John Mayson wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, 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.
>
> No. True.

No, false.


> Americans eat far more protein than their bodies can use

Prove it.


> and unused protein is expelled in the urine.
>
>>> 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.
>
> I never did.

You will.


>
>>> And what "other nutrients" do you suggest we get from meat?
>>
>> Iron, zinc, omega-3 fatty acids, B and D vitamins, selenium.
>
> And you also lose vital nutrients like vitamin C and fiber by feeding
> plants to animals and eating the animals.

No, you don't "lose" those, any more than you "lose" the physical
components of coal or oil by burning them to make electricity.

Fact: feeding vegetable matter to animals is not inefficient. To claim
it is is to misunderstand what efficiency means.