hmmmm…interesting. What are your thoughts?

Great idea but I think I might have trouble selling it to the maile meateaters in the family.

I like this idea a lot and have based my diet around this type of theme with the exception that I probably have fish 2 or 3 times during the week.

It seems to make sense from a historical perspective. Mankind weren’t particularly efficient hunters and throughout history Meat was a big thing to have and associated with feasts and not something that was regularly available.

I could be wrong on this but it seems that has led to the development whereby most of the “essential” things we get from meat are fat soluble and/or stored by the body (like fat itself!) in such a way that they are used up slowly. Whereas most of what we get from fruit, vegetables, nuts and the like are water soluble and used up quickly needing regular topping up.

When this started I thought I wouldn’t last the full video, but he made a lot of sense. “Your last hamburger”. But I am weak. I could maybe manage weekend veg, but not weekday.
Incedently I grew up on a farm in central Victoria which, like most of the fellow farms, produced beef cattle as well as lambs for wool and meat. I hear a lot about these factory farms and I’m not ignorant enough to deny their existance, but I find a lot of these promoters of vegetarianism speak as if it is the only source of all the meat we eat. I suggest that people do their own research and they might be pleasantly surprised.

I’m interested as a professional athlete how integral/essential meat is to your diet?

Is it possible to undertake a strict vegetarian diet and still meet the physical requirements of a contact sport?

This is a very good idea. But what happens to all of the meat that has been produced and not sold? How long will it take for supermarkets and butchers to order less and for abattoirs to kill fewer noble beasts? And for farmers to reduce stock or herds? I hate to think of animals dying and then the meat just being thrown away. What can we do to ensure this doesn’t happen?

BTW TedTalks are great, aren’t they? Loved the Jamie Oliver and Sir Ken Robinson (x2).

Hey Harry, are you considering going vegetarian? I can recommend it. It shouldn’t affect your footy either. Give it a go.

My 2c: I reckon yeah – if enough people live like this it will help in some ways. But he’s a bit “preachy”. I am used to hunting with aborigines for my food, so it does not apply. BUT – for those lucky enough to live in the city (and be able to go and watch Harry O et al each week and think food grows in supermarkets – sure, go veg! ….but there’s enough aussies telling us this, without it having to be another yank. I think we should eat more wobbly/roo meat, bc hoofed animals are not so good on aussie land.

Henz

Hey All
Have kicked off my ethical/healthy/enviro vege lifestyle with “MEATLESS MONDAYS”!
5 days is too much of a cell shock? Try just one – Meatless Monday.

I’m a vegetarian… not because i love animals, i just HATE plants.