Fareed: Meat is making the planet sick. Here's how

[tecelote]

[mucifer]

1. Ezra made some great points about the cruelty of eating more chickens vs

it being better for the environment to eat chickens than cows.


Thanks for posting Tecelote!

[Pinback]

2. I saw this when it aired. Good segment.

One of the key points Klein made was that you don't have to go full vegan to make an impact. If as a society we reduced meat consumption by 50 percent or even 30 percent, it would make a huge difference.

[Escurumbele]

3. We stopped eating red meat, and pork a few years ago. We eat more fish and chicken.

But yes, if we all gave up eating so much meat it would help the planet.

A friend of mine is a vegan, and she has so much energy, she is so fit. She has no fat at all, you cannot pinch her because there is not fat to grab.

The trick to becoming vegan is to learn how to cook vegan so that you don't get tired of eating the same things over and over. That is why people (including me) stop being vegan, its not easy to cook creative vegan food. We have bought some vegan cook books and are slowly learning to do it, but it takes time.

[2naSalit]

4. I knew that. K&R

[diane in sf]

5. So are gmo corn and soy, unfortunately.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

6. If you are diabetic

Going vegetarian would not work.

People promoting a vegetarian diet need to take into account people who would get sick if they only ate veggies. I am on the keto diet and it works for me and keeps my weight and carbs in check.