Hi steve , 
Amazing post ! You have something different from others 

Upvoted and followed 

Keep it up happy steeming 
God bless you

I was thinkin about it couple of month ago. To lessen the impact on the nature but it's still very controversial..
Giving the best life to chickens at the same time eating their eggs.. 
Being in a restaurant ordering a vegetarian meal and having great conversation with a friend who enjoyes tasty ribs..
It can't be helped anyway..

Im upvoting you and following, nice post. Thank you.

By reading your thoughts makes me wanna turn vegetarian! Nicely written ! Upvoted

I tried being a vegetarian for 1 full month but couldn't carry on the plan 🙈 😁 
But your post is just tempting me already to join the vegetarian bandwagon again.

I haven't eaten meat in a few years now(4 or 5) and since 2 years vegan. I do it for the animals. I had a dog (BullTerrier) from puppy till he died at 14 years old and he made me think about the whole thing. I loved him very much and then i started thinking about the other animals, how hypocrite I was by loving him, eating those others and in the mean time calling myself an "animal lover". So i first became vegetarian and later on tsu @ileniagen convinced me to go vegan and I love it. But people must do what they think is right and good for them, but also face the consequences... A lot of people don't understand the impact of their actions and blame others for the stuff they pay for.

Bang on Steve! I've been vegetarian all my life and completely agree with the logical points you make in this post. All the counter arguments I've heard against vegetarianism could be described as clutching at straws at best. I think people like to bury their heads in the sand and pretend they aren't making immoral lifestyle choices.

A thought provoking post, Resteemed!

Nice post. Most of my family members have become vegetarian :D. But i couldn't  .I think i should slowly cut down the amount.

We are making crab legs and chicken today.

We are making crab legs and chicken today.

Interesting thoughts. I just came across this article titled 
#### [The #1 Killer In The US: The Heart Disease Rates of Meat-Eaters Versus Vegetarians](http://www.renegadetribune.com/1-killer-us-heart-disease-rates-meat-eaters-versus-vegetarians/)
which is pertinent to this discussion from a health perspective.

> Studies are confirming the health benefits of meat-free eating. Nowadays, plant-based eating is recognized as not only nutritionally sufficient but also as a way to reduce the risk for many chronic illnesses.” 

Personally, I still add meat but at greatly reduced amounts compared to previous years. A non carnivore diet is also advertised as an example for healthy living in the [Book of Daniel](http://www.biblestudytools.com/daniel/1.html), where young Hebrews in Babylonian captivity are refusing the kings meat diet in favor of vegetarian cuisine. As a result, they thrived and were much healthier than those who consumed the royal wine and meat diet.

*ch @globocop*

I have been contemplating being a vegetarian for some time now like you i have cut down on meat and someday will be either vegetarian or pescatarian like yourself thanks for sharing. Upvoted and followed ;)

Meat eaters do not have an evolutionary advantage any more - damn, so true! I also heard an argument - look at human-like apes, they have big teeth, so they eat meat! OMG... Impressive knowledge in biology:(
About chicks, by the way. My mother (@animal-shelter) has the same vision as you do. She has a goat, she takes care of her - so the goat gives her milk and they're both happy. She has chicks, she takes care of them - and they give eggs. Fair enough:)

That's a well-reasoned way to look at it. Food is so tied to how many people identify themselves and how they identify 'others'. It can be such a sensitive subject!

I'll start by saying that am not going to give up meat, but it is something I though a lot about mostly because I love to cook. I live a bit further North than you (Denmark is about at the same latitudes as Scotland) and an industrial tomato grown in Denmark takes more energy than a Spanish tomato even if you include the transport. For homegrown tomatoes and most other fine vegetables we only have them in June and July - cabbages, apples and potatoes come in the beginning of the autumn and are obviously good to store. Kale is a special favourite as it can be in the ground even though the temperature is below zero. It's used for Christmas lunch served together with yes... pork.

I know that it is a philosophical fallacy to say that something is natural (because when you think of it everything is) but you can have a feeling of what is natural. To me it is to fell that I belong in the landscape where I live, and the further North you go the more important meat-eating is. I have been to Greenland a couple of times and cooking there was very interesting and hard because all plant-food has to be imported (except once a year where they eat a kind of grass or reed that tastes of ... well basically nothing). But to them it is a delicacy maybe becasue it gives them a second way of obtaining vitamin C :)

But I do use a lot of vegetables, and out of the short season only things that is grown here and can be stored. Potatoes, meat and gravy is simply to boring (and unhealthy). Only sometimes in the spring I use imported greens as this season is the most barren. It is first in June that we have the first edible plants that are not grown inside...

Glad to read you still eat fish. I just did a deep dive on the types of Omega 3 fats, would love your opinion on that if you get a chance to read it. 

I have cut down a lot on meat, but will still eat poultry most of the time and once a month or so some red meat. For the most part I think the key is also avoiding industrialized or processed foods.