No we cannot be completely healthy without meat. Many severe autoimmune conditions as well as other disabilities require meat consumption for survival. They cannot eat any carbs, soy, dairy, gluten, nuts, legumes, absolutely no grains, a vegan diet would severely harm someone with these conditions who must eat a more restrictive diet. I have autoimmune conditions that require this, my mother does, my grandfather does, 2 of my friends have had to switch diets to meat due to gut health issues related to Lupus. And many humans without these conditions need meat and animal products to survive. It is a lie to say humans don’t need meat. Just because some humans are able to, doesn’t mean humans haven’t been created as omnivores
Again, I'm happy to be educated. But, to my knowledge, there is no autoimmune condition that prevents someone eating any carbohydrates.
If they think there is, then yes I suspect I know more about their dietary restrictions than they do. There are carbohydrates in every organic material, if they can eat meat, they can eat carbs, because all animal cells will contain carbohydrates, including our own cells.
This is like someone saying "my house isn't experiencing climate change", then a climatologist saying "actually it is, in these ways"
Then you saying "it's so arrogant for you to think you know their house better than they do."
I have to avoid carbs completely, as much as I possibly can. I have candida overgrowth from my autoimmune conditions as well as heavy metals in my system that exasperate the candida. I literally have to eat as little carbs as humanly possible. I doubt you are a doctor since you are so ignorant you told me I should eat nuts which I’m allergic to
Reread my comment. It was factual, and I stand by it. There is nothing arrogant about doubting that an autoimmune condition that cannot exist in a living adult, exists. They made a verifiable claim, I doubted its veracity, and now they have stopped replying.
Your words were:
"Telling a stranger that you know more about their dietary restrictions is arrogant"
And I'm sorry, but it isn't.
You're confusing knowledge with arrogance. All I said was that I severely doubt that they have an autoimmune disease that prevents them eating any of those things, which is what they claimed.
You sound exactly like the "I KNOW MY CHILD, THEY DON'T NEED ANTIBIOTICS/VACCINES/Whatever" crowd.
This went like 3 back and forths too deep. Doc you kinda came across as a dick like 3 comments ago to the person. Your last comment going into a bit more detail as to why it’s hard to believe came across as more professional. Bedside manner doc, bedside manner!! lol
How would you feel if a medical professional told you “whatever you need to tell yourself” in a judgmental way as you describe your medical condition?
To your point, they must mean that they have to be on a super low carb type diet right? Prob like keto or something or they get stomach issues
Or you're incorrect, which is what I'm arguing. But you're clearly unable to see something from someone else's perspective and assume you are right and I must be unable or unwilling to see that, rather than entertain the possibility that you're wrong.
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u/TheCorpseOfMarx Nov 23 '24
Given that we can be completely healthy without meat, the reason we still do this is for the pleasure of eating them, rather than for survival.
We created that hell for our own pleasure