We have no doubt all heard the statement “You are what you eat.” Well, while some of us at least somewhat realize what that statement means and the ramifications of it on our health, it is still uncommon for most in today’s society to take that statement seriously enough for the sake of their health and ultimately their life.
We know that today we have an epidemic of obesity and heart disease, which includes hypertension, atherosclerosis, arteriosclerosis and high cholesterol among many other things in North America and most of the developed world. Many groups and organizations are trying to bring awareness to this situation. Many restaurants are trying to make changes, no matter how small. Many doctors are changing their ways of treating patients. And while all of this is great to hear, not enough of us are listening or hearing the messages loud enough.
Most of us are still living with the conditioned idea that “we need meat to survive” and that “this is how people always ate.” Both of these which are complete myths.
Thus, with the coming of Earth Day and the current epidemic of chronic health problems, I wanted to share with you a quick guide on why you may want to reconsider eating meat. It is not a ploy to get anyone to go vegetarian or vegan, but some “food for thought” on what this food, that we all think is so “normal” to eat is actually doing inside of you, to your health and our environment.
1. Meat is very high in fat, especially saturated fat
There are numerous claims today about saturated fat. Some claim that we do not need any saturated fat to survive, or that all saturated fat is bad, while others tell us to eat freely and that this substance is essential for our health.While not all saturated fat is bad, saturated fat from animal products like meat appears to directly affect the function of our cardiovascular system in many negative ways. Not only is it linked to putting a strain on one’s heart through possible fat deposits in the arteries, increasing one’s blood pressure and causing artery damage, but it is the major fat responsible for dangerous weight gain. Today’s meat is even higher than ever in fat because of how the animals are raised, with no exercise or natural grazing capabilities. Hence they sit in a cage and are over fed, which leads to higher than normal unhealthy fat deposits.
2. Meat is very high in cholesterol
Most animals produce their own cholesterol and there is no need to be eating someone else’s, especially given the fact that your body is great at regulating its own cholesterol when we don’t throw in extra cholesterol from foreign sources. Cholesterol production can also increase in times of stress and decreased activity, both which are real problems for the animals of today.
3. Meat is very dense in calories
Since meat contains so much fat, and fat is the most calorie-dense nutrient, it is a substance that if eaten regularly or in excess can easily lead to weight gain.
4. Meat produces carcinogenic compounds when cooked
These are called heterocyclic amines and they get produced when animal flesh is cooked, especially at high temperatures. HCAs form when amino acids (the building blocks of proteins) and creatine (a chemical found in muscles) react at high cooking temperatures. Researchers have identified 17 different HCAs resulting from the cooking of muscle meats such as beef, pork, fowl, and fish.
5. Meat increases chances of colon cancer
Aside from the heterocyclic amines talked about above, meat does not clear from the intestines fast, unless ample fiber is included in each meal. This is mainly due to the fact that meat is high in protein and protein takes a very long time to get fully digested, thus it sits in our intestines the longest. This time factor, allows any carcinogenic compounds to do the most damage to the lining of the intestinal walls.
6. Meat is hard on the digestive system
Besides the increased chances of colon cancer, meat can cause a lot of digestive disturbances for the very same reasons. Meat takes a long time to pass through the intestines, where during this time it putrefies. Putrefaction produces toxins and amines that accumulate in the liver, kidneys and large intestines, destroys bacterial cultures and causes degeneration of the lining of the small intestine. Over a few years of a regular meat diet, putrefied meat is going to adhere to the lining of your intestines, where it often causes various digestive problems such as IBS, stomach cramps, prolapsed colons, haemorrhoids, constipation and many other problems that are not even directly linked to the intestines.
7. Meat carries the highest risk of bacterial contamination
Meat is animal flesh, and animal flesh is most prone to bacterial growth. This process is increased even more after the meat has been killed, as it starts to putrefy right away. Today, we do have many advances to decrease this process as much as possible, mainly refrigeration, but the most common food-borne illnesses still come from meats.
8. Meat increases chances of autoimmune diseases
Due to the fact that some animal proteins are very closely related to ours, the body responds to a lot of these as foreign particles and tries to destroy them. (Not very different from how some organ transplants get rejected.) When the body does this on a regular basis, after some time it begins to turn on itself due to some auto-immune processes that end up resulting in things like arthritis, lupus, multiple sclerosis and others.
