Why should I believe vagans have the answer to health if the Inuit of the Arctic eat meat and fish 8 months o?

Question

of the year??

Answer 1

ATTN: Those that believe all vegan people think that we were designed to be vegan.

No offense but if you seriously think that this a "vegan dogma", sadly, you are a moron.

Ok, anyway, you can be vegan and perfectly healthy or eat m,eat and be perfectly healthy. Many people don't have the sense to realize that basing an opinion on what some kid on the internet says is REALLY stupid.

REAL vegan people know not to make unnecessary claims because the undeniable suffering is the only solid reason to be vegan. If you don't care about animals, don't be vegan then.

Answer 2

Most of the people alive in the world today really don't have much of a choice as to what they can eat .They must eat whatever is on hand to survive and they are reasonably healthy,unless they're starving to death.Meat or death. Vegans don't have all the answers.

Answer 3

You shouldn't believe them. They are living in denial. Vegatarian by choice and not preaching = fine

Vegan = denies reality where do you draw the line at killing - bugs? microorganisms? They can't define it.

gotta love the uneducated answerer that said inuits had a store with grains - LOL

another putting they have short lifespans and they are reguarded as one of the healthier 'races' - lol keep the excuses coming.

"In other words, the human gut can handle many diets of choice."

exactly, yet the vegan dogma says 'humans were not designed for meat' strange how peoples have flourished on an excusive meat diet. Which was what your question was about.

Edit - Thank you TEELA finally a word of reason - balance!

Answer 4

You shouldn't believe that vegans have the answer to health. For example, many vegans are unknowningly turning themselves into anemics. Which can not be good for your body and health over the years, unless they make up for the loss of iron through supplements and occasional detours from the diet. Vegans must turn to many different types of supplements to really be healthy in the long run; it's not as simple to be a vegan as many portray.

I am asian and the way of asian cooking is more vegetable, than meat. Which has worked for asians for thousands of years, but its not the ONLY diet thing they stick to to be healthy. Green tea, and various other foods/drinks contribute to a healthy diet.

The Inuit of the Artic eat meat and fish. Fish is rich in Omega fats which are good in the processes of the body. I believe that's why people single them out as being healthy, even with meat involved.

It's all about a balance between everything, whether it be greens, red meat, beans, what have you. Nothing can single out a group of people as healthy eaters, because eventually, our body NEEDS all food groups, whether we get it by eating them directly or getting their nutrients from supplements. It is everyone's choice, but our diets should be balanced. So there is NO absolute healthy eater, because a lot of us lack all the food groups and maintain a diet of a LOT of one food group and not enough of another. In the long run, our bodies pay for this, unless we take supplements or force ourselves to eat what we should.

Answer 5

Your logic is flawed. Just because some people ate meat and were (arguably) healthy, doesn't mean it's unhealthy not to eat meat. Statistically, vegans live several years longer than meat eaters on average. I wouldn't say veganism is THE "answer to health", but I would say a vegan diet, when properly planned, is extremely healthy, especially compared to a diet consisting primarily of processed meat and pasteurized cow's milk (e.g., the Standard American Diet).

I see a lot of uneducated responses here. For example, Rusty S says:

"Vegan = denies reality where do you draw the line at killing - bugs? microorganisms? They can't define it."

I am a vegan, and I draw the line based on sentience, that is, the ability to feel or perceive subjectively. Mammals, birds, and fish are all clearly sentient, so I believe they should have the right to life. Microorganisms and plants clearly are not sentient, so they should not be granted the right to life. When it comes to insects (and crustaceans), it is not yet scientifically clear whether or not they are sentient, so I personally give them the benefit of the doubt and avoid honey and other insect products, as well as lobster and other crustaceans.

TEELA says:

"You shouldn't believe that vegans have the answer to health. For example, many vegans are unknowningly turning themselves into anemics. Which can not be good for your body and health over the years, unless they make up for the loss of iron through supplements and occasional detours from the diet...Fish is rich in Omega fats which are good in the processes of the body...It's all about a balance between everything, whether it be greens, red meat, beans, what have you."

