim it's "good for you"! And it is even worse with soft drinks like cola, ice teas, etc. The food industry knows, the government knows, but still claims " calories in, calories out" even though sugar is addictive and processed differently.

Want to know more about how you are fed sugar for profit, while undermining public health? Then watch Fed Up.

Are you planning on watching it?

YES, I have already seen Fed Up.

NO, I have not seen Fed Up, BUT now that I know about it am planning on watching it.

NO, I have not seen Fed Up, AND I am NOT going to because I don't care about health.

Updates

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I've actually found a post on Quora that's pretty much ahead of time in this regard and very informative: http://qr.ae/bSrZ1

[Anonymous]

No, I have not watched fed up, but I am pretty sick of the American food industries. Is it too much to ask for my ground beef to be one cow in a single package, instead of multiple mistreated bovine mashed together into a fraken-meat? We feed cows corn, because it is cheap, but they need to be fed on grass. It has been proven that e. coli bacteria is greatly reduced in the cows gut when the cow's diet is switched back to grass. It's disgusting, I find myself not even wanting to eat "organic" vegetables from the stores now. We have this idea that our food is produced on a farm, but it's not. Our food is produced in large scale factories and the bulk of our market is literally owned by five food companies. Farmer's that stand up to the food industry are being persecuted and nothing is said or done. It's really too frightening.
When we have a bit for groceries we go to the farmers market, it's our last stand. When I move next summer I will be working on being self-sustaining, my eyes are open to the way of our food industries and I can't continue to feed my body crap.

The American mind set needs the gears to shift faster than their current rate.
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[Mesonfielde]

That's actually surprisingly scary. Indeed, it's better to buy groceries from the market - at least those vegetables are real.

[cheeseysouffle]

I haven't seen it and frankly these videos are full of misinformation to appeal to the public health trend. They don't promote healthy eating habits and just promote half truths to pull in views.

Are there issues within the industry? Of course there are.

Is sugar bad for you? No, but you need balance nutrient intake with raw caloric intake.

This is just sensationalizing bad behaviors on the /other/ end of the spectrum. Did you know that purging and eating disorders isn't just not eating and throwing up? It's also excessive exercising and removal of macro nutrients from the diet.

I won't see Fed Up, not because I don't care about my health, but I don't have time for sensationalized reality TV styled movies.

[Mesonfielde]

Well the end of Fed Up is about how basically people should cook their own food instead of eating processed crap, does that qualify as healthy eating habits? Heh.

[cheeseysouffle]

but what is new about that information? Does it show that cooking for yourself is actually cheaper /and/ saves time? Does it go over how to properly cook for yourself or does it just say, "yeah this is what you should /really/ be doing" and chastise us?

Or is it just the same regurgitated information?

You've just sort of hit a huge pet peeve of mine. Yes we need to reevaluate our food consumption and how we eat food, but sensationalism doesn't solve a problem, it just sells it.

[Mesonfielde]

" Does it show that cooking for yourself is actually cheaper /and/ saves time? "

Yes it's one of the key facts in the documentary, haha.

They SHOULD have spent more time explaining *exactly* what you should eat on a regular diet instead, I must admit. Honestly, the only thing that can solve a problem is people actually realizing it is a problem and doing something about it. That's kinda why gender inequality is also still a thing, some people don't even realize it is there, or just don't care.

[cheeseysouffle]

I think there also needs to be education on both sides. It's easy to say that you should cook your food, but if you are low on money and are working multiple jobs or are going to college, I'm sorry but I'm eating Rammen more than I should.

It's hard to eat right when your life is a whirlwind of chaos. You can't just say "oh you must eat better" we need a cultural shift in the country and /that/ goes well beyond healthy habits.

[Mesonfielde]

Fair enough, I'll look into it when I don't need to leave in 1 minute
But here's a documentary, an actual lecture about the effects of fructose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

[cheeseysouffle]

dude, I sat through three college courses that discussed how fructose affects the body. I have the same nutritional training as most pediatricians and other doctors that don't specialize in human dietetics.

I thank you for showing me the lecture, but I have no desire to sit through it all again, lol.

The problem with sugar isn't with sugar itself, it's what are you not eating by including foods that are more calorie dense than nutrient dense? Fructose is found naturally in fruit, however it is used in higher concentrations in sodas and other highly processed foods.

So is the problem fructose or is the problem bad dietary habits?