9. Meat contains synthetic hormones, which disturb our hormonal balance
Unless the meat comes from an organic farm, most farms today inject the animals with various hormones for no other reasons than to speed up and enhance the animal’s growth. The faster the animal grows, the faster the monetary return and the bigger it grows obviously the more meat can be obtained for less money. Most of the hormones are various growth hormones, which not only disrupt our own hormonal balances, which can lead to many different health conditions, but also have been theorized for the faster than normal onset of puberty and development of our children today.
10. Meat contains various drugs
Due to the fact that every animal translates to dollars, most if not all animals are regularly subjected to various drugs, mostly antibiotics. These drugs do not magically vanish and researchers are studying these effects of them on our bodies. However, what we do know for sure today is that it has contributed to the current antibiotic resistance, where the antibiotics that we may need at a point in our lives, no longer work because the bacteria have gotten so much experience with them in small doses to mutate against them.
11. Meat contains its own diseases
As well as each animal and farm is controlled for safety, regulations are nowhere as close as we would like them to be. Even though it is easy to catch an infectious disease in an animal and then treat it appropriately, other chronic diseases are not as easily caught. In fact, think of how healthy an animal can be, that sits all of its short life in a tiny cage, where some cannot even properly stand up, let alone walk around and get some exercise.
12. Meat eating results in killing billions of animal each year
According to ADAPTT, 140 billion animals are killed each year by the meat, egg and dairy industries. That is a mind blowing number that most people are completely not aware of and most of this is simply due to the fact that today we eat a diet in the developed world that is way too highly animal based.
13. Meat production leads to wasted natural resources like water and land
Having seen the above number, now imagine how much water is wasted each year to grow the food to feed these animals and how much water is wasted to keep them hydrated while they are growing. In order for land to be made suitable for animal production, land must be properly cleared and this usually involves the chopping and clearing of many trees. Livestock production accounts for 30% of the entire land surface of the planet. Just think of how many people can be fed in the world and have clean drinking water, if it wasn’t all going to the billions of animals.
14.Meat production is heavily responsible for climate change
Animals produce natural gas, mainly methane. Methane is a very potent greenhouse gas, in that it traps heat even more readily and abundantly than carbon dioxide. In fact animal production is responsible for about 18% of the world’s climate change and to put that in perspective that is even more than all of the world’s transportation. (Source: United Nations)
15. Meat raised under stressful conditions has a negatively altered biochemistry, that negatively alters ours
Just think about yourself and what happens to you in times of stress. The number one thing that happens to all animals under stress is an elevation of stress hormones, which initialize a whole slew of other biochemical reactions that lead away from an animal’s healthy balanced state. This of course leads to various diseases. When we consume this meat, whether you embrace the Eastern views of karma, qi energy changes and thus chakra disruptions or not, eating meat from stressed animals has been shown to be linked to various negative mental and emotional states of being in us as well.
So perhaps it will be for your health, perhaps for the environment, or perhaps for the animals that you give this topic some serious consideration if you are currently consuming meat. Whatever your choice or actions are today or tomorrow, my hope is simply this, that each of us starts taking accountability for our own personal health and starts being the change that we want to see on this Earth.
*Photograph courtesy of Stefano A
About the author:Evita Ochel, B.Sc., B.Ed., CHN - is a certified holistic nutritionist, biologist, educator, writer, researcher and speaker in the areas of health, science and holistic wellness. She is a nutritional science expert and her teaching and writing focus on natural, wholesome, plant-based and organic nutrition to achieve optimal health and longevity. Learn more about Evita Ochel or Follow Evita Ochel on Twitter.
31 Comments to “15 Reasons Why You May Want to Reconsider Eating Meat”
Hi Evita,
I used to eat a little meat. I’m Asian, so I didn’t eat a lot of meat — just a bit in salads, sandwiches, or stir fries.
One morning last January, I woke up to find myself vegetarian. From that day, I just can’t eat meat. On the few occasions I ate just a tiny piece of meat, my digestive system rejected it violently, so I have no choice.
I think it’s part of light ascension, and I’ve heard similar stories from quite a few people. Again, I didn’t try to become a vegetarian, I just became one.
Thought you might find this story interesting ;)
Akemi
Hi Akemi,
Thank you for sharing and I completely understand, as I know that I have been brought to the same place from a similar journey. Although the basis does revolve around health primarily, when me and my husband “started” our spiritual awakening, it was him (the steak lover) who came home one day and said “I don’t think we should eat meat anymore” and that was that. I have heard that from many people as well, that as we start to resonate at higher vibrations, many things that one used to do or that seemed normal, just don’t seem like that anymore. It is definitely a part of the awakening process, I believe, and the shift that is occurring on the planet as we speak.
