Dutch wrote:
> K wrote:
>> John Mayson wrote:
>>> On Fri, 26 Jun 2009, K wrote:
>>>
>>>> Eating meat in moderate amounts won't harm your health, either.
>>>> Meat is an excellent source of protein, some minerals and other
>>>> nutrients.
>>>
>>> Protein that you just **** down the drain.
>>
>> False.
>>
>>
>>> We can get all the protein we need and then some from plant sources.
>>
>> So? If that's your preference, then do it; just don't try to claim
>> you're being "more ethical" for it. You aren't.
>>
>>
>>> And what "other nutrients" do you suggest we get from meat?
>>
>> Iron, zinc, omega-3 fatty acids, B and D vitamins, selenium.
>
> Specifically B-12 which is only reliably available from animal sources.

Good point. However, I wasn't specifically interested in nutrients that
are unique to meat. Mayson seemed to be suggesting that there aren't
any important nutrients found in meat. Nor was I claiming that meat is
necessarily the best source for these nutrients; my claim is limited to
the fact that meat /is/ a source for some important nutrients.

What I find distressing about this part of the thread is my certainty
that, in the end, he's suddenly going to abandon the nutrition argument
entirely, and fall back onto some variant of "meat is murder". It bugs
me when people use a smokescreen argument that they only intend to
abandon later on anyway.