ha... i'm pretty sure my parents still think i'm a pod person. i have much older parents and it's hard to get them to think outside the box sometimes with issues they have grown to accept as truth. Well, i guess that goes for a lot of other people besides my parents, young and old.
i'm sure many people associate environmentalism and morality with vegetarianism but i'm not sure i agree. we are higher up on the food chain and animal meat has always been a staple part of the human diet as well as many other living creatures. I do find it hard to achieve a happy medium though. I adamantly disagree with profit driven farmers who pump up their animals with hormones and feed them pesticide-infected crap, which ultimately we are absorbing but find it hard to resist the delicious pulled pork at the local bar 'n grill. At home i'm primarily vegetarian mainly b/c the organic meats at the grocery are too pricey. whoever said buying organic really doesn't cost that much more, sure weren't talking about the meat selection. Could anyone explain why this is?
For those who vouch for substituting all their protein intake for soy products, you may want to consider creating a more varied diet.
http://www.mercola.com/2004/jan/21/soy.htm
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