If meat and dairy are full of toxins, do we now have two food groups?
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there are 4 to 6 food groups, depending on how you divide them. none of them have anything to do with toxins so i'm not sure what you are asking...
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yup. off and on for 15 years... now a full vegan with only occasional lapses with some really good organic cheese (oooh, gouda). \n\nbecause of health (good fats, no build up of mercury or mad cow disease) \n\nenvironmental degradation (eating meat requires 4000 gallons of water a day, vegetarians only consume 300 gallons... plus the loss of our ocean's fish due to overfishing, plus factory farms ....)\n\nand now, because i'm living with and in love with a professional ethicist, i've been persuaded that the animal rights issue is important as well. (it just doesn't make any sense to do to animals the things we do. just too disgusting and unnecessary.)\n\nyou'll get a bunch of answers about how humans are supposedly "not designed" to be vegetarians, but really, we weren't designed to ride in cars either, were we? and we REALLY weren't designed to eat poisonous food, become overweight, and poison our earth in the process.\n\nand BTW, i've never needed any kind of vitamins, and my doc says i'm on the best diet there is (mainstream, reg. doc too). i hardly think a cow was "born to be eaten." like all living things, it was born to live. (and die of old age.)
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First of all, we have to look at the real question here.  Is our food toxic?\n\nThe short answer is...no.  Hear me out now...\n\nA lot of food passed inspection several years ago when medicine was not as advanced, when testing was not as detailed, when there were no baselines for comparison.  As we have advanced, we have discovered that certain foods that we have taken seem to have bad effects on our bodies.  Small doses our bodies can recover from, but large doses take more effort to overcome, and sometimes there just isn't enough strength in the body to handle the shock.  Additionally, there seems to be a cumulative effect in some foods substances (think cholesterol).\n\nNow for the bad news.  People can not seem to agree what foods are bad, how much is bad for you, what parts of the food causes the problem, things like that.  New evidence is contrary to old evidence, and is in turn counteracted by even newer evidence.  Special interest groups on both sides get involved, and next thing we know...we are being told that everything is toxic.  This flys in the face of the fact that the human lifespan seems to keep increasing through strides in medicine, genetics, and yes, even diets.  Add in that medical companies, the public, and yes, even our own government is putting a tremendous amount of pressure on the FDA to release medicines and new products quicker and with less testing, and we have a problem.\n\nSo eat a healthy diet, eat in moderation, and exercise, and your body and mind will last a lot longer and be happier for it.\n\nAs for your question, the FDA requested 1.9 billion for their budget for 2006.
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Depends on how much cooked milk, might be safer to substitute another ingredient.
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With Mad Cow disease, pumping antibiotics and growth hormones into cattle to fatten them, how can it be safe to consume their flesh?  That's not counting the cancer that runs through their muscles after the "spot" was removed from the carcass.  Chickens pass on Leukemia, and pork was never intended for human consumption if you believe the Word of God.  There ARE "clean" and "unclean" flesh foods of the land, sea, and air, mentioned specifically in Deut. & Leviticus.  If you look up the life-span of pre-flood human beings who were mostly vegetarians you'll be surprised to find they lived hundreds of years.  After the flood, when God gave man permission to eat animal flesh, man's life-span diminished quickly, until 70 years was the "norm."  It's an interesting study.  And yes, I'm a vegan and happy to be one.
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FACTS:\n1.Our teeth should be differently shaped in order to cut the meat.\n\n2.Our gastric acids would be as strong as the ones of a carnivore, to absorb all the nutrients.\n\n3.Our intestines wouldn’t be as long, since all great carnivores have it short in order to get rid of the toxins faster. (meat do decompose faster/worse than vegetables, its just that it have lots of preservatives and colorants). In the other hand, must animals with a vegetarian diet have long intestines in order to absorb all the nutrients, since their gastric acids are not as strong… you can see that there are some that even digest their meals more than once…\n\n4.Our nails would be sharper and stronger, if we were to be having meat as our main meal.\n\n5.… what does a bull have for meals?? Are they weak?? … eating a bull doesn’t transfer their strength…. or meat!!! (as I read above)\n\n6.By eating meat you are more likely to get ostheoporosis, since there are elements in the meat that make your bones wear out, by that i mean that people literally pee their calcium.\n\n7.You should tell those people that in the long term your decision is wiser… \na.Yeah, we are ALL of F..cked up with all the transgenic and lack of control over the conditions and place in which those seeds are planted.\nb.Yeah, earth is becoming less fertile worldwide (believe me, I’m not in USA)\nc.But an animal is not hurt in order for you to eat… I’ve seen reports on genetic modifications to improve the mass production in Israel, such as lack of feather, nails and beak.\nd.and in the other hand, you are not absorbing all the chemicals they get those animals to grow fast with.\ne.and you are not absorbing all the bugs they have inside, including mad caw, etc. (by the way the mad cow disease started over twenty years ago, or at least that is as far back as we can track cases… it started with stupid eager farmers feeding their animals with dead animals)\nf.and you are not absorbing all the chemicals/antibiotics to get those animals to survive with.\ng.And finally, just as we could all, in a future... go into a world crisis because the water is not potable anymore, the trees have all become transgenic thanks to good mother nature and pollinization, same.. or I’d say worst!!! Would be to be starving as all of us with the addition of a disease that has no way of being controlled because it has been chemically fortified by the alphabet of antibiotics and hormones that are in the meat.\n\nBonus:\n1.I grew up hearing that as little as seven almonds a day could give me the amount of protein I could get from the meat.\n\nAs long as you don't base your diet on your favorite vegetables only, you'll be just fine. Amino, anti oxidants (... is that the way to spell it?) ... I'd say there are too many extremist in both currents.. just respect, and make yourself be respected... it is a choice, a philosophy of life.\n\n2.Meat eaters tend to have more cholesterol and heart problems. Vegetarians live longer.\n\n3.Meat eaters should check on their diet just as much, even though must of them, don't care much and are not selective at all\n \n4.www.themeatrix.com\n\n5. yes it's harder to get the iron in a natural source. but you should have a good balance in your meals, have the honey for the royal queen bee, something great that comes from sugar cane we call "melaza", if neither of the last two, then folic acid and finally morning sun bath\n\nnot as long, and much easier to answer in my language, hope it served for something...
