Myth # 23 : " But I get headaches when I stop eating meat ."
Myth # 23 : " But I get headaches when I stop eating meat ."
Most of us in the West have to one degree or another been conditioned to crave the taste of cooked flesh . And as such , it is quite reasonable to not only desire meat , but also to experience psychosomatic symptoms ( like headaches , or dizziness , or depression , or even “ the shakes ”) after choosing to replace meat with cruelty-free alternatives . And yet these symptoms in no way signify that our bodies “ need ” meat – only that we are craving it .
Indeed , meat & dairy products are both highly addictive substances for humans , and headaches can indeed ensue when we choose to eliminate such unhealthy “ comfort-foods ” from our lives . Of course , if that does prove to be the case with you , I would recommend simply taking an aspirin for your 15 + minutes of withdrawal-symptom pain ... instead of eating meat and thereby ruining the entire life of another sentient being .
Headaches are annoying , I will freely admit – and yet they are not nearly as annoying as getting shot in the head by a bolt gun .
Current status of this Myth : Abated Justification it provides for eating animals : NONE
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