[geeks] Booze and Religion

[Amy]

On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Mike Meredith wrote:

> On Friday 08 March 2002 22:01, you wrote:
> > > >	Unluckily, due to my blood type, I have to eat meat. I know
> > > > people with the same blood type who have made themselves diabetic
> > > > by being pure vegans.
>
> Vegans who aren't careful are likely to have health problems, but
> diabeties ?

probably due to the sheer sugar content of most fruits, vegetables, and
grains. it tends to upset the way your body processes insulin, i believe,
so it makes those people who ingest more than your average amount of
carbohydrates more susceptible to diabetes.

> > > OUCH.  What blood type is that?
> >
> > 	O+ : http://www.vegsource.com/klaper/diet.htm explains it a bit
>
> I'm also O+. I guess as I don't eat meat (and haven't for nearly 15
> years) and as I eat wheat, I should just fall over dead. Sorry to
> disappoint you, but I don't feel like doing that.

dude, there's nothing worse in this world than a vegetarian with a stick
up their ass about it. ease up ;p

> > though the author disagrees with the theory. It dosen't help that I
> > litterally crave bloody meat sometimes.
>
> The crankier vegetarians claim that meat-eaters are addicted to eating
> meat in the same way that a smoker is addicted to smoking. Certainly I
> went through a phase of craving meat when I gave up.

i've always wondered why people who choose a certain 'lifestyle' (food,
religion, sexuality, etc) always end up shouting their justifications,
reasons, and symptoms to the world and comparing one to the other with relish.

i mean, am i the only person here who eats bacon cause it just tastes
good? or eats pears cause they, oh gee, taste good? there's not any higher
thought process involved. i see food, if it appeals to me, i eat it.

--a