Thanks again, that was interesting!
Another fabulous, well-researched post, Evita. Hard to believe nine months ago, I lived on cheeseburgers, cheeseburgers, cheeseburgers. I smelled one last week and had a bodily reaction — I gagged.
Good article related to #14: Hamburgers are the Hummers of Food in Global Warming.
@ EARTHMOTHER – Thank you so much EarthMother for that feedback and the article!
I opened it and immediately had a chuckle, it is a fantastic message and said in a very catchy way. Hopefully more people are going to hear it.
It is such a simple act to cut down on meat, never mind cut it out all together, but I feel so many people feel so attacked or threatened by it, like taking away meat means taking away their main food source. That is sad because meat should never be anyone’s main food source, but anyway.
So here’s to celebration of our changes and to a happy and healthy future!
I don’t think people have to give up meat completely to be healthy or to preserve the planet. People need to take responsibility for what they eat. Getting meat that is organic (grass feed and free range) is much better for your health than eating what most people do. You should get your meat from as close to the source as possible. Go to a farmers market or join a food co-op. Don’t get organic meat from large chain supermarkets because the labels are deceiving.
The problem isn’t necessarily eating meat, people have eaten meat for thousands of years. Traditional society eat meat. The problem is eating too much meat and not knowing how to eat meat. Overcooking meat and grilling it is terrible for you. Cooking it like that makes it carcinogenic and makes it harder to digest. The average person needs to understand that they shouldn’t eat meat at every meal. They shouldn’t even eat meat everyday.
I don’t think that there’s one diet that’s right for everyone. Everyone’s bodies are different.
Yes, I commend you! Anyone who chooses to eat meat, I would hope would either go this route or to get it sourced as a means like hunting, for both the human and the animal, oh, and also for the planet.
I’m a strict vegetarian but extremely pro-hunting–as long as the rules are followed and as long as they continue to be in favor of thinning the herds and not hurting them etc. But do realize that eating both animals and animal products, cheese etc., can be addictive. But then so can sugar and stuff too, but it’s still something to be aware of.
Hi Cindy
Those are all great points to add – thank you! I live in an area where there are normal, annual hunting seasons. And while some people depend on the meat for their survival, others simply do it as a sport, or game, which I cannot support. Taking the life of another being simply for fun, or to prove something is not action representative of a heart centered way of life. But I also respect that everyone is on their own personal journey, at their own level of evolution and does what they know to be right at any point in time.
I would also add 2 more things here about the hunting:
For starters, I think the more we educate people, on the cost effective benefits of plant-based eating the more animal lives can be saved. Many people think they must eat meat, or that it is their only way, even though they may not be entirely comfortable with eating meat or killing their own meat. So education and raising awareness is so important for people to realize that a properly approached natural, plant based diet can and is optimally healthy.
The second thing I would add is that often we have been lead to believe that we need to control nature and do things like “think herds”, etc… however the more we understand nature, the more we realize that nature does not need our intervention. It was fine before us and it will be fine whether we are here or not. It is once we start artificially playing with populations that biological and environmental problems arise.
@ LOVELYN – You bring up a great point Lovelyn about not necessarily giving it up all together and that is in fact how I counsel people who are adamant about keeping some in their diet. I simply say that when it comes to meat, there is a way to “enjoy it responsibly” and that is eating it seldom and with lots of veggies. The veggies undo most of the negative effects of the meat in this way.
And taking responsibility for what we eat and why our health is the way it is, is another huge great point! And not just when it comes to meat.
Now when it comes to everyone being different, I do agree but at the same time, at the core we are all the same species. So while minor modifications are prudent for most people out there, I know that no one’s body is going to thrive on processed food or a lot of what the general population is eating today.
And good points about the organic aspect of it too. I guess the only downfall to that, is that it still kills an animal. But I completely respect that different people have different views on that and many choose to eat “ethically raised meat” and who’s to say that that is wrong for them.
I reduce to intake all meat. Interesting information. I share your article with facebook friends.