There is no bad food, only some better than others. (except for vegetable shortening and stuff but that's a whole other pet peeve)

[Mesonfielde]

Well technically Fed Up said that fructose in fruits would be just as bad if it was just fructose, but it isn't as fruits also contain fiber, which counteracts the negative effects of sugar.

[cheeseysouffle]

Fiber has nothing to do with sugars. We're back to the fact that if you're eating sugars what else are you eating.

Fiber comes into play with cholesterol. You can /only/ get cholesterol by consuming meats with fat. Fiber removes excess cholesterol from your system because the body produces cholesterol naturally.

Cholesterol is incredibly important for transporting nutrients throughout your body. If you have too much fiber, it will remove too much cholesterol and fat causing you to be malnourished. This means that sugar has absolutely /nothing/ to do with fiber.

This is one of the things I was talking about. You now believe that fiber counteracts sugar. This might make you want to consume more fiber and potentially cause you to leach nutrients from your body. This "documentary" is harmful in ways like this.

[Mesonfielde]

I sure hope that one tea spoon of chia seeds ibstarted eating a day won't end up killing me, lol. You seem to know far more than I do :|

[cheeseysouffle]

Lols. As I said, I had to take a few classes on it. Don't freak out about eating to much fiber. Just aim to eat a healthy well balanced diet as best you can. Don't get caught up in all this diet and health nonsense. There is no trick to eating right and do the best you can.

[Mesonfielde]

I am pretty sure I needed some extra fiber though, I barely eat vegetables and fruit because I would have to get up early to buy them from the market and I value sleep more, it is a shame really

[cheeseysouffle]

We're back to the nutrients though. You don't eat a lot of plants so not only are you probably low on fiber but other nutrients. By increasing your fiber intake without increasing nutrient in take you can risk malnutrition.

If you're really worried, breakfast cereals are incredibly fortified with nutrients.

[Mesonfielde]

Technically I tend to eat cereal and I also take food supplements with a whole bunch of crap in it, haha.

[cheeseysouffle]

Have you talked to your doctor about the supplements? Supplements are not regulated by the FDA which means just about anything could be in them.

[Mesonfielde]

Well I doubt it's poison otherwise they wouldn't be able to sell it as vitamins.

[cheeseysouffle]

You'd be surprise.

[Folklore]

This coversation made me laugh

[cheeseysouffle]

@Folklore lols, why?

[Levin]

Most people wonder why they age quickly. I had a medium sized chunk of cheese cake yesterday, which I know no one would claim was healthy, a treat. But the point is, if you ever go into a coffee shop, they list the calories, even a tiny segment, a slither, of some dessert, is like 450 calories, and 35g+ of sugar. Totally ruinous to your health. And people would not consider it a huge portion on the basis of the size, and eat even more crap than that in a day. The amount of sugar in just a can of coke, or an orange juice, is likely far beyond what you should be taking in in a day.

So I don't normally eat as much sugar as I did yesterday, but because I have so much sensitivity through internal martial arts, I felt jittery and sick after, and felt the effect in my back/back of my legs too (stiffness and mild pain). All these foods have an adverse effect on the body. And if you feel uncomfortable in your body, your mood usually follows suit...

[Mesonfielde]

And as "Fed Up" says, a calorie is NOT a calorie. Sugar's effects are far more extreme because of how it is metabolised, so it's much unhealthier. 35g of sugar in a tiny piece of cheesecake - extreme.

[Theguyoverthere]

This sounds like another one of those movies like "supersize me" and I haven't seen those either but I already research fitness and nutrition a ton. I already keep an eye on not only sugar but the hidden ways they try to squeeze it into products. Like I get a kick out of how nutri-grain bars say "no high fructose corn syrup" yet are 12g of sugar per bar. This stupid habit food companies are getting into of putting "PROTEIN" labels on everything is dumb as hell too.

