Meat Eating v Plant-Based (video, balanced spiritual take in my opinion)

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Conclusions I've reached through my own research:  eating locally farmed or pasture raised/grass fed meat/dairy is about the best thing you can do for your health and for the environment.  Raw milk kefir is like liquid gold if you can find it.  

Also, veggies and carbs should be organic, you don't want to be taking in any of those pesticides (lowers testosterone and sperm count in men).  Carbs are good for energy, but don't have very many micronutrients.  Eating like our ancestors is the way to go, nothing like micronutrients and protein from quality, ethically raised animals.  Animals are a true gift to humanity.  Plant-based on a large scale kills a TON of animals too (arguably more than meat-based), so that's something else to consider....with large scale plant-based, you need a lot more land and you could easily see a shift forcing production from huge, massive, factory sized farms.  

We really need to go back to local, sustainable farming, and production of quality meat/dairy/fish; it's the best thing for our health and the health of our land.


There is also a fairly sinister agenda attached to the plant-based modes of eating that I'd rather not get into.

I am curious to hear the sinister agenda behind plant-based eating. I know grandmaster bill gates is big in to the impossible foods brand, which I avoid.

I have been largely plant based for the past couple years. I must say that the grand majority of land used for farming in the Americas is soybeans and corn to be used for animal feed. So this notion that a plant-based diet requires a lot more land than a traditional diet is simply not true. Also, I'm not sure if you are referring to field mice and other animals that get trapped in industrial plows when you say that plant-based diets kill a ton of animals. If that is what you are referring to, I will say that once again the grand majority of industrial plowed crops are used to feed cows and pigs to kill. Also, mice are very sensitive creatures that rely on vibrations of the earth to survive. I do not believe they will sit idly by as a 3000 pound plow shakes the earth around them.