I personally do not like cooked vegetables and some vegetables I won’t eat even raw. Hell if broccoli or cauliflower (which I love raw) are being cooked and I can smell it I can’t eat it. What I don’t get is what does eating vegetables or meat have to do with being masculine or feminine. I mean I don’t think being a vegetarian is going to turn a straight man gay or eating meat is going to turn a gay man straight. Really I doubt any men are sitting at a restaurant judging anybodies sexual preferences by what they’re eating. I eat the vegetables I like to eat the way I like to eat them and I eat the meats that I like and the way I like them. Answer this what is your true reason for your food choices and I mean your TRUE meaning not what you’re supposed to say or someone else’s opinion or reason what’s your reason? Trust me I’m not looking to attack your reasoning? Now to answer your question I think men are less likely to get caught up in stuff and I’m not saying this is or isn’t important as far as health or caring for other living creatures. To be honest I’ve never given this any thought and I really don’t focus or pay much attention to things that I don’t care about or have interest in and no I don’t focus on my diet much because I’m strong and if it wasn’t for covid kicking my ass and still kicking my ass (had it 3 times) I’d be in better health and stronger but considering I basically curled an 05’ Nissan Altima 2.5L engine just the other day I’m still doing alright. Not a full curl just had to lift it another 2 inches because the jack didn’t go any higher. Maybe that’s why we eat meat
well for starters it’s very hard to get the caloric intake we need to maintain our body weight on plant based diets. I've seen vegan body builders and they are never as strong or big as normal omnivore guys. Most vegetarians/vegans i’ve ever met are rail skinny and even malnourished looking sometimes. They have this honeymoon period of switching their diet to more healthy foods and it’s like ya ur gunna feel better eating salads but long term what are you really missing? i’ve done tons of research and there’s fat soluble vitamins like k2 and minerals you just can’t get from a plant based diet that are very time consuming and expensive to actually supplement correctly. I don’t recommend being fully vegan, if u wanna be a vegetarian and eat eggs for ur animal protein though that’s not a bad way to go. I eat very clean for the most parts lots of veggies and brown rice. The meat i tend to eat is usually game meat or lean bison or chicken. cheap beef and pork ud get at walmart is just cancer.
I don't want to sound off... But these dietary changes are personal a personal choice.
In my personal experience, having a healthy and balanced diet suits most people's genetic make up.
Men burn and require more calories...
Not all but a lot of men that start cutting things out their diets without an allergy or intolerance or life threatening condition tend to find they require taking medication... supplements.
There are many man that prefer to just eat the meat then do all that alternative business.
I'm sure there will be a person to fight against what I'm saying.
Sit somewhere and watch people order food.
It might be tied to genetics, maybe its a dominance thing, maybe it's a chest beating action...
But a lot of men seem to get more excited and satisfied when they see a wholesome plate of balance than a plate of veg!
I don't know but I will tell you a story. I worked at a call centre. There were two IT guys. One was a typical North American manly (I think he was closeted) camping type and the other was an Israeli immigrant from IDF guy because they all have to serve for a minimum of four years.
Anyhoo, the Jewish guy likes falafel and salad and so on and the Canadian guy would question his manliness as a result. This didn't bother the guy but I think maybe men in North america dontwant to be viewed as feminine..🤷♀️
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That's a good question! I would say the reason for being vegetarian would play a big role in why there is such a difference. If you really think about it most people who are vegetarian either turned due to caring for the animal or health reasons. Due to our differences, I would say more women are typically the ones that are more sympathetic compared to men so they tend to care about the animals more. Also when it comes to health/diet (not counting medical reasons) but more women tend to focus on losing weight compared to men who typically try to gain weight (for muscle mass) and when they do they focus more on losing fat but still keeping muscle so they do other kinds of diets.
That's my wild guess
I think it's less about men or women enjoying meat as women actually need more iron as you excrete it, but men do not. There's also a greater need for nutrients with little things like pregnancy, periods, and a greater need to store fat and nutrients to get prepared for pregnancy.
Women tend to diet and be more concerned with looks, and getting into trends. I've dated a lot of vegetarians, but never felt any urge to stop eating meat or hunting because THEY feel really strongly about it. They also tend to be pretty cookie cutter, what with being convinced about their individuality, believing in far left ideologies, having a start up art company that sells absolutely nothing.
I knew a few who got older, got more conservative and found they couldn't eat meat anymore as their bodies had stopped producing the enzymes to break it down. You are in the older range though, compared to the women I date/dated who are/were vegetarians. What compels you to stick with it?
u I am 200 pounds of actively into sports and athletic flesh and bones... so I sure need a balanced diet that includes all of the nutrients available... no limitations but no excess either
If I eat in excess, I will not feel good and not like myself...
if I limit my diet to just certain kind of foods, I will not feel good and won't feel like myself either...
so I do have a balanced and healthy diet.. because it is good for me and makes me feel better, and yes I know there are many other people who are vegan and feel great, including professional athletes, but I am not them, I do not have their bodies nor their metabolism, surely not their genes...
so I look after myself, my well being and health... animal protein has never been a detriment for me
1. We are less emotional so we dont cry over an animal getting killed. In fact we like to hunt many of us or at least the idea of it.
