The Delusional Vegetarian

I was once a vegetarian. As my vegetarianism ideals progressed i became a vegan for over 3 years. With out having a sufficient  understanding of metabolic nutritional science i continued in my quest for healthy living, depleting my body of life sustaining nutrients. i began to sleep more and more and also noticed a loss in my mental sharpness. My performance in school and at work were negatively effected. once i implemented poultry and fish back into my diet i noticed a large boost of daily energy and i was no longer bed ridden once i came home from class or work. Though i am no longer a vegetarian i am a vegetable enthusiast, understanding the importance of a "healthy" diet consisting mainly of vegetation. That's MY story.

Vegetarianism is not all bad. The consumption of vital plants can provide health benefits for humans as evident. For most vegetarianism has become an ideological addiction as that of religion dogma. In this delusional realm, practitioner conveniently negate logical axioms, scientific fact, medical findings only to be replaced with self massicusness, emotionalism, and the acceptance of biases information.

There are many different schools of thinking for vegetarianism but for the sake of clarity we will use 2 classification that embody the all. These two type are "Pragmatic vegetarians" and "ideological vegetarians. A Pragmatic vegetarian is one whose dietary behavior stems from objective health concerns. I've noticed the practical vegetarian operating on principles of rationality rather than emotionalism, logic as opposed to belief. They take an undiscriminating approach to gathering information that promotes healthy lifestyle decisions. An Ideological vegetarian will exaggerate the benefits of vegetarianism, they will lack skepticism, and being blinded by "delusions of grandeur" they will not be able to recognize or even acknowledge the potential risk of extreme vegetarian diets. The Ideological vegetarian predicates their practices with being in accordance  scientific motives while only actualizing skewed arguments. They become labeled bias because their process of acquiring data is selective and only fuels their position of discrediting information of the contrary. This approach may win a debate but it is not to be confused with science.

As there are many different fascist to vegetarian ideology, have a listed a few widely accepted and popular postulates of Darla Erhardt, R.D., M.P.H, with my responses enclosed with parentheses ( )

1) All forms of life are sacred, and all creatures have a right to live out their natural lives.
(In nature there is an evident food chain supporting the dominance of certain species over others. Believing that all life is sacred leads to irresponsible thinking of allowing mosquitoes to spread malaria)

2) It is anatomically clear that God did not design humans to eat meat.
(the historically diverse dietary practices of human contradict the idea that humans are designed to be vegetarians rather than omnivores i.e for centuries the Inuit (Eskimo)  have been mainly raw meat with there vitamin C deriving from the uncooked flesh of animals that synthesize ascorbic acid. If they cooked their meat they would've developed scurvy. Individuals of this Inuit society have been reaching 80 years of age and beyond.

3) Slaughter is repugnant and degrading
(human perception based on ones own exposure)

4) Animal flesh is unhealthful because it contains toxins, virulent bacteria, uric acid, impure fluids, and the wrong kinds of nutrients
(the argument that toxins cause meat to be unfit as food is false and without merit. Plants also contain natural toxicants, some of which are more deadly than those found in animal flesh. Societies that have a carnivorous diet have enjoyed record longevity.

Most Ideological vegetarians start by eliminating supposed unhealthy food from their diet based on what occult societies deem as "bad for you" such as sugar and white flower. As this psychoneurosis progresses the individual become critical of food labels and worried about ingredients indicated by terms s/he does not understand, followed by repudiation. Engulfing oneself in a community of like minded people, reinforces these phobias. Health food store clerks and publication also feed this obsession disorder.

When the parents of children become afflicted with this excessive ideolistic vegetarian perception they start to catastrophize any consumption of animal products. Here in lies the potential massicustic harm relaid to offspring. There are many documented medical reports of children forced to be vegan, falling ill and dieing do to the lack of nutrition in their diet. Some of these parents have subsequently been criminally charged with "failing to provide their children with the necessaries of life". This savage act is illustrated in the case of Sonja and Khachadour Atikian. In this case a new born was breast fed, at 11months breast feeding was stopped and she was fed only fruits, vegetables, and rice. She eventually stopped growing and became more and more tired(slept). Inevitably she died. The parents defense was that they "believed" they were providing the nutrition the child needed to live.

Another example of vegetarian extremism is where the malnutrition of vegetarian diet caused mental and growth retardation of two boys that were being underfed from birth to ages 3 and 5. Their mother had become a particular vegetarian, omitting sugar and dairy products from her diet.

"people wrap themselves in belief, and they do it so tightly that nothing can set them free, not even the truth"