I'm all for being against fur because its a luxury and completely unneccessary but trying to persuade the whole world to go vegetarian?!?!?
Thats just going too far.

Next are you going to hunt down lions because they're meat eaters? Maybe you could offer them lettuce instead of antelope. Meat is a viable part of our diet something that has always been part of our diet.

Promote organic meat rather than no meat at all, its more practical and has more chance of success

Posted by: Tom | February 19, 2007 10:54 AM

Many times I have read from different sources that if you eat meat and dairy your digestion slows down and your immune system is suppressed; you also age faster and get sick more often. I gave them up and my well being improved dramatically. There is a huge interest from the dairy industry in keeping you as a consumer, so they promote the outrageous lie that dairy products are the "best" source of calcium and good for your body. This is a scam, all they want is your money think about it; you can get all that calcium and protein and nutrition from plant sources without all the side effects, and without the cruelty and guilt associated with factory farms.

Posted by: Dinah | March 13, 2007 12:19 PM

Unless you have seriously studied Veganism, your comment is totally without merit. The truth is that we are most closely related to the monkey/chimp kingdom and they are mainly vegetarian. It is unnatural for humans to consume the milk of another mammal and mother's milk is meant for their babies, not other adult humans. (sadly, the baby calves are taken from their mothers and given formula so that humans can have their milk.. do you call THAT normal???). Meat eaters DO smell in a scent not the way Vegans do and being at the gym myself 5x a week, trust me, the meat eaters "stink" when they sweat. Humans are created to use our brains and to think rationally. Since we are 98% or higher in DNA to that of the monkey kingdom, it is more natural to eat the way they do. Human intenstines are not created (way too long) to property digest meat and it is rotted by the time it reaches the colon, thus a much larger chance of having colon cancer, tape worms, etc. The "lactose" intolerance problem is apparent because humans are simply not "created" to properly digest dairy products. There are tons of other ways to get calcium. Milk actually "leaches" calcium from a person's bones. Look at all the elderly people with osteoporisis and other bone issues. They most likely have eaten dairy their entire lives. Once I gave up the dairy, my digestive tract issues cleared up with very little gas pains, etc. The Vegan diet takes human intellect to an entirely new level. Try it, you'll see the difference. There are tons of recipes out there and you'll save the cruelty and killing of an animal at the same time. My family is always asking me "what is in that", and "it tastes so good", etc. and I can proudly say it is Vegan without compromising taste. Gigi

Posted by: gigi | March 16, 2007 12:13 AM

I have always thought there was something to body odor scent in relation to diet. I have noticed that the Big Burger eaters really do emit a strong and unattractive odor in breath, sweat,etc. Since I was 18 yrs old(today Im 33), I moved towards the vegetarian diet. I can survive just fine on salt crystal deodorant(just for back up security) and my feet have never stunk. This is an interesting study!

Posted by: driftwood | March 16, 2007 09:13 PM

That is such an interesting article, I've always wondered about that. For me, I didn't go vegan for health reasons, it was a decision based on knowing what the animals go through during their lives in order to feed us. Lions do not torture and abuse their prey from birth to death, they kill them when they have to. Animals that you end up on your plate have likely been born into a life of hell. That is so utterly cruel and unnatural.

Posted by: Lisa | March 17, 2007 05:07 AM

I've heard that if you go camping and you eat bananas or other sweet smelling fruit that you will attract more mosquitoes. Garlic is known to keep the little blood suckers away. But the catch is that if it's keeping the bugs away, it's probably keeping your fellow campers away too! Ha! Yeah, but I have noticed that some meat eaters give off a bitter kind of smell. I don't know what I smell like because I'm around me all the time. Also, no matter who you are, if you wear the same sweaty shoes every day, they will stink no matter what. Swamp foot!

Posted by: Kim | March 18, 2007 02:30 PM

I just wanted to point out that the study quoted above was not published by the NIH. The study was done by scientists at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic and was published in an Oxford University Press journal called Chemical Senses. The reference is: The effect of meat consumption on body odor attractiveness. Chem Senses. 2006 Oct;31(8):747-52.

There is no apparent affiliation with the NIH.

Posted by: Mark | March 24, 2007 12:44 AM

I know lots of people have answered the original poster, but I think it's good to show the astounding variety of arguments on our side. =)

(1) Why shouldn't we try to persuade people, if we think we're on the right path? It would be wrong to FORCE people into giving up meat, but there's nothing wrong with trying to reason with them.

(2) Lions are not human beings: they are not endowed with opposable thumbs or ethical thinking; they cannot but eat what they've evolved to eat. Humans, on the other hand, not only have the ability to manufacture things and to care about the suffering of others, but also have the most comprehensive diet of all animals. We were able to take over the earth not only because we think, but also because we eat nearly anything. Ethical thinking shows, us, therefore, that, if i's true that our choices are so vast, we don't really need to feed off of the suffering of other creatures. There'll always be tons of other options.

Posted by: fernandes | March 25, 2007 11:43 AM

Meat does not cause "stink". It is toxins in you system from many sources that case the "stink".

Posted by: Bill | April 10, 2008 07:46 PM