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I totally agree with you, I think that's a really good point. Unfortunately, I can't say without being a bit of a hypocrite because I eat fish, shellfish, eggs and other stuff. I think that's an aim to have in your life, but I don't know if I'll ever get there. I don't think about it much, I stopped eating meat and I feel fine and dandy that way, but I do miss fish when I spend a lot of time without eating it. Everybody is different and we should respect one another, but I agree that's the way to go.
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Broccoli and other leafy green veggies (spinish, kale, brussells sprouts), soy products like soy milk (tasty!) and tofu, almounds, and fortified foods like orange juice and cereals. Also antacids like Tums and supplements.\n\nDon't go for milk products. The animal protein makes you blood more acidic and more calcium is used up as a result. Backwards, huh?
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Absolutely. I was a lacto vegetarian for three years. It got pretty lonely as even my family would avoid me and not invite me to family dinners because they thought I was just being too weird. It would have been nice to talk to someone more like me. That would be a pretty silly reason not to date someone, though. I don't care what others do or don't eat as long as they are not cannibals!
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Utensils and the like is the same as a non-Jewish kitchen the difference is actually the number. In a Kosher household meat and dairy have to be seperate so you usually have multiples of each item (one meat and one dairy) in addition there is usually a third set for passover.
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You're right about the toxins.\n\nA number of bacteria produce toxins which "poison" the body.\nCooking may kill them, but it doesn't destroy the toxins. (basically, the heat from cooking isn't high enough to break the chemical bonds in the toxin molecules.)
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I studied this question myself for the same reason.\nThat is , triglycerides and cholesterol. The challenge is\nto replace meat with veggys that are high in protein.\nThe problem is that protein is made up of 9 critical\namino acids. The absence of any 1 or more, weakens the\neffectiveness of the protein. Meat , or more accurately,\nanimal source, has a complete set of amino acids. Veggys\nare absent a few, but not absent the same ones. By\ncombining certain high protein veggies, each vegetable's\namino acid content compliments the lack in the other. \n Vegetables can be grouped into 1 of 3 types in this regard.\n1) The legumes:  beans, peas, lentils, peanuts\n   (Note : peanuts are not a true nut, they are legumes,\nmore closely related to beans)\n\n2) The grains, seeds and nuts: Wheat(and flour,pasta,bread),\nbarley, oats, sunflower seeds, almonds, walnuts, pecans,\nhazel nuts(all nuts)\n\n3) Special category: Rice and corn\n\nNow the trick is to combine at least 1 item each from\nat least 2 groups. For example, bread and peanut butter\nmake up a complete protein since bread is from group 1)\nand peanut butter is from group 2). Other good and well known combinations are rice & beans, corn and beans,\nmixed nuts with peanuts. Also, if you don't need to be a\npure vegetarian about it, mix a little animal source with\nany 1 group and it completes the protein. A lot of beans with a little bit of ground beef, keeps the triglycerides\nlow and stretches the beef. Another hint is that the\ncholesterol in eggs comes from the yolk. The white is\nalmost pure protein, void of cholesterol and triglycerides\nand it completes the protein of the veggys.
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meat, eggs, nuts, milk.
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I am a vegetarian and i would probably say yes even though i hate it!!! The animals are a source of proteen which every one needs but veggies (no I don't mind being called a vegi!) only relay have nuts and meet supplements like vitamins but even the Omega 3 vitamins are fake!!! I will get some Sources later!
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Yes.  It was my first experience with North American food...Though not at McDonald's, it was a hamburger and fries.\n\nFast foods cooked for speed and convenience are deep fried in oils which are used many times.  We are literally eating everything in the air and having it hard-cooked right into our foods, and inviting this into our digestive system where the immune system draws it's nutrients and is the basis for our health.  \n\nThese "fast" foods compromise our immune systems, are toxic, and will over time, lead to general ill health if eaten often.  Poison makes us ill.  The body speaks a sometimes more than subtle language, and I hope you've heard and understood it does not like nor can it fight off poisonous food.
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MILK / VEG / PROTEINS
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We no longer have a mad cow epidemic, though when we did have, a lot of people turned vegetarian. We do seem to be avoiding poultry now due to the bird flu threat. At the time of Mad Cow it was believed that intensive farming encouraged by the likes of McDonalds was partcially responsible.