[Mesonfielde]

Indeed, "no added sugar" and then it's full of aspartame and shit, "no high fructose corn syrup" and then it has maltose and dextrose and shit. I'm like, ughhhhhh

[BuchitaBuchys]

I haven't seen it, but I think I have heard of it. I will be sure to watch it. I love learning about food, good and bad, and how it affects our bodies.
I'm a Nutrition and Biology major, I want to be a doctor, but I would like to put a little more emphasis on diet and not be heavily reliant on medicines. Medicines are sickcare, food and exercise is healthcare.
I do indulge in junk food every once in a while, but I prefer healthier, home cooked meals.
I recommend you to check out: Food Inc, Forks Over Knives, Supersize Me, and there was one about mushrooms and how the soil is important too, probably more important because the soil is where the seeds derive nutrients from. I forgot what it's called, but it was very interesting because there are some mushrooms and fungi that eat toxic metals, oil and even plastic, pesticides, and even radiation or chemical spills so the soil can grow good food. I watched it a while ago, and it was very interesting, but I forgot the name.
I like these interesting documentaries. So I'll be sure to check Fed Up out :)

[Kinstrome]

Every time I see an exposé documentary, they sound like they aren't looking at the big picture. People eat fast food not just because they are "addicted" to sugar, but because it has a high calorie-to-dollar ratio.

The description of the movie even sounded like it was trying to sell me: "For the past 30 years, everything we thought we knew about food and exercise is dead wrong. FED UP is the film the food industry doesn't want you to see." And with all the capitalized letters in in the poll options (and the inability to just say "No, I'm not interested.") I felt like I was reading a subscription letter for a magazine. (YES, please send me TWELVE issues of Writer's Digest for the price of SIX!!!, versus NO, I DON'T want to sign up for this AMAZING offer!)

[Mesonfielde]

That's just because I have a terrible habit of making things sensational. Most of my polls are like that.

As the movie says, "a calorie is not a calorie". Just because you have a high calorie intake, you can either be dying from malnutrition while becoming fat, or leading a healthy diet.

[Kinstrome]

What I was originally told was the Big Mac is the highest nutrition-to-cost ratio a person can get in the United States (even if it's much less nutritional than things that cost a lot more), but searching for that information I can't find it now. Maybe the person who told me that was wrong, but he usually isn't. The essence of what I mean is that people below the poverty line can't really afford many healthy alternatives, or can't get to them. One reason a lot of people in rural areas are obese is that they don't live near enough big food centers to buy healthy food and often just live off of gas station food.

When fast food restaurants adopt robots instead of workers, their costs will go down and they'll be able to provide better-quality food yet keep the low prices. So there's hope for the future.

[Mesonfielde]

The cost of maintaining underpaid workers is much lower than having to maintain an automatized system, that's possibly why they aren't doing it yet.

Also, Big Mac is high in calories... just not healthy at all due to the sugary buns. :p

[Kinstrome]

The machines aren't done yet as far as I know, or not mass-produced yet, but they would be much more efficient than workers. https://www.gizmag.com/hamburger-machine/25159/ It sucks for fast-food workers in the short term, but it would work wonders for everybody else in the long run.

I may be mistaken in thinking that it's the Big Mac, when it's actually some other burger that is 350 calories for $1. Even though a $5 meal may be much more nutritious, it wouldn't be five times as nutritious as that burger.

[Mesonfielde]

Hmm, interesting. I used to work as a fast food worker once, I admit that as long as machinery works, it's more predictable. Sometimes it is really hard to keep up with the necessary speed.

[Kinstrome]

It would help the economy a lot. Fast Food restaurant owners would be able to invest in and start new businesses, less space would be occupied by fast food restaurants, more (and better) food would be turned out, the workplace would be cleaner, and people who are barely getting by on fast food now would be able to afford it more easily and probably get more nutrition. It would suck for the former workers for a little while, but there would be new, higher-paying jobs in which their skills were actually needed.

[Anonymous]

This is one reason why high fat diets do so well. It is harder for the food manufactures to trick people into eating sugar if the person is on a high fat diet. Coco Puffs has the American heart association logo on it, and even a lot of wheat bread has sugar added. People have been tricked to the point they think candy, is health food.

[Mesonfielde]

That's actually scary, especially because bread is technically mostly sugar, just in a different form!
If I remember my biochemistry class right, anyways.

[Opinion Owner]

Apparently even whole grains get broken down as fast as sugar once it has been ground into flour. It is hard to know how to eat well, when companies are clearly misleading us, and the government goes along with it. I think food in its more natural forms are likely the healthiest, unfortunately they aren't as cheap and convenient as the crap that mostly gets sold today. Things like bread don't exist in nature, so probably shouldn't be considered health food.

[Roarke]

rather than engage in conspiracy theories and arguments about marketing 'propaganda', it might be helpful to study the metabolism of sugar in the body overall. google terms like 'insulin' insulin resistance' 'insulin resistant diabetes' 'blood glucose levels and spikes' 'glycemic index'... all of this in the context of the order in which fats, proteins and sugars are used for energy.

basically it all boils down the conventional lo-carb approach. this is not spam for anything. the examination of all these issues could set the stage for increasingly effective and healthy eating down the road.

