The reason cats and dogs are not that common as food source is simply that carnivores are worse in terms of economy. Why feed pig meat to another animal to eat their meat when you could easily eat the pig meat?
because we had to before we became an agricultural society. we sort of "evolved" further even and are now in a position where we wouldn't have to rely on meat to get all our nutrients in sufficient density.
If we get all the nutrients we need from those, we could skip that step as well. But most vegetarian diets can cause malnutrition as we are not herbivores.
if you don't supplement b12 in chicken feed, the chickens meat will have barely any b12 at all. same with pigs. cows are the only ones that can actually amass enough from natural sources to become a supplier, any other animal gets supplemented the same way a vegan supplements his b12 needs
Vitamin C. Primates can't produce it on their own. But other animals can. So, it is not added to thier feed I assume. But vegetables have them. There is no nutrient that falls into that category I guess
most vegetarian diets can cause malnutrition as we are not herbivores.
That's an asinine fucking take. As long as you plan your meals, vegetarian meals are no different than meaty meals.
If your entire benchmark is hurr-durr chicken has the lowest glycemic index, and more protein per calorie sure, but you aren't getting any other things.
There are studies that show the health benefits of being vegetarian. As long as you eat mindfully, plan a balanced diet, you shouldn't face any difficulty. I'm saying that as a guy who's generationally vegetarian.
You don't have to take my word for it, but here are some studies:
Vegan* diets. I've been a vegetarian for 20+ years and never had a b12 deficiency (or any other except for vitamin D). Eggs, yoghurt and cheese give me all I need without killing the animals.
Technically, milk products still kill cows as the cow first needs a child to produce milk and there is not really a large market for male cows besides for food. And I am certain that chickens are also killed the moment they stop producing eggs.
I have my own chickens that produce eggs. And I get my cheese and yoghurt from my local bio farmer. So at least it's not as horrible as some places. And all the animals involved have a decent to good life.
It's not difficult at all to get B12 on a vegan diet. Most plant milks or veggie burgers/sausages are fortified with it. Also 100% of cows and chickens are slaughtered on dairy and egg farms when they are no longer profitable to keep around. Not to mention male cows and chickens which are slaughtered almost immediately since they cannot produce eggs or milk.
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u/notschululu Aug 11 '26
The arbitrary Rule of Dogs as Mammals,, not being ok to farm but Dozens of other Mammals being completely fine to slaughter?