are vegatarians hypocrites?

OK, tell me this, and speak for every omnivore:
why is it Ok and healthy to eat meat today?








if you are honest, you cannot answer that for EVERY consumer.
Each veggie on here can answer for themselves, and no one else, with certainty.
I can answer with some suppositions (vegans disagree with the notion that animals were put here solely for our use) or spiritual teachings (such as ISKCON or Buddhism, or even some passages from the Torah)that can be the root of a philosophy of veg*an-ness, but I can answer wholly only for myself, and my own reasons shift.

Every belief system has people with hypocritical actions: philosophies are ideals and standards to live up to, and few people truly, wholly, consistently do that.

 

you are kidding, right? do vegetarians eat fruit?
yes.

I personally know three vegan (no milk/eggs) triathletes and a vegan wrestler. I run 5 Ks and I'm lacto only.
check out this man. no animals in this diet...
http://www.brendanbrazier.com/bio/index.html

 

no. it's well documented that pure carnivores tend to like herbivores.

no one here suggested that animals designed to survive through eating flesh should become vegetarians.

And no one said that in a life-or death situation that humans should die rather than eat some flesh. BUT if we didn't use our ag crop output mostly for livestock feed, we could feed more people on this planet.

oh freaking please. Are you going to say next that GMO is best for the earth?
putting crop waste and animal maanures on soil will rebuild them. fertilizers (petroleum based, btw) are just adding more salts to the soil, continuing its depletion.

I see no peace in your responses.
multivitamins are for any inadequate diet and the vast majority are sold to omnivores.
With awareness you can have an adequate diet onplant foods alone. the ONLY difficult nutrient is B-12, and that is obtainable with some effort.
as for how many healthy veggies you know, exactly how many long-term educated veggies do you know? Not a Wonder Bread and Twinkies sort, but people who eat real food?

There are six categories on the vegetarian food pyramid: grains, vegetables, fruits, dry beans/nuts/seeds/eggs/ mock meats, cheese, milk yogurt (with a recommendation for other calcium sources for vegans), fats/ oils/sweets.

THe USDA version also has six categories, with the only change being the inclusion of flesh in the protien section.
The USDSA has typically been tied to it's partnerships with the meat, dairy and egg industries. Not a veg-friendly place for info, and it too suggests more plants in the diet.