Impolite posters (davipu)

[aaronstj]

Soy has a hell of a lot of protein.  So do beans.  And rice.  And eggs.  And peanut butter.

[Onlypastrana199]

corn and soy doesn't count

For what?

As farming.....sorry but growing shaZam! is more like gardening...

[Alphamazing]

Soy has a hell of a lot of protein.  So do beans.  And rice.  And eggs.  And peanut butter.

Yeah, but there are different types of proteins. Meat combined with the others provides complete protein. Also, eggs have a lot of cholesterol (most vegetarians don't eat eggs, too), and peanut butter is high in fat. Rice doesn't have protein. It's a starch.

[aaronstj]

v. farmed, farming, farms
v. tr.

  1. To cultivate or produce a crop on.

[Roadstergal]

Ja, and tending animals is like keeping pets.  :lol:  Complementary.

Trophically, you get much more energy from plants than animals.  Not to mention rapidly renewable fuel.

[Roadstergal]

Yeah, but there are different types of proteins. Meat combined with the others provides complete protein. Also, eggs have a lot of cholesterol (most vegetarians don't eat eggs, too), and peanut butter is high in fat. Rice doesn't have protein. It's a starch.

Rice has protein.  Grains and legumes, combined, provide all essential amino acids.

[Alphamazing]

Rice has protein.  Grains and legumes, combined, provide all essential amino acids.

Depends on the type of rice. Dorm food isn't exactly easy to get your reccomended amount of protein from. Vegetables don't have the same protein:mass ratio that meat does. Fish are also excellent sources of this, but I'm not a big fan of seafood .

[Phaedrus]

I get plenty of protein.

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_054



I apologize Roadstergal but it had to be mentioned.  :lol:

[JetSwing]

rice has some protein...and they're "good" protein. but you really want to eat brown rice which is one of the healthiest shaZam! you can eat. white rice is basically a brown rice minus all the nutrients (but it taste better).

[Alphamazing]

rice has some protein...and they're "good" protein. but you really want to eat brown rice which is one of the healthiest shaZam! you can eat. white rice is basically a brown rice minus all the nutrients (but it taste better).

Yup. Take some brown rice and smother it in backed chiken and gravy and I am set.

[skoozi12]

I get plenty of protein.

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_054



I apologize Roadstergal but it had to be mentioned.  :lol:

:lol:  :lol:  :lol:

unrelated to above....you guys are making me hungry....!

[Roadstergal]

Vegetables don't have the same protein:mass ratio that meat does.

They do, actually - check a good rice (not that white shaZam!)/beans dish.  Protein, fiber, and less fat (and E.coli) than meat.

Ja, that Straight Dope was in the back of my mind, but I let it sit there...  

[Alphamazing]

Vegetables don't have the same protein:mass ratio that meat does.

They do, actually - check a good rice (not that white shaZam!)/beans dish.  Protein, fiber, and less fat (and E.coli) than meat.

Yeah, but good rice is hard to find in the dorm. And when you combine all that with meat and vegetables you've got a variety of flavors, proteins, nutrients, etc... I realize I could get a decent amount of protein, but I'd have to resort to eating tofu. I don't think I could handle that.

[Onlypastrana199]

I'm not saying that vegetarians/vegans should eat meat or anything...I'm just saying that PETA sucks..there's better ways of getting good results without attacking everyone..family farms and small farms would probably GLADLY pair up with them if they were reasonable and help to get rid of factory farms.

[Alphamazing]

I'm not saying that vegetarians/vegans should eat meat or anything...I'm just saying that PETA sucks..there's better ways of getting good results without attacking everyone..family farms and small farms would probably GLADLY pair up with them if they were reasonable and help to get rid of factory farms.

+1. PETA is crazy. If they were reasonable in their methods they might be a worthwhile group. The AMA is effective. Why can't PETA be too?

[Phaedrus]

Pastrami are you saying there are better ways than bombing them or stealing the animals and then burning the barns down?  That is a very un-American attitude you got there  

From what I know of PETA, they focus mostly on factory farms that supply food to the fast food chains.  

[Roadstergal]

That's like saying Christians suck because of the KKK.  As Niven says, there is no cause so just that you won't find an idiot following it.  PETA has the right idea, and it has a few followers who go nuts.

[JetSwing]

you do know what kind of meat (beef, chicken, pork, whatever) are coming out of those factories, right? they're "juiced", the kind of meat that slowly kills you. i know people who have worked at chicken factory and get all get sick just by handling the chickens. i'm talking about weird sicknesses like growing rashes on skin...

[Onlypastrana199]

RG...u work in science how many animal studies have you done? Is that any less cruel that "farming" ? I doubt it, I've done research too, I know the kinda crap they do...

[indestructibleman]

according to their own filings, PETA's animal shelters killed 86.4% of the animals they took in in 2004.


http://www.thisistrue.com/peta.html