[matrix124]

That sounds very interesting, I'll need to watch that. I've always wondered if food companies purposely tried to make their products bad for you to increase obesity, so therefore people would spend more money on diet products, plastic surgery, etc.

[Mesonfielde]

Well THAT's a good question, I think food companies just wanted to hook people on their product and minimize the cost of product creation. BUT what you're saying IS a possibility, considering everyone knows it's a health risk.

Oh by the way, diet products and plastic surgery, you might want to watch KILLING US SOFTLY 4, you might like it.

[InquisitiveMale]

I have not but I don't eat processed foods to begin with... I have zero interest in watching it. I already know processed sugar is bad and also that calorie intake is a very small part of our diet. If it's prepackaged, I won't eat it. period.

[Mesonfielde]

Well done! What do you eat instead on a regular basis? Just curious.

[InquisitiveMale]

Meat, veggies, and the odd fruit. I get my meats straight from the butcher- unsalted/unseasoned, and everything else from farmers markets when it's in season- freeze for the off seasons.

[Phoenix98]

People are fat because of the choices they make regarding food and exercises simple as that. Though some of us like me are not affected by weight inducing foods I eat lots of healthy food but I also eat things like chips, donuts, baked goods etc and do not gain weight I also train five days a week. As long as you are active and you take care of your body you can eat whatever.

[Mesonfielde]

Fed Up also mentions that sugar is basically an addictive substance, and the "laziness" is basically withdrawal. And that exercising itself is not enough, you really need to pay attention to what you eat and reduce the sugar intake if you're obese and actually want to lose some of your weight.
Also, there's such a thing called "thin on the outside, fat on the inside" by the phenomenon called visceral fat. It's really scary.

[Phoenix98]

Notice how I said natural sugar that is in things like apples or dates which are actually taste like they were coated in sugar but yet dates are one of the healthiest things on the planet that you can eat. Not called food of the gods for nothing but natural sugar is actually good for you its different then processed sugar. Your body also needs sugar at certain times like after you train your body requires sugar as well as craves it and having a little bit actually helps with the rebuilding process. to cut it out of your diet totally is a stupid idea and again there are a few people like myself who's body does not gain weight from food because of our extremely high metabolism. Honestly though as long as you are active, healthy, exercise and have a balanced diet you can eat junk food and stuff in moderation of course.

[Phoenix98]

In addition to training five days a week for 1-2 hours a day I eating my three main meals a day and my half a dozen smaller meals with my supplements and pills. But I also eat simple sugars and fats and I smoke cigars and tobacco pipes on a daily basis and you know what I am as healthy as a horse. Mostly because I don't stress myself out about them stress is the number one killer in anything it will eat away at you and kill you far quicker then anything else. I am always relaxed and calm and it helps keep me healthy to many people don't eat right or exercise but five times that many people are to stressed out a lot of them suffer strokes and heart attacks so while it is good to eat right and train it is equally important to not stress out to much about things like sugar. As that will kill you far quicker.

[jeanbean]

I don't care for those "life changing" types of documentaries. I live my life the way experience teaches me to, not the way some movie says I should. I eat whatever I want in whatever quantity I see fit at whatever time the craving hits me. I eat a fuck-ton of sugar but as long as I don't get fat, out of shape, or extremely ill; I don't care. My taste buds and tummy love me for it.

[Mesonfielde]

It is reasonable to be preemptive and cautious at times, though.

[jeanbean]

Yes, but I'm also not really interested in what a bunch of biased experts have to say. That's just me though, I prefer to be concerned about other things. It's not like I completely trash my body, I'm aware of what I eat and I balance out the bad with the good, but I don't pay strict attention to it either.

In all honesty, if I'm going to waste my time watching a movie, it's going to be something like Star Trek.

[Mesonfielde]

I need to watch Ghost in the Shell, I have it downloaded but I haven't got to it yet.

[jeanbean]

I'll be honest, I had to Google that. Lol
It looks interesting though.

[Anno_Domini]

You can still get diabetes and have heart attacks despite being skinny. Refined sugar is poison, and as addictive as heroin, if not more.

[jeanbean]

I'm well aware of diabetes, more than a lot of people. Sugar may taste good, but in no way am I addicted to it.