2. We dont feel healthy doing this. Some dudes will say they do but in general it makes a lot of us feel weak. We go to the gym and lift more and more and if we tried vegetarian now all of a sudden we are lifting less and less.
3. Can effect sex drive poorly. Animal fats are used for testosterone production.
So yeah we dont care enough to try it and if we did try it we might have noticed negative side effects.
Honestly I don’t understand why straight men can’t see the irony in believing how consuming meat makes them more masculine - that’s the definition of fragile masculinity.
Also chill out Conner, I doubt the process meat you consume with tons of saturated fats is doing you anything good. Buying food at your local grocery store isn’t the same as hunting lol
Need protein. Guys require more nutrition and food for their body. Guys naturally have higher muscle mass and are taller. So naturally they require more than women. Meat is more fulfilling than non meat. It’s cheaper and tastes better. If you cut out meat it really effects your mental and physical health. Requires a complete lifestyle change and discipline. Usually more well off and established people can convert to those diets. And perhaps raise their children the same way to be healthier. That’s just not an option for most people. And I know vegetarians and vegans love to argue it’s cheaper and better than meat. That’s completely BS. It’s not.
the word Vegetarian comes from an old Indian word meaning poor hunter.
I’ve been a vegetarian for five years now. No one believes me when they first find out. I’m 6’3” and muscular, it’s strange how little people understand nutrition and their bodies. I think there’s a thought that people need to eat meat for nutritional reasons and that’s so false.
Probably because of the macronutrient needs. Men need more protein (and more of most other things), and meat, especially fish and chicken, are some of the best sources of quality protein. Men often lift weights and value being strong, and eating meat certainly makes that easier
There is no logic behind going that route, it's better to treat the animals better in the meat industry than remove it and make many domesticated animals join the endangered species. Because very few people would have the animals if they didn't become meat in the end.
Probably because they're not as impressionate and are slightly less likely to be sucked into harmful ideologies. That's why many vegans start out in their teenage years.
Could be because women are supposed to be more compassionate than men, so many go vegetarian because of compassionate or ethical reasons. In my country, India, a lot more women are vegetarian because of family values, cultural reasons. Men go out far more often and can eat non-veg foods which are sold as snacks, but it's never cooked at home. Women have a much less chance of going out.
I think it could be a combination of 2 things, some guys won't care as much as women yes, but I also think we have a bigger appetite in general than women maybe? Like I like fruits and vegetables, but I also don't find them filling. Or it doesn't last long. Then personally there's other things, like I find them very expensive, don't last long in my fridge (ie go bad, and I'm a single guy), and that I just love meat in general.
I'm Keto and it works for me. I'm also highly allergic to the sustainable plant foods which vegetarians eat. Nuts? nope. Seeds? Mostly nope. And as far as fruits? Yeah I'm allergic to a lot. Also on Keto I'm the healthiest I've been in years. I estimate by year's end I'll have lost 120 lbs of body fat or more. I eat enough greens to keep me regular, that's all I need em for at this point.
I'd say that to an extent it's ingrained onto our genes, you know hunter gatherers.
Most men would hunt, most women would gather.
The other is that meat has more protein, vitamins, minerals than veg per pound/gram. In other words meat is perfect for a hunter.
Well I was a personal trainer and part our studies at the institution I graduated from was about food and nutrition and how it affect our bodies.
becuase I have that knowledge from actual legit nutritionists, doctors and scientists I could never be vegan or vegetarian. Because that diet/eating style really isn’t healthy.
The best most balanced nutritional intake is to eat appropriate amounts of food from all food groups.
They don't have the willpower to give up eating meat. And they are also hard headed and unwilling to change their mind so a lot won't change just because of that even tho there are many health benefits to being vegetarian/vegan.
Because men are much more likely to make decisions based on logic rather than emotions.
Same reason why women are more religious, less likely to believe in pseudo-scientific nonsense such as astrology and so on.
Must be a manly man thing. I'm vegetarian trying to become vegan. I also don't know any other vegetarians it vegans at all. Wish I did. Most men are aggressive and love death in their mouth. They afraid veggies don't make then manly enough. It is so weird.
Generally, women take care of themselves more and pay attention to their health more than men
They go to gym more and pay more attention to what their doctors prescribe for them
I don’t know the reason exactly but I think because all men should try to make a living and money. But, it’s not mandatory for women so they can allocate more time on themselves
