[Answered] Why is the consumption of Meat considered bad - eviltoast

I heard something to do with Nitrogen and …cow farts(?) I am really unsure of this and would like to learn more.

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  • Ethical reason for consuming animals
  • Methane produced by cows are a harmful greenhouse gas which is contributing to our current climate crisis
  • Health Reasons - there is convincing evidence that processed meats cause cancer
  • it takes a lot more calories of plant food to produce the calories we would consume from the meat.

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  • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    you just don’t know what you’re talking about. cattle are raised in the field and then finished on feed lots.

    grass fed just means that the cattle were only fed grass. but all cattle eat grass

    • fkn@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Only until they are weaned. Then onto the feed lot they go and corn they eat.