Guest guest Posted February 1, 2002 Report Share Posted February 1, 2002 Hi, I am looking for a good resource on health reasons to not eat fish for a friend. He's very health-oriented and is thinking fish is healthier than chicken, cows, pigs, etc. I will try and do some research on my own (everything is on the Internet, isn't it!?) but if anyone knows of any good sites or books, this will save me some time and I sure would appreciate it.... I am a month behind on news (just reading the Dec 2001 issue of Animal People now) and caught a reference to Burger King introducing a vegan burger. What caught my interest was the fact that it was trialed here in SF. I did a google search and saw that it had been discussed on other message boards. IDA has a story on it here: http://www.idausa.org/campaigns/vegan/itn_ap_burgerking.html For my own personal reasons, I prefer to eat at all-veggie restaurants but I think it's a step forward, definitely. Just curious if anyone has any first or second hand knowledge of these vegan BK burgers? And one more thing - A few weeks ago I was wearing a McVegan t-shirt and a stranger asked me about the term vegan. He thought it meant not eating anything that cast a shadow. That is a definitely a variation that I had not heard before. Tammy " Perform a death-defying act.... Go Vegan! " * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Tammy invites you to Be-A-Veg! Join SFBAVeg! email: - * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * FREE Vegetarian Starter Kit http://www.goveg.com/livevegpak.html _______ Get your free @ address at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 1, 2002 Report Share Posted February 1, 2002 > A few weeks ago I was wearing a McVegan t-shirt and a stranger asked me > about the term vegan. He thought it meant not eating anything that cast a > shadow. That's a " Simpsons " reference. In the episode that Lisa went vegetarian, the leader of the veg*n organization said he was " Level 5 Vegetarian -- I don't eat anything that casts a shadow. " --eric. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 1, 2002 Report Share Posted February 1, 2002 Tammy, > I am looking for a good resource on health reasons to not eat fish for a > friend. He's very health-oriented and is thinking fish is healthier than > chicken, cows, pigs, etc. I will try and do some research on my own > (everything is on the Internet, isn't it!?) but if anyone knows of any good > sites or books, this will save me some time and I sure would appreciate > it.... I'm sure you can find anything and everything on the Internet. However, from 'generally respected' sources, there's not going to be much telling people they should never eat fish. People who do not eat chicken or poultry but who eat fish tend to have good health, comparable to lactovovegetarians. If you eat little but fish (as some populations have done), you might run into health problems such as osteoporosis in later life or increased bleeding, but this is not a problem in moderate amounts, other things being equal. Some fish from certain waters are contaminated with mercury and PCBs and pregnant women are advised not to eat these fish: http://www.eatrightct.org/news.html The benefits of fish tend to be from high omega-3 fats (EPA and DHA) and low saturated fat. These benefits are touted so much that a recent article in the Loma Linda Vegetarian Nutrition & Health Letter (September 2001) asked " Should you eat fish? " . They concluded that if you are already at a low risk for cardiovascular disease, then there was no need to eat fish. Their site is at: http://www.llu.edu/llu/vegetarian/index.html Also, and this might be only a minor point, fish have a higher ratio of EPA to DHA than is common (and probably optimal) for humans. So, there is good reason to think that getting your omega-3s from other sources can be as good or possibly better. See my article on fats at (still somewhat under construction): http://www.veganoutreach.org/health/stayinghealthy.html#Fats There are quite a bit of environmental problems with industrial fishing. Many of those are listed here: http://state-of-coast.noaa.gov/bulletins/html/ief_03/ief.html This site is not totally anti-fishing, but it does cover a tremendous amount of problems with fishing and the environment. Fishing kills many marine mammals such as dolphins, whales, seals, as well as sea birds and turtles. So, even if you don't care about the fish, there seems to be no need to eat fish and many things to care about such as the environment and other animals. Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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