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Re:Australia to produce seaweed cattle feed that reduces met... by lizknope on Thursday September 24, 2020 @10:55AM (#24579190)
There are around 300 million vegetarians in India. That is close to the population of the United States. Whatever health problems you think they may suffer from it isn't the ability to procreate.

I gave up meat 6 years ago. All of my non subtle clinically diagnosed health problems went away.

I did it because I couldn't think of killing animals anymore and the wonderful side effects of obesity, high blood sugar, and high blood pressure all went away.

I'm never touching meat again.

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Re:Australia to produce seaweed cattle feed that reduces met... by tassl on Thursday September 24, 2020 @12:58PM (#24580760)
Most of the benefits you mention come from weight loss, and almost any intervention that can cut weight during the first years would report similar improvements.

Plenty of people lose weight, drop blood sugar and drop blood pressure by going keto. And some with a more extreme carnivore diet.

The real comparison here would be to have "2 people like you" 6 years ago and have two interventions. One going vegetarian and another going keto or carnivore, and see where there are now.

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Re:Australia to produce seaweed cattle feed that reduces met... by nradov on Thursday September 24, 2020 @11:52AM (#24579825)
There's more to life than procreation. How many of those 300 million vegetarians are still able to perform at a high level in strength and endurance into their 50s and 60s?

Assuming equal caloric intake there is no reliable evidence that eating meat increases obesity, blood sugar, or blood pressure. Rather the opposite.

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Re:Australia to produce seaweed cattle feed that reduces met... by MisterBastahrd on Thursday September 24, 2020 @02:56PM (#24582193)
The fun thing about restrictive diets is that you have to watch what you eat to stay on them.
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