OK, I am thoroughly disgusted. That old vegetarian rag about meat "putrefying" in the digestive tract got my goat. I had remembered reading at some point that we have different kinds of bacteria that help us digest different kinds of food; that fermentative bacteria help us digest carbohydrates and that putrefactive bacteria help us digest protein and fat. So the putrefaction of meat is actually a good thing, because that's how it gets digested.

Anyway, I wasn't sure if I was remembering this right, so I was trying to google around and find out how meat is digested. Here's where my disgust comes in. Almost any phrase you can think of to google about meat digestion pulls up page after page of vegetarian propaganda about how humans aren't meant to digest meat and we should all revert to being vegetarians. There is so much pseudoscientific claptrap that it made my head spin.

It makes me sad and angry that it is so easy to pull up page after page of misinformation just from googling "how meat is digested." No wonder people are so misguided about health issues.

Heh! I just typed in "How is meat digested?" in google and the first hit was from a UK government site and here's the section on digesting protein foods.

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/yrdd/

Other than that, loads of veggie propaganda.

The inconsistency in their arguments is hilarious. On one site they claim it takes extra-long to digest meat on another they say: (arguing that carnivores have short intestines).

Make up your minds already people!

Digestion is easy.

Proteins are broken down to amino acids and taken into the blood.

Fats are taken in as fats.

Carbohydrates are broken down into sugars and put into the blood.

Fiber is used by bacteria to make gas.

what makes me so angry is when the vegetarian/vegan crowd start using Jesus as their example that we are supposed to eat vegetarian....um...excuse me but remember the fish and 5 loaves of bread story???? (I hope no one is offended, none meant at all). Christ would not have served fish if fish was not meant for food! And how many stories involved lamb? Years ago my son had issues with this. He went to our pastor and asked if it was sin to eat meat. (after hearing and reading a bunch of vegetarian stuff). Our pastor started telling him lots of stories about Jesus either serving or being present at meat/fish based meals. I can't believe the lengths that people will go to push their agenda.

From health to religion...stories and misconceptions abound. it's no wonder people searching for answers get so lost. I just know how I feel eating this way and it's like I'm a different person, I feel so much better. I'm so glad "I'M" done searching!

No way could Jesus had fasted for 40 days and nights without eating meat.

All this vegetarian BS is giving me flashbacks...



- Denis Leary, No Cure for Cancer, 1992

To see it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q7kUFS-0XQ if you want to see just this section, start around 6:15

Right so maybe that was uncalled for, but it's all I could think of when I was reading the veggie responses on meat digestion...

OMG, I'm sitting here at work (I'm on a break, folks, really) sobbing--sobbing!--with silent laughter. Thanks for posting that!

I love Denis Leary, and I especially love No Cure for Cancer. That may be my favorite comedic monologue of all time.

"...ride the rest home." Heeee.

I actually find I stink less with the more meat I eat and less carbs... less gassy too.

I noticed that I smelled really horrendous the first week or so that I started eating higher fat, but then it went back to normal.

I am so jealous of you, Liz, not needing to wear anything to stop the wetness. I sweat so much in my pits. I tried using one of those deodorant "rocks," and although it works fine for odor (better than anything I've ever tried, actually, as my body doesn't really react well to the stuff, smell-wise, whether it's scented or not), I couldn't stand dripping sweat from my pits all the time.

But what is really weird is that someone mentioned above about the less smelly BM's and I just realized that is really true. And the no gas is always a plus.

I bought into the "vegetarians smell better than meat-eaters" back in my misspent youth. Why? Because predatory animal manure really does stink! And my pet rabbits didn't (unless I didn't keep them clean.) Then my black and white world vision suffered a tsunami of unwelcome facts. HORMONES affect manure smells, and the guys ALWAYS outstank the girls. This included my rabbits! And I visited dairy farms where the alfalfa fed cows' breath (both ends) would almost knock me off my feet.
As I got older , and vegetarianism made me ill, I took up meat-eating again, though reluctantly, because meat was a lot more expensive than tofu. And almost a decade ago, because I was dying and seriously overweight, I went lowcarb and based my diet on animal proteins. Among other benefits, I suddenly had less body odor, and my feet quit knocking people over when I removed my shoes.
So now, although buried memories twang when I see vegetarian propaganda, I no longer am swayed by them. I'm an unashamed carnivore!

Sounds to me like the wolves are telling the lambs what they should eat. Maybe the Greys are behind this? And here, hold this apple in your mouth...

I crack me up

You crack me up too, Teaser. XD

If there's one thing I've learned, it's that veg*n "science" is often full o' crap. Veg*nism is often Serious Business for its practitioners - they are sometimes so devoted and that they will constantly repeat anything that supports their way of life as superior, no matter how stupid, how flawed, or how long it's been debunked.

In fact, studying these people lead me to develop a motto: Never trust a scientist with a philosophical or ethical dogma to buttress.

If you want enough information to debunk anything a veg*n can throw at you to last a lifetime, there's a page of links here.
http://peta-sucks.com/smf/index.php?topic=31805.0

Me too!

My favorite little tidbit of veg*n propaganda are the claims that they can tell a meat-eater by their rotten stench. Honestly, get over yourself.

I had to buy Drysol when I was veg bc I sweat so much and would constantly stink, especially in winter wearing a heavy coat and sweater on transit. By the time I got to work I'd be drenched and dank. Never mind the lovely flatulence that accompanied me everywhere.

Thanks for the Dennis Leary! God, I love that man.

Flatulence! I remember flatulence!

I was in a group of veggie people who associated fairly regularly, and flatulence became such a commonplace that people would comment on each other's flavors. "Oh, that must those lentils that David made us for lunch!"

I never got used to that and would ignore such comments to death.