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[FlightorFight]

Originally posted by cheesegrater@Mar 6 2005, 05:48 PM
The arguments that you need proteins from animals and calcium is bullshit made up by the dairy and meat industry.
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You are mistaken, read the article below.

http://www.vegan-straight-edge.org.uk/taxonomy.htm

People get calcium deficiency. Osteoperosis anyone? :whistle:
And human beings need proteins too. The only way to get the complete proteins we need are from animals. It's true, you can get proteins from other things like soy and what have you. However, those complete proteins are in animal meats. I know a few people (all of them vegan) who were hospitalized. One girl told me that she had something low in her blood, she wasn't getting enough protein and the nurses made her eat meat.

As far as your link concerning Herbivore vs. Carnivore and their jaw/tooth makeup, did you look at the site? Or have you looked in your mouth lately? We have molars in the back for mashing meat (and vegetables too, because we need them, hence a balanced diet) as well as incisors. They're pointy to rip animal flesh. Meat is in the food pyramid as part of the foods we need to eat. Did the meat and milk industry make that one up too? Our biological makeup supports eating meat, our teeth, and the nutrients and proteins that we do need. Science supports it.