Science shows that vegans are no more likely to suffer from iron deficiency anemia than meat eaters. Although iron from plant foods is harder to absorb than the iron in meat, the high levels of vitamin C in a vegan diet compensate for that (Vitamin C enhances iron absorption). There are plenty of vegan sources of iron. Iron supplementation is absolutely not necessary for vegans. Walnuts and flax seeds are also rich in Omega 3 fatty acids ("Omega fats" isn't very specific - which are you referring to, Omega 3? Omega 6?) . Ground flax is a much more nutritious source of Omega 3 fatty acids than fish, because flax is a great source of dietary fiber, and doesn't contain mercury, which a lot of fish do. Finally, I don't agree with your statement about "balance", mainly because you mention red meat. The body is better off with no red meat at all. Yes you need balance, but a balance of healthy food, not nutritionally void food like red meat.

Answer 6

Vegans don't claim to 'have the answer to health'.

''the vegan dogma says 'humans were not designed for meat' ''

Rusty S have you ever heard a vegan say that? I haven't.

Vegetarian diets, vegan diets and diets that include meat can all be very healthy or very unhealthy, depending on what is eaten.

''They can't define it'' - yes we can. Veganism means doing the best that you can and all you can to minimise your personal contribution to animal suffering and exploitation, as far as is reasonably and practically possible.  Much as it amuses the occasional anti-vegan to gloat 'Call yourself a vegan when you breathe the air, take the bus, walk on pavements?', we don't claim to live in a bubble of vegan purity - that isn't possible.

Teela - it isn't necessary for vegans to take supplements and many don't - I never have - much less the occasional 'detour' from the diet. As for anaemia - I have been vegetarian all my life and vegan for many years. The only time I've been anaemic was following a course of chemotherapy - a very common side effect, whatever your diet. Even then my doctor described me as 'mildly anaemic' and it went right all by itself, without iron pills.

We are omnivores; our bodies are able to thrive on a plant-based diet or a diet including meat. Because we no longer NEED to eat meat to survive - in the same way that we no longer need to use caves for shelter or animal skins for clothing (in the west anyway) - some of us choose not to eat meat. Others make a different choice. . That's all there is to it - no biggie. Why it bothers anyone is beyond me.

Answer 7

Very few vegans will argue that an omnivorous diet is always unhealthy. If properly balanced, ANY diet can be healthy- most vegans aren't in it for health reasons, but for animals. We just so often feel the need to prove that veganism is perfectly healthy, because tons of people have it in their heads that it's not.

Answer 8

They have a very short lifespan.

Answer 9

ah? Eh?. second question huh?

The traditional Inuit dietary staples were seal, whale, caribou, walrus, polar bear, arctic hare, fish, birds, and berries. Because they ate raw food, and every part of the animal, the Inuit did not lack vitamins, even though they had almost no vegetables to eat. With the introduction of modern Western-style food, including fast food, over the past two to three decades, the Inuit diet has changed, and not for the better. The consumption of foods rich in sugar and carbohydrates has resulted in tooth decay and other diet-related medical problems.

A tradional bread, bannock, was made while trapping or living in camps. The dough could be wrapped around a stick and cooked over an open fire. A recipe for bannock that can be prepared in an oven accompanies this article.

Inuit favourite eat bearded/ringed seal, beluga whale and caribou and trout/cod fish. some other walrus, Canadian goose,

ptarmigan. etc, the eskimo/inuit most eat them all of the years, unstop and keep going! lol

some all of them mostly heathliest for food but some sea mammals making you more gaining cuz of Oil most from Seal oil making more gaining. well, inuit do eat some diet for berries, trout, soup caribou, etc etc

i done eat seal, caribou, muskox, beluga and trout it was so good! well, you know im an eskimo/inuk hehe

Answer 10

their meat isnt contaminated like commericial meat. their meat is fresh from the water and i'm sure they don't eat meat 24/7. im pretty sure they have some kind of store with imported foods like grains and fruits and veggies.