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Evasporque

(2,133 posts)
63. GOP plans to enshrine meat as amendment to constitution...
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 02:52 PM
Feb 2013

The right to eat and cure meats shall not be infringed.

Not the first study to confirm this. onehandle Jan 2013 #1
Yes, but Mythbusters confirms that vegetarian farts smell worse! TheDebbieDee Jan 2013 #51
File this under: obvious! Crowman1979 Jan 2013 #2
I will mark my one year anniversary as a Vegan at chervilant Jan 2013 #3
Congratulations! bitchkitty Feb 2013 #60
Thank you, so much! chervilant Feb 2013 #74
10 year veg here! tblue Jan 2013 #4
So if your blood pressure and cholesterol are normal pscot Jan 2013 #5
I am a vegetarian, but my blood pressure and cholesterol are high. RebelOne Jan 2013 #20
Dairy has lots of fat. Doremus Jan 2013 #25
That's weird FunkyLeprechaun Jan 2013 #6
see my post #7 srican69 Jan 2013 #9
Don't EVER listen to doctors when it comes to diet. pangaia Jan 2013 #16
Don't EVER listen to people telling you not to listen to doctors WestCoastLib Jan 2013 #19
Most MDs have zero nutrition instruction. Doremus Jan 2013 #26
I agree 100%. pangaia Jan 2013 #35
MDs and vets have almost zero nutrition education obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #32
I must disagree with your last two sentences. pangaia Jan 2013 #33
I don't think they teach much about nutrition in regular medical school. Arugula Latte Jan 2013 #50
My doctor is not better informed than me bitchkitty Feb 2013 #61
then it is your fault for sticking with said useless doctor dbackjon Feb 2013 #79
I wish it were that easy. bitchkitty Feb 2013 #80
Vitamin B-12 Babel_17 Jan 2013 #24
I am a vegetarian and take B-12 every day RebelOne Feb 2013 #65
Huh, I found some food for thought Babel_17 Feb 2013 #81
Two things here obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #31
Good point. pangaia Jan 2013 #34
Just like with meat eaters, it's the "easy" way to eat obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #44
lifelong Veg here ... srican69 Jan 2013 #7
Nope. Doremus Jan 2013 #27
This isn't true. kwassa Jan 2013 #40
Nope. Far more complicated than that. Doremus Jan 2013 #53
Where is your proof that oil is inflammatory? kwassa Jan 2013 #55
You are so totally wrong. RebelOne Feb 2013 #66
Sorry, the "fats cause heart disease" theory is wrong. Zoeisright Feb 2013 #76
"Bottom line - your genes matter much more than your diet." Scout Feb 2013 #68
Makes sense... cholesterol is found in animal products FBaggins Jan 2013 #8
Yes, but no difference in mortality rates for other diseases (NIH) frazzled Jan 2013 #10
Or the overall mortality rate slackmaster Jan 2013 #13
Ah - real numbers at last. The most absurd thing about medical reporting is the asinine relative dmallind Jan 2013 #18
frazz RILib Jan 2013 #23
Been a Vegetarian about 5 years. snort Jan 2013 #11
Your brain loves cholesterol Viva_La_Revolution Jan 2013 #12
There are other risks to remember dogman Jan 2013 #14
Some DUers go all freeper hippy puncher on vegetarians and vegans whatchamacallit Jan 2013 #15
The only solution is customerserviceguy Jan 2013 #30
Yet the "meat eaters" are much more prone mzteris Jan 2013 #37
Let's face it customerserviceguy Jan 2013 #38
I became vegetarian mzteris Jan 2013 #39
I'm sure that nastiness customerserviceguy Jan 2013 #42
Nothing especially new here. pangaia Jan 2013 #17
great story sweetapogee Jan 2013 #21
Statistics can be misleading Babel_17 Jan 2013 #22
Heart disease is one thing, overall morbidity and mortality another. thereismore Jan 2013 #28
I manage to make up the difference roody Jan 2013 #29
I WENT VEG.. Capobvious Jan 2013 #36
Veganism is much healthier than vegetarianism. kwassa Jan 2013 #41
I eat at least one egg yolk a day nobodyspecial Feb 2013 #72
most cholesterol is manufactured in our body ... kwassa Feb 2013 #75
But cuts the will to live 64% AngryAmish Jan 2013 #43
False obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #45
true Scout Jan 2013 #54
You just showed you have no idea what a vegetarian diet is obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #58
and i was agreeing with said poster, that a vegetarian diet Scout Feb 2013 #59
And we're free to say that an omnivorous diet yewberry Feb 2013 #62
no one said you weren't. Scout Feb 2013 #67
Oh, no, too funny! yewberry Feb 2013 #69
why yes, i did realize you were being a parrot! Scout Feb 2013 #70
Sorry. nick of time Jan 2013 #46
Do you recall what Clemenceau once said about war, Redfairen? slackmaster Jan 2013 #47
I'm a vegan but you have to eat really nutritious foods leftyladyfrommo Jan 2013 #48
DUH!!!! bitchkitty Jan 2013 #49
Wow justa guy Jan 2013 #52
I'll take my chances with meat dbackjon Jan 2013 #56
Also, nothing in article to indicate if they looked at types of meat dbackjon Jan 2013 #57
Not only that.... laundry_queen Feb 2013 #77
Very true dbackjon Feb 2013 #78
GOP plans to enshrine meat as amendment to constitution... Evasporque Feb 2013 #63
No shit! graywarrior Feb 2013 #64
Yeah, but you just die of boredom. Beacool Feb 2013 #71
If there were a big effect, it would be obvious FarCenter Feb 2013 #73
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