Yep. Pretty much exactly the reactions I predicted.
People who don't want to change their lifestyles will feel threatened and attack the person with the opposing view.
Yes, your body DOES need cholesterol to survive. Yes, your body DOES manufacture cholesterol - but only as much as your body needs. Taking in meat and eggs, ADDS to that amount. It's not instant death by a long shot, but the more you take in the more your health will suffer for it. There is a counter-balance (as I said before) that if you work your body hard with physical labour (either in your job in the logging industry, etc, or at the gym) the effects can be pretty much negated.
On the other hand, there's plenty of huge bodybuilders that won't touch the stuff. Tell me they aren't getting enough protein.
No, I am no a biochemist, but I've done enough research through books/seminars to know what's healthy and what's not. Eating a 69-oz steak and a dozen eggs every day is bad. Duh. Eating a couple eggs and a burger every day isn't too bad PROVIDED you get enough exercise to burn it off. Otherwise, welcome to Fat City. Getting no exercise at all is bad, veggie or not. Duh. So stop playing Quake 17 and get outside once in a while for a brisk walk or bike ride or something to get the heart rate up for a while.
And for the same fella who says I'm a complete moron for not having a biochemistry degree - this is simple logic. And no- our bodies do NOT digest meat easier than veggies. Dogs and cats have a digestive system that's pretty much straight in and out. You could feed a dog pure lard and it'll just slide right out in 30 minutes. Humans and other plant-eating animals have long, twisty intestines that go to great effort to take as much nutrient out as possible. Heavy fats and cholesterol collect in these places and rot there. That gas problem you have is because of OTHER things left in your digestive system. For some people, there's food spoiling in their own bellies because it doesn't digest for days (if they keep snacking and don't let the food digest completely). Tell me which is worse after sitting on the countertop at 90 farenheit for 2 days... a slab of meat, or a head of lettuce. If you never eat broccoli (because veggies are for SUCKS, right?) and your wife forces you to eat one, then spend the night tooting up a storm, the problem is not the one piece of broccoli, it's because your body is not used to it, and is adjusting.
Tell me why neither my wife and I are the methanous people you claim all veggie-eaters to be? Boy... that must be fun to go to a vegetarian restaurant... especially by candlelight!
I'm not the expert and these formulations are not entirely my own. Therefore I did not write a THESIS on vegetarianism, but accepted their messages and did some research on my own. I've done enough to conclude that I'll be better off in the long run to eat as little meat or dairy as possible. The fact that these animals are abused quite cruelly (like a cow being locked in a stall with its head to the floor so it doesn't use its legs at all, in order to provide tender unused muscles for veal) is unjustifiable.
Quite honestly, I don't know why I bother trying to justify myself... when someone believes in something and is unwilling to change in any way, we'll just close his ears and say, "I'm not listening! LA-LA-LA! You're just an idiot and I'm right! LA-LA-LA!"
I can give reasons until I'm blue in the face... even if you watched that film "Meet your Meat" and watched them slice and burn the beaks off of chickens, boil pigs alive, hang cows and pigs still alive and let them bleed to death after being stabbed and ripped open, and (my favorite) a side of beef - stripped of head, legs and skin - lying on the ground with its heart still beating and pumping out blood. Grim? Hey... you're the one who wants to justify eating it.