[crystalt70]

@Anno_Domino, diabetes isn't caused by sugar.

[Mesonfielde]

@crystalt70 you are free to welcome fixing any misinformation by actually writing down how diabetes works then

[crystalt70]

Type 2 means that a person is insulin resistant. Their bodies can't process the foods that they consume. Doctors tell them to watch what they eay so their bodies can keep up. Losing weight helps with this because you eat less. Your body is then able to keep up. Sugar does not cause this. Sugar does increase blood sugar and the body has to fight harder to decrease it. That is why they are told to limit the intake. My cousin's husband is type 2 and he has always been a bean pole. He eats a lot of food because he has a high metabolism, but he is not producing enough insulin properly to keep up with the intake of food. He takes metformin to help his body. My 4 year old son is type 1. His pancreas doesn't produce insulin at all. He takes insulin injections every day in order for his body to process all foods containing carbs. Without the insulin injections, he would die. He did not get diabetes from any foods. It is autoimmune. His body attacked itself, killing all insulin producing cells.

[crystalt70]

See the convo above with PeachSunset for more info.

[HANSHANS4]

Haven't seen it, but I'm gonna check it out. I recommend "Food Inc". It's similar, I think you'd like it.

[Mesonfielde]

Thanks for the rec, I will look into it when I can :D

[heavenonearth]

I don't think I've seen that one, but I'll check it out. I've watched something related, though. Ever heard of Dr. Robert Lustig from UCSF? He gives a great breakdown of why sugar can be so harmful, explaining some of the science behind it, and how it's a key player in the obesity problem. It's in this video, if you're interested:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

[Mesonfielde]

He's actually cited in FED UP too :D

[heavenonearth]

Oh cool. :)

[PeachSunset]

Yes I think. Wasn't it that in a decade a certain percentage of america will have diabetes.. scary... Tbh i'm seriously pissed at the people who said they didn't care much about health. I'm for certain sugar is going to be an epidemic, seriously. Its dangerous and so any food companies and products are using it and contain it today. Everyone's at a serious risk, containing sugar is a habit, its addictive, and soon A LOT of people will get diabetes or maybe even die from their intake of sugar.

[crystalt70]

Diabetes isn't caused by sugar.

[PeachSunset]

It can be, type 2 at least.

[Mesonfielde]

Yep, that's exactly what Fed Up was about, except instead of "going to be an epidemic" is more-so it already is :O

[crystalt70]

Type 2 means that a person is insulin resistant. Their bodies can't process the foods that they consume. Doctors tell them to watch what they eay so their bodies can keep up. Losing weight helps with this because you eat less. Your body is then able to keep up. Sugar does not cause this. Sugar does increase blood sugar and the body has to fight harder to decrease it. That is why they are told to limit the intake. My cousin's husband is type 2 and he has always been a bean pole. He eats a lot of food because he has a high metabolism, but he is not producing enough insulin properly to keep up with the intake of food. He takes metformin to help his body. My 4 year old son is type 1. His pancreas doesn't produce insulin at all. He takes insulin injections every day in order for his body to process all foods containing carbs. Without the insulin injections, he would die. He did not get diabetes from any foods. It is autoimmune. His body attacked itself, killing all insulin producing cells.

[crystalt70]

https://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/type-2/

Type 2

[crystalt70]

www.diabetesresearch.org/what-is-type-one-diabetes

Type 1 Diabetes. My son is also hypo/hyper unaware which means that he is unaware of his blood sugar fluctuations. This is extra dangerous. He will not wake at night in response to these fluctuations. I have to continue to check his blood sugar at night to ensure that he doesn't go into diabetic ketoacidosis, a coma or even death.

[crystalt70]

www.diabetesselfmanagement.com/.../

Type 1.5 LADA diabetes

[crystalt70]

Type 1 diabetesType 2 diabetesGestational diabetesJuvenile diabetesOther types of diabetesType 3 diabetesType 1.5 diabetesDiabetes insipidusDiabetes LADADiabetes MODYAlström syndromeBrittle diabetesCystic fibrosis related diabetesDouble diabetesDrug induced diabetesHemochromatosisNeonatal diabetesSecondary diabetesSteroid induced diabetesWolfram syndrome (DIDMOAD)

These are the different types of diabetes. NONE ARE CAUSED BY SUGAR.