This was a very good post. My wife and I are meat lovers, or at least we currently are. She loves steak, I love pork chops and we both love burgers and brats. After reading this and considering my diet a lot, I went home and suggested we have an experiment-one month of 95% vegetarian, where we’ll eat meat just a couple of times. We’re still discussing the rules (and trying to get rid of the meat in our freezer to avoid temptation), but I think we might actually do it. I just don’t know if we picked the wrong time to go about this transformation…summer…grilling season! The fact that we both love grilled veggies will help, as will our vegetarian friend. Are you on Twitter? If so, I’d like to follow you. I’m @SwansonBlogBen
@ ABRAHAM – Hi Abraham! Thank you so much for that input and feedback. It is great to hear that you are taking steps towards optimal health :)
@ BEN – Thank you so much Ben – I really appreciate the feedback!
I think it is fantastic that you have considered to take this step in your life and bring about change for the sake of your and your wife’s health. I feel pretty strongly about this, as I know myself that if it wasn’t for an article I read here or there, I might still be eating it too. But the information that I read lead me to research more and more about this issue and I have to tell you I was stunned when I really looked into it, because on a day to day basis we are lead to believe that eating meat is not only “normal”, but the right thing to do. When in reality things are not quite the case. My husband used to eat meat too and was a steak lover and he approached it at first from the animal cruelty issues, as he came across something and that spurred our journey towards a plant-based diet. And today we have never felt better. But we did do it in steps and very quickly for the leading reason being our health.
The best way to bring about change and lasting change is 2 ways I find:
1) Do it slowly, let your body, your wallet, your kitchen, and most importantly your mind adjust to the new ideas.
2) Research! The more people read up on any change they want to make, the more they are either swayed toward it or away from it with great conviction.
And as for barbecue season, I’ll tell you what, if you can get through that being a meat lover, you can get through anything :) What would do it for me, is also being conscious, as you see the meat grilling and approaching higher temperatures and darker colors, thinking of the chemical reactions that are happening in there that are less than positive for your system to deal with.
Bottom line, when you should choose to enjoy meat, be sure to combine it with a lot of fresh veggies, as they offset a lot of the meat effects and help the meat to pass through your digestive systems faster.
And do let me know if you have any other questions, or need any other support on your new journey. And yes I am on Twitter – thank you for asking as it got me more motivated to put a logo for Twitter on the site :)
Awesome feedback! Thank you so much. I’ll try to keep you posted. About the adjusting to your wallet comment, though…is going vegetarian expensive? I’ve kind of seen both sides of the story, coming from both ends of the editorial spectrum of course.
Hi Ben,
You are very welcome, and no to the wallet part, I actually meant it as a positive thing :) I only mention that from the perspective that there will be changes in your lifestyle in everything almost that you do when it comes to reducing or eliminating meat. I probably should have said adjustments to your grocery trips more so.
In terms of your wallet, not at all, it should actually be cheaper. Meat and dairy are the 2 most expensive things in a store, so if we cut out or down one of them or both, you should notice savings for sure! The only way it can get a little more expensive is if you buy everything organic, depending on how competitive the prices are at your local store where organics are concerned.
As much as people try to tell me that eating natural (not even veg) is more expensive, I don’t buy it for one minute, because a bag of dry beans costs about $1, brown rice maybe $3 which last many meals each. (Not saying you would live on that everyday, but no comparison in eating veg and natural to processed and/or animal based.)
Another great and comprehensive article!
@ HANLIE – Thanks so much for your feedback Hanlie!
hi, I love to eat meat but didnt know all these stuff. thanks for sharing
@ IRTIZA104 – Hello and you are welcome. Unfortunately most news stations will not talk about this too loudly, as it would hurt the economy of the farmers who produce meat.
But suprisingly as more and more studies are done, one can even hear some of this on the news. The science world knows it well, we man never evolved on as much and the kind of meat that we have today. So it is no surprise that our health suffers, hence we can empower ourselves through education :)
I’m not sure it’s the economy of the farmers that will be hurt but more the economy of big agra type businesses, which are pretty evil. I’m all in favor of supporting little farmers. Anymore it’s hard to see the “farms”, if they can even be called that anymore, that the animals are in. The conditions are horrid! They’re locked up and hidden from our view. These factory farms, as they’re called, have dominated the small farmer industry, which is greatly struggling, and have bribed our politicians to force us to subsidize them. Otherwise we couldn’t drive through and get a burger for a buck, it would be closer to $30. These evil businesses have also gotten a law passed that orders the FBI to consider anyone who’s proven to cause harm to their business, to be punishable to an extent greater than a terrorist would be. This was signed into law under george bush. These farm factories greatly hurt the little farmer, and even pollute the areas around them, causing tons of damage, and yet they get away with not being responsible for any type of amends with it.
