Hey there you may well open a can of worms here, pun intended.

Controversial topic of course. "Do no harm" is an ideal philosophy and way of life, it seems to be the highest ideal. Still survival is required and so the middle way is recommended in this day and age. Do as little harm as possible to keep healthy.

As a vegetarian for 30 years, and having been to India, I've seen how we don't need to harm warm-blooded creatures to keep fit. Veganism is a high standard and not to be looked down upon but to be respected. It may just be the attitude of the evangelical vegan type that pushes our ego buttons a bit... it makes us feel as if we are bad or underachieving.

Thanks for a good blog post. With the coming grand solar minimum and mini ice age we may be forced to reconsider our lifestyles. Meat eating is a dying fad, pun intended, and will be a thing of the past done by a small minority in years to come. The nutritional effects of meat eating will become known to more of the mainstream and so they will eat less of it to be healthy. Also the greenhouse gasses from cow farming need to be reduced apparently, as well as the deforestation. Grow your own, of everything will be necessary in time to come.

Unless you have a special medical condition, it is unlikely anyone needs to eat meat to be healthy, according to some medical experts.

The main points though against meat eating are compassion first, health second, environment third in my opinion. Veganism is a further improvement on vegetarianism for these three reasons, just off the top of my head.