IF ANIMAL PROTIEN is not good for ones health why do we eat it?

Question

IF ANIMAL PROTIEN is not good for ones health why do we eat it?

Answer 1

Just like - if COKE is not good for ones health why do people drink it?

Is junk food good? Is soft drink good? Is sweet stuff good? All these are not good for the body, yet people are eating so much of them and all these consumed to global warming, think of the energy required to make them, transport them, the waste.

Consumers are unware of it and it is too tempting.

Answer 2

Animal protein isn't the problem it's the fact that we have to kill the animal to get it. By eating veggie protein we miss out on all the: animal fats, cholesterol, etc.

Answer 3

why do we eat chips and candy?

Answer 4

Maybe because people are totally misinformed about the human body and the effects that some foods have on it.

Milk isn't good for humans (first and foremost because it is for baby COWS), but the American Diary Association has people believing that it's good for us and can help us lose weight. (<-seriously?!) Rolls eyes.

Answer 5

It is good for you. The problem isn't animal protien, it's how much people eat. You need to have a balanced diet, but a lot of people eat way too much meat for a balanced diet. If you eat nothing but lettuce you won't be healthy either.

Answer 6

It is good for you.  Most people just eat way too much.  Too much of anything is bad for you.

Answer 7

Well some of us are stupid enough to.

Actually, here, let's look at it this way:

why don't we eat human flesh?

Actually, we do not eat human flesh because of the potential diseases that can be spread. Plus, wouldn't we feel bad eating something with feelings and a face?

Well, animal meat is filthy and has tons of bacteria, and in the states, beef with mad cow disease is still distributed. Also, animals have feelings. And a face. And I'd feel like a total as* eating it.

Answer 8

i don't no, i thought it was good for your health, and something we needed for a good body ?? i don't no I'm a pescetarian so i don't eat meat , i wouldn't no

Answer 9

Habit.  Custom.  I guess.  I grew up thinking it was natural to eat animals' flesh and drink cows' milk.  The meat industries and the USDA shove the pro-animal products propaganda down our throats.

And as someone pointed out, people eating meat don't necessarily thing how healthy it is but how good it tastes.

Answer 10

Nobody just eats ANIMAL PROTEIN.  Protein is only one very small small small part of what an animal is made up of.  Nobody can just eat the protein and discard everything else from the animal.

Ooooh, are you talking about meat?... oh, yeah, any part of the animal, right?

Well, if you would really like to know the whole history of eating meat as we do today, read this book:

Beyond Beef: The Rise and Fall of the Cattle Culture - by Jeremy Rifkin.

A very interesting read, meat eater or not.

You can also read this as a complimentary book:

The Heretic's Feast: A History of Vegetarianism by Colin. Spencer

Answer 11

because people like the way it tastes.  most people don't bite into a hamburger and think, "wow, this tastes so HEALTHY!".  they bite into it and enjoy the fatty grease that is dripping down their throat until they one day clog their arteries so much that they can't eat those beloved hamburgers anymore.

the majority of people rarely do anything because it's good for them.  i think you'll find, however, that most vegetarians and vegans are very aware of their health and the nutritional elements of what they are eating.