Anyhow, these are some other reasons as to why you won’t hear this reported on the news, factory farms have too much control over educating people of their harms, which would hurt them if people knew.
Hi Cindy,
Thank you so much for your well thought out and valuable comment!
Oh you bring up such excellent points. I am glad you did too, as most people still do not know this or realize these facts. We have allowed our food to be taken away from us, to be manipulated and distorted and in the whole scheme of things to cause great destruction to the animals and environment. I know greed and money ruled and for the most part still does the greater sectors of our society. But the good news is that all this is coming to an end. People are waking up, we are in the midst of a major consciousness transformation and the new humanity just won’t stand for things like this. So although it all sounds bad, there are good, hopeful times ahead. With each one of us becoming aware of this, and changing our actions, how we think, how we eat, etc, – we are changing the world!
We thus need to always BE THE CHANGE WE WISH TO SEE :)
Hi Evita !
Just a question about meat consumption regarding anaemia.
why do so many women these days have anaemia and need to
take iron tablets as a result? I’ve just recently started taking an
organic iron supplement..but as a whole, i really don’t want to have
to supplement with anything because i find it unnatural.
But isn’t it unnatural that any body should be anaemic in the first place?
and that maybe this is because our ancient ancestors lived off meat and in
actual fact, we aren’t getting enough ?
i don’t want to have to eat meat, because i know about all the hormones
added and how badly the animals are treated.
but when i do chose to have red meat for dinner, i buy organic kangaroo
meat which obviously cannot be farmed, and it’s very low in fat and so tender.
It gives me so much energy almost immediately after eating it.
but my question is this-are there better ways to increase the levels of iron
in the blood, without having to supplement with tablets or eat red meat?
Thanks,
Katie :)
Hi Katie
Excellent questions and ones that I have myself given a lot of thought and reflection. I won’t repeat what I said in my comment to you on the AnemiCare, but will add the following:
- the biggest reason so many today have iron deficiency or full blown anemia are two fold:
1. depleted soils – modern farming has stripped so many minerals from our soils, iron being one major one, and why this one is playing such a big role is because iron is hard to absorb by the body as it is, and then when there is less of it in food, it just makes everything that much worse
2. Too many grains – the problem today too is that we have a society that depends on grains more than every before and grains contain phytic acid, etc which tends to inhibit iron absorption. When the body is already getting less of it in every food, and then gets all this competition and blockage from other substances, it can only do so much.
So I totally agree with you, I think it is unnatural to supplement, but then again most of how our society operates today when it comes to food is unnatural. Our ancestors did not live off of meat, this is a great myth and one that many people think excuses people today to eat a lot of meat. It depends which ancestors, what parts of the world, etc. Plus, they were hunter-gatherers and we often forget that it is much easier to gather, than hunt, so that alone can give us a clue of what their diet was more plentiful in. They ate a pure meat-plant diet. Today we eat chemical, and junk based diets, regardless of what the root food ingredients are.
So to supplement naturally, one of the easiest things to do is use a good quality cast iron pan. Gently warm/heat/ sitr fy your veggies, especially ones with vitamin C in a cast iron pan which releases some of the iron and makes the meal much higher in iron.
Other than that, lots of beans and molasses (not necessarily together), and with vitamin C foods. Beans and Molasses are very high in iron and adding in an iron helper, is beneficial. Watching your grain consumption too is important, and not living off of a diet of grains, but rather high quality vegetables and legumes.
One last thing, I am not sure if you are open to energy or metaphysical topics, but there is a mind-body connection for every condition and when it comes to iron deficiency, the energetic connection is an underlying feeling of “not feeling good enough”. This is a big problem if one looks at our society today, and especially women. As women there is so much pressure on us today from every angle, and add to that whatever family/childhood issues we may have had to go through and how we were felt to feel worthy of love or not, given condition love, etc…
So it is an interesting and complicated topic and one dear to my heart too.
hi my name is summer and im 13 years old, and i hate eating meat i cant stand the taste and the extra adidtives but my whole family are meat eaters ive tried to convince them to stop ive tried research and disturbing videoes but they just wont budje im also scared for all of their health do you have any ideas of how to get them to eat healthier and become vegatarians.
thanks summer
Hi Summer,
Thank you for sharing your thoughts about this topic.
