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Environment & Energy

GliderGuider

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7. We low-carbers have our own name for bacon.

Reply to DebJ (Reply #6)

Tue Sep 16, 2014, 09:36 AM

Sep 2014

We call it "meat candy"!

I'm in a narsty fix when it comes to diet. I'm perfectly aware of the environmental issues around meat, but I have metabolic syndrome that makes it dangerous for me to get many of my daily calories from starches. The gods have an evil sense of humour!

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Greenhouse gas fear over increased levels of meat eating (BBC) [View all] eppur_se_muova Sep 2014 OP

I guess as we fear the loss of a thing, we overconsume. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #1

I find it hard to believe meat consumption is increasing.... I'm surrounded by vegetarians these DebJ Sep 2014 #2

Think of the developing world GliderGuider Sep 2014 #3

Thanks. That makes sense. n/t DebJ Sep 2014 #4

American meat consumption peaked a decade ago GliderGuider Sep 2014 #5

I just can't imagine myself eating a half a pound of meat a day. Maybe once or twice a year with DebJ Sep 2014 #6

We low-carbers have our own name for bacon. GliderGuider Sep 2014 #7

The special dietary needs of a small number of people don't destroy the planet. DebJ Sep 2014 #8

Thanks GliderGuider Sep 2014 #9

you eat pigs? stuntcat Sep 2014 #10

Yes, I do. Do you know that I'm ecologically conscious? GliderGuider Sep 2014 #11

considering all this you still eat pigs? stuntcat Sep 2014 #12

Yes, I do. And cows, and sheep and goats. GliderGuider Sep 2014 #13

the worms will not murder you brutally after a lifetime of torture stuntcat Sep 2014 #14

again stuntcat Sep 2014 #15

Expecting others to share your personal morality on any subject is a losing proposition. nt GliderGuider Sep 2014 #16

your health reasoning ("for years") stuntcat Sep 2014 #17

We'd need a much longer convo to sort this out. Briefly GliderGuider Sep 2014 #18