What is this colored fiber in my chicken?

Re:What is this colored fiber in my chicken? by ikurei on Monday April 10, 2017 @04:22AM (#14076858)

Still, we can do something about it right now. We may need meat, but we don't need meat in every meal; if we reduced the consumption of meat, we could conceivably switch to more expensive, less efficient, more humane ways to grow animals.

If you can afford it, you can also only buy meat from non-intensive farming. Or stop eating meat all together.

I just don't think it's morally right to wait for a solution that may not ever come, or not for a long time. I eat veggie fake-meat often, and sometimes it's great, but it's not close to real meat and I don't know that it'll ever be accepted by most of the population.

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Re:What is this colored fiber in my chicken? by qubyte on Monday April 10, 2017 @04:35AM (#14076897)

I absolutely agree. Reducing consumption is a win on pretty much every front. Another thing to do is diversify what is eaten. Have some (sustainably sourced) fish or shell fish a couple of days a week.

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Re:What is this colored fiber in my chicken? by jshevek on Monday April 10, 2017 @12:34PM (#14079971)

"We may need meat, but we don't need meat in every meal"

Is it still a common belief that we 'need meat'? I thought it was well established that humans in normal health do not _need_ meat to thrive - especially with our current technology and industry. We can easily meet all of our nutritional needs without any animal flesh.

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Re:What is this colored fiber in my chicken? by ikurei on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @06:51AM (#14086492)

I agree we don't need to eat meat, and I'm a vegetarian, but I'm around... 80% sure.

I'd rather use the less-strong statement I need to make a point. It is still a common belief that not eating meat is in some way less healthy, because plants have lower-quality proteins.

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Re:What is this colored fiber in my chicken? by kcanini on Monday April 10, 2017 @04:17PM (#14082163)

> We may need meat

ProTip: we don't need meat.

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