Do We Really Need To Eat Meat?

I know we can get protein from eggs. But what other sources have as much protein as meat. What about eggs? Do you think we shouldn't eat those either? I always wondered about where they fit in, because they are actually an unborn animal, right?

I can say I've never been to a slaughter house but to be truthful, if I did go I would probably still eat meat. Veggies are important but you still need the high iron content and protein from meat. And what's good enough for lions, tigers and other carnivores then it's good enough for me too.

The human body was designed to eat meat. It's one reason for the teeth that we have. We are meant to eat both meat and vegetables. Our bodies work better when we have a steady diet of both. It's one reason why in the past warriors were given meat, to help them be stronger and bigger. To give them what they needed to defend others. Yes we can get some protein from other sources but they do not equal the amounts given via meat. I don't have a problem eating meat at all. I've seen footages of slaughter houses and I have been on farms when they killed their chickens. It didn't bother me. Us eating meat is really no different then a lion or other predator doing so. You don't see a lion worrying about eating a zebra. It is natural for him to eat the meat, just as it should be for us.

I have had the pleasure of being the one to kill my own meat a few different times. No I am not a hunter. But I have helped out in the 60's at a beef farm and did get to watch them being slaughtered. But back then it was a terrible thing to see compared to know. I have been to the slaughter house here in St Paul and it is a fairly humane operation as far as providing meat for the worlds tables etc. As recently as a few years ago I killed some farm raised geese, ducks, and rabbits for food as well. I can eat meat of all sorts. I think it is basically the protein that it provides. I think anyhow. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

No we don't. But most of us feel a strong enough urge to because of the way we are brought up. If we had been brought up eating only vegetarian stuffs and never exposed to meat, chances are we will feel nothing wrong with our diet too. Cheers!

We need eat meat to support ourself stronge.

I think eating meat has been a part of our lives even back at our primitive years. I haven't eat meat over two years now,lot of people ask why and I just told them that its my choice and one way to respect other living things but I don't force them or advocate them to believe in me or be like me. For me, it's up to them if they will eat or not meat even if there are other sources of protein but like I said earlier eating meat has been a part of our lives. I think what you said about not witnessing how the animals die is one reason why we can still eat meat. I know a lot of people who don't eat beef but eat pork or chicken because when they were a child they saw a beef being slaughtered. Or like in some responses, if the killing looks human enough is still okey for them.

Hi,well i suppose that we dont need to eat meat really,but the only problem is that if all of us said we were not going to eat meat then look at all the people that would be out of work,and alsoo what would happen to the animals?all of the animals would have to stop breeding because there would be too many and they would just have to die of old age.Though i see what you are saying and if i killed a beast then there is no way that I could ever eat that meat.I once had a duck brought in for me,and i plucked it and gutted it,singed it ready to go into the oven,well i cooked it ,and wwe looked at it and none of us could eat it,as we thought we kind of knew that duck too well.