It is definitely difficult, especially at first to learn how the animals in our world are treated and how our health can suffer because of these animal products. We have evolved so much in technological ways, yet spiritually we seem to be lagging in a major way. So I hear you and understand your frustration.
As you continue on your personal journey you will learn that each person has their own journey and although we may feel like we know what would be best for them, in truth we never do. Your parents often think they know what is best for you, but I am sure you would see it differently. The same goes the other way. We cannot change others, or expect them to change. This only leads to heartache, anger, resentment and pain for you and the other people involved. The only and best thing we can do, is be the change we wish to see. The most important thing is to focus on oneself and be a shining light, a beacon of inspiration for others.
Therefore, I know you love your family very much, and would not want to see them sick, but one of the most loving things we can do is allow each person to have their own experience. This is the only way each one of us can grow and evolve. Each person has to make the decisions that suit them at their personal level of evolution. What each of us can do, is simply offer some inspiration, that IF the others are interested there is another way. But if not, we will unconditionally love them and allow them to have their way.
You are on a great path Summer. Don’t allow anyone to discourage you or make your journey harder than it has to be. Enjoy the benefits of your choices and as your life continues to unfold you will come to find more people who resonate with your choices. Never hold anything against anyone for not following your path. Simply be the light that shines for others to show them a different path, whether they decide to follow that path or not, has to in the end be entirely up to them.
Wishing you all the best :)
I scanned the comments and I didn’t notice anyone mention this but forgive me if I’m repeating it. There is a documentary called “fork over knifes” which discusses the impact a meat diet is having on our health. Statistics are provided showing how countries with a low meat diet have significantly lower incidence of cardiovascular diseases than countries with high meat diets. It should not surprise anyone that the good old USA is on the high end
Hi Kevin
Excellent point and thank you for adding it through your comment here.
I have seen and reviewed Forks Over Knives and it is fantastic! I definitely highly recommend this film to anyone who is serious about their health and looking at food in a new light. We have evolved today to be more compassionate not only towards other beings, but also to ourselves, our bodies and taking better care of them.
All the best!
I just want to say thank you to Evita for her answer to Summer’s question. That was just what I needed to hear! Thank you. I also want to share with people some of the bad effects that eating animal products has on us, but I want to do it in a way that doesn’t offend anybody. I have just recently made a commitment to stop eating animal products, because of what they were doing to me personally. We really are what we eat. I notice a huge difference in every area of my life when I don’t eat meat. I am more focoused mentally, physically, and spiratually when I don’t eat meat or animal products. I was taking a powdered drink that had caffine and creatine. For two years I was addicted to this garbage! Now thanks to God, he has freed me from this life draining substance, that I thought was giving me energy. Now I want to be free from any animal products and eat the way God designed from the beginning. He definately knows best. He knows how to make us happy beyond anything we can imagine! Thanks so much for all you do to help people!
Dear Shauna
Thank you for your beautiful and valuable comment. You have shared so well how our bodies do react to the different foods and substances we eat and more people are awakening to eating in the most compassionate way for all of creation, all the animals and plants and beings on this planet.
I wish you all the best on your personal journey, it sounds like you are in such a wonderful place and know exactly how to proceed for your health and the welfare of the planet! Thank you!
Are animals raised to make red meat treated worse than white meat?
There’s a saying that goes “You can’t get healthy eating sick animals.” I tend to think this may be true.
Hi Raymond,
Fantastic addition! I would definitely agree that this is VERY true. We are what we eat, and most in our world have yet to discover how much and what, other than nutrients and calories is passed on from living being to living being in the consuming process.
It confirms everything my mother has been telling me about meat products in our industrialized era.
Correct me if I’m wrong but, sadly, everything that has been said about meat equally applies to vegetables. In order to produce more vegetables (and yes, make more $$$), in any kind of climate and condition, farmers not only plant genetically modified seeds but also pour tons of chemical fertilizers on the crop. Imagine the effect this has on the soil which is then reused to plant more crop. Sure the veggies look amazing, bright in colour and defectless in shape, but do they really hold any nutrients?
If you think you know what a real tomato or apple tastes or even smells like, think again.
Let’s not mention the 2% milk we drink which tastes like water…
Up to 100 years ago people used to die from tuberculosis and flu, nowadays you get the cancer of this the cancer of that and we all wonder why.