Myth # 43 : " But I absolutely crave meat ."
Myth # 43 : " But I absolutely crave meat ."
This might come as a surprise to you , but your powerful meat-cravings are not a reason to continue eating meat … Indeed , they are actually a sign that you need to STOP doing so !
Yes , it is true that most meat-eaters end up feeling a bit " down " &/ or low on energy if they don ' t eat meat for a significant period of time . And many of them choose to believe that this feeling comes from no longer ingesting the protein &/ or nutrients in meat that they “ need to be healthy ”. Of course , science has now clearly shown that meat is actually damaging to human health ( see Myth # 16 previously ), so where do these " meat withdrawal " feelings of malaise & discomfort ( cited by a number of scientific studies & medical doctors , including Joel Fuhrman & George Pamplona-Roger ) come from ? Well , as it turns out , the muscle cells of meat contain hypoxanthine , inosinic acid , and guanylic acid – all substances that have a chemical structure similar to caffeine & nicotine . Indeed , theses compounds are all powerful chemical stimulants , and they are all highly addictive . To make matters even worse , the blood in meat contains albumin , hemoglobin , and gamma globulin – all of which have been found to activate the opioid receptors in the human brain .
So know you know – You don ' t merely crave meat , my Friends ; you are literally addicted to it ! Yes , it is an addiction that might indeed feel good , and yet it is an addiction that is killing you nonetheless . Heroine addicts might feel great while they are " shooting it up ", and alcoholics might feel fantastic while they are " sucking it down ", and yet these are not justifications for continuing these extremely dangerous & very deadly habits ... and the same is true for you and your cravings for meat .
But how can you break this insidious addiction ? How can you free yourself from its most powerful & most deadly grasp ? Well , for starters , raw willpower is actually quite effective . Indeed , if you go meat-free for only two weeks , your withdrawal symptoms will significantly dissipate and you will begin to crave meat no more . Indeed , as your body goes without ingesting the flesh of another being , you will steadily return to your natural state of being – and will actually start to feel repulsed by the mere sight of meat .
In addition , a great help in liberating yourself from meat is regularly remembering that you weren ' t eating " meat " in the first place ... Indeed , just a few short days after an animal has been slaughtered , the natural rotting process begins and its flesh begins to turn a sickly gray-green . Freezing the flesh helps to slow down this decomposition – and the meat industry uses nitrates & carbon monoxide & other poisonous preservatives to make your " meat " appear red in the store – and yet nothing can change the fact that this flesh isn ’ t really “ meat ” at all , but is rather the dead body parts of what was only recently a living , breathing animal . And if you are going to eat pieces of rotting flesh , then you should call it just that . It ' s not " meat " that you are eating , my Friends – it is rotting animal flesh , and you are definitely NOT designed to eat the same .
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