Vegetarians vs. Carnivores

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tue 11/10/2009

A collage of vegetables and a plate of steak and fries.

official name	Vegetarians.	Carnivores.
what they eat	Plants.	Animals.
some variations	Vegans, Lacto-ovo vegetarians, Ovo Vegeterianism, Lacto Vegetarianism and Part-Time Vegetarians.	Piscivores, people who won't eat certain meats like pork.
health benefits	A vegetarian diet reduces the risk of heart disease, cancer, colitis and other fatal diseases.	Meat contains high quality proteins, iron and B12, which most plants lack.
health concerns	Vegetarians sometimes suffer from nutritional and energy deficiencies.	Meat can carry dangerous bacteria like salmonella. People who eat lots of red meat are also more likely to die from cancer and heart disease. Meats can also be high in cholesterol which can lead to heart disease.
may believe eating animals is	Inhumane, inefficient and unsustainable.	Natural, delicious and can be sustainable.
environmental concerns	Going veggie helps the environment.	Beef consumption may contribute to global warming more than all forms of global transportation.
by region	The most vegetarian country in the world is India.	The most carnivorous countries in the world are Denmark, New Zealand, Luxembourg, Cyprus and the United States.
Latino variations	SoyRizo: soy-based chorizo.	Tamales, which were once stuffed with vegetables and spices, now come stuffed with meat.
what's money got to do with it?	Meat consumption in a country increases with income.	Much of the world – and Latin America in particular – subsists on a largely vegetarian diet.
religion	Hindusim, Buddhism and Janism promote vegetarianism as moral conduct.	Most Christian faiths have few if any food prohibitions. Judaism and Islam prohibit pork while promoting the consumption of meat under certain guidelines.
celebrity advocates	Shakira, Natalie Portman, Morrissey and Leona Lewis.	Anthony Bourdain, Gordon Ramsay and the late Dr. Robert Atkins.
popular books	Eating Animals.	Beef.
extremes	Raising vegan babies and vegan pets.	Eating bacon-wrapped-bacon and all-meat sandwiches like KFC's "Double Down."
quotes	"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." - Mahatma Gandhi.	"To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living. Vegetarians are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit, and an affront to all I stand for, the pure enjoyment of food." - Anthony Bourdain

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51 responses to “versus: Vegetarians vs. Carnivores”

I love vegetables, but you couldn't pay me to be a vegetarian. Gotta have meat!!

ΨMami YankeeΨ

tue 11/10 12:43am

Damn both sounds goood !! idk

hmm...i like both

People who eat plants 7 such are helping global warming by taking away what converts those harmful greenhouse gases & turns them into clean, usable oxygne lol

Jя.

tue 11/10 12:44am

either way you'd still be committing "murder" lol

&, not 7 lol

THis iS kinDa fUnnY b/c not that lONg aGo, thE club tHAt im iN, iN scHooL was seLLing nAchos thaT daY & Some grinGa caME up to mE sayinG: "are they veGeteriAn nAchoS.?!"
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