What does all this food have in common?

Its all 100% vegetarian.

Don't be worried, this isn't going to be a shock or guilt topic.

For years humans have had the technology to go completely vegetarian and vegan. ( I'm not vegan because I get some of my protein from eggs) Its just the fact that meat makes money and thats the only reason were still eating meat.

Some of you may be concerned about your health or weight.
Others of you feel sorry for the animals that are used to make your meals.
Maybe you would like to go green? (real green, not al gore green)

Either way, before you click the back button on your browser take a look at some of these facts:

•Plants yield 10 times more protein per acre than meat.

•Most vegetarians have lower cholesterol levels than meat eaters.

•Vegetarians have fewer cases of colon cancer and digestive problems.

•Health conditions, such as diabetes, obesity, gallstones, and kidney stones, are much less common in vegetarians.

•Twenty-thousand pounds of potatoes can be grown on one acre of land, but only 165 pounds of beef can be produced in the same space.

•Forty-five percent of the total land in this country is used to raise animals for food or crops to feed these animals.

•Rainforests, vital to earth's oxygen supply, are being destroyed at an alarming rate - the top cause is the raising of animals for food.

•According to the Environmental Protection Agency, factory farming pollutes U.S. waterways more than all industrial sources combined.

I don't want to hear about people saying humans were created to eat meat because of our incisors (which is completely incorrect, because we don't have the correct kind of incisors dedicated to eating meat. Look at a monkeys teeth or more accurately a lions)

People also say animals kill animals everyday so therefore it must be correct to feed off of other animals. If you're that dedicated to trying to remain as intelligent as animals then I suggest logging off the computer as its past your time era.

Complaining about the price of going vegetarian isn't an effective argument against vegi food either because people always factor regular groceries + meat + vegetarian food... which to this day I don't understand why they would still factor in meat. The prices of meat are skyrocketing and the taxes are increasing to "save the earth" Who would want to buy meat with chemicals and viruses sprayed all over it anyways.


Going vegetarian or just cutting down on meat intake is not a very radical life change. Now days its as easy as changing the brand of food you buy.
Morningstar is my favorite brand for almost everything while Boca has a monopoly on my ground hamburger.


Now I would like to challenge everyone to a test. The test is to buy a pack of these vegetarian ribs the next time they are at the grocery store and prepare them as you normally would with meat for your family dinner. (Don't tell them it isn't real meat until their done most people are wayyy too judgemental)



To be honest, I REALLY think you will buy them again. The taste just dumbfounds me.


On an ending note: Imagine if all omnivores (if you think your a carnivore; your ignorant) reduced their meat intake by only 50%. 3.5 BILLION (half the number of every human on earth) animals would not die per year. Imagine all the carbon those animals may emit. Think about the impact vegetarianism could have on your health as well not to mention its another great way of sticking it to the man. Now thats healthy AND green!

Alas, what wickedness to have one living creature fed by the death of another... in the midst of such wealth as Earth, the best of Mothers, provides.

Pythagoras

If God did not intend for us to eat animals then why did he make them so delicious?

Soy isn't healthy, recommending one unhealthy product over another is stupid.

Originally posted by djquinn
If God did not intend for us to eat animals then why did he make them so delicious?

They aren't so delicious unless you dress them up. Try eating meat with no spices, salt or anything else, just plain raw meat. I guarantee it won't be delicious as you think

One it takes like garbage and yes I have tried multiple things as my wife went on a vegan kick awhile back.

Two: Meat is very good for you actually and there is studies showing how Soy products can cause major issues for men including the dreaded increase in man boobs.

Three: Is ATS really the place for this topic? It's barely BTS material. There is many things to look at if man were to stop eating meat it could have a drastic effect on the world we live in and possibly not for the better.

Originally posted by whoshotJR
One it takes like garbage and yes I have tried multiple things as my wife went on a vegan kick awhile back.

Two: Meat is very good for you actually and there is studies showing how Soy products can cause major issues for men including the dreaded increase in man boobs.

Three: Is ATS really the place for this topic? It's barely BTS material. There is many things to look at if man were to stop eating meat it could have a drastic effect on the world we live in and possibly not for the better.

One: You obviously haven't tried it if you think it tastes like garbage. That is such a BS comment because I KNOW you have not had what I posted.. and you know it too.

Two: Don't you know who the studies were done by?

Three: I think anything that wakes anyone up from ignorance is ATS material.
How the hell could going vegetarian and green hurt the earth?

And to djquinn: Well first of all gods not real but thats a whole other story. Meat tastes good because of the HERBs and spices used. Have you ever had Human meat to prove that animals taste good and humans dont? I didn't think so.

Lets hope some intelligent people find this post.

Originally posted by DaMod

As much as I appreciate what you are doing with this thread, I have tried this veggie meat and it tastes like cardboard to me.

Some does yes, but I can say the same about meat.

Have you had exactly what I posted?

Morningstar ribs. Try them.

Originally posted by Rawhemp
Soy isn't healthy, recommending one unhealthy product over another is stupid.

Show me an unbiased test. That is, not funded by some meat company.

Not all Vegi products are made of soy by the way.

I was feeling hungry until i came across this thread.

Good thing i have a nice mustard bunny on the way.
Oh and cake too.

if you're going to be a vggie, why eat food that resemble meat? if you like meat so much, why force yourself to eat fake meat?

Also that burger looking type substance has cheese and what looks like mayo in it.
Shame on you.

Originally posted by DOADOA
if you're going to be a vggie, why eat food that resemble meat? if you like meat so much, why force yourself to eat fake meat?

I'd guess it is because people believe meat eating is habitual and habitual activities are easier to curb gradually. Like those fake cigs that look like real cigs. It helps the person break the habit (transitioning to vegetarian diet) while minimizing the psychological effect.

Believe me, you grow up on St Louis ribs and then quit meat (for whichever reason) and you are gonna crave ribs. Sticky, saucy, succulent ribs. With fatty meat all over them.... droooooool

Well, if you cannot have them, you could go gnaw on a carrot or you could warm up some of those Morning Star ones. The Morning Star ones actually do the trick for me. Not bad at all.

As someone who has been feeling internally 'urged' over the past few years to go vegetarian, I do find it comforting that alternative meat-less foods are out there. I do really appreciate meat but I feel that as an advanced society we ought not be breeding animals in disgusting pens only to slaughter and eat them. I do eat meat, but I don't really like the idea of what is going on.

Well I definately dont feel hungry looking at the 2nd, 3rd and 4th pictures.

What on earth even is that in the 2nd picture? It looks radioactive.

Im sure on some level we must be designed to eat meat because otherwise why would we eat in the first place? Think it says alot as well that even though there's all these vegetarian products to replace meat, its still made to look and taste like meat.. why is that?

I have tried vegetarian food in the past... the majority of it has been pretty dire, there has been a couple of things that have been edible.. but I guess thats the price you pay for whatever reason is it that you become vegetarian in the first place.

Originally posted by nine0099thousand
One thing that I was never able to decide is whether eggs should be included in a strict vegetarian diet. But I think that is the same arguement as abortion.

Not really, I think the vast majority of chicken eggs that we eat are unfertilized. So no baby chicken would hatch if it was left to its own devices.