[7heDubz]

Common sense, Personal awareness, Education, and just plain eating right. Don't listen to the labels listen to yourself (that would be common sense, which goes hand in hand with education. Not history or math, but COMMON SENSE)

[7heDubz]

Also decent fucking parenting would go a long way to, parents shove food (good or bad) in their child's mouths just to shut them up. It's not the kids fault they develop bad habits, it's the parents. It's not the kids fault what they eat, it's the uneducated, non-nonsensical (no common sense) parents.

[lace1228]

There are studies showing what the brain acts on sugar and on cocain and they were pretty identical. Sugar is an addiction. Almost everything has sugar added to it including canned vegetables. Pretty scary actually to think what the fda actually allows to be used in food.

[Bubblesi]

I am jsut watching it and I am pretty pissed about how nutritionists and doctors spread misinformations about nutrition backed by zero scientific evidence. OF COURSE that poor 12 year old girls can't lose weight. She missses important wholesome fats in her diet and is stuffed with carbs. How come your country was a whole lot healthier when people lived off butter and fatty meats? I have lost 45 kg (over 100lbs) of weight myself so I know a bit what I am talking about.

[AshBrown]

How long have we heard that dairy butter is bad; go towards other products that are taken from, vegetable oil for instance. Now they are saying the inverse. Tey say that alternativea to butter are far deadlier than butter.

These studies and revelations are backed by lobbyists. Never know what to trust.

[Mesonfielde]

The problems with fructose do seem legit, though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

[AshBrown]

Oh, don't take we wrong. I am not saying FED UP claims are rubbish. i am just saying on a broader perspective. BTW, this DVD is still in my queue at the library so I have yet to watch it.

[Anonymous]

I don't really think I would need to watch it. I'm already pretty healthy& I know sugar is bad for you. I always say it's all about your habits

[Mesonfielde]

Yeah, but there are many products that you don't even expect to have sugar, and they do. I ended up like that with my fruity yoghurt. You don't really lose much by knowing more about the problem.

[gash_hound]

sugar is pretty bad, meat is way worse. the entire global meat and agro industry is the biggest scam of this centuary,

it involves 90% of the planets grown food, and the extintion of more than 15000 species every single year... it fuels the largest 2 industry's the earth has ever seen, "Meat and Medical" almost 700 times larger than oil plastic, paper, and mining, combined.

[bettybets]

I've seen it before. Either on my own on Netflix or in class back in high school. I think I watched it on my own though. I'd like to find more good documentaries to watch. I haven't seen a good one in a while.

[Mesonfielde]

Killing Us Softly 4 is a personal favorite of mine

[DodgersGM]

I haven't seen it yet, but I'm absolutely going to watch it. I wonder if it's on Netflix.

[Lisa_Zhang]

sugar and meat / animal products, are the two great sins against health and beauty. they are killers and destroy everything best in us.

[Mesonfielde]

Technically, meat is kinda required as humans are omnivores.

[Lisa_Zhang]

it's not at all required. billions have never eaten meat, i have never had any animal product since birth, my great grandmother has never eaten meat, she's 96 and teaches dance class 3 times a week in Kyoto.

an omnivore east plants fruits nuts grains fungi algae and even bacteria, but "can" also eat insect and other animal's in limited quantity. there is no question at all that eating meat is very hard on the human body, and there is not a single thing in meat which we require... any vegetable is higher in protein than any meat and infinitely higher in minerals and phytochemicals.. and only some legumes & nuts have the complete protein which we require, including all 22 amino acids... there are many other omnivores such as chickens pigs, chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas, squirls. mice ... they also do not need meat, and when an omnivore does eat meat, its usually at a point of starvation... its also very risky, the chance of contracting disease or cancer or infection is high.

[NotJustAnotherGuy]

While I will agree you can live well without meat-- this statement is entirely false:"any vegetable is higher in protein than any meat and infinitely higher in minerals and phytochemicals"

Vegetables don't hold complete proteins, just because it shows "3g protein" on your fruit or vegie nutrition label, doesn't mean it is a complete protein. With most fruits and vegies what it really means is 3g amino acids. Your body still needs to produce or consume other animos require to create a full block of protein. Also note, nutrient deficiencies are extremely common in vegans & vegetarians (vitamin A, D, B12, calcium, iron and zinc deficiencies are fairly common among vegans and vegetarians). I mean, is there any b12 food options for vegans? I don't think so.

I can understand not eating meats because you don't like them... but for health? That's easily one of the dumber things in the world.