The Queer Vegans

The vegans claim that I am attacking humanity by denying the humanity of the animals. We HUMANS--the rulers of the world--EAT MEAT. Oh my. I have just one question: What humanity are we talking about when lions eat meat? Yet, we cannot kill lions because it destroys the "eco balance"? Please give me a break. Vegans are so foolish to destroy themselves and condem the world to soy. Obvisouly, intelligent people will not fall for such stupidity.

As Prof. Carl Cohen lectured, Why Animals Do Not Have Rights. I think every veganite and those leaning in this direction needs to hear this lecture.

Animals (that is, non-human animals, the ordinary sense of that word) lack this capacity for free moral judgment. They are not beings of a kind capable of exercising or responding to moral claims. Animals therefore have no rights, and they can have none. This is the core of the argument about the alleged rights of animals. The holders of rights must have the capacity to comprehend rules of duty, governing all including themselves. In applying such rules, the holders of rights must recognize possible conflicts between what is in their own interest and what is just. Only in a community of beings capable of self-restricting moral judgments can the concept of a right be correctly invoked.

Or read this short essay by Russell Madden. Here's a quote.

If a gazelle has a right to its life, does the lion then not have a right to its life since it needs to kill the gazelle or some other such animal to survive? It is also true that humans are animals. If a lion somehow does not violate the rights of a gazelle when it hurts it or kills it, how can a human do so? (And does a lion violate a human's rights if it kills and eats a person?)

...People who advocate the myth of "animal rights" are at best ignorant of what rights truly are. At worst, they are anti-human, preferring that a humanity "infecting" the planet and disturbing "Nature" or "Gaia" be obliterated. Their anti-rational actions serve only to dilute and destroy the very concept of "rights." Promoting the moral position of animals over people -- the mantra that a rat is a pig is a human -- undercuts the distinctive and unique quality of free will that makes us who we are.

Nuf said.

Videos of note:

The Cholesterol Myth


Exposing the Cholesterol Myth


Why Soy Is NOT a Health Food

Differentiation of ALA (plant sources) from DHA + EPA (marine sources) as Dietary Omega-3 Fatty Acids for Human Health

It is truly annoying and mind boggling to keep hearing the vegans claim you get enough Omega 3 from non-meat sources. They refer to flax, walnuts, canola oil, etc. as sufficient sources. In their foolish quest to rid the world of meat eating they fail to realize that this Omega 3 is ALA (a-linolenic acid) not the superstars DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid). All of the research showing the myriad benefits of Omega 3 oils is based on DHA/EPA not ALA!

Omega-3 fatty acids (n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids)…Certain plant sources (and derived vegetable oils) such as flaxseed, canola oil, walnuts, etc. contain significant amounts of the plant-based omega-3 fatty acid known as a-linolenic acid (ALA, 18:3n-3). …Flaxseed and other plant-derived oils are totally lacking in DHA/EPA combined whereas DHA/EPA are found in fish/fish oils which contain very minor amounts of ALA. ….

…A recent study seeing flaxseed oil rich in ALA has confirmed a moderate rise in circulating plasma lipid levels of EPA plus DPA (but not DHA); the authors suggest that this rise, although moderate, in EPA plus DPA might possibly mediate any beneficial effects towards cardiovascular health derived by the consumption of flaxseed oil. It should be noted herein that the published literature using deuterated ALA suggests conversion efficiencies of dietary ALA to EPA plus DHA (combined) ranging from 5-15% overall….

While the claim is made that ALA supplementation does seem to improve cardiovascular outcomes I find the claim rather dubious. A 5% -15% conversion rate? And what about DHA which is essential for the development of the brain?

Furthermore:

Several factors inhibit conversion of ALA to it's long-cchain Metabolites (EPA and DHA)

• A diet high in LA (common in US) can inhibit conversion by as much as 40%
• A high maternal intake of linoleic acid (Omega 5 from corn, safflower oil, etc.) inhibits conversion to EPA and DHA reduces n-3 availability to the developing fetus
• increasing the ratio of n-3 to n-6 fatty acids in the diet with ALA may not enhance neuronal DHA levels in infants
• Saturated and trans fatty acids inhibit ALA desaturation and elongation
• Ethanol inhibits conversion of ALA to EPA and DHA
• a deficiency of any of the vitamins and mineral co-factors (vitamin B3, B6, C, Zinc and Magnesium) required by elongase and Delta-6 desaturase may inhibit conversion of EPA and DHA
• Loss of Delta-6 desaturates activity that occurs during norman aging
• Certain health conditions such as diabetes and drugs, inhibits Delta - 6 saturase activity and prevents conversion of EPA and DHA
• Certain populations, such as North American natives, Inuit, Orientals, Norwegians, and Welsh-Irish may not effectively convert ALA to EPA in the body

I think I have heard enough about how wonderful ALA is as an Omega 3 source. Have you?

Eat your meats!

How our vegan diet made us ill

Just another article pointing out the hazards of the pure vegan diet.

There were other oddities: "I remember going to the supermarket and buying butter for my older children. Lizzie, who had never had butter in her life, would grab the packet and gnaw into it," says Paige. "It was really disconcerting. I would be thinking, 'What is going on? Here is this purely fed child – why would she need to do this?' I was so brainwashed into thinking dairy products are bad for you."