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Originally Posted by Cantankerous
i don't understand vegetarians. the animals that they make food from were raised to be eaten (and i might add clothing manufacterers also use leather from cows, so the purpose of these cows are not just being eaten, they use more than one part of the cow so it's not real wasteful.
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The reason I don't eat red meat is because cattle farming causes more environmental damage than any other industry.
Link to UN report:
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.as...r1=environment
Also it's debatable whether eating red meat is good for you or not, while a friend was at the doctors she was told that red meat is terrible for your digestive system. Something about it rotting inside as it cant be digested properly (I might be off the mark on this one).